Saturday 24 August 2013

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL - SATURDAY - 24/08/2013 - EMPOWERED TO COMFORT OTHERS BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE



EMPOWERED TO COMFORT OTHERS

MEMORY VERSE
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.
Revelation 7:17

READ
Revelation 7:15-17

Revelation 7:15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple: and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.

Revelation 7:16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

Revelation 7:17 For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

MESSAGE
Apart from consuming stones, the fire that came down from heaven equally dried up the water poured on and around the sacrifice Elijah made on mount Carmel (1 Kings 18:38). Water here stands for tears and sorrow. One reason the Holy Spirit is called comforter is because He is a specialist at delivering comfort to those who are in sorrow or who are hurting. Revelation 7:17 says,

For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes.

If you are a man or woman of the Spirit, He will definitely use you to deliver comfort to those in need of it. The level of comfort you are able to deliver to your generation is a function of the measure of the Holy Spirit you have in you, and the level of closeness you share with Him.

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
 Isaiah 61:1

From the above scripture, we see that it takes the infilling of the Spirit to be able to effectively preach salvation to lost sinners, heal broken hearts, set the captives free and release inmates from Satan's prison. If a pastor is full of the Spirit and he is transferred to a parish with lots of sorrow, sickness, poverty, loss, failure, etc., you will discover that before long, all those tokens of the liar will disappear and in place of tears, there shall be tears of joy and lots of miracles. If you want to truly be of help to anyone - be it in ministerial or secular matters, get close to the Holy Spirit. When you have the Spirit in you, you will save lots of effort and needless struggles. Merely saying, 'It is well' to a hurting fellow will have a great impact in comfort. Besides merely showing sympathy, if you are full of the Holy Spirit, He can reverse the source of the sorrow and deliver permanent joy. Are you prepared to impact your generation?

ACTION POINT
Prayerfully identify 10 brethren who need comfort and by the power of the Holy Spirit, using the Word and other materials, extend comfort them.

19 comments:

  1. Lord, please fill me with your awesome spirit so I can be used to affect this generation positively. Lord I need your grace.

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  2. Lord I need You 2 work on my life spiritually,I want my existence in Live 2 be source of Blessing 2 millions of people,I want 2 serve u in truth.So help me God.

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  3. Lord use M̶̲̅ε̲̣ A̶̲̥̅̊n̶̲̥̅̊ƌ̲̣̣̣̥ mke M̶̲̅ε̲̣ an instruent of peace S̶̲̥̅ơ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡ dat my wrks may gve comfort 2 dos in need.

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  4. Lord please help me to be closer to u and to be a comforter to others . In Jesus name Amen

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  5. Oh lord make all d impossible possoble in my live and guiide me through all the calamities of life to make me succed in all my endavours

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  6. O Lord fill me with ur Holy Spirit. Make me an instrument of comfort to all and my generation IJN Amen

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  7. Father,help me lord fill me with your spirit,I want to inspire people,I went someone to look at me and say because of you I didn't give up.

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  8. Help me to affect my generation positively in Jesus name.

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  9. Thanks for Ɣ☺ΰr spirit Lord, I pray for more of u sir! God bless Daddy Adeboye for us!

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  10. God, I want more of ur holyspirit in order for me 2 be a comforter 2 my generation. This I ask 2ru Christ our Lord(amen).

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  11. Lord fill me with spirit and make me a comforter to all my generation....

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  12. Lord fill me with ur spirit n make me a comforter to my generation....

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  13. O Lord, give me more grace to do your work as it is espected

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  14. Adejumoke oladipupo24 August 2013 at 09:22

    Lord make me a sacrifice instrument for u

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  15. Oh Lord Jesus, tank u a lot 4 our daddy u are using to bless souls. Always keep him Strong in U IJN. Lord I pray 4ur strength in my Life. Holy Spirit I nid U to empower me to make impact in d lifes of men. And in all, let me fear U and always remain rapturable IJN.AMEN.

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  16. Holy spirit please take charge of my life may I be a blessing and testimony of your power wherever I go.
    AMEN

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  17. My Lord n my God I need your enactment, your power n mercy in Jesus name.

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  18. You are doing very good job,

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  19. God, fill my heart with Holy Spirit and let me heed to your words.

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