Open Heaven For Today 2024 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – New Year Resolution 2
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TOPIC: New Year Resolution 2
MEMORISE:"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:" Matthew 7:7
READ: 2 Kings 2:19-22 (KJV)
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my lord seeth: but the water is naught, and the ground barren.
20 And he said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land.
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 9-12
Open Heaven For Today 2024 MESSAGE
I started sharing what you may call my ‘New Year resolutions’ yesterday and I will be discussing the second resolution on my list today.
This year, I will open my mouth and tell God exactly how things are with me.
I have discovered from experience that many people have become so good at pretending that all is well when all is not, even before God, the One who knows everything.
In our Bible reading today, the men of Jericho revealed the true state of their city to Elisha and God used the prophet to put an end to the problem in their land.
Come to think of it however, Elijah, the spiritual father of Elisha, walked among the people of Jericho for years, but it was not recorded in the Bible that they informed him of the problems they were facing. They suffered for so long because of their silence!
This year, I have decided that I am not going to suffer in silence. I am going to tell the Almighty God what my problems are; I am going to tell Him everything because I know that He will solve them all.
I will not wait until I am about to lose things that are precious to me before I cry out like the widow in 2 Kings 4:1-7 did.
I visited one of my uncles many years ago and his wife served me pounded yam about the size of a baby’s fist.
If I had intended to stay for one day, I would have kept my mouth shut, but I was going to stay for one week and pounded yam of that size will not satisfy me at all. I was very young, and I had a healthy appetite.
So, I called the woman,
“Excuse me ma’am, am I welcome here?”
She said,
“Yes, of course you are.”
I said,
“In that case, this pounded yam cannot satisfy me; please let me have some more.”
She went into her bedroom, and I did not know what she told her husband, but I heard them laughing. I couldn’t have cared less; as long as she came back with more pounded yam, I was fine.
This year, ensure that you do not pretend or form as the youths will say, before God. Tell Him exactly where the shoe hurts.
Make up your mind like me to ask for His help more than ever before and He will surely answer you (Matthew 21:22).
Prayer Point
Stop suffering in silence, tell God all your needs this year.
HYMN 8:– I Need Thee Every Hour
1. I need Thee every hour,
Most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine
Can peace afford.
I need Thee, oh, I need Thee;
Every hour I need Thee;
Oh, bless me now, my Savior!
I come to Thee.
2. I need Thee every hour,
Stay Thou near by;
Temptations lose their power
When Thou art nigh.
3. I need Thee every hour,
In joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide,
Or life is vain.
4. I need Thee every hour,
Teach me Thy will;
And Thy rich promises
In me fulfill.
5. I need Thee every hour,
Most Holy One;
Oh, make me Thine indeed,
Thou blessed Son.
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – New Year Resolution 1
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TOPIC: New Year Resolution 1
MEMORISE:"While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being." Psalm 146:2
READ: Psalm 67: 4-5 (KJV)
4 O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
5 Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee.
Open Heaven For Today 2024 MESSAGE
One of my sons while preaching some time ago said Jacob laboured for 14 years to get the woman he wanted to marry (Genesis 29:18-30) while Isaac simply took a stroll and came back with a wife (Genesis 24:63-67). One had favour, the other exerted labour.
The moment he said that, I made up my mind that I am going to enjoy God’s favour in every area of my life. This decision led me to make what you will probably call ‘New Year resolutions’.
These resolutions are deliberate steps I will take towards basking in divine favour for the rest of my life. I am going to share these steps with you over the next six days and I want to encourage you to take them very seriously.
Please do not treat them like the typical New Year resolutions that are often quickly forgotten in the course of the year.
This year, like never before, I am determined to praise and worship God with all my heart and strength. Whenever you eulogise someone from the bottom of your heart, you can get that fellow to volunteer to help you.
I will worship and praise God so much that He will volunteer to help me like He did for Paul and Silas in Acts 16:25-26.
My biological father was so poor that whenever the time came for school fees to be paid, he will pick quarrels with his two wives so that they wouldn’t be able to ask for the children’s school fees.
