Open Heaven For Today 2024 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Why God Chose You
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TOPIC: Why God Chose You
MEMORISE:-"And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted." Matthew 23:12
READ: 1 Corinthians 1:26-29(KJV)
26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:
27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are:
29 That no flesh should glory in his presence.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 19-21
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
If God has called you for an assignment, you may be thinking,
“Why is it me He chose out of everyone that could have done this work?”
Well, Psalm 115:3 says that God does as He pleases.
Believe me, He made that decision to use you for that assignment from the foundation of the world.
He chose you before He said, “Let there be light” in Genesis 1:3.
Ephesians 1:4 says:
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:
When I see people that are anxious about their future, I tell them, “Relax.
Do you think God doesn’t know what to do? Do you think He is sitting in heaven, scratching His Almighty head and asking for advice on what next to do?” God settled your future before the foundation of the earth.
This is why I am not worried; my future was settled before I was born. This is why you should be humble because you didn’t choose yourself (John 15:16).
You are not chosen because you are educated or connected, it is the exact opposite.
1 Corinthians 1:27 says that God chooses the foolish things, the weak things, and the things that are nought.
If God chose you, it means you are foolish by human standards; you are weak, and you are nothing by human standards.
Even if it appears as if you are wise by human standards, the moment you surrender all to God and begin to live strictly by His standards, the world will begin to see you as a foolish person.
So, never raise your head in pride about your achievements. Nebuchadnezzar tried it and found himself in the bushes.
For the rest of your life, you must be grateful to God. David said in Psalm 34:1:
I will bless the Lord at all times, His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
David knew what he was talking about. God chose Him to be the king of Israel even when his family members would not have voted for him if he ran for elections.
I believe that right now, God is talking to you concerning this because of how high He wants to take you. If you listen and become humble, then He will lift you, but if you refuse to humble yourself, then you will be abased (Matthew 23:12).
Let pride disappear from your life completely.
Reflection
Check yourself sincerely, is there still pride lurking anywhere in your heart? Get rid of it today.
HYMN 14:– What A Wonderful, Wonderful Day
1 Oh What A Wonderful Wonderful Day
Day I Will Never Forget
After I’d Wandered In Darkness Away
Jesus My Savior I Met
Oh What A Tender Compassionate Friend
He Met The Need Of My Heart Shadows Dispelling With Joy I Am Telling
He Made All The Darkness Depart
Chorus:
Heaven Came Down And Glory Filled My Soul
When At The Cross The Savior Made Me Whole
My Sins Were Washed Away
And My Night Was Turned To Day
Heaven Came Down And Glory Filled My Soul
2 Born Of The Spirit With Life From Above
Into God’s Fam’ly Divine
Justified Fully Thru Calvary’s Love
Oh What A Standing Is Mine
And The Transaction So Quickly Was Made
When As A Sinner I Came
Took Of The Offer Of Grace He Did Proffer
He Saved Me Oh Praise His Dear Name
3 Now I’ve A Hope That Will Surely Endure
After The Passing Of Time;
I Have A Future In Heaven For Sure
There In Those Mansions Sublime
And It’s Because Of That Wonderful Day
When At The Cross I Believed;
Riches Eternal And Blessings Supernal
From His Precious Hand I Received
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Prayers For Marriages
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TOPIC: Prayers For Marriages
MEMORISE:-"Now the God of patience and consolation grant you to be likeminded one toward another according to Christ Jesus:" Romans 15:5
READ: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12(KJV)
9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 16-18
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
1. Father, thank You for the gift of the institution of marriage. Thank You Lord for the gift of companionship.
2. Father, I thank You specially for all the marriages of Your children in my church, community and across the world.
3. Father, please let Your joy fill my marriage and all the marriages around me, in Jesus’ name.
4. Lord, by your mercy, please replenish whatever is lacking in my marriage, in Jesus’ name. Just as Jesus replenished the wine at the wedding of Cana; let every good thing that has gone dry in my marriage be replenished, in Jesus’ name.
