Open Heaven For Today 2023 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – While Men Slept 3
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Open Heaven For Today TOPIC: While Men Slept 3
Open Heaven For Today MEMORISE: “Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:6 (KJV)
Open Heaven For Today READ: 1 Thessalonians 5:5-9 (KJV)
5 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness.
6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
7 For they that sleep sleep in the night; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night.
8 But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation.
9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
Open Heaven For Today BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: John 11-12
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Death is likened to sleep in (1 Corinthians 15:51). In other words, a believer who is spiritually asleep is actually in a state of spiritual death. 1 Thessalonians 5:5-9 tells us clearly that we should stay awake spiritually, be watchful and sober. Matthew 24:42 says you must stay awake and be watchful, for you do not know what day your Lord is coming. Romans 13:11 encourages us that the Lord’s coming is nearer now than we first believed.
Some believers keep going in and out of spiritual sleep. They feel it is expected to be cold and hot. I pity such people because their end is not usually good. A good example is Samson, who slept and woke up several times, but the last sleep put him into the hands of his enemies. You may have slept a few times before and woken up again; however, you had better stop because there is always the last time a man would sleep and wake up to find himself being tortured by the enemy. If you used to love God with all your heart, but recently, other things have been competing with Him in your heart, then you are sleeping. God is saying to you, like He said to the Ephesus Church in Revelations 2:4-5, “Return to your first love.” Ephesians 5:14 says if you awake, Christ will shine on you again.
Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. – Ephesians 5:14
Beloved, get back to your first love now. Put away those sins that easily beset you. Go for a retreat, look for fellowships with genuine believers, and make a habit of spending quality time daily in prayers and Bible study. Jesus is ready to shine on you again if you wake up and return to Him. He loves you, and He is calling you back home. Don’t let the devil or anyone else hinder you from returning to the One who loves you enough to die for your sins. When He shines on you, everything the devil stole during your slumber shall be restored, and you will become a better person at the end of the day.
Open Heaven For Today ACTION POINT
Spiritual sleep is likened to spiritual death. Go back to your first love before it is too late.
Open Heaven For Today HYMN 3 – Ancient Words
1 Holy words long preserved,
For our walk in this world,
They resound with God’s own heart;
Oh, let the ancient words impart.
Refrain:
Ancient words, ever faithful,
Changing me and changing you,
We have come with open hearts;
Oh, let the old words impart.
2 Words of life, words of hope,
Give us strength, help us cope,
In this world, where ever we roam,
Ancient words will guide us home.
3 Holy words of our faith,
Handed down to this age,
Came to us through sacrifice;
Oh, heed the faithful words of Christ.
4 Holy words long preserved,
For our walk in this world,
They resound with God’s own heart;
Oh, let the ancient words impart.
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Ambydennis Notice Board: We trust you have been blessed by the devotional. Accepting Jesus as your Lord and personal savior is one of the best decisions one can take, especially you; imagine having Christ in your life; what a fantastic experience it will be. It starts here as you proclaim: Dear Father, I humbly come to you in sincere repentance, claiming you as my Lord and personal Saviour. Cleanse me from all unrighteousness, be the center of my life, and let my life revolve around you as I partake in the eternal life you gave us in Jesus’ Name. Congratulations, you are now Born again. God bless you.
