Open Heaven, July 30, 2024: Comfort vs. Fellowship
Open Heaven Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye.
TOPIC: Comfort vs. Fellowship
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” Matthew 18:20 (KJV)
READ: Hebrews 10:24-25 (KJV)
24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 57-59
Open Heaven 30 July 2024 MESSAGE
Today, I want you to consider very well the choice of staying at home and watching services online over attending physically. The Bible text clearly states that you are not to forsake the fellowshipping together of brethren. Therefore, if you choose to attend a service online when you can very well attend that service physically, you are forsaking the fellowshipping together with brethren for your comfort.
Due to your preference for comfort over fellowship, many things might follow. Some of these may include picking up phone calls or browsing social media while the service is going on. Also, you might be eating and drinking when you should be concentrating on receiving the bread of life from heaven. In that state, it is easy to welcome distractions from visitors who knock on your door and even things that you suddenly remember that you ought to have done.
These things will take your mind completely off the service and make you miss out on what God is doing at that moment. On the other hand, if you are present at a service physically, there will be little or no distractions because almost everybody around you will be focused on God. They will be praying or worshipping God fervently, and the environment around them will be charged; that fire will kindle your fire too. This is not the same as watching a service on TV. Tell me, if you put on your TV and a TV station is showing a house that is burning, will you feel the heat in your house?
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Except where there is no way to attend a physical service, either due to distance or other challenges, you cannot get the same impact from the service by watching it at home. God sees your heart; He knows when you are choosing comfort over fellowship with the brethren. He is the one who said that you should not forsake the fellowshipping together of the brethren, so He will not encourage you to disobey Him. There is always a difference between someone watching God move and someone being a part of the move of God.
Open Heaven, July 30, 2024 KEY POINT
Never choose comfort over fellowshipping physically with other believers.
Open Heaven 30 July 2024, HYMN 15: Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
1 Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,
Hear my humble cry.
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
Saviour, Saviour,
Hear my humble cry.
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
2 Let me at Thy throne of mercy.
Find a sweet relief;
Kneeling there in deep contrition,
Help my unbelief.
3 Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face?
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace.
4 Thou the spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me;
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in heaven but Thee?
PRAYER
Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept you as my Lord and personal saviour. I believe in my heart that you died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank you, Lord, for saving me, in Jesus’ name, Amen.
Content Credit| Open Heaven Daily Devotional 2024 by Pastor EA Adeboye.
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