Sunday, November 16, 2008

Open Heavens November 16, 2008

BIBLE IN A YEAR: Ezek 15-18

POINT OF COLLISION

MEMORIZE: "Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son"(Genesis 18:14)

READ: Genesis 18:10-15

Abraham and Sarah fought the problem of barrenness from youth till old age. There are certain battles that believers fight virtually throughout their lives. At old age, Sarah was not supposed to bear a child. That means Sarah’s evening became her morning. At the time she should have had grandchildren, she began to nurse her first child. God gave her a fresh start in her old age! Who told you your womb will not conceive? Who said because you are getting old, you will not enter financial prosperity? Who said you cannot make it in life just because you are over 40, 50 or 60? They are in for a surprise! At 80, when Moses was planning his retirement, Heaven was getting ready to commission him on a most important assignment. Your blessing will locate you. Your good expectations are only reserved, not denied. God wants to turn your old age into youth, your night into morning. You shall be fruitful. Your womb shall carry your babies and deliver them safely.

A sister wrestled with barrenness for many years. She became a subject of ridicule in her neighborhood particularly among her relatives. The doctor told her she had no womb and so it was practically impossible for conception to take place. The future looked bleak but she refused to answer the name offered by circumstances. She was invited to one of our programmes one day and God’s favor singled her out of the crowd. A word of knowledge came, ‘There is a woman here who has been told she can never have a child. The Lord is saying you will soon have a set of twins’. She immediately received and believed the word. Not long after, she became pregnant. One day, she went for a scan and it revealed that there was one baby. But she protested the result, affirming to the doctor that God had told her she was carrying a set of twins. On the day of delivery, she went through a cesarean operation and to the shock of everyone present, she had a set of twins! After congratulating her, the medical director confessed that having taken delivery of 25,000 babies in all his years of practice, hers remains the first case of a woman without a womb to give birth. He said he wondered how she could have carried the babies in her stomach without a womb: and that she broke every medical record known to him. You too are set to break records. That problem tormenting your life will collide with the Almighty and give way today.

ACTIONPOINT: Faith is central to every manifestation of the miraculous in our lives. What are you doing to increase your faith?

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The Household of Faith

The Household of Faith, a ministry of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), was established in Chicago, Illinois in 2004.

The Pastor in Charge of the church is Pastor Akin Gbenro.

This ministry has over 250 members within the the Chicago and Indianapolis Area.

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG)

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has a vision to spread the Word of God to the ends of the earth. It is a Bible believing church, where the teaching and a missionary approach emphasize the proper conduct and moral behavior of people. The church has an appeal to all types of people worldwide, with a determination to teach people in their various geographical areas, stages of secular life and levels of spiritual development.

The General Overseer of the church is Pastor E.A. Adeboye.

The church was founded in 1952 and since then, the church has grown to over 5,000 parishes worldwide with a total congregational strength of over one million people.
Presently, there are established missions in many African countries, as well as Europe, Asia, the United States, the Caribbean, Canada, South America and Australia.
RCCG has also been involved in establishing schools, rehabilitation centers, child care and support centers.