OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: MONDAY, JULY 24TH 2017- LIVING IN FEAR?

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Memorise: There is no fear in love; but perfect love caseteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that fearth is not made perfect in love. 1st John 4:18
Read: 1st John 4:17-18
17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.
Bible in one year: 2nd Samuel 23-24, Ezekiel 14:12-23

AS REVEALED BY PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE IN TODAY’S DEVOTIONAL

1. If you have God as your Refuge, you have a priceless treasure because this gives you access to help in times of trouble.
2. With God as your Refuge, irrespective of what is happening around you, you have no cause to panic. As unlikely as this may sound, it is possible to be under God’s cover and be unaffected by every satanic missile flying around both day and night (Psalm 91:5-6).
3. Due to negative influences from their environment, some people have grown up with a particular phobia for the last quarter of the year. Between January and August, they go about their normal business activities with boldness, but as the month of September approaches, fear envelopes their hearts. As they read or hear of various accidents happening here and there, their fear is heightened. Some people allow this condition to degenerate to the extent that fear redefines all their remaining activities for the year. They may have to cancel all their air travel for fear of air crash. Even their road trips would be seriously reduced for fear of road accidents. They try as much as possible to confine themselves to their houses and will therefore give all kinds of excuses for not accepting any assignment or invitation during that period. Such people are just being manipulated by fear!
4. “There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth our fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.” 1st John 4:18
5. If you live in fear, you are in Satan’s bondage (Hebrews 2:15). Your love for God and fellow brethren cannot be perfect if you still create room for fear.
6. When you live in fear, you give the devil so much attention, thereby empowering him over your life and destiny.
7. Whatever or whoever you fear controls you. Luke 1:74 says we were saved to serve God without fear. So if you say you are born again but you still live in fear, you need to know who you are serving, because you should not live in fear of anything while serving God.
8. You cannot have the fear of God in your heart and the fear of the devil at the same time.
9. The moment you begin to fear the devil or his agents, you drift into bondage.
10. If you are sure of your salvation but still live in fear, check yourself; it is likely you are ignorant of who you are in Christ.
11. Also, as a child of God, when you engage in disobedience or harbour a secret sin in your heart, you lose your confidence and fear sets in. if this is your case, repent of your sin and fully turn to God!

SHORT REFLECTION BY THE LIGHT POINTERS

Fear is not anywhere in the DNA of a believer. In our lineage as the redeemed, boldness is one of our inheritance. A believer has been made righteousness by grace through Christ Jesus. And proverbs 28:1 says “The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.” Also 2 Timothy 1:7 says For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. Therefore whoever is a believer should not operate in fear. There is need for reappraisal to live above fear if you fall in this category. We bless God for Pastor E.A Adeboye and we pray that his days be long for greater impact in Jesus name.

Prayer Point
If your heart is always filled with fear, invest time to study who you are in Christ from the book of Ephesians.
HYMN
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.
Refrain:
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.
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. Refrain
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. Refrain
To the 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. Refrain

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