Open Heaven Devotional 3rd August 2023, Thursday
RCCG Open Heaven Devotional 3rd August 2023 Message written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
TOPIC: Integrity
MEMORISE:
“The just man walketh in his integrity, his children are blessed after him.” – (Proverbs 20:7)
READ: Proverbs 28:6-10 (KJV)
MESSAGE:
Simply put, integrity is being true to your word – that is, what you say is consistent with what you do. Everyone who calls himself or herself a Christian must be a person of integrity. Our Lord Jesus Christ said, “But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil” – (Matthew 5:37).
When you promise to do something, that is what you should do. If for any reason you cannot fulfil your promise, you must discuss it with the fellow involved and explain the circumstances. You shouldn’t go back on a promise without any explanation – that is not like your Father in Heaven, whom you claim to be like.
I remember when I had just finished secondary school and was looking for a way to sponsor my university education. I approached the authorities of a school in Ondo State and they agreed to sponsor my education on the condition that I would study Mathematics and serve them for five years after getting my degree. Although English was my favourite subject, I had no choice. When I graduated, I went back to serve them, but after two and a half years, I became restless: I wanted a Master’s degree. After gaining admission to do my Masters, I appealed to them to let me go for it, assuring them that I would return to finish my bond. They didn’t believe me, but after obtaining the degree, I returned to the school to continue serving them. By then however, I was becoming an embarrassment to them because I had a higher degree than my Principal. After another one and a half years, I appealed to them to allow me to get a Ph.D and return, but they said, “You are free to go and you don’t have to come back”.
The name of Jesus is powerful – so powerful that Philippians 2:10-11 says that at the mention of that name, every knee in heaven, on earth and underneath the earth should bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord. As powerful as His name is, the Bible says He magnifies His word above it (Psalm 138:2). This is why we trust completely in the word of God – we know that He can and will do what He says He will.
If You say you are Christ-like then your word must be your bond.
KEY POINT:
Jesus always keeps His word; you should always keep yours too.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Jeremiah 1-3
HYMNAL:
Hymn 20 – Stand up! stand up for Jesus
Open Heaven Devotional 3rd August 2023 Message is written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.
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