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Why You Give in to Sexual Sin, on Todays Solid Joy Daily Devotional, By Pastor John Piper!

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Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones that you have broken rejoice.... Restore to me the joy of your salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit. (Psalm 41:8, 12) Why isn’t David crying out for sexual restraint? Why isn’t he praying for men to hold him accountable? Why isn’t he praying for protected eyes and sex-free thoughts? In this psalm of confession and repentance after essentially raping Bathsheba, you would expect David to ask for something like that. The reason is that he knows that sexual sin is a symptom, not the disease. People give way to sexual sin because they don’t have fullness of joy and gladness in Christ. Their spirits are not steadfast and firm and established. They waver. They are enticed, and they give way because God does not have the supreme place in their feelings and thoughts that he should. David knew this about himself. It’s true about us too. David is showing us, by the way he prays, what the real need is for those who sin sexu...

Prayer For Enemies In Islam

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 In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful It was the practice of the Prophet ﷺ to supplicate and pray to Allah to guide his enemies of Islam and to benefit them in the Hereafter. Islam teaches us to love for others what we love for ourselves. Each one of us wants to be guided and, therefore, we should ask Allah to guide others even if they are unbelievers, sinners, or oppressors. We should supplicate for guidance and forgiveness for people in general. It is the essence of Allah to be forgiving and mericful, and the angels roam the earth seeking forgiveness for everyone upon it. By expressing mercy and forgiveness in our supplications, we fulfill Allah’s plan for the creation. Allah said: ﻭَﺍﻟْﻤَﻠَﺎﺋِﻜَﺔُ ﻳُﺴَﺒِّﺤُﻮﻥَ ﺑِﺤَﻤْﺪِ ﺭَﺑِّﻬِﻢْ ﻭَﻳَﺴْﺘَﻐْﻔِﺮُﻭﻥَ ﻟِﻤَﻦ ﻓِﻲ ﺍﻟْﺄَﺭْﺽِ ۗ ﺃَﻟَﺎ ﺇِﻥَّ ﺍﻟﻠَّﻪَ ﻫُﻮَ ﺍﻟْﻐَﻔُﻮﺭُ ﺍﻟﺮَّﺣِﻴﻢُ The angels exalt the praise of their Lord and ask forgiveness for those on earth. No doubt, Allah is the Forgiving, the Merciful. Surat al-Shura 42:5 It...

Everlasting Father, and The Crown Of Righteousness, on Todays Open Heavens Daily Devotional, (17th and 18th 2017), By Pastor E.A Adeboye RCCG General Overseas!

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  EVERLASTING FATHER! (Thursday,17th August 2017)  MOMERISE: "I Am Alpha and Omega, The Beginning and The Ending, saith The Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, The Almighty." Revelation 1:8 Read: Isaiah 9:6-7 9:6. For unto us A Child is born, unto us A Son is given: and the government shall be upon His Shoulder: and His Name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 9:7. Of the increase of His Government and Peace there shall be no end, upon The Throne of David, and upon His Kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The Zeal of The Lord of Hosts will perform this. Message: A. A Father is the male personality among the two parents from whom children originate. 1. Parents are uniquely linked to their children by blood, and they are the source of the fundamental and distinctive characteristics of their children. 2. This speci...

Prayer point on todays Open heavens daily devotional: King of Kings (Wednesday 16th August 2017)

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  1.Father, you are the king of kings; and the Lord of Lord. 2.Father, you are the beginning and the end; the ancient of days; the Alpha and the Omega. 3.Father, beside you, there is no other person; l bow before your throne of grace and mercy, and l worship you. 4.Thank you Jesus, for leaving your glory in heaven, to dwell among us mortals, in order to show us the way to the Father. 5.Lord Jesus, you are the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one cometh unto the Father, but by you. 6.Lord, l bless you; l adore you; l honour and reverence you; You are the Most High God. 7.Father, your dominion is an everlasting dominion; and your kingdom is from generation to generation. 8.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus' name. 9.Father, please, give me a humble, contrite, and submissive heart; and let every spirit of pride, in my life be consumed by your fire, in Jesus' name. 10.Father, please, give me the ...

