OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.. DATE : THURSDAY 7th MAY 2015....

THEME : WHAT’S IN A NAME?

Memorise:

And that repentance and remission

of sins should be preached in his

name among nations, beginning at

Jerusalem. Luke 24:47

Read: Luke 1:30-35

30 And the angel said unto her, Fear

not, Mary: for thou hast found favour

with God.

31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive

in thy womb, and bring forth a son,

and shalt call his name JESUS.

32 He shall be great, and shall be

called the Son of the Highest: and

the Lord God shall give unto him the

throne of his father David:

33 And he shall reign over the house

of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom

there shall be no end.

34 Then said Mary unto the angel,

How shall this be, seeing I know not

a man?

35 And the angel answered and said

unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come

upon thee, and the power of the

Highest shall overshadow thee:

therefore also that holy thing which

shall be born of thee shall be called

the Son of God.

Message

God attaches great significance to

names. It is unfortunate that many

people don’t pay attention to the

importance of the names they bear

or the names they give to their

children. Africans, like the Jews,

consider the meaning of a name

before they give it to their children

or to someone else.

The Name that the Almighty God

chose to give to His only begotten

Son is very significant. It is a

wonder-working Name. In Matthew

1:21, we are told the reason why the

miracle child Mary would give birth

to should bear the Name Jesus:

“And she shall bring forth a son,

and thou shalt call his name JESUS:

for he shall save his people from

their sins.”

Salvation from sin is the greatest

wonder in the history of mankind

because the Bible expressly declares

sin as a plague affecting all men.

Romans 3:23 says that:

“For all have sinned, and come short

of the glory of God;”

The Name Jesus therefore proclaims

to the world thus: “Behold the Man

who came to achieve the greatest

wonder the world needs.”

This is where practitioners of some

other religions get confused. They

wonder how the Name of one Man

can save another man; not to talk of

the claim that this same Name can

save all who believe in it. They

wonder silently and loudly; they try

to rationalise the workability of this

declaration which God Almighty

Himself made concerning His only

begotten Son. Beloved, I encourage

you not to bother about how it

works.

Evidence abounds as to how on the

merit of this Name, souls have

received and are receiving the

forgiveness of sin. Not only that, the

positive transformation that occurs

in those who believe in this Name is

indisputable proof of the wonders

the Name of Jesus performs from

generation to generation.

One of my sons testified that when

he believed in the Name of Jesus,

not only was he forgiven, he was also

miraculous transformed. He

experienced the disappearance of

curses and abusive words from his

vocabulary. He testified that “The

curse words could just not come out

anymore even when I tried”. To have

this same experience, I encourage

you to surrender your life totally to

Him today. You need to identify with

the Owner of this Name before it can

work for you. God bless you as you

do so today in Jesus’ Name.

Action Point :

Make sure you know and belong to

the Owner of the Name, JESUS. By

this, you will experience

transformational wonders, not only

in your spiritual life but also in your

family and business.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : 1 SAMUEL 10:11

and MARK 5:1-20

AUTHOR : Pst E. A ADEBOYE