SEASON OF LAUGHTER – Monday May 8th 2017
Memorise: Fear
not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt
not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt
not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. Isaiah 54:4
Read: Isaiah
54:1-4 (King James Version)
1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear;
break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with
child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the
married wife, saith the Lord.
2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them
stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords,
and strengthen thy stakes;
3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand
and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate
cities to be inhabited.
4 Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed:
neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt
forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy
widowhood any more.
Bible in one year: Deuteronomy
7-8, Jeremiah 27:16-28:4, Hymn: Sing hymn 4
MESSAGE
“When
the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Then
was our mouth filled with laughter, and our tongue with singing: then said they
among the heathen, The LORD hath done great things for them. The LORD hath done
great things for us; whereof we are glad.” Psalm 126:1-3
God’s
mercy can provoke Him to override your doubts and trigger off your season of
laughter. That shall be your portion this season in Jesus Name! Several years
ago, a man brought his friend to my office, saying his friend had a big
problem. His wife had gone mad and was roaming completely naked on the streets.
They were very perplexed about her situation because according to popular
beliefs of the Yoruba tribe in southwest Nigeria, if a person runs mad but is still
within the house, that madness can still be brought under control, but once the
madness has escalated to the point where the fellow goes naked on the
streets to the market place, nothing can be done to reverse it. This
woman’s case had reached the climax that was believed to be beyond redemption.
Before they came to me, they had grabbed this woman, bundled her and kept her
in the house of a herbalist in Kwara State, Nigeria. They gave me the address
of the place where she was, and so I went there, prayed for her and left. Rccg Open Heavens 2017. When
the man and his friend were told that I had come, but that the prayer I said
was under five minutes, they began to doubt how such a brief prayer could deal
with something that serious. They therefore bundled this woman again and took
her to the psychiatric hospital. On arrival, the specialist they met said they
would observe her for two weeks before determining the kind of treatment to
administer on her. After two weeks of observation, the specialist sent for her
husband and said, “Sir, if you say something is wrong with this woman, then
something must be wrong with you, because since you brought her, we have not
administered any medication on her, and yet she has been as normal as any
healthy human being can be.” God had overruled this man’s doubts! Open Heavens 2017 Monday 8 May
2017:-Season of laughter. Because
this is your season of laughter, as God is laughing, He will laugh over your
doubts and cause you to laugh! This season, nothing will stop your laughter! If
you have never known what it is to laugh before, you will experience it this
season. If the challenge of life have stopped you from laughing, get ready for
a season of unstoppable laughter! Have you been weeping? This season, when you
begin to laugh, you will not remember your sorrow and tears anymore! Go ahead
and thank God for ushering you into your season of laughter!
Prayer
Point
Father,
thank You for my season laughter. Let my voice of rejoicing never cease.
Monday
May 8th 2017, Open Heaven Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye
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