Open heaven devotional for Thursday May 14th.....

Topic: YOU NEED THE DIVINE TOUCH – Thursday May 14, 2015
Memorize:
For she said within herself, if I may but touch his garment, I shall
be whole. -Matthew 9:21
Read: Matthew 9:20-22
20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of
blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his
garment:
21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I
shall be whole.
22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he
said,Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee
whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.
MESSAGE:
The entrance of sin into this world destroyed so many things
about humility. It provoked God to pronounce a curse on the
ground and banish mankind to a life of sorrow and pain in
Genesis 3:16-17:
“Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow
and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt being forth children;
and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over
thee. And unto Adam he said, because thou hast hearkened
unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of
which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it:
cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of
it all the days of thy life;”
The unifying theme of God’s pronouncements on Adam and Eve
was sorrow. From that moment onwards, sorrow has been a
heritage of humanity. But praise God, because whatever the
Almighty God touches is bound to be good, irrespective of its
initial condition. This is why every man born of a woman needs
the divine touch of God. Only the regeneration of a man’s spirit
through God’s divine touch can put an end to his heritage of
sorrow.
In today’s Bible reading, we see a woman in whom the heritage of
sorrow manifested as an issue of blood for twelve years! In Luke
8:43, the Bible says she had spent all she had in seeking healing
from physicians to no avail. At this point in her life, only a divine
touch could put an end to her years of agony and sorrow. Then
one day, she came across the Great physician, Jesus Christ. Her
faith was so strong; she believed in her heart that all she needed
from Him was a passive divine touch. She believed that based on
the power in the divine touch, she did not need an active touch
for her to be made whole. This singular act of faith was
commended by Jesus Himself. I pray for someone using this
devotional that your day of deliverance is here in Jesus’ Name. The
Almighty God will touch and perfect everything concerning you in
Jesus’ Name.
It is most unfortunate that the divine touch of God is going
around the world today through the power of the gospel of the
Lord Jesus Christ, but it is being rejected in many quarters. No
wonder Jesus wept and lamented in Luke 19:41-42. The woman
with the issue of blood recognised the person of Jesus. She knew
her contact with His divinity would solve her problem, and so it
was. Once, again may  the Lord touch you today as you yield to
Him in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer Point:
Father, Please touch me with your mighty power of deliverance
today in Jesus Name.
Bible in one year: I Samuel 21:10-23:29, Mark 8:22-9:1