Memorise: But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. John 4:23
Read: John 4:21-24 (KJV)
21 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
23 But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
Bible in one year: Psalm 45-50, Micah 3:1-4:5, Hymn: Sing hymn 14
Message:-
Worship is a beautiful act. Personally, I really love to worship God. The true act of worship is expressed when you bow down before a person in total surrender or in form of adoration. Satan knows this, which is why he told Jesus to bow down to worship him (Matthew 4:8-9).
In the spirit realm, the act of worship is high priority. This is why I sometimes wonder why people think the time to worship in a church service is the right time for them to walk around to greet people. Some people purposely get to church after the worship session, while some church workers use that time to “put some things in place”.
These are all wrong attitudes to worship. I remember one time when I entered a service during the worship session and all the people I passed by bowed to greet me. When I got the microphone, I asked them how they knew that I was passing by if they were truly worshipping God, and I warned them that no one should ever suspend their worship of God in order to greet me again. The time of worship is the most important time in any service.
Our heavenly Father is the Almighty God. He created the heavens and the earth, but He has no creator. He has done so many wondrous things that man can at best only imagine (Psalm 72:18). He can kill and also raise the dead (1st Samuel 2:6). He can change the life of a poor man within minutes (1st Samuel 2:8). He stretches the heavens out as a curtain and spreads them out as a tent to dwell in (Isaiah 40:22). Speaking of this great God, Exodus 15:8 says:
“And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.”
Doesn’t He therefore deserve to be worshipped with utmost respect? When the president of a country steps into a gathering, all attention is on him; why then is our attention elsewhere when the King of kings is being worshipped? Please don’t take God for granted. If your boss is talking to you and your phone rings, you will immediately end the call, but when we are in the presence of God, we dishonour Him by answering and even making phone calls. Many people often wonder why they attend the same worship service as some other people, and those people get their miracles but they get nothing. Perhaps it is because they do not honour God during the service. God clearly said in 1st Samuel 2:30b:
“…Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.”
From today, honour God by worshipping Him with all of your being at all times.
Prayer Point: Father I am sorry for every time I took You for granted, please grant me grace never to take Your granted again.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical Churches in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
FASTING AND PRAYER POINTS FRIDAY 29TH NOVEMBER
DAY 29: REVIVAL FOR A GREAT TURN AROUND
TEXT: Habbakuk 3:2
For there to be revival in the church of God, the church must become very prayerful. It is only prayers that can bring about the expected TURN AROUND that will make the church stand out in the power of the Spirit.
1. Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me. Bless His Holy name. Psa 103: 1
2. Thank God for a new day and for the salvation of your soul
3. Let us bless the name of the Lord. Truly; it has been of the LORD’S mercies that we were not consumed, because his compassions *has not failed us. Lam 3:22 Psa 34:1
4. Father; send down the fire of revival in your church again, like the days of old, in Jesus name. Habakkuk 3:2
5. Father; awake your church from deep slumber in Jesus name. Isaiah 56:10
6. Father let there be fresh fire, fresh anointing, fresh unction upon your ministers in the church in Jesus name. Acts 2:1-4
7. Father; give new strengths, new live, new energy to your church at this end time, in Jesus name. Acts 4:29
8.Father; release your anointing of healing into your church, let the blind see, let the lame work, let the dumb speak, let the deaf hear and the dead rise in Jesus name. Acts 19:11
9. Let us pray that every inherited strange behaviour and habit in our lives working against our personal revival be destroyed in Jesus name. Jeremiah 31:29
10. Powers of darkness in (put your country, e.g. Nigeria) working against the revival of the church be destroyed in Jesus name. Daniel 10:13
11. Powers of darkness in (put your country) working against the revival of the economy of my (put your country) be destroyed in Jesus name. Daniel 10:13
12. Powers of darkness in (put your country) working against my personal and family revival be terminated in Jesus name. Daniel 10:13
13.Father; release you power afresh upon your church, such that members will have genuine experience of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongues in Jesus name. Acts 2:4
14.Father; the secret of power is waiting, release grace to wait upon us until the Spirit be poured from on high in Jesus name. Isa 32:15
15. Father, let the gift of the Holy Spirit begin to manifest afresh in churches in (put your country) in Jesus name. 1 Cor 12:4-11
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