Open Heaven 13, RCCG Daily Devotional with Prayer Points, Sat June 13, 2020: Power over sin

Topic for Saturday June 13: Power over sin

By Pastor E. A. Adeboye

Topic: Power Over (Open Heaven 13 June 2020)

Memorise: For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. – Matthew 26:28

Read: Galatians 3:20-26 (KJV)

20 Now a mediator is not a mediator of one, but God is one.

21 Is the law then against the promises of God? God forbid: for if there had been a law given which could have given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law.

22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed.

24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster.

26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.

Bible in One Year: 2 Chronicles 6-7, Psalm 136

Open Heaven 13 June 2020 Saturday MESSAGE:

Many Christians think the law (the Old Testament) is no longer of any effect and thus behave carelessly, claiming that, because they are born again, grace covers all their sins. Paul clarifies this in the following Scripture:

“23 But before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. 25 But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. 26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.” – Galatians 3:23-26

The old covenant protected the people against temporal death, poverty, all forms of suffering and bondage but the new delivers eternally (Matthew 1:21; 26:28). Your ability to overcome sin is proof that you are a child of God, John the Beloved corroborated this when he said in 1 John 3:9 that “Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin; for his seed remaineth in him: and he cannot sin, because he is born of God.”

Are we really children of God? If we still wallow in sin, we remain in the old dispensation and the letter of the law will punish us here and in the afterlife.

The superiority of the new covenant over the old however is that, while the latter puts constraints to prevent sin, the new gives power over it. Romans 6:14 says: “For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.” We therefore have the assurance that grace will work for us. Romans 6:1 however cautions that we cannot remain in sin, expecting grace to abound. Rather, grace empowers us to conquer sin.

You do not have any excuse to abide in sin.

Open Heaven 13 June 2020 Saturday Action Point:

Tap into the power of the new covenant to overcome sin.

Open Heaven 13 June 2020 Saturday Hymn 30: When We Walk With The Lord

When we walk with the Lord in the light of His Word,

What a glory He sheds on our way!

While we do His good will, He abides with us still,

And with all who will trust and obey.

Chorus:

Trust and obey, for there’s no other way

To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,

But His smile quickly drives it away;

Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,

Can abide while we trust and obey.

Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,

But our toil He doth richly repay;

Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,

But is blessed if we trust and obey.

But we never can prove the delights of His love

Until all on the altar we lay;

For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,

Are for them who will trust and obey.

Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His feet,

Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;

What He says we will do, where He sends we will go;

Never fear, only trust and obey.

Special note:

Beloved Reader, if you are yet to give your life to Christ Jesus, I would advise you to do so before you continue in this reading. Remember! The Lord Jesus in John 3:3 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a person is born again, ye cannot see the kingdom of God.”

And remember there is nothing like once born again, you remain born again forever. Examine yourself on regular basis. If you are ready to give your life to Christ Jesus, please pray the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. I confess all my sin, have mercy on me, forgive me all sin, give grace to go and sin no more. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

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Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens 13 June 2020 – Power Over Sin

1. Thank You, Father, for the precious blood of Jesus, that was shed at Calvary for the remission of my sins. – Click HERE for Open Heaven 13 June 2020

2. Thank You, Father, for sending Your son, Jesus, into the world to deliver me from sin and to show me the way of salvation.

3. Thank You, Father, for the abundance of Your grace that have kept me still standing in faith, till now.

4. Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus name.

5. Father, free me from every entanglement of sin; please, do not let sin have dominion over me, in Jesus name.

6. Father, empower to live above sin and all the activities of the flesh; in Jesus name

7. I declare that sin will never have dominion over me, because I am no longer under the law but under grace, in Jesus name.

8. Father, strengthen me in my inner man, help me never to abuse Your grace upon my life or to become too familiar with You, as to take You for granted, in Jesus name.

9. Father, whenever the temptation to sin comes my way, please, quickly make a way of escape for me, as You have promised, in Jesus name.

10. Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye; please, keep him undefile and without blemish or wrinkle, till the end, in Jesus name.

11. Father, bless Your son, that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus name.

12 .Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus name.

13. Your Personal petitions. (Philippians 4:6)

14. In Jesus name I pray. (John 14:13-14; 15:16)

15. Thank you Father for answered prayers. (1 Thessalonians 5:18).