5. Father, please let Your wisdom abound over me, my spouse (or would-be spouse) and in all the homes around me, in Jesus’ name.
6. Father, please bless all Your children’s marriages with godly children who will grow up to serve You, in Jesus’ name.
7. Father, please let Your peace which passes all understanding reign in every marriage that is experiencing a storm, in Jesus’ name.
8. Father, let all Your children that are of marriageable age receive marital breakthroughs, in Jesus’ name. Please help them make the right choices according to Your will for their lives, in Jesus’ name.
9. Father, please uproot every plant you have not planted in my home and in all the homes around me, in Jesus’ name.
10. Father, never let the will of the enemy prevail over my marriage. Whatever plans the enemy has concerning my marriage, let them fail, in Jesus’ name.
11. Lord, please never allow my spouse and I to do anything that will offend You. Please, Lord, lead us and guide us in all that we do, in Jesus’ name.
12. Your personal prayer points for your marriage and other marriages and homes around you
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 want and wishes known;
In seasons of distress and grief,
My soul has often found relief,
And oft escaped the tempter’s snare,
By the return, sweet hour of prayer.
2 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
The joy 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 2024 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – When God Beckons On You
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TOPIC: When God Beckons On You
MEMORISE:-"That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I." 1 Samuel 3:4
READ: Matthew 11:28-30(KJV)
28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 14-15
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
From today’s Bible reading, we see that when God beckons on you, it is an invitation to rest.
There is a difference between hard labour and other types of work. God expects you to work.
2 Thessalonians 3:10 says
that if you don’t work, you are not to eat.
However, labourers, especially those who labour at menial jobs work from sunrise to sundown. At the end of the day, they earn just enough money to keep body and soul together.
I decree that you will no longer struggle before you eat, in Jesus’ name.
One of the reasons you are reading this now is because God beckoned on you. When He beckons, He is saying, “Destiny is calling you.”
In Exodus 3:1-10,
Moses was at the backside of the desert when he suddenly saw a bush that was burning but was not consumed.
He said, “I will turn aside and see.” That was a beckoning, and by the time He responded, God told him that his days of staying in the wilderness were over, and it was now time to fulfil his destiny.
In Mark 3:13-15,
Jesus went to the top of a mountain and beckoned to those He desired and they came unto Him. Those people (except Judas Iscariot) later became the Apostles we know today.
The first thing you are to do when He beckons is to take up His yoke, in other words, make His desire your concern, and pursue the things He pursues.
When you think of the greatest thing that God pursues, it is souls. If you really want to fulfil your destiny, you will take up the yoke of winning souls, and you will begin to see how He arranges things for you to fulfil your destiny.
My major pursuit was to become the youngest Vice Chancellor in Africa, but God beckoned on me, and I took up His yoke of winning souls. That is how I got to fulfil my destiny and now Vice Chancellors call me Daddy.
You have no idea what your true destiny is until you start winning souls and doing the work of God.
Just in case you think soul winning is only for evangelists and pastors, please study Matthew 28:19-20 carefully.
All followers of Jesus Christ are commissioned to make disciples of all the nations, and this includes you.
Prayer Point
Father, like David, let the zeal of Your house consume me so l can fulfil my destiny
HYMN 15:– Pass Me Not O Gentle Saviour
1 Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
Hear my humble cry,
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
Refrain:
Savior, Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
2 Let me at a throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief;
Kneeling there in deep contrition,
Help my unbelief. [Refrain]
3 Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace. [Refrain]
4 Thou the Spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in heav’n but Thee? [Refrain]
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – When God Carries You
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TOPIC: When God Carries You
MEMORISE:-"In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old." Isaiah 63:9
READ: Mark 10:13-16(KJV)
13 And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.
16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 11-12
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
In our Bible reading for today, they brought children to Jesus and He carried them. He also blessed them. When God carries a person, He also blesses the fellow as we see in Mark 10:16.