The King Of Kings, on Todays Open heavens daily devotional, (Wednesday 16th August 2017), By Pastor E.A ADEBOYE RCCG General overseas

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MEMORISE: "And He hath on His Vesture and on His Thigh A Name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS."Revelation 19:16 Read: Daniel 4:34-37 4:34. And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed The Most High, and I praised and honoured Him that Liveth Forever, Whose Dominion is An Everlasting Dominion, and His Kingdom is from generation to generation: 4:35. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and He doeth according to His Will in The Army of Heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay His Hand, or say unto Him, What doest thou? 4:36. At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. 4:37. Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise ...

What We Were Made For, on todays solid joy daily devotional, By Pastor John Piper

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  Christ suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God. (1 Peter 3:18 ) The gospel is the enjoyment of fellowship with God himself. This is made explicit here in 1 Peter 3:18 in the phrase “that he might bring us to God.” All the other gifts of the gospel exist to make this one possible. * We are forgiven so that our guilt does not keep us away from God. *We are justified so that our condemnation does not keep us away from God. *We are given eternal life now, with new bodies in the resurrection, so that we have the capacities for enjoying God to the fullest. Test your heart. Why do you want forgiveness? Why do you want to be justified? Why do you want eternal life? Is the decisive answer, “Because I want to enjoy God”? The gospel-love God gives is ultimately the gift of himself. This is what we were made for. This is what we lost in our sin. This is what Christ came to restore. “In your presence there is fulln...

You can avoid hunger, Do something: Career, and family breakthrough devotional, By Pastor Henry

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Bible verse: Proverbs 19:15:- Laziness cast's one into a deep sleep. And an idle person will suffer hunger. MESSAGE: I have never come across a verse in the Bible, where God encourages idleness. Nether have I come across rationale minds that endorses it too! The only person that has reason for idleness is the idle man himself! God so detests idleness that He decreed that there shouldn't be food for lazy man. He also went out of His way to the highways, looking for idle people, asking them, "why do you stand idle, all the day! He didn't stop there but gave them Job's and pay them a full wage for the day. Our anchor scripture says an idle man will suffer hunger. Hunger is not only in the food you put in your mouth. Any lack in your life is hunger. You need to pay for accommodation, pay school fee's, buy clothes, etc. Every need of your life is a hunger! An idle man, may have his way in the beginning, by winning peoples sympathy, but it is a matter of time,...

Prayer point on todays open heavens daily devotional: Have faith in God (15th Tuesday August 2017)!

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1.I worship you, Father; the author and the finisher of my faith. 2.I worship and adore you, my Father, because, you are the rewarder of those, who diligently, seek you. 3.Thank you, Father, for sending your son, Jesus, to Calvary, to atone for my sin. 4.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, give me a faith that can move mountains and cause the impossible, to become possible, in my life, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, let every spirit of doubt and unbelief, in my life, be consumed by your fire, in Jesus' name. 7.I speak to every mountain of sickness, disease, lack, poverty, discouragement, failure, shame, reproach, etc, in my life, "be thou removed and be cast into the sea", in Jesus' name. 8.Father, give me an overcoming faith; a faith so big, that could overcome all sorts of storms and challenges, of life, in Jesus' name. 9.Father, give me the grace to humble myself, a...

Have faith in God on Todays open heavens daily devotional (Tuesday 15th of August 2017), By Pastor E.A Adeboye RCCG General overseas!

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MEMORISE: But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Hebrew 11:6 Read: Mark 11:21-24 11:21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 11:22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 11:23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 11:24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. Message: Faith is a sense of reliance and trust in the Almighty God. It is a guiding belief and also a committed sense of loyalty. Faith is a central emphasis of Christianity, and f...

Our Wedding Date Is Set — Why Not Have Sex Now?, By Pastor John Piper!

