OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE DATE:- Friday, October 23, 2015 TOPIC:- WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES?


 OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL
BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

DATE:- Friday, October 23, 2015

TOPIC:- WISE IN  YOUR  OWN  EYES?

MEMORISE:
Arise, O LORD; save  me, O my God: for thou  hast smitten all mine  enemies upon the  cheek bone; thou hast  broken the teeth of the  ungodly. . . . .Psalm 3:7

READ: Psalm 3:5-7
5. I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

6. I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

7. Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Numbers 35-36
Galatians 4:8-31

MESSAGE:
One character flaw that has worked against many  people all through the ages is pride.  Unfortunately, many people fail to recognise pride for what it is; rather, they see it as part of self respect.  Proverbs 21:4 says pride manifests itself in the carriage of a  person and in the state of their heart. Not many proud  people realise that they are proud. Psalm 73:6 says pride is  like a chain around the neck of the proud. In other words,  pride cannot be hidden for too long, just as a necklace is  seen by all. That Scripture also says that there is a link  between pride and violence. If you are proud, you won't be  far from evil, violent actions. God always has problems  with His children who are proud, because pride is Satan's  necklace. You cannot be a child of God and while dressing  yourself, you put on the necklace of your Father's enemy! Immediately any child of God wears Satan's necklace, God  keeps His distance from the fellow. Are you proud? Are you  wearing Satan's necklace? Put it off now if you want God to  relate well with you!

How can you identify the proud? A proud fellow thinks he  or she is better, superior, wiser and stronger than other  people. It is wrong to think you are wiser or better than  others. Why? Wisdom comes from God, and He can give it  to whoever He wants. If you misuse the wisdom God has  given you, He can take it from you or give it to someone  else. Also, if you are wise in the things of the world, you  ought to be extremely careful and humble, because some  people who are walking about the streets as madmen and  women were once very wise. There are PhD holders and  professors who have become insane. Do not let your  wisdom become your undoing. There is a very thin line  between wisdom and folly. No matter what you know, you  can never be more knowledgeable than God.
1Corinthians 1:25 says this about God:

"Because the foolishness of God is wiser  than men; and the weakness of God is  stronger than men!'

An antidote to pride is having the fear of the Lord. Proverbs 3:7 says:

"Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the  LORD, and depart from evil!'

The more you fear God, the less likely you are to be  proud. Ask God to increase His fear in your heart.

KEY POINT:
You cannot put on the  robe of righteousness, and  thereafter wear Satan's  necklace (pride).

LET US PRAY
Friday, October 23, 2015.

PRAYER POINTS:

1. Father, I thank you for another day; I thank you for the wonders of sleeping and waking;

2. Father, i thank you for keeping  me alive till today, and also for the gift of life.

3. Father, I thank  you for the salvation of my soul, in Jesus' Name

4. Father, please deliver me from every form of pride, in Jesus Name.

5. Father, please forgive me for my past acts of pride, in Jesus' Name.

6. Father, please let you fear be continually be and increase in my heart, in Jesus' Name.

7. Father, please give me wisdom to be able to conduct myself in an orderly manner, everyday of my life, in Jesus' Name.

8. Father, please give me the grace not to misuse the wisdom you have given unto me, in Jesus' Name.

9. PERSONAL PRAYER REQUESTS.

10. FATHER, I thank you for the answers, for in JESUS' MERCIF

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