When you read the account of the Israelites leaving Egypt, you will see clearly that all the forces in heaven, on earth, and underneath the earth were working together to favour them.
This is what happens when God carries you; you become blessed by Him.
Exodus 19:4 says:
Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.
Some people don’t know the real meaning of ‘God bless you.’ After you have said, “God bless you,” they still say, “Pray for me.”
Being blessed by God is a summon to all the forces in heaven, on earth, and underneath the earth to assist you to succeed – that is the meaning of ‘God bless you.’
Believe it or not, even demons will be summoned to assist you when God is carrying you.
A few years ago, I was in an African nation for a programme. As we were heading to the venue of the crusade, we encountered a serious traffic jam.
Even though we got a Police escort to help clear the traffic on the way to the venue, we were still stuck as nobody was obeying the Police escort.
All of a sudden, a madman came to the front of the car we were in and began to clear the way. The man was so mad that if you looked into his eyes, you could see devils dancing in them.
He cleared the way until we got to the end of the traffic jam. When the road was free, he came to the side of the car I was sitting in and bowed.
When God carries you, everything will work together in your favour.
If you want God to carry you, you must become like a child.
In our Bible reading for today, there were many adults around, but the only ones Jesus carried were the children.
If you are not like a child, you will be too heavy for Him to carry.
This means that you must be humble, obey His word, not hold grudges, and have faith in Him like a child that believes whatever his father tells him
Key Point
God will only carry children. You must become a child in His hands, then He will carry you and bless you.
HYMN 17:– Praise, My Soul, the 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 Friday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Copy And Paste
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TOPIC: Copy And Paste
MEMORISE:-"Be ye followers of me, even as l also am of Christ." 1 Corinthians 11:1
READ: 2 Kings 2:8-15(KJV)
8 And Elijah took his mantle, and wrapped it together, and smote the waters, and they were divided hither and thither, so that they two went over on dry ground.
9 And it came to pass, when they were gone over, that Elijah said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, before I be taken away from thee. And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a double portion of thy spirit be upon me.
10 And he said, Thou hast asked a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou see me when I am taken from thee, it shall be so unto thee; but if not, it shall not be so.
11 And it came to pass, as they still went on, and talked, that, behold, there appeared a chariot of fire, and horses of fire, and parted them both asunder; and Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven.
12 And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
15 And when the sons of the prophets which were to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 8-10
Open Heavens 11 February 2024 MESSAGE:
If you want the results of a particular man, copy that man.
When Elijah left the earth and dropped his mantle, Elisha took it, rolled it together as his father did, went to River Jordan as his father did, smote the river as his father did, and called on the God of his father to answer him like He answered his father – and God answered!
Apostle Paul said,
“Follow me as I follow Christ”
The secrets of people’s successes lie in the things they do daily. If you can find those things and do them, you will also produce similar results.
Romans 2:11 says:
For there is no respect of persons with God Our God is not partial; the success He gave to that fellow you admire, He can give to you too if you will do the needful.
Genesis 4:6-7 says:
And the Lord said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.
God was essentially telling Cain that if he had done what Abel did, he would have gotten the same result he got.
How many books about successful people have you read? How many of them have you watched documentaries about? How many autobiographies have you studied?
These are the ways to know what these people did that got them the results they got.
In a book, you can learn within one hour things that took a man 70 years to learn.
Once you have learnt them, you just have to put them to use and you will get the same results; there’s no need for trial and error.
This is one of the beauties of the Scriptures and I believe it is the reason the stories of great prophets of the past were recorded for us to read.
James 5:10 says:
Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction, and of patience.
You are to take the men of God that have gone before as examples to follow, just as Paul stated in the memory verse for today.
You should however note that Jesus Christ is the ultimate model to be transformed and conformed unto.
Yes, the children of God are encouraged to learn from those that have gone ahead, but such emulation must be in line with God’s will and directives.
Action Point
List at least three people whose results you want to replicate in your life and begin to study the daily habits that got them the results they got.
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]
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