Open Heaven For Today 2023 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Don´t Write Them Off
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TOPIC: Don´t Write Them Off
MEMORISE:"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief." 1 Timothy 1:15
READ: 1 Timothy 1:15-16 (KJV)
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.
16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 John 1; 3 John 1; Jude 1
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
God works in mysterious ways.
Sometimes, the people He chooses to be His representatives are people whom others might have written off as failures.
You may have a family member who is known as the black sheep of the family.
Don’t write the fellow off; he or she could be the one God will use to turn things around for the better in the family.
Keep praying for them and doing all you can physically to bring them to Christ.
In Mark 5:1-20, the mad man of Gadara was living in tombs with dead people.
His family members and even the entire city had written him off as someone whom no good thing could come out of, but in a day, God turned that mad man to an evangelist.
In Acts 19:11-12, God was using the aprons and handkerchiefs of a former persecutor of Jesus Christ to heal the sick and cast out demons.
The sweat of that same man now carried so much power that it could bring deliverance to people.
In Acts 5:14-16, we saw God using the shadow of a failed fisherman to heal the sick.
This God who can turn a mad man to an evangelist, who can so empower a terrorist that the sweat coming from him can heal, who can use the shadow of a failed fisherman to heal the sick is the same yesterday, today and forever.
He can do the same for that fellow that everyone has given up on.
I know how far gone in the world I was before the Lord saved my soul.
I have always said it that if I were God, I would not have saved Adeboye.
I was a chronic sinner, but God saved me and is now using me to do great things.
He can do the same for that fellow who people have given up on.
A Muslim convert came to one of our Holy Ghost service during which I said a word came that the garments worn by everyone there were all anointed.
He went home rejoicing.
One day, he decided to wear the anointed garment for an interview so that he would find favour.
On the way, the bus he boarded had an accident and caught fire.
All the other passengers got burnt to death.
The man had a few burns only on the parts of his body not covered by the garment.
Thank God somebody did not give up on him and led him to Christ
Don’t write off anyone.
Key Point
Don’t write that family member off; God can still turn him or her around from that poor spiritual state to an elevated one in His Kingdom.
HYMN 30: – When We Walk With The Lord
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]
Open Heaven For Today 2023 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Revealer of Concealed Things
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TOPIC: The Revealer of Concealed Things
MEMORISE:"And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel." Isaiah 45:3
READ: Daniel 2:1-19 (KJV)
1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 John 1-5
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Our Bible reading for today tells the story of a king who had a dream he couldn’t remember on waking up.
He summoned his wise men to tell him his dream and the interpretation, but they couldn’t.
Daniel was later given the same task and he said
“Give me some time; I have a God who can reveal the deepest knowledge that no one else has ever accessed.”
He got home, called his friends and they began to pray, then that night, God revealed the king’s dream and the interpretation, to him.
This made Daniel say in Daniel 2:21:
“And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding”.
I have good news for any student reading this now: that particular subject that you find difficult is the one in which you will get a record-setting score, in Jesus` name.
Every believer operating in any sphere of life needs God to reveal concealed things to him or her.
In 2 Kings 6:9-20, Elisha was the saving grace of the king of Israel. If it wasn’t for Elisha, the king would have run into the ambush set for him by the king of Syria.
If you are a politician or just someone in governance, you need to pray to God to always reveal concealed things to you.
Business men also need God to reveal concealed things to them.
In fact, God promised in Isaiah 45:3:
And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.
There are hidden riches in secret places that you need God to reveal to you. He could reveal such to you by way of an idea, but the moment you pursue it, you would discover great riches in it.
A man with financial challenges prayed to God for help and the Lord told him to start making honey-coated peanuts. The man obeyed the Lord and now rides around in his own private jets.
Prayer Point
Father, please reveal great secrets to me that will change my life for good, in Jesus’ name.
HYMN 22: – Sweet Hour Of Prayer
1. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
that calls me from a world of care,
and bids me at my Father’s throne
make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
my soul has often found relief,
and oft escaped the tempter’s snare
by thy return, sweet hour of prayer!
2. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
the joys I feel, the bliss I share
of those whose anxious spirits burn
with strong desires for thy return!
With such I hasten to the place
where God my Savior shows his face,
and gladly take my station there,
and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!
3. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
thy wings shall my petition bear
to him whose truth and faithfulness
engage the waiting soul to bless.
And since he bids me seek his face,
believe his word, and trust his grace,
I’ll cast on him my every care,
and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!
Open Heaven For Today 2023 Friday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – God´s Banking System
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TOPIC: God´s Banking System
MEMORISE:"And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life." Matthew 19:29
READ: Corinthians 9:6-8 (KJV)
6 But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.
7 Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.
8 And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Peter 1-5; 2 Peter 1-3
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
God’s banking system is a unique one. It is not like the banks we have in the world, where you have to deposit money before you can withdraw.
The banking system of the world deducts interests and fees such that you would only be able to withdraw less than the amount you deposited.