However, my mother knew how to get my school fees. She would go into my father’s room and eulogize him to the extent that he would ask her, “What can I do for you today?”
My mother would promptly ask for my school fees and he would immediately promise to see to it that my school fees are paid.
This year, I am going to praise and worship God more than ever before. Like David who also enjoyed divine favour all through his life, I will bless God at all times and His praise shall continually be in my mouth (Psalm 34:1).
I will never stop praising His holy name. I will be intentional in praising Him at all times. I will praise Him with everything within me (Psalm 103:1).
I will speak of His greatness at all times and He will cover me specially with His favour all through this year and beyond.
I will praise my God forever (Psalm 145:1-2). What about you?
Action Point
Spend quality time praising God today and make this a daily practice going forward.
HYMN 17:– Praise My Soul King of Heaven
1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
to his feet your tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
evermore his praises sing.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King!
2 Praise him for his grace and favor
to his people in distress.
Praise him, still the same as ever,
slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glorious in his faithfulness!
3 Fatherlike he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows.
In his hand he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Widely yet his mercy flows!
4 Angels, help us to adore him;
you behold him face to face.
Sun and moon, bow down before him,
dwellers all in time and space.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace!
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Prayers For The New Year
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TOPIC: Prayers For The New Year
MEMORISE:"Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;" Luke 3:5
READ: Isaiah 45:1-3 (KJV)
1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
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.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 45:1-3
Open Heaven 1 January 2024 MESSAGE:
1. Father, I praise and thank You for the gift of this New Year. Thank you so much for seeing me through 2023; I am grateful, Lord.
2. Father, help me to live holy all through this year. Help me to please You at all times, in Jesus’ name.
3. Lord, this year, help me to love You more than ever before. Help me to live wholly for You, always doing Your will, in Jesus’ name.
4. Father, in this New Year, please uproot anything that is not of You from my life and family, in Jesus’ name.
5. Lord, please give me fresh fire this year. Let me draw closer to You and win souls more than ever before, in Jesus’ name. Please, anoint me with fresh zeal for You, Lord.
6. Father, please use me more than ever before this year. Help me and every member of my family to serve You more than ever before, in Jesus’ name.
7. Father, please fill my life with great testimonies of your goodness throughout this year and beyond, in Jesus’ name.
8. Lord, please give me divine speed and success in all areas of my life this year. Please, help me excel in all I lay my hands on, in Jesus’ name.
9. Father, all through this year, let me have many reasons to dance. Father, let me wake up rejoicing and go to bed rejoicing every day, inJesus’ name.
10. Lord, please keep all my loved ones and me away from any form of evil this year, in Jesus’ name. Let Your presence be with us at all times, in Jesus’ name.
11. Father, please let there be a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon Your church this year. Let there be a mighty revival, multiply Your church and disappoint all devices of the enemy, in Jesus’ name.
12. Your personal prayer requests for the New Year.
Prayer Point
Father, I praise and thank You for the gift of this New Year.
HYMN 18:– Praise To The Lord, The Almighty
1. Praise to the Lord,
the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is
thy health and salvation:
Join the great throng
psaltery,organ and song
sounding in glad adoration!
2. Praise to the Lord,
who over all he gloriously reigneth:
Borne as on eagle-wings, safely
his saints, He sustaineth.
Hast thou not seen
How all thou needest hath been
Granted in what He ordaineth?
3. Praise to the Lord,
who doth prosper thy way and defend thee;
Surely his goodness and mercy
shall ever attend thee;
Ponder anew, What the Almighty can do,
Who with His love doth befriend thee
5. Praise to the Lord!
Oh, let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath breath, join with
Abraham’s seed to adore Him!
Let the Amen, sum all our praises again;
Now as we worship before Him.
