OPEN HEAVEN 15 SEPTEMBER 2025 MONDAY: IN-LAWS SHOULD BE LOVED
OPEN HEAVEN 15 SEPTEMBER 2025 MEMORISE: Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. Jude 1:21
OPEN HEAVEN 15 SEPTEMBER 2025 READ: RUTH 1:8-18
8 And Naomi said unto her
two daughters in law, Go, return each to her mother’s house: the LORD
deal kindly with you, as ye have dealt with the dead, and with me.
9 The LORD grant you that
ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she
kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.
10 And they said unto her, Surely we will return with thee unto thy people.
11 And Naomi said, Turn
again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? Are there yet any more sons
in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
12 Turn again, my
daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should
say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should
also bear sons;
13 Would ye tarry for them
till they were grown? Would ye stay for them from having husbands? Nay,
my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of
the LORD is gone out against me.
14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.
15 And she said, Behold, thy sister in law is gone back unto her people, and unto her gods: return thou after thy sister in law.
16 And Ruth said, Intreat
me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for
whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy
people shall be my people, and thy God my God:
17 Where thou diest, will I
die, and there will I be buried: the LORD do so to me, and more also,
if ought but death part thee and me.
18 When she saw that she was stedfastly minded to go with her, then she left speaking unto her.
OPEN HEAVEN 15 SEPTEMBER 2025 MESSAGE
When I was leaving for my
postgraduate studies, I handed my mother over to my wife, knowing that
she would take good care of her.
My wife is a helpmeet
indeed, and a true helpmeet is a great blessing, not just to her husband
but her in-laws as well. She won’t seek to compete with them or
disrespect them; rather, she will help her husband by honouring his
people.
Nowadays, some women say
that they are only married to their husbands and do not care about their
in-laws. This is not right because their husbands came from a home, and
as helpmeets, they have a responsibility to love their husbands’ people
too.
Ruth was a wise woman.
When she married Naomi’s son, she took Naomi as her mother. Her love for
Naomi was so great that when her husband died, she abandoned her
hometown to follow her mother-in-law to a place she had never been.
She was ready to risk
everything to care for her aged mother-in-law. In return, God rewarded
her selflessness by giving her another home. Ruth’s service to her
mother-in-law opened the door of fruitfulness to her (Ruth 1-4), and in
the account of the genealogy of Jesus Christ in Matthew 1:1-16, you will
find her name in verse 5.
Loving in-laws is,
however, not peculiar to wives alone. Husbands must also love and honour
their in-laws. The fact that they have fulfilled all the necessary
traditional marriage rites does not mean their wives’ parents and family
members are unimportant.
For example, Jesus healed
Peter’s mother-in-law when he visited Peter’s house in Matthew 8:14-15.
Immediately Jesus healed her, she arose and ministered to them. If she
hadn’t been treated well before that time, and if she wasn’t made to
feel welcomed in the house, she wouldn’t have thought of serving
everyone present, including her son-in-law.
If you’re married, God put
you in your spouse’s family because He wants you to extend His love to
them. Whether they reciprocate or not, your responsibility is to love
them.
No man snuffs out the
little light he has because every other person is living in darkness.
Instead, he makes his light shine brighter for all to see.
If your in-laws don’t
believe in Jesus yet, your marriage has given you the opportunity to
show them the light. Ask God for the wisdom to relate with them, and in
everything you do, let the love of Christ rule your heart, actions, and
decisions.
In-laws should be loved whether they reciprocate it or not.
OPEN HEAVEN 15 SEPTEMBER 2025
HYMN 28: GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH
1 Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land.
I am weak, but Thou art mighty;
Hold me with Thy powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven!
Feed me now and evermore;
Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven!
Feed me now and evermore.
2 Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer! Strong Deliverer!
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.
Strong Deliverer! Strong Deliverer!
Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.
3 If I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside;
Bear me through the swelling torrent,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side:
Songs of praises! Songs of praises!
I will ever give to Thee.
Songs of praises! Songs of praises!
I will ever give to Thee.
4 Saviour, come! We long to see Thee,
Long to dwell with Thee above;
And to know in full communion,
All the sweetness of Thy love,
Come, Lord Jesus! Come, Lord Jesus!
Take Thy waiting people home
Come, Lord Jesus! Come, Lord Jesus!
Take Thy waiting people home.
OPEN HEAVEN 15 SEPTEMBER 2025 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: HOSEA 5-9
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