OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-FRIDAY-22/04/2016-GOLDLY SORROW?-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
GODLY SORROW?
Memorise
For
godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of, but the sorrow of the world
worketh death. 2nd Corinthians 7:10
Read
Luke 22:60-62,
60 And
Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet
spake, the cock crew.
61 And
the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the
Lord, how he had said unto him, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me
thrice.
62 And
Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
KJV
MESSAGE
When Peter
realized that he did not fulfil his promise to not deny Jesus Christ, the Bible
says: “…he went out, and wept bitterly” (Matthew 26:75). This is what we call godly sorrow and it has its
blessings. When an individual is confronted with the reality of his sinful life
and the certainty of hell, if he is not a reprobate, he will mourn of his woes.
The best way to mourn for one’s sin is to confess and forsake them.
“He that covereth his
sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have
merchy. Happy is the man that feareth always: but he that hardeneth his heart
shall fall into mischief.”
Proverbs 28:13-14
In our Bible reading
for today, the Pharisee went to the temple, only to begin to eulogise himself
about all his good deeds. The Publican, on the other hand, smote his heart and
mourned for his sins. Some of us have been so self-conceited for too long a
time that we have piled-up sins that are now standing in our ways to spiritual
revival.
The Bible says:
“And the publican,
standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven but smote
upon his breast, saying God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man
went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that
exaleteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be
exalted.”
Luke 18:14-14
Beloved of the Lord,
let us examine ourselves and see where we are falling short of God’s grace for
living holy. Let us repent genuinely, and come back to our first love. I pray
that the Lord will revive you today in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point
Father, I need a revival of
holiness, please revive me again.
Bible in one year
2nd Samuel 21-22,
Proverbs 14:4-17
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