Open Heaven 19 September 2018 – The Window of The Heart
Open Heaven 19 September 2018 Memorise:
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. Matthew 6:22
Open Heaven 19 September 2018 Bible Reading – Matthew 5:27-29
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.
Open Heaven 19 September 2018 Bible in one year – Ecclesiastics 1-3, Mark 10:13-34
Open Heaven 19 September 2018 Message With Hymn And Prayer Points
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It is unfortunate that in the Church today, we underestimate the evil effects of nudity and exhibitionism. It had gotten so bad that in some quarters semi-nudity has become a norm. We pretend as if we don’t know or understand the motive behind seductive dressing and what it triggers in the minds of opposite sex.
It seems a good number of people have lost understanding of the difference between private and public body parts. Today’s memory verse says that the light of the body is the eye and that our eye should be single. In other words, our eyes should not carry the abominable weights of sinful sights into our hearts.
The question is, how can the eye be single when it is exposed to what should be covered by men and women. Some women expose their contours and pretend as if we are blind to it or that our body has suddenly become dead wood. Some men, including some pastors, put on trousers that are fitted to the point of being too tight.
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The reason why many men are caught in the web of extramarital wanderings is that their ‘eye’ is double or triple. In other words, they carry many satanic images of the opposite sex in their sub-consciousness. What is the consequence of our eye not being single? The Lord said the whole body would be full of darkness. No wonder such people grope in darkness towards eventual destruction and experience a bitter ending after the “honey” they were after turns sour.
Open Heaven 19 September 2018
Pornographic websites have dealt deadly blows to the gentle souls of several people. As saints unto the Lord, we must not engage in viewing such sites, because it is what you see that you desire. If something has not come into your sub-consciousness, particularly through your eye, you may not crave it. It was after Eve saw the forbidden fruit that she fell in love with it. You will be wise to adopt Job’s principle in Job 31:1, wherein he said
“I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid?”
Our sisters should make a covenant with their bodies that they would not allow it to become a stumbling block to others, knowing that causing the fall of a saint is grievous in the sight of the Lord. They should also remember that Beersheba’s nudity was what ignited David’s woes; he saw it and his eyes ceased from being single (2 Samuel 11:2). Click To Read – Open Heaven 20 September 2018
Our brothers should also learn when not to look or stare. Most importantly, they should mortify the deeds of the body because there will always be daughters of Jezebel around to entice them. Romans 8:13 says
“For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.”
Open Heaven 19 September 2018 Action Point:
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Make a covenant with your eyes today that you will not look upon iniquitous sights any more.
Open Heaven 19 September 2018 Hymn 9
On the Hill far away
Verse 1
On a hill far away
Stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.Chorus:
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
and exchange it some day for a crown.Verse 2
O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left his glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.(Chorus)
Verse 3
In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.(Chorus)
Verse 4
To that old rugged cross I will ever be true,
its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then he’ll call me some day to my home far away,
Where his glory forever I’ll share.(Chorus)
Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Wednesday, September 19, 2018) – The Window of The Heart
1.I worship You, my Father, because You are the One who has the key of David, in hand; the key that openeth a door that no man can shut.
2.Lord Jesus, I confess that You are the son of the Most High God.
3.Thank You, Jesus, for the grace to believe in You, and for making me one of the custodian of the master key, which was handed over to You by the Father.
4.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.
5.Father, today I make a covenant with my eyes, I will not look on iniquitous with them, in Jesus’ name.
6.Father, remember Your promise and covenant over Your church; please, do not allow the gates of Hell to prevail over Your church, in Jesus’ name.
7.Father, my eyes should not carry the abominable weights of sinful sights into our hearts., in Jesus’ name.
8.Father, let the doors of my sustainance and breakthroughs, be perpetually opened, forever, in Jesus’ name.
9.Father, with the master key of the kingdom, I shut the doors of sorrow, sickness, afflictions, accidents, armed robbery attacks and untimely death, against my life and destiny, forever, in Jesus’ name.
10.Father, open the door of your joy, celebrations and prosperity for me and my family, in Jesus’ name.
11.Father, renew Your grace and anointing upon Your son, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, and grant him total and complete dominion over all situations, in Jesus’ name.
12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).
the gates of our hearts show be well guarded to avoid corruption, sight, hearing, touch, and our thoughts also should always be subject to the Holy Spirit.
Such a wonderful and powerful devotional, with strong warning to men and especially women with indecent dressing even in the church. Everyday in the church, we are advice to be example to other people so that we do not act as a stumbling block to people but as agent of transformation. May the lord help our heart in Jesus name, amen.
What a wonderful topic..the lesson for me is that my eyes is the window to my whole body,if my eyes that should give light is darkened,them my whole body will be in utter darkness and i need the help of the Holy Spirit to make my body not to be in darkness.Lord help me not to cause others to sin by what they see through me and help us to mortify the flesh so that even when we see it the weight is not carried into our hearts.