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Open Heaven, Thursday 25th May 2023 – The Internal Enemy

by Ugochukwu Odika

Open Heaven, Thursday 25th May 2023

Open Heaven 25th May 2023 Daily Devotional

Open Heaven, Thursday 25th May 2023 Daily Devotional Message written by Pastor E.A Adeboye

TOPIC: The Internal Enemy

MEMORISE:
“He that is slow to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city.” – (Proverbs 16:32)

READ: Judges 14:1-3 (KJV)

RCCG OPEN HEAVEN 25TH MAY 2023 DAILY DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE:

It is true that we wrestle with many external enemies described as principalities, powers, rulers of the darkness of this world, and spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12). Many people however, fight against themselves thereby constituting an internal enemy to themselves.

For example, there are many people who believe they are free to do anything they wish with their body; they therefore would not deny themselves anything their heart desires. This mindset often leads to sinful practices like indecent dressing, drunkenness, sexual immorality, gluttony, lasciviousness, idolatry, anger, selfishness, drug addiction and the likes. Such practices often produce results that are detrimental to the body, sometimes generating life-threatening repercussions. These sinful practices should therefore be correctly identified as internal enemies of all human beings. (1 Corinthians 3:17) says:

If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

This is an important statement with a very serious implication. The Almighty God, our Creator, wants us to know that He created us as His own dwelling place. He went on to say that if anyone defiles the temple of God, he or she shall be destroyed. This is probably the source of the increase in strange ailments and reduction in life expectancy across the world. Those who defile or abuse their bodies with alcohol, hard drugs, sexual immorality, unhygienic food and unhealthy exposure to dangerous substances often become sick and end up dying prematurely. Many incidents of youths all over the world dying from drug addiction, mental illness, hypertension, suicide, liver-related problems and so on are traceable to these internal enemies. Mark 7:23 tells us that all these evil things come from within and defile the man (the temple of God), while Galatians 5:21 says without exception that everyone who practices such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

PRAYER POINT:
Father, please help me not to be an enemy to myself, in Jesus’ name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Esther 1-5

HYMNAL:
Hymn 19 – Rock of Ages, cleft for me

Open Heaven, Wednesday 25th May 2023 Daily Devotional 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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