OPEN HEAVENS (WEDNESDAY, 25TH DECEMBER, 2013)

THEME : YOU CAN BE HIS WITNESS

MEMORY VERSE: And my speech and my
preaching was not with enticing words
of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration
of the Spirit and of power: 1 Corinthians
2:4

READ: 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 1. And I, brethren, when I came to you,
came not with excellency of speech or of
wisdom, declaring unto you the
testimony of God.
2. For I determined not to know any
thing among you, save Jesus Christ, and
him crucified.
3. And I was with you in weakness, and
in fear, and in much trembling.
4. And my speech and my preaching was
not with enticing words of man’s
wisdom, but in demonstration of the
Spirit and of power:
5. That your faith should not stand in the
wisdom of men, but in the power of
God.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : GENESIS 3 – 5

MESSAGE: As a bonafide member of the Kingdom
of God, you must be a proof of His
power to save. Matthew 1:21 says Jesus
shall save His people from sin. 1 John 1:7
says His blood cleanses us from all sins.
If the power to save was demonstrated in the life of anybody at all, it was in the
life of Paul. In 1 Timothy 1:15 he says, “This is a faithful saying, and worthy of
all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came
into the world to save sinners; of whom
I am chief.” He could say this because he realised
how far he had gone before Jesus saved
him. What about your life? Can you say
you have not observed changes in your
life from the time you received Jesus
into your life? If you have, share it with others. The testimonies of salvation I
hear these days are too shallow: when
you hear some people talk, you would
think they were saints all along. Let
your life prove that He can transform
lives. Where are the evidences of a changed life? However, you need the power of the
Spirit to produce the proof. Power
simply means the ability to do work.
Philippians 4:13 says I can do all things
by the power of Jesus Christ. God wants
to use you to heal the sick so that you can truly say Jesus has the power to
heal. He wants to use you to cast out
demons and bring joy, peace and
freedom to the captives so that you can
be His witness in all these areas. When
the devil takes over a life, he can do things that are negatively incredible e.g.
the mad man of Gadara. On the positive
side, if you are full of the Holy Ghost,
God will use you to do great things that
will baffle you. A politician came to the
Redemption Camp during one of our congresses and said that he cannot
understand what is going on. He said
when they are holding political rallies;
they have to pay people to attend, but
that in our own case, the people come
en masse and give their money as offering without being paid. I told him
the people are not coming to meet me
but the Holy Ghost. Are you ready for
God to use you these last days? Draw
closer to the Holy Spirit as never before.