Daily Devotional for Saturday 29th May

[Edoman]

RHAPSODY OF REALITIES 


SATURDAY 29TH MAY.



INSPIRE LOVE


And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works (Hebrews 10:24).


In Christianity, we provoke one another to love, to produce works of righteousness. We don’t provoke to hate, anger, jealousy or malice. Don’t provoke someone else to become resentful of another person. Always say and do things that promote love and peace, for you were created to love.


Jesus said in John 13:34, “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” Spread love. When people try to instigate a dislike within you for someone else, know that it’s a wrong spirit working through them, and lovingly let them know that they’re wrong.


Don’t entertain anything that’ll make you bitter or enraged towards someone else. Walk in love and inspire others to love. Jesus said, “By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another” (John 13:35). God has given you His love and the ability to express it lavishly. Romans 5:5 says, “…the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."


Let love show in your language. Let it reflect in your actions. Walking in love reveals the perfection of your spirit and person. Jesus said in Matthew 5:48, “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect."


But right before that, He said, “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven…” (Matthew 5:44-45). He wants you to love unconditionally like your heavenly Father.



PRAYER

I rejoice, righteous Father, for your life that’s in my spirit; the life of love and righteousness, copiously expressed in my words and actions. I provoke others to love, and inspire them to produce works of righteousness, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.


FURTHER STUDY


1 Thessalonians 4:9; 1 John 3:16-18

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
John 14:15-31 & 1 Chronicles 1-2


2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Mark 14:1-11 & Numbers 32







#TALKINGSESSION 




Dear Heavenly Lord, I thank You because Your Word is alive and actively working in me, filling me with joy unspeakable and full of glory. I am fully resolved to live to Your honour and glory, by doing the Word and producing Word-based results.


 Daily, I yield myself to the ministry of the Word and the Spirit to learn, develop and live out the Christ-life here on earth; a life of love, excellence, victory, dominion, and grace.


As I study the Word, my mind is renewed to think and walk in the reality of who I am in Christ, giving full expression to Your righteousness. 


I am submissive to the authority, influence, and impact of Your Word. Pride, arrogance, haughtiness, or egotism have no place in me, for I walk in love and humility, experiencing ever-increasing greatness and unlimited progress in life.


I am constantly transfigured, being filled with the Spirit. Even now, as I speak in tongues, there’s an unleashing of the supernatural and all-around transformation in my spirit, soul, and body. My spirit gains the ascendancy and power over anything that’s of the world, and I rise higher and higher like an edifice.


 I wax stronger, greater and more effective in the ministry of the Gospel, to the glory and praise of Your Name, in Jesus’ Name. Amen.






God bless you

[Edoman]

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

 
DATE: SATURDAY 29TH MAY 2021
  
THEME: THE KEY TO LONG LIFE AND PROSPERITY
  

MEMORISE:
 
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Ephesians 6:1 

READ: Ephesians 6:1-3

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

2 Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;

3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

MESSAGE:
Everybody keeps hoping that his or her tomorrow will be glorious and of course would not want to die before it manifests. Ecclesiastes 9:4 says a living dog is better than a dead lion. In the scriptural passage of today, apart from the word of God saying that it is the right thing to obey our parents (both biological and spiritual), it further to announce the rewards of doing so. Of all the commandments God gave to humankind, it is the first with promises. Promises of what? Promises of long life and prosperity. The Bible says in Psalm 119:101:
 “I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.”

This is the reason everyone must not only read but meditate on the word of God, in order to do the things that are written therein. The Bible in Joshua 1:8 says:
“ This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.”

It is blessed to live our lives according to the word of God. We will not miss our blessing; failure, frustration and death will be far from us if we choose to live in the fear of the Lord. The Bible says:
“The fear of the Lord tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.” “Proverbs 19:23”

“By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.” Proverbs 22:4

Beloved, it is our time to experience astonishing prosperity with long life- the prosperity that does not kill. Let us obey our biological parents as they teach us in the way of the Lord. Also, let us obey our spiritual parents as they feed us with the undiluted word of God. God will then step in by fulfilling His promises and all shall be well in Jesus’ name.

ACTION POINT:
Ensure you read the Bible in One Year directives as found in this devotional.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Titus 1-3.
  
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 
 
HYMN 3:  BE GLAD IN THE LORD AND REJOICE.
1. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice,
All ye that are upright in heart;
And ye that have made Him your choice,
Bid sadness and sorrow depart.

Refrain:
Rejoice, rejoice,
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice;
Rejoice, rejoice,
Be glad in the Lord and rejoice.

2. Be joyful, for He is the Lord
On earth and in Heaven supreme;
He fashions and rules by His word—
The Mighty and Strong to redeem.

3. What though in the conflict for right
Your enemies almost prevail?
God’s armies, just hid from your sight,
Are more than the foes which assail.

4. Though darkness surround you by day,
Your sky by the night be o’ercast,
Let nothing your spirit dismay,
But trust till the danger is past.

5. Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice,
His praises proclaiming in song;
Let gratefulness give all a voice,
The loud hallelujahs prolong.