Open Heaven For Today 2024 – Open Heavens 8 February

Open Heavens 8 February 2024:[Thursday]Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye — What Kind Of Vessel?

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TOPIC:What Kind of Vessel?

MEMORISE:-"So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just." Matthew 13:49

READ: 2 Timothy 2:15-21(KJV)

15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

16 But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

17 And their word will eat as doth a canker: of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus;

18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.

19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.

20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour.

21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 3-4

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

In the Bible reading for today, the various kinds of vessels that can be found in the house of a great man were identified.

It says that you will find some vessels unto honour and some unto dishonour.

This may make you wonder, why does the great man keep vessels unto dishonour in his house, why doesn’t he just throw them away?

This is the same question that many ask when they consider the body of Christ today.

They say, 

“Why does God not kill all fake pastors? Why does He not expose all those who are using His name to amass wealth and fame for themselves?”

The answer to that is in Matthew 13:24-30. Verses 29 and 30 in particular say:

But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Our God does not act rashly; everything He does is for a reason. There are some fake pastors that some genuine Christians believe to be real.

If God destroys such pastors, it could affect the faith of those who are following them.

As such, the tares would have been gathered but the wheat would have unfortunately been rooted up with them.

Don’t worry about the mixed multitude in the church, God is coming to separate the wheat from the tares and when He does, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

If you claim to be a Christian, yet you are bringing dishonour to the Lord, you better change now.

If such a person refuses to change, that is not a problem. The fire that will consume him or her is getting hotter every day.

Such a person can keep enjoying the benefits of being called a Christian for now, however, God is coming with the reward for such deceivers, and on that day, He will take no apologies.

Beloved, if you are one of such deceivers, it is in your best interest to genuinely repent now, forsake your sinful ways, and truly surrender your life to Jesus Christ.

It is the only way to escape the judgment that is coming for all those that are vessels unto dishonour.

Reflection

What kind of vessel are you in the Master’s house?

HYMN 23:– Take My Life, and Let It Be

1 Take my life and let it be

consecrated, Lord, to thee.

Take my moments and my days;

let them flow in endless praise,

let them flow in endless praise.

2 Take my hands and let them move

at the impulse of thy love.

Take my feet and let them be

swift and beautiful for thee,

swift and beautiful for thee.

3 Take my voice and let me sing

always, only, for my King.

Take my lips and let them be

filled with messages from thee,

filled with messages from thee.

4 Take my silver and my gold;

not a mite would I withhold.

Take my intellect and use

every power as thou shalt choose,

every power as thou shalt choose.

5 Take my will and make it thine;

it shall be no longer mine.

Take my heart it is thine own;

it shall be thy royal throne,

it shall be thy royal throne.

6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour

at thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself, and I will be

ever, only, all for thee,

ever, only, all for thee

Open Heaven For Today 2024 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Whose Child Are You?

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TOPIC:Whose Child Are You?

MEMORISE:-"Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them." Matthew 7:20

READ: Matthew 7:16-20 (KJV)

16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 1-2

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

John 1:12 says:

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

If you have received Christ into your heart and you believe in His name, not just in word, but in deeds such that everyone around you can see from your lifestyle that you are a believer in Christ, then you qualify to be called a child of God.

On the other hand, the Bible says that the devil has his own children too.

Jesus Christ was addressing the Pharisees and He said to them in John 8:44:

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

The question then is, how do we tell a child of God apart from a child of the devil? The Bible answers this question aptly.

For example, the Bible says that people who love the world do not have the love of God in them (1 John 2:15-16). This clearly implies that such people cannot be described as God’s children.

When you see someone who loves material things more than God, that fellow does not have the love of God in him and hence cannot be His child if he or she remains in that state.

A child of God on the other hand is one who is born of the Spirit and focuses on spiritual things rather than worldly things.

John 3:3-7 says that anyone who wants to enter into the kingdom of God must be born of the Spirit, and of course, only the children of God can enter into His kingdom. This is why you must be born again.

Beloved, when you are born again, you are born of the Spirit, and you truly become a child of God.

When you are born of the Spirit, you will begin to live by the Spirit and be led by Him.

You will begin to exhibit the fruit of the Spirit as written in Galatians 5:22-23.

Remember, it is the kind of fruit you produce that will determine who your father truly is.

Reflection

Check your character, whose does it mirror, that of the Holy Spirit or that of the devil?

HYMN 13:– Jesus Loves, This I know

1 Jesus loves me, this I know,

For the Bible tells me so.

Little ones to Him belong;

They are weak, but He is strong.

Refrain:

Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me!

Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so.

2 Jesus loves me He who died,

Heaven’s gate to open wide,

He will wash away my sin,

Let His little child come in.

3 Jesus loves me, loves me still,

Tho’ I’m very weak and ill

From His shining throne on high

He will watch me where I lie.

4 Jesus loves me He will stay

Close beside me all the way,

If I love Him when I die

He will take me home on high.

Open Heaven For Today 2024 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Revival Is Here

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TOPIC: Revival Is Here

MEMORISE:-"Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?" Psalm 85:6

READ: Joel 2:28-32(KJV)

28 And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:

29 And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.

30 And I will shew wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

31 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.

32 And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Leviticus 26-27

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

Revival is here and only those who are prepared will be a part of it. God is doing a new thing and He wants to use willing vessels, not just pastors and men of God, but also ordinary people that are filled with the Holy Ghost.

If you have not yet been baptized in the Holy Ghost, you better ask Him for the baptism. A big revival is here, and He doesn’t want to use the pastors alone; he wants to use all His willing and available children.

