OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: MONDAY 27th APRIL 2015....

THEME: THE BENEFITS OF SALVATION

II

MEMORISE: And hath put all things

under his feet, and gave him to be

the head over all things to the

church, which is his body, the

fullness of him that filleth all in all.

Ephesians 1:22-23

READ: EZEKIEL 36:24-30

24 For I will take you from among

the heathen, and gather you out of

all countries, and will bring you into

your own land.

25 Then will I sprinkle clean water

upon you, and ye shall be clean:

from all your filthiness, and from all

your idols, will I cleanse you.

26 A new heart also will I give you,

and a new spirit will I put within

you: and I will take away the stony

heart out of your flesh, and I will

give you an heart of flesh.

27 And I will put my spirit within

you, and cause you to walk in my

statutes, and ye shall keep my

judgments, and do them.

28 And ye shall dwell in the land

that I gave to your fathers; and ye

shall be my people, and I will be

your God.

29 I will also save you from all your

uncleannesses: and I will call for the

corn, and will increase it, and lay no

famine upon you.

30 And I will multiply the fruit of

the tree, and the increase of the

field, that ye shall receive no more

reproach of famine among the

heathen.

MESSAGE

As a child of God, it is part of your

benefits to enjoy continuous

spiritual victory over the kingdom of

Satan. The devil is the last person

that would like to see you saved. He

is committed to anything that will

pull you down from your new-found

faith. You have to be aggressive in

your response to him (1st Peter

5:8-9). Jesus with those words

granted you authority as a believer

in Luke 10:19

“Behold, I give unto you power to

tread on serpents and scorpions,

and over all the power of the enemy:

and nothing shall by any means hurt

you.”

It is this authority that you use in

commanding respect. It is this

authority that will make demons to

bow. You use the authority in Jesus

to put challenges events and

circumstances where they belong.

For instance, it is the authority

backing a policeman that makes him

simply raise his hands to stop

oncoming vehicles. As long as he is

in that uniform, he will command

obedience. If you are born-again,

authority has been given to you. You

are to make use of this authority to

preach good tidings to the meek.

You are to bind up the broken-

hearted. You are to decree liberty to

those who are captives and the

opening of prisons to those that are

bound. Your authority is to be used

for commanding the devil and his

activities out of your jurisdiction.

Some times ago, while travelling to

Ilesha in southwest Nigeria, I saw a

vehicle parked along the way at Ile-

Ife. The bonnet of the car was

opened, and on closer inspection, I

saw one of my daughters standing by

the car. I decided to park and find

out what the matter was. I asked

her what was wrong with her car.

She replied that there was nothing

wrong with the car, but that

everything was wrong with her

personally. She told me that the

baby in her womb had not moved for

several days, and that the doctor

had confirmed that the baby was

dead. She parked her car to

contemplate on what she should do.

Since I was with her at that point,

she asked me to just lay my hands

on her stomach and speak the word

of power so that the baby would

come back to life. I did as she

requested and continued with my

journey. The Lord honoured my

words, and that child came back to

life again. This same child

graduated from the university in

2003. This miracle was made

possible because of the benefits of

salvation. Without salvation, I

couldn’t have commanded even a

dead cockroach to come back to life,

but in salvation lies the power of

resurrection. This is the way I know

that everything dead in your

business is coming back to life, and

the supreme power of God is

swallowing up all the powers of the

enemy in your life in Jesus’ Name.

PRAYER POINT:

By the authority given to me by

Jesus, I destroy everything limiting

God’s benefits in my life.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Judges

15:1-16:22 and Mathew 26:69-27:14

AUTHOR: Pst E. A. ADEBOYE.