Open Heavens 26 August 2024 Monday – Envy Destroys
MEMORISE: “A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. Proverbs 14:30
READ: Galatians 5:19-21 Open Heavens 26 August 2024
19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,
20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Open Heavens 26 August 2024
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ezekiel 13-15
MESSAGE: – Open Heavens 26 August 2024 Monday Daily Devotional
The most dangerous thing about envy is that it opens up the heart of many evil things. Anyone who allows envy into his or her heart is only a few steps away from harbouring many other evils. Cain did not have any intention to murder his brother until envy until envy came into his heart. They must have been very close, but the day envy crept into his heart, it opened up the door to the thought of murdering his brother.
In Numbers 16:1-33, Korah and his group rose against Moses because they envied his position and were swallowed up by the earth. When you see someone with something that you would like to have, rather than envy them, be happy for them. Romans 12:15 says: Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
If someone is doing better than you in business, ministry, or whatever, don’t envy them, rejoice with them instead. Yes, you may feel a little envious at first, but the danger comes when you allow that envy to linger and grow in your heart. For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work James 3:16.
According, to the scripture above, envy is a partner of strife, and where they exist, there will always be evil. This is why you shouldn’t allow any feeling of envy to linger and take root in your heart. The moment you catch yourself feeling envious of a fellow, work on your mind to expel that envy by replacing it with Joy.
To work on your mind, you can ask God to help you not to feel envious. You can also start praying for that fellow because it will really get the devil angry as he is pointing out things for you to be envious of, but instead of getting envious, you are praying for the fellow. He will stop trying to get you to be envious after that.
If you allow envy into your heart, you are opening the door for destruction. Proverbs 14:30 says: A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. Guard your heart against poison called envy, it leads to destruction.
Prayer Point – Open Heavens 26 August 2024
Father, please kill every form of envy in my life, in Jesus’ name.
Open Heavens 26 August 2024 Monday Hymn
HYMN 31: Yet Not Temptation
1. When we walk with the Lord,
In the light of His word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey!
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey.
2. But we never can prove
The delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we lay,
For the favour He shows
And the joy He bestows
Are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]
3. Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way,
What He says we will do,
Where He sends we will go,
Never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain]
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