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OPEN HEAVEN 14 OCTOBER 2024 MONDAY

 

OPEN HEAVEN 14 OCTOBER 2024 MONDAY: COVER NOT YOUR SINS

OPEN HEAVEN 14 OCTOBER 2024 MEMORISE: He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsake tthem shall have mercy. Proverbs 28:13

OPEN HEAVEN 14 OCTOBER 2024 READ: 1 Samuel 15:22-29

22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams.

23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king.

24 And Saul said unto Samuel, I have sinned: for I have transgressed the commandment of the LORD, and thy words: because I feared the people, and obeyed their voice.

25 Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship the LORD.

26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I will not return with thee: for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.

27 And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.

28 And Samuel said unto him, The LORD hath rent the kingdom of Israel from thee this day, and hath given it to a neighbour of thine, that is better than thou.

29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent: for he is not a man, that he should repent.

OPEN HEAVEN 14 OCTOBER 2024 MESSAGE

In my primary school days, our teacher told us the story of a man who offended his king.

The king was very angry and called the man concerning the issue.

The man immediately got on his knees and pleaded for mercy.

He admitted his offence and said that he was very sorry. The king pardoned him because of his repentant heart.

Our teacher told us that if we are wrong and admit it while asking for mercy, we will obtain mercy.

However, if we try to cover our wrongs, we will surely get punished.

The lesson stuck with me, and so, when l do something wrong, I don’t try to cover it.

If I offend God, I turn to Him and say, “Lord, I have offended you, please have mercy on me.”

If you want to obtain mercy from God, you must not cover any sins that you commit.

The reason God always had mercy on David is that he never tried to cover his sins; rather, he would confess them to God.

In 1 Chronicles 21:1-16, when Gad came to tell David that he had offended God, not only did David accept his wrong, he called the elders to fast and pray with him for forgiveness.

Compare that to Saul in 1 Samuel 15:20-21. After Samuel had come to tell him that he had not carried out God’s instruction to the letter, he made excuses instead of accepting his wrong.

When Samuel refused to worship God with him, he did not plead with him to help appease God, rather, he pulled Samuel’s skirt just because he didn’t want the elders to see Samuel walking away from him.

He clearly wasn’t making the sacrifice to ask for mercy, he was doing it to cover his sin and make everything look alright.

1 Samuel 3:19 tells us that God honored Samuel and never allowed his words to fall to the ground, but in 1 Samuel 16:1, as much as Samuel pleaded for Saul, God said that he should not waste his time because He had rejected Saul.

Beloved, covering your sins will land you in destruction: When you do something wrong, don’t try to keep up appearances.

Your Christian life is not about publicity, it is more of your personal relationship with the King of kings.

Confess your sins and plead with God for mercy. When you do that, He will. have mercy on you, but if you cover your sins, you are risking His total rejection.

Don’t cover your sins; Confess them and repent genuinely.

OPEN HEAVEN 14 OCTOBER 2024 HYMN 2

AMAZING GRACE

1. Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch; like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

2. ’Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear.
The hour I first believed!

3 The Lord hath promised good to me,
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

4 When we’ve been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
Than when we first begun.

OPEN HEAVEN 14 OCTOBER 2024 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Mark 6-7

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