OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL-SATURDAY-06/08/2016-THE POWER OF TESTIMONY-BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE
THE POWER OF TESTIMONY
Memorise
And
they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the word of their testimony;
and they loved not their lives unto the death. Revelations 12:11
Read
1st
Samuel 17:32-37
32 And
David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him; thy servant will go
and fight with this Philistine.
33 And
Saul said to David, Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight
with him: for thou art but a youth, and he a man of war from his youth.
34 And
David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a
lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:
35 And I
went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when
he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.
36 Thy
servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine
shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
37 David
said moreover, The Lord that
delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he
will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David,
Go, and the Lord be with thee.
KJV
MESSAGE
Testimonies
are assets in prayers that authenticate the reality of what God will do in your
life. The power of testimonies put you above your problems and destroys all
lies and deceits of the devil concerning all that the Almighty God has promised
you.
“Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever:
for they are the rejoicing of my heart”
Psalms 119:111
Those who
give testimonies of what God does in their lives are committing God into
sustaining what He has done. It is through the power of your testimony that
your miracle becomes permanent. I decree that the Almighty God will do
something great in your life that can never be hidden in Jesus’ name.
You need
faith to receive all that God has promised, and one of the ways to bring those
promises to fulfilment is by testifying of the goodness of the Lord. It is by
faith that you receive boldness to come before the presence of the Almighty God
to access your rightful blessings. All those who have done great things are
people who are given to testifying of the deeds of God in their lives so that
others can also ‘key’ into their encounters. David defeated Goliath before the
physical battle by the word of testimony. He knew that by his experience and
age, he was not fit enough to confront Goliath in a physical battle. Goliath
cursed him, and he also cursed Goliath by the name of his God and that same God
gave him the victory he testified about. When you come face to face with
situations and circumstances that are beyond you, remember that there is a God
that will never leave you nor forsake you. All you need to do is believe His
plans for you and live it while waiting for it to come to pass. When battles
rise against you, remind God of all His acts in your life and in the lives of
others before now. You can be sure that He can repeat in your life whatever He
has done for someone. If your medical report is not favourable, remember there
is a God who has over turned the medical report of more critical situations and
believe that yours will not be impossible for Him to do. When you remind God of
all that He has done in the past, you are invoking His faithfulness and compelling
Him to reproduce the act.
The people
that know their God shall be strong and they shall do exploits. With the power
of testimony, it becomes very easy to do great exploits. All you have to do is
to know the God you serve. David knew the God he was serving. Daniel knew the
God he was serving. Elijah knew the God he was serving. Esther knew the God she
was serving. Joshua knew the God he was serving and he declared boldly that he
was not among those who saw themselves as grasshoppers. He knew through the
acts of His God that they were more than able to possess the land and enter
into their promised destiny. You must not be afraid to dominate. You must see
yourself as a champion who is triumphant. Your faith in His promises must never
be shaken. You carry divinity and there is nothing in life that can conquer
you. I decree that your testimonies shall overflow in Jesus’ name.
Key Point
Every closed mouth is equal
to a closed destiny.
Bible in one year
1st Peter 5, 2
Peter 1-3, Psalms 29
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