OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SATURDAY JANUARY 18TH 2025

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TOPIC: PRODUCE SONS MEMORISE :  Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient towards all men. 1 Thessalonians 5:14 READ : Philemon 1:10-18 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds: 11 Which in time past was to thee unprofitable, but now profitable to thee and to me: 12 Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels: 13 Whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel: 14 But without thy mind would I do nothing; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly. 15 For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever; 16 Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord? 17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself. 18 If he ...
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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL; Sunday 13th FEBRUARY 2022

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TOPIC; TWO-SIDED FORGIVENESS

MEMORISE
Blessed is the man whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
 Psalm 32:1 

READ: 1Pe 3:6-7  

6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord; whose children you became, doing good and fearing no terror.

7  Likewise, husbands, live together according to knowledge, giving honor to the wife as to the weaker vessel, the female, as truly being co-heirs together of the grace of life, not cutting off your prayers.
 
MESSAGE
Forgiveness is the term used to indicate pardon for a fault or offence.  It signifies the liberation of a person from guilt and its consequences, including punishment.  It usually comes as an act of favour, compassion or love, with the aim of restoring a broken relationship.  It may involve both the cancellation of punishment and debts.  God forgives the sins of Christians out of love, based on the sacrifice offered by Jesus Christ on the cross of Calvary.  By this, sins are no longer held against children of God, according to Romans 3 :25, Acts 13 : 38 – 39 and 1John 1 :6 – 9.  The sinner is thus, by this act of grace, forever freed from the guilt and penalty of sin.

This act of forgiveness is offered freely to everyone through the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.  Anybody can access the forgiveness of God by meeting three basic conditions:  genuine repentance (remorse for all sins committed), confession of such sins unto God, and believing that Jesus is the Son of God who, by the shedding of His blood and death on the cross, has washed all such sins.

As God has showed us unmerited love, mercy and grace in wiping away all our sins through the blood of Jesus, He commands us to do the same: to love our neighbours and keep no record of sin against our fellow men.  This is where the necessity of two-sided forgiveness comes in. As a matter of fact, God expects us to live by the principle of forgiveness, with the understanding that, in order to receive forgiveness from Him, we must in turn, be ready to forgive others (Luke 6 : 37).  In the same manner, Ephesians 4 : 32 says “And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake hath forgiven you”.

Unforgiveness deprives us of divine forgiveness and blessings.  In contrast, forgiveness leads to peace, reconciliation, healing, unity, progress, joy, prosperity, and answered prayers.

Settle all unresolved disputes you may have with everyone, even if you were the offended party. Let the love of God shine through you to others and become a dispenser of the abundant grace and mercy of God.

PRAYER POINT
Father, please grant me the grace to forgive others, so that I also may receive mercy and forgiveness in Jesus name

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR​: Numbers 8-10

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN: All To Jesus I Surrender

 1. All to Jesus, I surrender
All to Thee I freely give
I will ever love and trust You
In Your presence daily live

Refrain
I surrender all, I surrender all
All to Thee, my blessed Savior
I surrender all

2  All to Jesus, I surrender
Lord, I give myself to Thee
Fill me with Your love and power
Let Your blessing fall on me

3  All to Jesus I surrender
Now I feel the sacred flame
O the joy of full salvation
Glory, glory, to Your name

4  I surrender all, I surrender all
All to Thee, my blessed Savior
I surrender all

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