In God’s banking system, all you need is a relationship with Him – the Owner and you can get permission to withdraw from His bank.
For some, He could give unlimited access to withdrawals, for some, He could give as much as they can carry per time, while for yet another set, He would just let them withdraw what they need per time.
I don’t know about you, but I want Him to give me unlimited access to withdraw from His bank.
In 1 Kings 17:8-16, there is the case of a widow who gave her last meal to the prophet of God and from that day on, for over three years, there was abundant supply of food in her house every single day.
That was unlimited withdrawal.
In 2 Kings 4:1-7, there was another widow who was in serious need.
The Lord granted her access to withdraw oil from His bank and as soon as she had filled all the vessels she could had, the supply of oil stopped.
That was withdrawal according to her capacity.
In Matthew 17:24-27, when some people asked Peter for Jesus’ tax, the Lord told Peter to go fishing and pick money for their taxes from the mouth of the first fish he would catch.
That was a case of withdrawal according to the need at hand.
My Father-in-the-Lord – Pa Josiah Akindayomi, the founder of the Redeemed Christian Church of God told how, one day, he cried to God for provision of food and the Lord said
“Tell your wife that from that pot of soup, she should just go on dishing every day, but she must not look inside”.
He told his wife what the Lord had said and from that day, there was unlimited supply of all kinds of soup from the pot, until the day she was overcome by curiosity.
She looked into the pot and found it empty.
This was also withdrawal according to the need at hand.
Beloved, to be able to make withdrawals from God’s bank, you must first and foremost establish a relationship with Him by accepting Jesus as your Lord and saviour.
Key Point
If you want God’s unlimited resources, you should be ready to give Him your limited resources.
HYMN 26: – There Shall Be Showers Of Blessing
1 There shall be showers of blessing:
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
Sent from the Saviour above.
Refrain:
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.
2 There shall be showers of blessing,
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.
3 There shall be showers of blessing:
Send them upon us, O Lord!
Grant to us now a refreshing;
Come, and now honour Thy Word.
4 There shall be showers of blessing,
Oh, that to-day they might fall,
Now, as to God, we’re confessing.
Now as on Jesus we call!
Open Heaven For Today 2023 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – You Can`t Box God In 2
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TOPIC: You Can`t Box God In 2
MEMORISE:"Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us," Ephesians 3:20
READ: Isaiah 55:8-9 (KJV)
8 For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Some people think they have God all figured out.
They think they know all that there is to know about Him and how He does His things.
After a lot of encounters with God, a lot of sufferings for His work and even episodes of being stoned and left for death while preaching the gospel, Apostle Paul said in Philippians 3:10:
“That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death”.
When you go for a service, how much you get from it can be limited by your expectations.
If you expect that the Pastor will mention your own particular case and he doesn’t, that is not proof that God has not answered your prayer.
God can decide to work loudly or quietly; all He requires from you is faith, not an analysis of how He will work.
He expects us to walk by faith and not by sight 2 Corinthians 5:7.
There was a testimony of a lady who was born with so many abnormalities – including one lung instead of two, and her heart being on the right side of her chest instead of the left. As such, she struggled with her health from the day she was born.
Finally, somebody recommended a hospital in Dubai, but she decided to go to the Holy Ghost Service first nothing special appeared to happen in relation to her case during the service.
Afterwards, she went on to Dubai as she had planned. When she got there, the doctors examined her and had to ask what she actually came in for, because they could not see anything wrong with her.
She thought the people there didn´t know what they were saying so she went to another Hospital in Dubai.
They also examined her and said there was nothing wrong with her.
The Doctors could not believe that she was the same person they had read her case note from Nigeria because they could see her heart on the left and she had two lungs, not one.
If she had assumed that, because I had not mentioned her case at that Holy Ghost Service, then God was not interested in her, she might have missed her miracle.
Don’t try to box God in so you don´t lose your miracle.
Prayer Point
Father, please help me not to live by sight, but by faith in You at all times, in Jesus’ name.
HYMN 16: – Praise Him, Praise Him, Jesus Our Blessed Redeemer
1 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
Sing, O earth, his wonderful love proclaim!
Hail him, hail him! Highest archangels in glory!
Strength and honour give to his holy name!
Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard his children.
In his arms he carries them all day long.
O ye saints that dwell on the mountain of His Zion,
Praise him! Praise him! ever in joyful song.
2 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
For our sins, he suffered, and bled, and died.
He our rock, our hope of eternal salvation,
Hail him, Hail him! Jesus, the crucified;
Loving Saviour, meekly enduring sorrow,
Crowned with thorns that cruelly pierced His brow;
Once for us rejected, despised, and forsaken,
Prince of Glory, ever triumphant now.
3 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
Heav’nly portals loud with hosannas ring!
Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever!
Crown him, crown him! prophet, and priest, and king!
Death is vanquished! Tell it with joy, ye faithful,
Where is now thy victory, boasting grave?
Jesus lives! No longer thy portals are cheerless;
Jesus lives, the mighty and strong to save.
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