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  Plans Are Not Vows It’s not okay to pretend that setting a marriage date is the same in God’s eyes as making the marriage vows in the presence of God’s people with the symbolic cultural sanctions — rings and vows and pronouncements and licenses. It’s mere fleshly pragmatism to treat an intention to get married the same as being married. Let me say that again. It is merely fleshly, worldly pragmatism to treat an intention to get married the same as being married. They’re not the same. “It’s mere fleshly pragmatism to treat an intention to get married the same as being married.” Sexual relations are a sacred physical, mental, spiritual consummation of awesomely sacred vows made before God in a moment when God himself really does join two people together in a one-flesh union. He does not perform that at random moments during engagement. People need...

3 Examples of Fighting Faith on todays Solid Joy Daily Devotional, By Pastor John Piper!

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To this end we always pray for you, that our God may make you worthy of his calling and may fulfill every resolve for good and every work of faith by his power. (2 Thessalonians 1:11 ) When Paul says that God fulfills our good resolves by his power through our faith, he means that we defeat sin and we do righteousness by being satisfied with all that God promises to be for us in Christ in the next five minutes, five months, five decades, and into eternity. Here are three examples of how this might look in your life: If you set your heart to give sacrificially and generously, the power of God to fulfill this resolve will come to you as you trust his future grace in the promise, “My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:19 ). And the promise, “Whoever sows bountifully will also reap bountifully” (2 Corinthians 9:6). And the promise, “God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that having all s...

There shall be no barrier: Open heavens daily devotional on (Monday August 14, 2017), By Pastor E.A Adeboye RCCG Overseas!

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MEMORISE: There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee: I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. Joshua 1:5 READ: Zechariah 4:6-9 6 Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. 7 Who art thou, O great mountain? before Zerubbabel thou shalt become a plain: and he shall bring forth the headstone thereof with shoutings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. 8 Moreover the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 9 The hands of Zerubbabel have laid the foundation of this house; his hands shall also finish it; and thou shalt know that the Lord of hosts hath sent me unto you. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 12-13, Ezekiel 24:1-14 MESSAGE: The Lord spoke the words of today’s memory verse to Joshua at a very crucial time in his life. Moses, the man of God, had just depa...

Prayer point on todays Open heavens daily devotional: There shall be no barrier (Monday, August 14, 2017)!

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1.Father, you are the God of Abraham, lsaac and Jacob; all powers in heaven and on earth, belong to you. 2.Thank you, Father, for your promises, never to leave nor forsake me, all the days of my life. 3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, let me never do anything that will drive away your presence from my life, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, in all my spiritual assignments, don't let me fail, but, excel and bring glory to your kingdom, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, let every satanic road block and obstacle on my way, to my land flowing with milk and honey, be dismantled, by the host of heaven, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, go ahead of me and straighten every crooked path, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, please, come and complete, all the good things that you have started in my life, in Jesus' name. 9.Father, please, give me divine support and assistance from above, to enab...

Arise from your slumber, Do something Career, and family breakthrough devotional, By Pastor Henry apostle of self actualization!

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Bible verse: Proverbs 6:10-11:- A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of  the hand to sleep; vs:11:- So shall your poverty comes on you like a prowler, and your needs like a armed man. Message: The Bible is God's manufacturers Manuel for man. It detests laziness. God ordained sleep, for our rest in the night, after the days work. But becomes detestable when it is an indulgence for laziness! The night season is a season of revelation, a season of creation (Genesis chapter one). Those who sleeps in the night, wake up In the day to serve those who invested in their night! The late sage, Chief Awolowo, made a statement I will never forget in my life, during his campaign in my hometown in 1979. He said "while most of you are sleeping in the night, I stayed awake thinking of your problems"! No wonder he was an authority all through his life time. Pastor Mathew Ashimolowo, once flew in the same first class with Aliko Dangote. He said while everyone in the fi...

Captives of the Mighty, Open heavens daily devotional, 13th of August 2017 By Pastor E.A Adeboye

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MEMORISE: "If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed." John 8:36 Read: John 5:1-9 5:1. After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 5:2. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 5:3. In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 5:4. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 5:5. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 5:6. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 5:7. The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am comi...