Open Heavens 31 December 2023: [Sunday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye — Prayers For Year 2024
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MEMORISE: "I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:" Isaiah 45:2
READ: Isaiah 45:1-2(KJV)
1 Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the two leaved gates; and the gates shall not be shut;
2 I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron:
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Revelation 20-22
Open Heaven 31 December 2023 MESSAGE:
1. Thank You Lord for keeping me safely to the end of the year 2023. Thank You, Lord.
2. Father, please let Your presence go with me into year 2024 and rebuke every plan of the enemy concerning me, in Jesus’ name.
3. Father, please help me to let go of everything that will not glorify Your name. Let me please You all through 2024 and beyond, in Jesus’ name.
4. Father, please don´t let me miss out on the great things You will do in 2024, in Jesus’ name.
5. Father, please let me do more for You in 2024 than I have ever done before, in Jesus’ name.
6. Father, everyone who is destined to help me in 2024, please bring them my way and let them not rest until they have helped me.
7. Father, please help me to be obeident to You all through next year and beyond, in Jesus’ name.
8. Father, let only good things come my way next year and let me bear more fruit for You, in Jesus’ name.
9. Father, please help me to fulfil Your will only in this new year, in Jesus’ name.
10. Father, please open great doors of breakthroughs and blessings for me and the Church as a whole in 2024
11. Father, please do not let me and my loved ones partake in any evil that may be lying ahead in 2024, in Jesus’ name.
12. Your personal prayer point for the New Year.
HYMN 18:– Praise To The Lord, The Almighty
1. Praise to the Lord,
the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is
thy health and salvation:
Join the great throng
psaltery,organ and song
sounding in glad adoration!
2. Praise to the Lord,
who over all he gloriously reigneth:
Borne as on eagle-wings, safely
his saints, He sustaineth.
Hast thou not seen
How all thou needest hath been
Granted in what He ordaineth?
3. Praise to the Lord,
who doth prosper thy way and defend thee;
Surely his goodness and mercy
shall ever attend thee;
Ponder anew, What the Almighty can do,
Who with His love doth befriend thee
5. Praise to the Lord!
Oh, let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath breath, join with
Abraham’s seed to adore Him!
Let the Amen, sum all our praises again;
Now as we worship before Him.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Don`t Be Greedy
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TOPIC: Don`t Be Greedy
MEMORISE:"He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live." Proverbs 15:27
READ:Proverbs 1:17-19 (KJV)
17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Revelation 18-19
Open Heaven 30 December 2023 MESSAGE:
Proverbs 1:17-19 says he who is greedy of gain lays wait for his own blood.
He ambushes his own life. God says you are waiting to destroy your own life when you are greedy.
Proverbs 15:27 says the one who is greedy of gain troubleth his own house.
You create a problem for your family when you are greedy.
Children can get into trouble because their parents have been greedy.
Several years ago when we were starting a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Zambia, a native who was supposed to be our representative was collecting money for the purpose of building the Church and diverting it to His private use.
One day, his daughter was playing with their door – a little one installed to stop goats from gaining entrance into the house while fresh air and illumination can come in from the top.
Suddenly the door broke off and a loose nail from it pierced the girl’s eye and plucked it out.
I prayed for the child, reminding the Lord of her father’s service in the Church.
The Lord said I should ask him certain things.
I did, further telling him about what God would do if he lied.
With his head down, trembling, he said
“I have not been faithful. I have been misappropriating the money sent to me to build the church”.
Those who are greedy may show off their ill-gotten wealth and parade themselves as smart, but as the word of God stands sure, their real pain is on its way.
Some are already going through their own pain and are hiding it from the whole world.
Don’t get tempted to become like them because you don’t know the sufferings they are hiding in the background.
Greed is an invitation to take unlawfully what is not yours.
The interesting thing is, that thing you are greedily desiring can be yours if only you will patiently go through the right process.
Those who allow greed to override contentment in their lives will eventually lose what they have.
The devil was an archangel but lost it all because he was greedy for what could never be his.
A greedy fellow has no gratitude for God’s blessings in his or her life and believes in snatching what belongs to others.
Think about all God has done for you this year and express your gratitude to Him so he can do more for you in 2024
Prayer Point
Lord, help me to be happy and content with all You have given me, 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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