Open Heaven 20 March 2019 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Wives, learn from Leah
Topic: Wives, learn from Leah (Open Heaven 20 March 2019)
Memorise: “A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.”- Proverbs 18:16
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Read: Genesis 30:14-18 (KJV)
14 And Reuben went in the days of wheat harvest, and found mandrakes in the field, and brought them unto his mother Leah. Then Rachel said to Leah, Give me, I pray thee, of thy son’s mandrakes.
15 And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son’s mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.
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16 And Jacob came out of the field in the evening, and Leah went out to meet him, and said, Thou must come in unto me; for surely I have hired thee with my son’s mandrakes. And he lay with her that night.
17 And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bare Jacob the fifth son.
18 And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
Bible in One Year: 2 Corinthians 4-7, Jeremiah 2:4-25
Open Heaven 20 March 2019 Wednesday MESSAGE:
The Almighty in His wisdom designed the world in such a way that every person has an area of comparative advantage in life. However, it takes wisdom for an individual to make the best legitimate use of his or her comparative advantage to prosper in this world. This is why the Bible says wisdom is the principal thing (Proverb 4:7), the Bible further says in Proverbs 14:1:
“Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her hands.”
Leah, the first wife of Jacob, was someone who used what she had wisely in order to succeed in the hostile marriage she found herself in. we can therefore learn a lot from her. Whether by accident or the design of her father, Leah married an unwilling Jacob. However, the Lord in His sovereignty made her very fruitful in the area of child-bearing, and this made up for what she lacked in her husband’s eyes. Being a wise woman, she used this blessing of fruitfulness to her advantage in opposition to Rachel, her sister-turned-rival, who unlike her was attractive and her husband’s favorites. Without this, Rachel would have totally dominated Leah in Jacob’s home.
Leah managed to keep her matrimonial home through wisdom. Unfortunately, many Christian sisters foolishly throw away their marriages to home-breakers and other third parties because they fail to apply wisdom and self-control. Their coldness makes them so detached from their husbands that they end up becoming strangers to one another. Leah was wise and possessed the fruit of longsuffering, which she used to her advantage at every given opportunity to draw her husband closer to herself.
Moreover, take note of what Leah said in Genesis 30:15a:
“And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken my husband?”
In spite of Jacob’s animosity towards her, she believed she was Jacob’s lawful wife, and it paid off for her down the line. Even though her husband did not reciprocate her love, she focused on her home, and she successfully produced more than half of the twelve tribes of Israel, including the priesthood tribe of Levi and the royal tribe of Judah. Today, some Church leaders dissolve marriages with impunity, using social and psychological models to justify their claims against biblical injunctions. This should not be so. What is that challenge facing your marriage? Take it to the Lord today in prayer, asking Him for wisdom to handle it, and you will laugh last. You have the strength not only to cope but also to overcome! Go ahead and use it, and God will give you respite in your home.
Open Heaven 20 March 2019 Wednesday Prayer Point:
Father, send your peace to all homes that are in disarray in Jesus’ Name.
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Open Heaven 20 March 2019 Wednesday Hymn 16: God Give Us Christian Home
- God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the Bible is loved and taught,
Homes where the Master’s will is sought,
Homes crowned with beauty Your love has wrought;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes! - God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the father is true and strong,
Homes that are free from the blight of wrong,
Homes that are joyous with love and song;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes! - God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the mother, in caring quest,
Strives to show others Your way is best,
Homes where the Lord is an honored guest;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes! - God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so,
Homes where the altar fires burn and glow;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!
Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens (Wednesday, March 20, 2019) – Wives, Learn From Leah
1.Thank You, Father, for all Your gifts and promises in my life and destiny.
2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus name.
3.Father, let Your gifts in my life, make a way for me, before men, at every point of my journey, in life, in Jesus name.
4.Father, let every root of bitterness, that could becloud my sense of judgement, against those who have wronged me in life, be uprooted, in Jesus name.
5.Father, please, teach me to overcome hostile and unfriendly situations, with perseverance, self control, love and divine wisdom, in Jesus name.
6.Father, please, give me wisdom, that will enable me make the best legitimate use of my areas of comparative advantage, in order to prosper, in this world, in Jesus name.
7.Father, give me strength to cope with the challenges of life and marriage, and empower me with divine wisdom to overcome them, in Jesus name.
8.Father, as a christian, in all matters of disputes and controversies, let Your word, as stated in th bible, be the final authority, upon which my decisions, shall be based, in Jesus name.
9.Father, send Your peace to all homes that are in disarray, in Jesus name.
10.Father, meet Pastor E.A. Adeboye, at the points of his needs today, and help him to overcome every ministerial challenge, in Jesus name.
11.Father, bless Your son, that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus name.
12.Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus name.
13.Your Personal petitions. ( Philippians 4:6)
14.In Jesus name I pray. (John 14:13-14; 15:16)
15.Thank you Father for answered prayers. (1 Thessalonians 5:18).
These prayers have no expiry date! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus name.
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Open Heaven 20 March 2019 Wednesday Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC. Open Heaven 20 March 2019 Wednesday Daily Devotional.
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