Open Heaven Devotional 4 January 2024 – New Year Resolution (3)

Open Heaven Devotional 4 January 2024

RCCG Open Heaven Devotional 4 January 2024, Thursday Daily Devotional Guide written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

TOPIC: New Year Resolution (3)

MEMORIZE: Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. James 4:10

BIBLE READING: 2 KINGS 5:1-14

OPEN HEAVEN 2024 FOR TODAY MESSAGE:

This year, I have decided that I will humble myself more than ever before.
I will ask anyone who can assist me for help, irrespective of their status.
Many people do not have a problem with asking for help from someone who is ‘superior’ to them, but a lot find it difficult to seek for help from people they consider to be beneath them. This sort of attitude robs many people of their blessings.

When I was in secondary school, I was good at Mathematics and other subjects, but I knew that I needed extra coaching to pass the English Language.

In those days, it didn’t matter how brilliant you were; if you passed all other subjects and failed the English Language, you’d be considered a failure.

I asked a junior of mine who was born in England and had a very good command of English Language to teach me, and I got an A! He can boast today that he taught me, but it wouldn’t matter because I already have my certificate.

This year, don’t let pride hold you back from the help you can get to fulfil your destiny.
Unfortunately, however, many proud people don’t know that they are proud.
Some of them even boast about their pride and give it fancy names like self-esteem, self-confidence and so on.

Beloved, any level of self-esteem that makes people afraid to approach you is pride.
Someone may know the solution to your problem, but because of how you carry yourself as if you own the world, he or she may not approach you with the solution.
You need to humble yourself, smile more, speak warmly to people, and make it easy for them to speak to you.

In our Bible reading for today, we can learn a lot from Naaman and his wife.
First, his wife was approachable, and the maid was able to talk to her about her husband’s embarrassing problem.

Also, when Naaman got to Elisha’s place and got angry that Elisha did not come out to pray for him, it was one of his servants who advised him, and he heeded the advice.
The cure to Naaman’s leprosy was tied to people that were considered inferior to him; thank God he was humble enough to listen to them.

This year, make it your resolution to humble yourself more than ever before.
Remember, God resists the proud and gives grace to the humble (James 4:6).

ACTION POINT:
The solution to your problem may be with someone of a lower status than you. Humble yourself to get that help.

RCCG HYMN 1: ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS’ NAME
1 All hail the power of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all!

2 Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre,
and as they tune it, fall
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
and crown Him Lord of all.

3 Crown Him, ye morning stars of light,
Who fixed this floating ball;
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
and crown Him Lord of all.

4 Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God,
Who from His altar call;
Extol the stem of Jesse’s Rod,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Extol the stem of Jesse’s Rod,
and crown Him Lord of all.

5 Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him who saves you by his grace,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Hail Him who saves you by his grace,
and crown Him Lord of all!

6 Hail Him, ye heirs of David’s line,
Whom David Lord did call,
The God incarnate, Man divine,
and crown Him Lord of all.
The God incarnate, Man divine,
and crown Him Lord of all.

7 Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget
the wormwood and the gall,
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
and crown Him Lord of all.

8 Let every tribe and every tongue
before Him prostrate fall,
And shout in universal song,
and crown him Lord of all.
And shout in universal song,
and crown him Lord of all.

BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 13-17

RCCG Open Heaven Devotional 4 January 2024 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.