Open Heaven Daily Devotional For February 27, 2022 : Topic – Who Said What? III
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TOPIC: Who Said What? III
MEMORISE: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. – 1 Corinthians 6:18
READ: Matthew 5:27-29 (KJV)
27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart.
29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deuteronomy 10-12
MESSAGE:
As we continue with our study on “Who said what?”, we need to be mindful that the Creator of heaven and earth gave us a user’s manual – the Bible. The Bible is called the word of God because it contains all that God has to say about everything in creation. Therefore, you look into the Bible to know the mind of God about any issue of interest. For example, in Hebrews 13:4, the Bible says, “Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge”. Genesis 2:24 further say, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh”, The Christian marriage is therefore a covenant ordained by God which establishes and defines the marital relationship between a man and a woman.
Marriage is sanctified by God as a means of maintaining family life. Above all, marriage is honorable in all that it entails, with a strong warning against whoremongers, adulterers, and anything that defiles the marriage bed. Marriage is a sacred bond between a man and his wife and vice versa. Those who break the marriage covenant are equally pursued by God’s judgment, just as murderers are.
The emphasis here is on sexual immorality. The Bible holds that sex is honorable within the marriage setting; immorality then comes in when sex is contracted before marriage or outside wedlock. Obviously, sexual immorality is not something that a child of God pursues as an ambition; many times it occurs as the result of a careless and unserious attitude to some seemingly harmless but very dangerous behavior. These include immodest dressing and comportment, undue closeness to persons of the opposite sex, exposure to books, audio, and video materials with explicit sexual content, partial or complete nudity, and other compromising behavior. 1 Corinthians 6:18 says, “Flee fornication…but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body”. Also, 2 Timothy 2:22 says, “Flee also youthful lusts…” The main warning in our user manual – the Bible, against sexual immorality is to flee. Beloved, if you go against the provisions of your manufacturer, you would run into a malfunction.
A word is enough for the wise.
PRAYER POINT
Father, please deliver me and my family from sexual immorality, in Jesus’ name.
Scroll Down for RCCG FASTING AND PRAYER POINTS
HYMN 16: O God Our Help in Ages Past
1. O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home:
2. Under the shadow of your throne
your saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is your arm alone,
and our defense is sure.
3. Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received its frame,
from everlasting you are God,
to endless years the same.
4. A thousand ages in your sight
are like an evening gone,
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.
5. Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
soon bears us all away;
we fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the op’ning day.
6. O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
still be our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home!
RCCG FASTING AND PRAYER GUIDE FOR YEAR 2022 (50 DAYS)
DAY 48– SUN, FEB 27TH, 2022
MILITARY
BIBLE TEXT(S): 2TIM 2:1-4, PSA 91:1-16
Military are well organized armed forces, primarily prepared for warfare. They are officially trained to defend the territorial integrity of a nation. These men and women need prayers in order to effectively defend the territory and prevail against the enemies of our nation.
PRAYER GUIDE
- Let us worship our God who neither sleep nor slumber in watching over our nation. Psa 121:2
- Let’s thank God the Almighty for being the chief security officer in charge of our nation territory. Psa 127:1-2
- Father; thank you for the military and all other security agencies in my nation in Jesus name.
- Thank you for their trainings, their sacrifices and boldness. 2Tim 1:7
- Father, we plead for your mercy over all our security men and women in any way they have taking laws into their hands and fallen short of expectations
- Father, protect them from any form of harm and keep their families safe in Jesus name. Psa 91:7
- Father, by Your mercy give as many of them who are yet to know You, your salvation for physical and eternal security in Jesus name. Joh 3:3
- Father, may you never allow strange bullet to touch them in Jesus name. Isa. 54:17.
- Father, cause them to be alert at all times and fortify them against the arrows of the enemy in Jesus name.
- Father, be their eyes and ears, give them angelic assistant to fight on their behalf in Jesus name. Psa 91:11
- Father, by your grace, may they be full of courage and bravery in their duty in Jesus name. Jas 1:5
- Father, impart them with your wisdom and understanding and guide them in all decisions in Jesus name. Prov 2:3
- Father, do not allow our military to be depressed in their service in Jesus name Prov 24:10
- Father, deliver them from alcoholism and drugs but help them to be drunk with the Holy Ghost. Pro 31:6
- Father; help them not to put their trust on their ammunition but on you in Jesus name. Acts 4:12
Open Heavens 2022 Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.