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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DIR By: GlobalPrincess
Date: September 13, 2016, 3:48 am
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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL......
DATE : SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 11TH 2016
THEME : SPIRITUAL SPECIALISATION.
Memorise:
For I say, through the grace given unto me, to
every man that is among you, not to think of
himself more highly than he ought to think;
but to think soberly, according as God hath
dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Romans 12:3
Read: 1st Corinthians 12:4-12, (KJV)
4 Now there are diversities of gifts, but the
same Spirit.
5 And there are differences of administrations,
but the same Lord.
6 And there are diversities of operations, but
it is the same God which worketh all in all.
7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given
to every man to profit withal.
8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of
wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by
the same Spirit;
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to
another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
10 To another the working of miracles; to
another prophecy; to another discerning of
spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to
another the interpretation of tongues:
11 But all these worketh that one and the
selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally
as he will.
12 For as the body is one, and hath many
members, and all the members of that one
body, being many, are one body: so also is
Christ.
MESSAGE
God in His infinite wisdom specifically created
the universe and everything in it with diversity
in His mind. Consequently, the difference
between people, their special gifts, needs and
characters is obvious all through creation.
Individualism stresses the differences between
people and recognises the special gifts of
individuals. Now the Bible teaches that the
diverse gifts in the lives of individuals in the
body of Christ are specifically designed to be
used for the benefit of all. To this end,
1stCorinthian 12:4-6 say:
“Now there are diversities of gifts, but the
same Spirit. And there are differences of
administrations, but the same Lord. And there
are diversities of operations, but it is the same
God which worketh all in all.”
We are encouraged not to personalise God’s
gifts in our lives, but rather to recognise that
we are incomplete in ourselves and we need
cooperation and fellowship with others in the
body of Christ to function as a complete
whole. God wants His children to live by this
biblical injunction so that no one will be
proud, and to enhance mutual respect in the
Church of God, which will promote peace and
unity in the body of Christ. Physical and
spiritual development will go on unhindered.
Passages of the Bible like Romans 12:6-8,
would then become realistic and practicable:
“Having then gifts differing according to the
grace that is given to us whether prophecy, let
us prophesy according to the proportion of
faith; Or ministry, let us wait on our
ministering: for he that teacheth, on teaching;
Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that
giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that
ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy,
with cheerfulness.”
One person operates in the word of wisdom,
another in the word of knowledge; one is the
gifts of healing, and yet another in the working
of miracles and prophecy. They should
cooperate with each other with the
understanding that one and the selfsame Spirit
is at work in each individual to accomplish
the ultimate purpose of God.
Prayer Point
Father, please give me the unction to function
with total humility and submission in Jesus’
name.
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 36:1-38:6, Psalms
55:16-23
AUTHOR : Pst E A ADEBOYE
HYNM12: MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS
1 My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.
Refrain:
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
all other ground is sinking sand,
all other ground is sinking sand.
2 When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace;
in every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain]
3 His oath, his covenant, his blood
support me in the whelming flood;
when all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]
4 When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found,
dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne. [Refrain]
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