Open Heavens Daily 8th September [Tuesday] 2020 – Company For The Lonely 1
Open Heavens Daily Devotional
Company For The Lonely 1 – Open Heavens Daily 8th September [Tuesday] 2020 By Pastor E. A. Adeboye
Memorise: ” and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28:20 (NIV)
Today’s Bible Verses: Hebrews 13:5-6 (NIV)
5 Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.”
6 So we say with confidence, “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can mere mortals do to me?”
OPEN HEAVENS FOR TODAY 8TH SEPTEMBER 2020 – COMPANY FOR THE LONELY 1
Loneliness can be a very painful experience. It is possible to be in the middle of a large crowd and still be lonely. It is a lonely life when you are a good cook, but have nobody else to eat the meals you prepare. It is a lonely life when you see something and you laugh alone because there is nobody to laugh with.
For anyone reading this devotional today who is looking for a life partner, in the name that is above every other name, your wedding bells will ring soon. All that loneliness will be over soon in the mighty name of Jesus.
David was one man who experienced loneliness. He was left all alone at the backside of the desert. The only company he had was sheep. When the national prophet visited his town and told his father to bring all his sons, nobody remembered to bring David, but he was eventually anointed by Prophet Samuel and straightaway, the yoke of loneliness in his life was destroyed permanently (1 Samuel 16:11-13).
David was alone in the desert for many years, but he did not take that as an excuse to misbehave, after all, nobody could see him there. He did not decide to commit suicide. I want to encourage you: the time of loneliness is not a time to destroy or terminate your future. The anointing that will end the loneliness is coming; when it arrives, will it find you waiting faithfully on God?
Use the time of loneliness to build up yourself and your skills. David developed his skill of poetry and harp-playing during his lonely time and that got him into the palace. Psalm 23:1 says:
“The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.”
He probably wrote that psalm while still a shepherd. He built his battle skills in that time and ended up winning a war for his nation. You need to realise that loneliness is only a phase, not the destination. God will put an end to every form of loneliness in your life, in the mighty name of Jesus.
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL ACTION POINT: Use the time of loneliness to build up yourself and your skills. It will pay off in the future.
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL HYMN: Deeper, Deeper In The Love of Jesus
1. Deeper, deeper in the love of Jesus
Daily let me go;
Higher, higher in the school of wisdom,
More of grace to know.
chorus.
O deeper yet I pray,
And higher evry day,
And wiser, blessed, Lord,
In Thy precious, holy Word.
2. Deeper, deeper! blessed Holy Spirit,
Take me deeper still,
Till my life is wholly lost in Jesus,
And His perfect will.
3. Deeper, deeper! tho it cost hard trials,
Deeper let me go!
Rooted in the holy love of Jesus,
Let me fruitful grow.
4. Deeper, higher, evry day in Jesus,
Till all conflict past,
Finds me conquror, and in His own image
Perfected at last.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeem Christian Church God, one of the largest evangelical Churches in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. Open heavens devotionals also comprises of Open Heavens Teen, RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual, RCCG Sunday School TEACHERS Manual and RCCG House Fellowship LEADERS
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