When fears are stilled, when strivings ceaseīought with the precious blood of Christ.1 For God alone my soul waits in silence from him comes my salvation. What heights of love, what depths of peace ADEBOYE Open Heaven 8 December 2021 Wednesday HYMN: IN CHRIST ALONE MY HOPE IS FOUNDįirm through the fiercest drought and storm Prayer Point: – Open Heaven 8 December 2021įather, please let love – Your love, fill the hearts of all Your children and unite us all, in the mighty name of Jesus.Īuthor: PASTOR E.A. May the Lord help us all as believers to live together in harmony and work in unity, in the mighty name of Jesus. Let us love – not in words alone, but also in deed. We see that in today’s memory verse.īeloved, let us begin to work towards the fulfilment of our Lord’s prayer, so that the Church can make headway in our missionary and evangelistic endeavours. Jesus however, has prayed about this too. The absence of love is a major cause of disunity. John 17:21, John 17:26 “That they all may be one as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me…And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.” The subject of unity is so important that our Lord Jesus Christ spent time praying about it in Johns gospel. If the Body of Christ can work together in unity, today’s Bible reading says our blessings are guaranteed. Believers now fall prey to the enemy, becoming casualties of this disunity. How can two missionaries commissioned by the same organization to the same field of operation not be united? Sadly, this is the state of the Body of Christ in many places today. This is why, as a Church, we have not been able to accomplish the Great Commission as effectively as we desire.
This is the reason joy peace and progress have eluded so many believers today. Sadly, this is also the case among believers who should be the leading lights for this dark world. Today, despite the fact that we say united we stand divided we fall in words, sing it in songs and rehearse it in poems there are still divisions among us. Perhaps this was so because he had seen how elusive unity was among the brethren, even in his time. When you go through the Bible reading of today, you will observe the Psalmist lamenting, almost in despair. In our devotional today, we will consider the blessings of unity, which have been identified in the Scriptures to include joy, peace, and progress. MESSAGE: – Open Heaven 8 December 2021 Wednesday Daily Devotional As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the LORD commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments ģ. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!Ģ. Open Heaven 8th December 2021 M EMORISE: For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.