Open Heavens Wednesday September 27th 2017 – PRINCIPLES, NOT TEARS
Memorise For ever, O LORD, thy word is settled in heaven. Psalm 119:89
Open Heavens 27th September 2017 Bible Reading: Genesis 13:14-18
Gen 13:14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward
Gen 13:15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Gen 13:16 And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Gen 13:17 Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it, for l will give it unto thee.
Gen 13:18 Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
Open Heavens 27th September 2017 Message
If your giving reflects a financial status below the level God has placed you on, this would amount to demoting yourself.
A wise fellow would rather promote himself or herself by giving beyond the level of his or her current financial status, so that God will upgrade him or her to that level. Some people look at me with envy, thinking that God is
When Peter realised this truth in Acts 10:34-35, He said: “Of atruth perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
When you simply do what I do and follow the Bible principles that I follow, you will get the results that I get. am not boasting, but if you think it is boasting, then am simply boasting in the Lord My God is not a God that is ruled by emotions.
He is not moved by your tears or by you rolling on the ground. If there is something He expects you to do in accordance with His word, but you leave it and begin to cry your eyes out or roll on the ground for days and weeks, at the end of the day, He will still be waiting for you to do what He expected of you before He fulfils His promise to you.
So the earlier you obey God, the sooner His intervention will come. Some people think they can manipulate God with their tricks. No they can’t. God would rather
Unfortunately, some people out of stubbornness are making God wait almost their entire life time! “Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and fromthy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee:”
Genesis 12:1
When God called Abraham and gave him some promises, He also gave him three conditions he had to meet to access those promises. Abraham met two of these conditions, but he considered one of them not to be as important.
He took Lot, his kindred, along with him. Probably he believed that his family would consider him a wicked fellow if he left his late brother’s son behind. For as long as he did not fulfil the condition of leaving his entire kindred, God also refused to fulfil His promises.
This continued until Abraham began to feel the consequences of not separating from his relatives as instructed by God. It was after he obeyed and separated
Open Heavens 27th September 2017 Hymn Sing Hymn 9
Open Heavens 27th September 2017 Key Point:
Noise, acrobatics and tears do not move God simple obedience does.
Please I want to know exactly what God wants me to do
Summarily, obedience is key to our walk with God, hence we should all endeavor to so do. Grace to be totally obedient shall be our portions in JESUS name.