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OPEN HEAVEN 27 APRIL 2021 TUESDAY


 

OPEN HEAVEN 27 APRIL 2021 MEMORIZE: The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up. 1 Samuel 2:7

OPEN HEAVEN 27 APRIL 2021 BIBLE READING HOSEA 4:17

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

HOSEA 5:9

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

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OPEN HEAVEN 27 APRIL 2021 MESSAGE

Ephraim was once God’s preference and a symbol of divine blessing. Genesis 48:20 says Jacob blessed Ephraim thus:

…In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.

David also went on to describe Ephraim as “the strength of mine head” (Psalm 106:8).

Indeed, Ephraim was a beneficiary of divine blessing.

How then did he now become an object of ridicule later on? The answer is in Hosea 4:17: Ephraim joined himself to idols.

Idolatry is the act of preferring any other thing to the Almighty God – anything, whether it is your culture, race, idea or achievement.

Idolatry could also be an insatiable craving for material things of this world (1 John 2:15-17).

When you begin to have an excessive desire for children, cars, degrees or anything else to the point that they become ‘untouchables’ to the One who gave you power to acquire them in the first place, then you are guilty of idolatry.

This was the exact undoing of King Nebuchadnezzar as we see in Daniel 3:3.

Years ago, a certain young man in my village would carry his bicycle on his head when he got to a muddy road, just to avoid the wheels becoming messy from the mud! He made an idol of the bicycle.

Idolatry is one of the arch-enemies of divine blessings.

In Exodus 20:3, God warned the children of Israel against idolatry saying “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”.

However, when they became comfortable in the promised land, they joined themselves with the heathens to worship other gods.

For this reason, they suffered servitude under neighbouring kingdoms (Ezekiel 23:5-12).

A nation that hitherto had been enjoying divine blessings became slaves all over again because of idolatry.

This was what Ephraim did and his divine blessings became a curse as we see in Hosea. 5:9.

The word of the Lord has come to you today: beware of idolatry! Put God first in all you think, say or do and you will not be a victim.

Your blessings shall not be reversed in Jesus name.

OPEN HEAVEN 27 APRIL 2021 PRAYER POINT

Father, please help me pull down every strange altar I have consciously or unconsciously erected to compete with You in my life,home,business or ministry, in the mighty name of Jesus.

OPEN HEAVEN 27 APRIL 2021 HYMN

HYMN 24 – TAKE MY LIFE, AND LET IT BE

1. Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.

2. Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet, and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee,
Swift and beautiful for Thee.

3. Take my voice and let me sing
Always, only, for my King;
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee,
Filled with messages from Thee.

4. Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose,
Every power as Thou shalt choose.

5. Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine:
Take my heart, it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne,
It shall be Thy royal throne.

6. Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee,
Ever, only, all for Thee.

OPEN HEAVEN 27 APRIL 2021 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: JOSHUA 7:1-26, JOSHUAUA 8:1-35

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