OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL 

SUNDAY 4TH OCTOBER 2020

THEME: ANOINTING VS APPOINTMENT

MEMORIZE: 

Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full ofthe Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business. ACTS 6:3

READ: ACTS 6:5-8 (KJV)

5. And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, an Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

6. Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

7. And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

8. And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

MESSAGE

There are clear differences between the anointed and the appointed: the former is greater than the latter and so controls it.

Do not seek or lobby for an appointment, rather seek anointing. Anointing is the supernatural ability to do something.

God has a purpose for your life and thus gives you the necessary ability to achieve it.

When you pursue an appointment that God has not anointed you for, you will live under stress and pressure.

However, when you seek the anointing, the right appointment will follow and you will get great results.

ln Acts 6:3, we see the correct order that things should follow.

First, you must be full of the Holy Ghosts anointing and power, then you will get the right appointment.

Your focus should therefore be on the anointing and not the appointment.

The appointment is merely a platform for the manifestation of the anointing.

Before Stephen was appointed as a deacon, he had already been anointed by the Holy Ghost, but we did not hear of him preaching the gospel or performing miracles until the appointment came.

After the appointment, Acts 6:7-8 says:

“And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith. And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.“

This tells us that when you appoint the anointed, great exploits follow.

If you have the privilege of choosing people for any appointment (in Church or otherwise), ensure you select those who are anointed with the supernatural ability from God to function.

If you have been appointed into a role that you are not anointed for, then first, check if that appointment is God’s purpose for your life.

If it is His purpose for your life, then you must cry to Him for anointing.

Being appointed without being anointed can never produce excellence. 

KEY POINT

Seek the anointing first before the appointment.

BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: MATTHEW 4, LUKE 4-5, JOHN 1

HYMN 27: TAKE MY LIFE , AND LET IT BE

1. Take my life and let it be

Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;

Take my moments and my days,

Let them flow in ceaseless praise.

2. Take my hands and let them move

At the impulse of Thy love;

Take my feet and let them be

Swift and beautiful for Thee.

3. Take my voice and let me sing

Always, only for my King;

Take my lips and let them be

Filled with messages from Thee.

4. Take my silver and my gold

Not a mite would I withhold;

Take my intellect and use

Every power as Thou shalt choose.

5. Take my will and make it

Thine It shall be no longer mine;

Take my heart, it is Thine own

It shall be Thy royal throne.

6. Take my love, my Lord, I pour

At Thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself and I will be

Ever, only, all for Thee.

*THE REDEEMED CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF GOD DIRECTORATE OF PRAYER THIRTY (30) DAYS PRAYER GUIDE TOWARDS THE REALISATION OF A NEW NIGERIA*

Our daily declaration during the period of fasting and prayer.

*1. Nigeria; you will arise and shine again, for thy light is come.*

*2. All Prophesies of glory about Nigeria shall come to fulfilment in Jesus name.*

*3. I will eat the good of the land of Nigeria in Jesus name.*

*4. When the glory of Nigeria shall appear I and my family shall not disappear.*

*5. I thank you father for your good plan for Nigeria and answer to our prayers.*

*DAY 14:* MONDAY 16TH NOVEMBER, 2020.

TOPIC: STOP *THE KIDNAPPING RITUAL AND DAILY KILLINGS*

BIBLE TEXT(s): Ex 21:16, Eph 1:13-14, Eph4:30, Ps114:1-7

*INTRODUCTION*

kidnapping is the act of abducting an individual or a group of persons for monetary gain or ritual purpose. as we pray, god will hear us and put an end to all forms of killings and kidnapping in our nation in Jesus name.

*PRAYER POINTS*

1. Father thank you for keeping and protecting me and my family from being victims of kidnapping all these years.

2. Thank you Father for delivering and protecting me from the hands of kidnappers.

3. Let us thank God for the availability of the blood of Jesus that speaks mercy for us always.

4. Let us confess our sins and ask God for mercy for we have advertised, legalized, celebrated and boasted in sin. 2Chro 7:13-14

5. Let us ask God for mercy for all the sins of disobedience, oppression, lying, bloodshed and kidnapping in our nations. 1JN 1:9

6. Father arise in Your power and release all Your children in the cage of kidnappers and ritualist in the name of Jesus. Isa 49:24-26

7. Oh God scatter the plans and agenda of kidnappers, ritualist in this nation in Jesus name. Isa. 8:9-10

8. Oh Lord, strive with the agent of killings and death that strive with our nation. Ps 35:1-6

9. Father arise against those sponsoring the killings of innocent citizens in our nation. Ps68:1-2 

10. Father render all the weapons of the killers of innocent citizens of our country impotent in the mighty name of Jesus. Isa. 54:16-17

11. Oh God save the youths of our country for thy mercy's sake Ps6:4

12. Father please trouble these kidnappers, terrorists, and ritualists in this nation until they surrender to You in the mighty name of Jesus. Ps55:19

13. Father please lay Your ambushment against all the kidnappers, terrorists, killers, and ritualist in this nation in the mighty name of Jesus. 2Chro20:22

14. Father please let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end in this nation in the mighty name of Jesus. Psa7:9

15. Oh God arise and deliver our nation from the hands of the destroyers of lives in the mighty name of Jesus. Psa107:20

16. Father arise and put an end to wickedness in our nation. Ps68:1-2

17. Oh Lord rebuke and scatter the activity of spearman who delight in war 

18. Every evil river through which death flows into our nation dry up in the mighty name of Jesus. 2Kgs2:21

19. Oh God our Father, please make yourself known in Nigeria. Put an end to these daily killings in Nigeria in the mighty name of Jesus. Ezek35:5

20. Father make the habitations and the hiding places of kidnappers, ritual killers, terrorist and their sponsors desolate in the mighty name of Jesus. Ezek35:1-6.