RCCG Open Heaven Daily 28 August 2024
TOPIC: Personal Devotion
READ: Psalm 63:1-8 (KJV)
63 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
MEMORISE
“As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
Psalm 42:1
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ezekiel 18-20
RCCG Open Heaven Daily 28 August 2024 MESSAGE
You cannot get close to someone by relating with him or her only in a group. If you want to get close to someone, you must spend some time alone with that fellow.
It is necessary to have your family devotion, where all members of your family come together to study the Bible and pray, and its essential to attend Bible study and prayer meetings with other Brethren. However, you cannot get close to God if you don’t sit alone with your Bible to study it and spend time alone with Him in prayers; this is your personal devotion time.
God relates with individuals, not groups. Even in a group, when God wants to talk, He addresses Himself to individuals. For example, He was talking to all members of the church in a city when He said, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hears my voice, and open the door, I will come into him and will sup with him, and he with me.” (Revelations 3:20).
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Though God was talking to the entire church, He used singular pronouns. This is why often, when I am ministering, and God wants to give someone a miracle, He will say through me, “There is some here….”.
God wants to have an individual relationship with you. The relationship your pastor, parent or Bible study leader has with Him does not apply to you; He wants to connect with you, and until He has built a personal connection with you, you cannot know Him.
To build this personal connection with God, you must have a personal altar. This is a place and/or time when you meet with Him daily. You must set aside time every day to study your Bible and pray.
Reflection
How is your personal relationship with God?
HYMN I’ve Found A friend in Jesus
1 I have found a friend in Jesus-
He’s ev’rything to me,
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;
The Lily of the Valley- in Him alone I see
All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.
In sorrow He’s my comfort, in trouble He’s my stay,
He tells me ev’ry care on Him to roll;
He’s the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star,
He’s the greatest of ten thousand to my soul.
2 He all my grief has taken and all my sorrows borne,
In temptation He’s my strong and mighty tow’r;
I have all for Him forsaken and all my idols torn
From my heart, and now He keeps me by His pow’r.
Though all the world forsake me and Satan tempt me sore,
Through Jesus I shall safely reach the goal;
He’s the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star,
He’s the greatest of ten thousand to my soul.
3 He will never, never leave me nor yet forsake me here,
While I live by faith and do His blessed will;
A wall of fire about me, I’ve nothing now to fear-
With His manna He my hungry soul shall fill.
Then sweeping up to glory I’ll see His blessed face,
Where rivers of delight shall ever roll;
He’s the Lily of the Valley, the Bright and Morning Star,
He’s the greatest of ten thousand to my soul.