The question, however, is, are you fit for the Master’s use?

There are two major things you need to be fit for the Master’s use in this revival.

They are stated in 2 Timothy 2:21:

If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

The first thing you must do is purge yourself of any iniquity – you must be sanctified. Sanctification comes through constant study and dependence on the word of God (John 17:17).

Secondly, you must be prepared to work. God cannot use you if you are lazy, He only uses people that are prepared to work hard.

Proverbs 18:9 says:

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

God describes the lazy man as being just the same as a waster. God won’t waste His anointing on you if you are lazy.

When He gives you the anointing, it is not the time to relax but the time to work even harder.

Beloved, it takes hard work to become a champion, but it takes even harder work to remain one. When you are struggling to become a champion, you stretch yourself and train vigorously.

Once you become one, you will suddenly realise that from that moment, everybody starts coming after your crown to take it from you.

Clearly, it is better not to have become a champion than to be an ex-champion while still at one’s prime.

The pain of the ex-champion is not the bruises on his body, it is the shame of walking in the streets and seeing those that had been hailing him as a champion suddenly turn their faces away from him.

Prayer Point

Father, when You are looking for people to use for Your glory, please don’t leave me out.

HYMN 23:– Take My Life, and Let It Be

1 Take my life and let it be

consecrated, Lord, to thee.

Take my moments and my days;

let them flow in endless praise,

let them flow in endless praise.

2 Take my hands and let them move

at the impulse of thy love.

Take my feet and let them be

swift and beautiful for thee,

swift and beautiful for thee.

3 Take my voice and let me sing

always, only, for my King.

Take my lips and let them be

filled with messages from thee,

filled with messages from thee.

4 Take my silver and my gold;

not a mite would I withhold.

Take my intellect and use

every power as thou shalt choose,

every power as thou shalt choose.

5 Take my will and make it thine;

it shall be no longer mine.

Take my heart it is thine own;

it shall be thy royal throne,

it shall be thy royal throne.

6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour

at thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself, and I will be

ever, only, all for thee,

ever, only, all for thee

Open Heaven For Today 2024 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Holy Ghost Baptism And Power 2

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TOPIC: Holy Ghost Baptism And Power 2

MEMORISE:-"For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind." 2 Timothy 1:7

READ: Acts 4:1-13 (KJV)

1 And as they spake unto the people, the priests, and the captain of the temple, and the Sadducees, came upon them,

2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through Jesus the resurrection from the dead.

3 And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.

4 Howbeit many of them which heard the word believed; and the number of the men was about five thousand.

5 And it came to pass on the morrow, that their rulers, and elders, and scribes,

6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem.

7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this?

8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,

9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;

10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.

11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.

12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.

13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Leviticus 24-25

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

In the Bible reading for today, Peter confronted the Sadducees defending his faith and in the name of Jesus Christ.

However, was Peter this bold before he was baptised in the Holy Spirit? The simple answer is, “No”.

In Matthew 14:28-32, Peter was described as being ‘afraid’ after he saw the boisterousness of the wind.

In John 18:16-27, when servants recognised him as one of Jesus’ followers, he denied it and swore that he did not know Jesus.

This same Peter was now the one confronting Sadducees.

In Acts 4:10, the one who denied Jesus Christ said, 

“The same Jesus you crucified, God has raised Him from the dead, and it is through Him that this lame man is standing before you whole.”

He added that there is no other name given unto men by which anybody can be saved but by Jesus – he was now standing solidly behind Jesus Christ.

The Peter after Pentecost was different from the Peter before Pentecost. He was now bold and could speak about Jesus Christ to anyone regardless of their status in the society.

Acts 4:13 says that the boldness of Peter and John was beheld by the people around them. In other words, their boldness became very obvious.

What was responsible for this kind of boldness? The answer to this question can be found in Acts 4:8: 

Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel…

Being filled with the Holy Ghost is the antidote for fear. If fear has been holding you back from fulfilling your destiny, it is because you are not yet filled with the Holy Ghost.

When you become filled with the Holy Ghost, you will look at the biggest obstacle in front of you and smile because you know that greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world (I John 4:4).

Whenever fear tries to creep into your heart, start speaking in the Holy Ghost. Speak in tongues to the point where you ascend above the level of that fear.

The Holy Spirit gives you the boldness to surmount any obstacle that may be standing in your path, no matter how big it may appear.

Pray in the Holy Ghost every day, study your Bible, and have the Holy Ghost lead you.

Make the Holy Ghost your companion at all times, and fear will become a stranger to you.

Reflection

Are you constantly filled with the Holy Ghost?

HYMN 20:– Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus

1 Stand up! stand up for Jesus!

 Ye soldiers of the cross;

Lift high His royal banner,

 It must not suffer loss:

From vict’ry unto vict’ry

 His army shall He lead,

Till every foe is vanquished

 And Christ is Lord indeed.

2 Stand up! stand up for Jesus!

 The trumpet call obey;

Forth to the mighty conflict

 In this His glorious day.

Ye that are men, now serve Him

 Against unnumbered foes;

Let courage rise with danger.

 And strength to strength oppose.

3 Stand up! stand up for Jesus!

 Stand in His strength alone;

The arm of flesh will fail you;

 Ye dare not trust your own.

Put on the Gospel armor,

 And, watching unto prayer,

Where duty calls, or danger,

 Be never wanting there.

4 Stand up! stand up for Jesus!

 The strife will not be long:

This day the noise of battle,

 The next the victor’s song;

To him that overcometh

 A crown of life shall be;

He, with the King of glory,

Shall reign eternally.