29/08/2023
OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL
DATE: TUESDAY AUGUST 29TH 2023
THEME: HOW TO BECOME INFLUENTIAL
MEMORISE: And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Genesis 26:4
READ: John 15:14-16
1 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
MESSAGE
God wants you to be influential. Genesis 1:28 says He wants you to have dominion. Believe me honestly, you don't have to be the president before you begin to have dominion. No matter your status today you can still have ddominion. The Almighty God wants you to become influential, but for that to happen, you must obey Him and His commandments- no matter the situation. When you do this He will see to it that you are always the head and never the tail (Deuteronomy 28:13). If you want to increase in influence, do what he, says.
One major thing he said you should do is to win souls. Our Bible reading for today says you can become Jesus' friend and I'm telling you, when you befriend the Lord you become very influential because of your relationship with He who has influence across all realms (Phillipians 2:10). When you become friends of Jesus Christ, doors open to you automatically. I can tell you stories upon stories about countries that refuse to register the Redeemed Christian Church of God and the same people will call us back within months to offer us our registration certificate. When you are a friend of Jesus, you will do what He commanded in John 15:14-15- win souls and make sure they abide. If you do this, He has promised that anything you ask in His name , He will do it . That is great influence.
In John 12:32, the Bible says if you will lift Jesus, He would draw all men to Himself. If you keep on preaching, witnessing and winning souls, men will come from all over the place to meet with you. Thus, if you want to be influential, 2 Timothy 4:2 says you should preach in season and out of season. Preach when it is convenient and when it is not convenient. If everyone of us reading this devotional today goes out and wins at least one soul today, imagine how much rejoicing would be in heaven because of us. Do your part and He will surely do His.
My greatest desire was to be the youngest Vice-Chancellor in Africa, but when I became born again and God called me into full-time ministry, I abandoned my ambition. Today, Vice-Chancellors call me Daddy.
ACTION POINT
Every reader of this devotional is to win at least one soul today. Don't break the chain.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ezekiel 18-20
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
HYMN 18: PRAISE TO THE LORD THE ALMIGHTY
1 Praise to the Lord, the Almighty,
the King of creation!
O my soul, praise him, for he is
your health and salvation!
Come, all who hear;
now to his temple draw near,
join me in glad adoration.
2 Praise to the Lord, above
all things so wondrously reigning;
sheltering you under his wings,
and so gently sustaining!
Have you not seen all
that is needful has been
sent by his gracious ordaining?
3 Praise to the Lord, who will
prosper your work and defend you;
surely his goodness and mercy
shall daily attend you.
Ponder anew what the Almighty can do,
if with his love he befriends you.
4 Praise to the Lord! O let all
that is in me adore him!
All that has life and breath,
come now with praises before him.
Let the Amen sound
from his people again;
gladly forever adore him
