OPEN HEAVEN 25 OCTOBER 2023 WEDNESDAY

OPEN HEAVEN 25 OCTOBER 2023 WEDNESDAY: NO ROOM FOR LAZINESS I

OPEN HEAVEN 25 OCTOBER 2023 MEMORIZE: he slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth. Proverbs 26:15 (KJV)

 

OPEN HEAVEN 25 OCTOBER 2023 BIBLE READING Proverbs 6:4-11 (KJV)

⁴ Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.

⁵ Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.

⁶ Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:

⁷ Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,

⁸ Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

⁹ How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?

¹⁰ Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

¹¹ So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

OPEN HEAVEN 25 OCTOBER 2023 MESSAGE

Proverbs 23:21 says: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

If you are lazy, you would end up being clothed with rags.

Some people don’t want to work hard; they just want to get rich overnight.

It is not going to happen.

Proverbs 19:15 says clearly: “Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.”

The word of God is settled; if you are lazy, you will suffer hunger.

With all humility, I know many who came out into full-time ministry around the same time I did.

Today when we meet after several years, they look at me and say, “Ah, God has been faithful to you”.

I say, “No doubt about that, He has been faithful.”

However, I always add very politely, “Nobody can accuse me of laziness”.

If you say I am a lazy man, I will look at you closely and say, “You must be related to the devil”.

Someone said, “You just finished the Holy Ghost Congress – a whole week of activities.

And before the Congress, you spent weeks fasting and praying.

In preparation, you even inspect everything, including the toilets.

You then finish the congress, and a few days later, you say you are going a-fishing.

Why not sit at home and tell your children to go and do the work?”.

I said, “Thank you. As long as God gives me strength, I will be occupied for Him “.

The word of God is clear; if you are lazy, you can’t expect His blessings.

You have to learn to be diligent.

Proverbs 12:24 says: “The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.”

Do you know what the above passage means?

It means that if you are lazy, other people will rule over you in every sphere of life.

If that is not what you want, then you must give no room to laziness in your life.

Only those who are diligent will rise to the level of ruling others; those who refuse to be diligent are mean men who will be ruled and controlled by the diligent.

Proverbs 22:29 says, “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men”.

OPEN HEAVEN 25 OCTOBER 2023 KEY POINT: If you want to be great, you cannot afford to be lazy

OPEN HEAVEN 25 OCTOBER 2023 HYMN

HYMN 12: ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS!

¹ Onward, Christian soldiers, 
marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
going on before!
Christ, the royal Master,
leads against the foe;
Forward into battle,
see his banner go!

Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers,
marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
going on before!

² At the sign of triumph
Satan’s host doth flee;
On, then, Christian soldiers,
on to victory!
Hell’s foundations quiver
at the shout of praise;
Brothers, lift your voices,
loud your anthems raise!

³ Like a mighty army
moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading
where the saints have trod;
We are not divided;
all one body we,
One in hope and doctrine,
one in charity.

⁴ Onward, then, ye people,
join our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voices
in the triumph song;
Glory, laud, and honor,
unto Christ the King;
This thro’ countless ages
men and angels sing.

⁵ Onward, then, ye people!
  Join our happy throng;
Blend with ours your voices
  In the triumph song.
Glory, laud and honor
  Unto Christ, the King;
This through countless ages
  Men and angels sing.

OPEN HEAVEN 25 OCTOBER 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: Luke 9-10

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE