Open Heaven For Today 2024 – Open Heavens 19 February

Open Heaven For Today 2024 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Diligently Seeking

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TOPIC: Diligently Seeking

MEMORISE:-"And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart". Jeremiah 29:13

READ: Psalm 63:1-8(KJV)

1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

3 Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.

5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

7 Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.

8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 30-32

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

Hebrews 11:6 says that God is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him.

You only reward someone who has done something of good report and has done it well, therefore, what the passage is really telling us is that God wants people to seek Him diligently.

This is why God told David clearly to seek His face, and what was David’s response?

When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek.

Psalm 27:8

David said, “God, when you ask me to seek your face, my heart says, ‘Your face will I seek.’” Today, God is asking you to spend time seeking His face.

What will your response be?

You seek God through Bible study and prayers.

While others do these things like every other activity, those who diligently seek God go the extra mile.

They study their Bible for hours, going deeper and deeper into just one topic until they really understand God’s mind about that topic.

To them, prayer is not an event, it is a lifestyle. Every time you see them, they are praying because 1 Thessalonians 5:17 says that we must pray without ceasing.

When they actually set out time to pray, they don’t just put words together, they pour out their hearts to God and their major yearning is,

“Lord, I want to know You more.”

They spend multiple hours just having heart-to-heart talks with God.

Beloved, seek God’s face daily until you fall asleep and even while you are sleeping.

Solomon said that even when He is sleeping, his heart is awake, and can hear his beloved asking to come in unto him (Song of Solomon 5:2).

David also described how he thinks about God on his bed at night and how his soul follows hard after God in Psalm 63:6-8. These are descriptions of how true love is expressed.

Is this also your experience with God as your beloved?

There is great reward in diligently seeking the Lord. Beloved, spend your days seeking God and God alone.

Seek Him while you are eating; let all your yearning be for Him.

When you diligently seek Him, He will open Himself up in ways that the regular Christian may never see.

There are things God has revealed to me in the Spirit that I cannot share publicly because people who have not sought Him diligently may never understand.

Key Point 

Make a commitment to seeking God’s face diligently from now

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 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Are You Relevant?

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TOPIC: Are You Relevant?

MEMORISE:-"And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:" Acts 6:5

READ: John 15:1-6(KJV)

1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.

2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.

3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you.

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.

5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.

6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 27-29

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

There are different kinds of people in the church workforce today.

Some are so relevant to the work of God that if they are absent on a service day, everyone will notice.

There are some other people, however, who hardly do anything, even in the department where they claim to function.

Worse still, there are people who are members of the workforce on paper, but physically, they are nowhere to be found.

They hardly attend workers’ meetings not to talk of actually working for God.

I don’t know which of these categories you belong to, but if you are not so active that people can easily notice your absence, then you need to do better.

The first set of church workers in the Bible were the seven deacons mentioned in Acts 6:5.

Phillip was one of them, and in Acts 21:8, he had become someone referred to as the evangelist.

The Bible specifically referred to him as ‘the evangelist’, which means that there might have been ‘an evangelist, or some evangelists, but he was the evangelist’.

Furthermore, the passage referred to him as being one of the seven to remind us that he was one of seven deacons that were chosen.

However, asides Stephen and Phillip, we never heard of the rest.

One of my grandchildren once asked me, “Grandpa, do you know the Bible very well?” I said, “Yes” then she asked, “Who is Prochorus?” I said, “I don’t know him”.

She said, “What about Timon?” I said, “You mean Simon?” She said, “No, Timon”. I replied, “I don’t know Timon either.”

Then she said, “Prochorus and Timon were ordained along with Stephen and Phillip as deacons.” I said, “Is that so?

God have mercy on Prochorus. I know Stephen, I know Phillip, but this Prochorus fellow, what did he do that is worthy of note?”

In the same vein, when your name is mentioned in your local assembly, can people recognise the things you do that are worthy of note?

This is not to say that you must go around trying to show everyone that you are working.

However, your impact must be felt in the department where you choose to work.

For example, if you are in the sanitation department, everyone must know that if you are around, the church is always sparkling clean.

Make so much impact that it is impossible to deny your relevance in the house of God.

Reflection

How impactful have you been in your local assembly?

HYMN 4:– To The Work! To The Work! We Are Servants Of God

1 To the work! to the work! we are servants of God,

Let us follow the path that our Master has trod;

With the might of His power our strength to renew,

Let us do by His grace what He calls us to do.

Work for Him by His grace;

Work thru Him for His praise;

Work with Him all the days;

And work in Him in many ways.

2 To the work! to the work! let the hungry be fed;

To the fountain of life let the thirsty be led;

In the cross and its vict’ry our glory shall be,

While we herald the tidings, “Salvation is free!”

3 To the work! to the work! in the strength of the Lord,

By the pow’r of His Name, with the light of His Word,

All the slaves of the darkness of Satan set free

And His riches of grace in His glory we’ll see.

Open Heaven For Today 2024 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Don`t Touch His Glory

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TOPIC:Don`t Touch His Glory

MEMORISE:-"Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward." Matthew 6:2

READ: Matthew 6:1-4(KJV)

1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.

2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:

4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 25-26

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

I have seen people who help others and at every opportunity, refer to the time they helped them. That is a very terrible thing to do, and it is not how God taught us to do good.

Jesus said in Matthew 6:3 that when you give alms, you must not let anyone else know about it.

In Matthew 5:16, He said that as your light shines and people see your good works, they must glorify God.

In other words, you are not to seek any glory for yourself as a result of the good works that you do; all the glory must be to God and God alone.

When you help someone, and you go back to tell the fellow, “Remember how I helped you that other time,” you are indirectly trying to make them your prisoner.

Don’t ever make anyone feel like they owe you because you helped them at one time or the other.

When you do good, do it unto God. Don’t become a pain in somebody’s neck or a source of remembering their shame just because you once helped them.

You must note that it is God who ordained for you to perform that good deed for that fellow.

He already planned on doing it, you were only privileged to be the one He chose to use.

Ephesians 2:10 says:

For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

If God created you for good works and ordained that you walk in them, and you turn around to announce the good works as your own doing, proclaiming yourself as the helper of someone else’s destiny, what you are doing is trying to take God’s glory, and if you know anything about God at all, you will know that He does not share His glory with any man.

Isaiah 42:8 says:

I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.

Don’t try to contend with God over the good things He is doing in the lives of others through you.

You are merely His vessel and all the glory must Go to Him.

This way, you will receive rewards for the good that you have done rather than face consequences for trying to take His glory.

Key Point

Don’t become a pain in someone’s neck just because God used you to help him or her at one time or the other.

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.

Open Heaven For Today 2024 Friday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Divine Promotion

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TOPIC: Divine Promotion

MEMORISE:-"But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another."  Psalm 75:7

READ: Psalm 75:4-7(KJV)

4 I said unto the fools, Deal not foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift not up the horn:

5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck.

6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south.

7 But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up another.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 22-24

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

The best promotion anyone can have is that which comes from God; nobody can take glory for such.

In 1 Samuel 16:1-13, a shepherd boy was anointed to be king, not because somebody liked him or spoke for him, but because God decided to promote him.

I believe God wants to promote someone reading this today and that will be you, in Jesus’ name.

When God begins to promote a man, there is no telling how high He can take him, because His arms are everlasting (Deuteronomy 33:27).

1 Samuel 2:8 says that He can pick a beggar from the dunghill and continue to lift him until he begins to sit amongst princes – that is real promotion.

My father was so poor that poor people called him poor. The day he bought an umbrella there was jubilation in our home as if we had just bought a new house.

If God could pick the son of a poor farmer and cause him to be someone that Heads of States will be delighted to meet, then you really cannot tell how high He can lift you.

He promoted David from being the least recognised member of his family until he became the father of the King of kings (Revelation 22:16).

Now that you know that there is no limit to how far God can take you, the next thing you must ask is, 

“How can I become a candidate for divine promotion?”

The first thing you need for God to choose you for promotion is mercy. He said in Romans 9:15 that He will have mercy on whom He will have mercy. He is sovereign; He chooses to promote whomever He pleases.

One kind of person, however, that I know God will never ignore is one with a broken and contrite heart (Psalm 51:17).

This is when a fellow’s will is so broken that all he or she desires is to please God at all times. Such a person never wants to offend God, and whenever they mistakenly offend Him, they become sorrowful and immediately ask for forgiveness.

This is the kind of person God was searching for when He needed someone to become the king of Israel. He said in Acts 13:22 that He had found a man who will do all His will.

This is the kind of person God will promote. If you are like that, then you have become a candidate for divine promotion.

Reflection

Are you totally sold out to the will of God? Have you been doing all His will?

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 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.