DEALING WITH
DEVOURERS
MEMORY VERSE
And I will rebuke the
devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground;
neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field, saith the
LORD of hosts.
Malachi 3:11
READ
Malachi 3:8-11
Malachi 3:8 Will a man rob God?
Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In tithes and
offerings.
Malachi 3:9 Ye are cursed with a
curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Malachi 3:10 Bring ye all the
tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me
now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of
heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to
receive it.
Malachi 3:11 And I will rebuke
the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your
ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the field,
saith the LORD of hosts.
MESSAGE
Another area
that restitution may be required in relation with God’s instructions can be
seen in His dealings with Joshua and the children of Israel. Earlier, in Joshua
1:1-9, God promised to go with him and that no man would be able to stand
before him throughout his life, etc so when they got to Jericho widely believed
to be impregnable, just one shout, the walls came crashing down. Then one day,
they came against a little town, Ai, and they were defeated. This was contrary
to what God had promised him, so he fell on his face and enquired what went
wrong. The Lord told him that some water had mixed with his petro (gas) and
that until there was a separation, they were on their own. Until the culprit –
Achan and his family were identified, isolated and destroyed and the stolen
things were restored, victory continued to elude them. This tells us that
restitution restores God’s presence in your life. It also sustains victory and
ends defeat. So if you restitute, you are doing yourself a world of good.
Moreover,
restitution silences devourers. In Malachi 3:8-11, God said all His children
who are robbing Him in tithes and offerings have violated His covenant, and
therefore are under a divine curse. However, He says if they will restitute
their ways, He will personally rebuke the devourer for their sakes and open the
windows of Heaven to them and give them a blessing they will be unable to
contain. There are two type of devourers – the ones sent by the devil (John
10:10) and the ones sent by God. To deal with the devourers sent by the devil,
simply resist him and he will flee from you as long as you are in right
standing before God. But to deal with the devourers sent by God, it is through
restitution. You will have to cry to God for forgiveness and thereafter undo
what made Him to send the devourers in the first place. Do you owe God in
tithes, offerings, thanksgiving or vows? Ask for forgiveness and go ahead and
pay what you owe. If it is in tithes, also add 20% as interest being the
penalty for eating your tithes (Leviticus 27:31).
ACTION POINT
If you tolerate devourers, God will do nothing about them.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Ezra 5-7
Lord help me to be faithful the more in paying my tithe IJN. Amen
ReplyDeleteIts great oh LORD to know how much you care for me by this message. Heavenly Father, Please Lord give me the grace to hear from you, get instructions from you as your servant daddy GO always did, as Prophet Joshua did and as all the prophet of old did. That I may know where I stand today and what's need after,when to resist and when to permit . Bless RCCG,The Kings Çourt Calabar and the facilitators of this blogspot for making things this easy for us. Bless the RCCG worldwide and the entire body of Christ, in Jesus name our Lord
ReplyDeleteFather of life help me to be faitful in paying my tithes and offerings. Amen
ReplyDeleteDear Lord, help me to identify the types of devourers in my life & give me the grace to resist or restitute... Lord, help me to be faithful
ReplyDeleteI read open heavens from my book. This is my first time of reading it here. Am blessed. Thanks a lot. I need more prayers. Pls keep praying for me. Abayomi peter.
ReplyDeleteTanks to GOD for dis message is very insparing GOD bless daddy G,O
ReplyDeleteLord I thank you for this word, I ask for the forgiveness of my sin and I pray you should help me to be more faithfull in paying my tithe and offering in Jesus name. Amen
ReplyDeleteFather Lord in whatsover way i av go wrong in paying my tithe n offering,lord av mercy on me 2day and help me rebuke d devourer for my sake.IJN (AMEN)...
ReplyDeleteGod help me, I really need your help for this.
ReplyDeleteLord give me the grace to be diligent in the payment of my tithe and offerings
ReplyDeleteFather help me and family to be faithful in your house of God and to your convenant. Plaese pray for and my family to do my duty in the house of God.
ReplyDeleteOh Lord, help me to restitute as appropriate and at the right time so that devourers will not devour any of my blessings.
ReplyDeleteFather please forgive me my hiding sins in life.
ReplyDeleteIt's amazing that 29Sept2012 and 29Sept2013 topics of the Open Heavens talked about Restitution....
ReplyDeleteHowever, am not clear about the 20percent interest.....any scriptural backing(s) for it?
Thanks!!!
Help me, Oh my great Redeemer!!!
ReplyDeleteDear Lord,help me 2 be faithful in paying my tithes,offerings nd vows so dat I will not invite d devourer in2 my finances IJN.
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