Tuesday 3 September 2013

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL - TUESDAY - 03/09/2013 - MAKING GOD FULFILL HIS WORD BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE



MAKING GOD FULFILL HIS WORD

MEMORY VERSE
And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
James 5:18

READ
James 5:16-18

James 5:16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.

James 5:17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months.

James 5:18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

MESSAGE
In 1 Kings 18:41-45, after the man of God heard the sound of abundance of rain, he spoke it out. Amos 3:8 says,

“The lion hath roared, who will not fear? the Lord GOD hath spoken, who can but prophesy?”

When God has spoken to you, then you should prophesy. You can declare what He has said except He tells you to keep it to yourself. Beyond declaring it, the man of God embarked upon intense prayer. But why pray when he had already heard from God and he knows what he had heard? Psalm, 115:3 says God does as He pleases. 1 Samuel 2:30 says the same God who earlier made a promise to Eli later revoked His promise. He can say something and because of certain circumstances He can say He is no longer saying so, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. Elijah also knew of God’s promise in 2 Chronicles 7:14, that if he approached God in reverence, humility and submission to His will, God will hear and answer.

This is one lesson we ought to learn today. Many times, we take for granted that because God has said something, He will surely do it. We refuse to follow-up on His promise. Some of us even do things that offend God, capable of changing His mind, yet we expect Him to remain committed to His promise. The truth is that in the process of time, many people have disqualified themselves from an earlier divine promise. Do you take time to pray God’s promises into manifestation? If God says He will give you victory over a particular enemy, hold Him by that promise until He fulfils it. But if it is something negative such as a judgment, go into prayer and fasting and humble yourself yielding completely to Him, so that He can reverse it. While holding on to God in prayer, ensure you do everything to please Him. Praise Him. Worship Him with your whole heart. Obey all His instructions and make Him happy. Keep totally away from sin and also remind Him of His Word. When you do all these, he will surely answer you.

ACTION POINT
Thank God for what He has promised you. Now ask Him to bring it to pass today.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
1 Samuel 29-31

17 comments:

  1. King of glory. Please bring to past every good promise you have declared concerning me in Jesus Name. Amen.

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  2. Dear Heavenly Father let every promise you have declared in my life come to pass

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  3. My Great Father fulfill ur Words in my Life 2day in Jesus Name. Amen..

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  4. Mighty God, have macy on me and let your will be done in my life.

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  5. Thank u lord 4 all u av promise me and today lord let ur promise come to pass in my life.

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  6. Oh Lord my God and my Father, I thank you for everything you have promised me. I pray oh Lord that they come to pass today in Jesus name I pray Amen.

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  7. Oh Lord! Come and bring all that you have promised me into manifestation in Jesus Name.

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  8. Powerful word of God today. The spirit to always be in the presence of God so that He promises can come to past grant it unto me n Jesus name

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  9. Father to u I give all de glory, for wat u have done, $ for wat u are yet to do. U alone deserve de praise, de honor $ adoration IJN, Lord receive my praise $ perfect all dat concerns me according to ur promises IJN Amen

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  10. GOD thank YOU for the things YOU have done for me, and let YOUR will be done in my life Amen. In GOD i always Trust.

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  11. My God and Lord, let your will be done in my life today. Open my eyes to see the part you chose for me to follow and open my ears to hear from you clearly. I thank you for where I am today and pray you take me to a highe and better place. In you Oh Lord do I trust. Amen! Amen!!

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  12. Father Lord I thank you for answering my prayer. Father pls fulfil the plans you ve for us cos you said you know the plans you ve for us.plans to give a hope and future and to prosper us

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  13. HKY:Thank you oh Lord for your word today nd forever, forgive me for anything I hv done in erro, in you will I put my trust for ever nd the whole world will hear of your wonderous work Halleluyah!!

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  14. Thank you Lord for your wonderful promises. Father, because you are not man that can lie, nor the son of man that can repent, because your promises are yea and amen, and because your word that you spoke cannot return to you void without accomplishing that for which it is sent, I pray today, Father fulfill all your good promises in my life, marriage, ministry, endeavours, in the life of my wife, children, brothers and sister. Thank you Lord for manifestations.

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  15. Lord please i seriously need ur help right nw..

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  16. The only Lord that knows d secret of breathe in man please fulfil the promises you have for me and take me to where you promised to take me to in Jesus name.

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  17. God bcos U're Almighty God,plz make me a mighty blessing 2 d whole world IJN.

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