Open Heaven, RCCG Daily Devotional, Tuesday 19 January 2021

Topic for 19/1/21: Mathematics of Christ In you: Family ties

By Pastor E.A Adeboye

OPEN HEAVEN 19 JANUARY 2021 MEMORIZE: If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. Luke 14:26

OPEN HEAVEN 19 JANUARY 2021 BIBLE READING MATTHEW 10:35-38

35. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.

36. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household.

37. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

38. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

 

GOOD MORNING BELOVED,

PERSONAL DAILY CONFESSION: I confess today, the grace of God has removed all forms of disgrace from my life and given me a life meaningful enough to propagate His love. I am filled daily with His divine ability and I will never be put to shamein Jesus name amen. Hallelujah!

OPEN HEAVEN 19 JANUARY 2021 MESSAGE

…We ought to obey God rather than men. – Acts 5:29

The ‘F in our equation for Resistance in the “Mathematics of Christ in You” (MCY) series that we started on January 11, stands for Family Ties.

As difficult as it sounds, if Christ is going to operate freely in you, some family ties would have to suffer, as we see in today’s memory verse.

What Jesus was saying is that your love for Him, relative to what you feel for your family, should be incomparable.

When God told Abraham to sacrifice his son who he loved, Abraham wasted no time in trying to do so.

Of course, God only wanted to find out what Abraham’s choice would be if he had to choose between Him and his son.

I once had a similar experience. As the youngest and only male child of my mother, I had a close relationship with her.

Before I met Christ, I would always spend Christmas with her.

However, after joining the Redeemed Christian Church of God and becoming a Pastor, I had to spend my Christmas instead at the Christ The Redeemer’s Congress.

One particular year, we were going to have the programme at Ijebu Igbo, Nigeria.

Since I would not be around during Christmas, I decided to visit my mother on December 23rd to tell her I would see her after the programme.

On getting there, I found that she was dying. I was in a dilemma; the programme had to start in two days.

I was one of the organisers yet no one in the Church knew where I had gone, and there were no mobile phones in those days.

It was a difficult choice, but I said to my mother “You know I love you and would love to stay by your side, but I have to go because Jesus is calling”.

Thank God for good mothers, she made it easy for me. She said “My son, I understand. I can already see your involvement with Jesus Christ”. She then prayed for me.

I thought it was going to be our last conversation; it turned out to be a test by God because she lived for another eleven years.

From the report I received, even before I got to ljebu lgbo she had recovered.

God wanted to find out who I would choose if I had to make a decision between Him and my mother who I loved so much.

Nothing, not even family ties should come between you and God.

OPEN HEAVEN 19 JANUARY 2021 KEY POINT: PRAYER POINTS FOR OPEN HEAVENS 19 JANUARY 2021

God must come first in every aspect of your life. Nothing, not even family ties should be placed before Him.

OPEN HEAVEN 19 JANUARY 2021 HYMN

IN CHRIST ALONE MY HOPE IS FOUND

1. In Christ alone my hope is found
He is my light, my strength, my song
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm
What heights of love, what depths of peace
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter, my All in All
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

2. In Christ alone! Who took on flesh
Fullness of God in helpless babe
This gift of love and righteousness
Scorned by the ones He came to save
Till on that cross as Jesus died
The wrath of God was satisfied
For every sin on Him was laid
Here in the death of Christ I live.

3. There in the ground His body lay
Light of the world by darkness slain
Then bursting forth in glorious Day
Up from the grave He rose again
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me
For I am His and He is mine
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

4. No gift in life, no fear in death
This is the power of Christ in me
From life’s first cry to final breath
Jesus commands my destiny
No power of hell, no scheme of man
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
Here in the love of Christ I’ll stand.

OPEN HEAVEN 19 JANUARY 2021 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: DEUTERONOMY 21:1-23, DEUTERONOMY 22:1-30, DEUTERONOMY 23:1-25

Special note

Beloved Reader, the sweetest & best way to enjoy full blessings from God in this 2021 is to make Jesus Christ your personal Lord & Saviour. Remember! the Lord Jesus in John 3:3 says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless ye are born again, ye cannot see the kingdom of God.”

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 am a sinner, I confess all my sin, have mercy on me, forgive me all my sin. Give me grace to go and sin no more. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

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