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.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – You Can`t Box God In 1
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TOPIC: You Can`t Box God In 1
MEMORISE:"O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!" Romans 11:33
READ: Romans 11:33-36 (KJV)
33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor?
35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again?
36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Hebrews 11-13
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
If you understand the way God works, you would have discovered that He usually does things differently from time to time.
Even when He does the same thing twice, He could use a new method to do it.
For example, in 2 Kings 5:1-14, He asked Naaman to go and wash in river Jordan and after he obeyed, his leprosy was cured.
In Matthew 8:1-3, when He was going to heal another leper, He touched him and he was cured.
In Luke 17:11-19, Jesus cleansed ten lepers, by simply saying
“Go and check yourselves with the Priest”.
If you think you know how God will do something and you focus your faith and attention in that direction alone, your miracle may pass you by.
That is why you have to go to Him without preconceived ideas. His ways are far higher than your ways (Isaiah 55:8-9).
I don’t know how He is going to solve your own problem before the end of this year, but I know that He may not do it exactly as you have imagined it.
Just listen to Him and let Him guide you.
God may not do that thing you are asking Him for instantly as you expect.
He may choose to do it gradually. He may also not do it gradually and decide to do it instantly.
All you need to be assured of is that He will do it and whichever method He chooses to apply will be the best method to get it done.
Don’t try to box God in. Don’t assume that He will give you your miracle the same way He gave it to that fellow who testified in your Church.
Don’t imagine the entire process in your head and then lose your miracle when things don’t go as imagined, like Naaman almost lost his.
If you know the process to getting the miracle, why disturb God anyway?
If you know that you cannot do it yourself, leave the One who can do it to determine how it should be done.
Don’t box God in. I pray he will surprise you pleasantly, even before this year ends, In Jesus’ name
Key Point
Keep your faith alive. God can still bring His promises to pass before the end of the year.
HYMN 1: – All Hail The Power Of Jesus’ Name
1 All hail the power of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all!
2 Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre,
and as they tune it, fall
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
and crown Him Lord of all.
3 Crown Him, ye morning stars of light,
Who fixed this floating ball;
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
and crown Him Lord of all.
4 Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God,
Who from His altar call;
Extol the stem of Jesse’s Rod,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Extol the stem of Jesse’s Rod,
and crown Him Lord of all.
5 Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him who saves you by his grace,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Hail Him who saves you by his grace,
and crown Him Lord of all!
6 Hail Him, ye heirs of David’s line,
Whom David Lord did call,
The God incarnate, Man divine,
and crown Him Lord of all.
The God incarnate, Man divine,
and crown Him Lord of all.
7 Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget
the wormwood and the gall,
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
and crown Him Lord of all.
8 Let every tribe and every tongue
before Him prostrate fall,
And shout in universal song,
and crown him Lord of all.
And shout in universal song,
and crown him Lord of all.
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