Open Heaven For Today 2024 – Open Heavens 13 March

Open Heaven For Today 2024 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – With Greatness Comes Sacrifice

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TOPIC: With Greatness Comes Sacrifice

MEMORISE:-"But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was .with me". 1 Corinthians 15:10

READ: Proverbs 13:1-4(KJV)

1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

3 He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Judges 4-5

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

My Father in the Lord came to visit me in my little house in llesha in 1975.

We prayed that night, and everyone went to bed – at least that was what I thought.

When I went to the toilet at the backyard before I slept around 10pm, I saw my Father in the Lord praying.

Around 5am, I went to the toilet again, and he was still on his knees praying.

Later that morning, I asked him if there was any problem as I thought praying overnight meant there was a serious problem at hand.

He smiled and said, 

“There is no problem. Don’t worry; you will understand soon.” 

I was shocked to know that there was no problem, yet he prayed all night.

I also knew that God had told me to emulate Him.

One pastor came to me years ago and said, 

“When we started this journey together, we were on the same level. Now you are far ahead of us. Tell us the secret.”

I said, 

“There is nothing I am doing that you don’t know; I fast, pray and keep vigils. If you want to be as I am, do the same.”

Another man of God from another ministry was praying, 

“God, give me ten per cent of what you gave Pastor Adeboye; I will be satisfied.”

God told him, 

“Do what Pastor Adeboye is doing, and I will give you what I gave him.” 

He asked God, “What is he doing?” God said, 

“He started with 40 days of fasting and prayers.”

He said, “God, I think I am okay the way I am.” Only those that are willing to make sacrifices will be great.

You cannot be great by loading your body with food and your mind with entertainment – those things only give surface and temporary benefits.

Someone with financial issues can watch a funny movie and laugh, such that people will call him a happy man, but after the movie is over, he will go back to face his problems.

The benefits of a life without sacrifice are temporary.

Don’t be deceived by temporary pleasures; pay the price to fulfil your destiny and achieve greatness.

The taller a building will be, the deeper its builders must dig before laying its foundation.

The things that will take you very high in life are mostly things done in private.

The way you pray, fast, study, work, etc., in private will determine how great you will become.

Key Point

Pay the price and you will get the prize of greatness.

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 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Fire of God

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TOPIC: The Fire of God

MEMORISE:-"And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the LORD descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly". Exodus 19:18

READ: Acts 2:3-4 (KJV)

3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.

4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Judges 1-3

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

In Judges 15:14-15, the Bible tells us that when they brought Samson to the Philistines, as soon as they began to rejoice, the Spirit of God came in the form of an invisible fire, causing the ropes that bound him to be burned off.

Because the fire came on him, he took the jawbone of an ass, and it became a weapon of mass destruction in his hands.

When you are anointed, everything you touch comes into contact with the anointing.

Mark 5:25-29 tells us of healing through the Lord’s garment.

Acts 5:14-16 tells us that even Peter’s shadow was healing the sick. Acts 19:11-12 tells us that Paul’s handkerchiefs and aprons were healing the sick.

You need the fire of God, and you can get it today.

God’s fire is available because, in Matthew 3:11, the promise is that Jesus Christ will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. If you get the fire of God, your life will be transformed for good.

With the fire of God on you, you can heal incurable diseases and win souls to the kingdom more easily than ever before.

You don’t only need the fire of God to heal the sick, you also need it against the enemy.

Judges 14:5-6 tells us that Samson was going to Timnath when, all of a sudden, a lion roared at him.

The fire of God came on him, and he tore the lion to pieces.

You need the fire in case the enemy roars, then you can tell him, “I am more than ready for you.”

As you grow in the Lord, there is bound to be resistance from the enemy, and you will need the fire of God to uproot obstacles to the work of the Lord.

John 4:48 says that some people will not believe the word of God unless they see signs and wonders.

These signs and wonders can only happen when you have been baptised with the fire of God.

I have been privileged to win many great and influential people to Christ because of the mighty miracles they saw God performing through me.

I am going to ask you to cry to God to be baptised with the heavenly fire today so that your life will be filled with signs and wonders.

Working for God and bearing abiding fruits for the kingdom will become even easier.

Prayer Point

For at least one hour today, cry to God for the baptism of fire. Beyond today, make this one of your major prayer points daily.

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 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Anointed Hands

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TOPIC: Anointed Hands

MEMORISE:-"Now when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them." Luke 4:40

READ:Exodus 17:8-13 (KJV)

8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

9 And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

10 So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

11 And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

12 But Moses hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.

13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 23-24

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

When you see a man of God laying hands on people, and they get healed, it is because those hands have been in contact with the fire of God.

Ordinary hands become anointed once they come in contact with the fire of God.

In Exodus 3, when Moses threw his rod on the holy ground, it became a serpent, and the Lord asked him to pick the serpent up by the tail.

As Moses bent to pick up the serpent, his own hands also brushed the ground that the fire had touched.

From that day on, his hands became special.

In Exodus 17:8-13, we see those hands deciding the outcome of a war between Israel and the Amalekites.

Every time he lifted his hands, Israel won, but when his hands got heavy and were going down, the Amalekites began to win.

Aaron and Hur were with him, they had four hands combined, but they knew that Moses’ hands, which had touched the holy ground, were different from ordinary hands.

So, rather than lift their own hands, they helped Moses keep his hands up.

In Exodus 14:16, God said to Moses:

But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.

God had anointed Moses’ hands, so He ordered him to stretch them over the Red Sea to divide it.

So, in Exodus 14:21, when Moses stretched out his hands over the sea, it had no choice but to part into two. In Deuteronomy 34:9, those hands also transmitted wisdom into Joshua.

And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.

The power of God turns the ordinary into extraordinary.

If you read John 9:1-7, where Jesus saw a man who was born blind, He spat on the ground, made some mud out of it and anointed the blind man’s eyes.

Ordinary mud can become anointed mud; it all depends on whose hands the mud is in.

Your hands can also become anointed today, but first, they must be holy hands.

Psalms 24:3-4 says that only those who have holy hands can ascend into the hill of the Lord where they can come in contact with the fire of God.

Reflection

Do you have holy hands? The fire of God can only rest on holy hands.

HYMN 24:– That wonderful Name

1 That wonderful Name, Jesus!

That wonderful Name, Jesus!

That wonderful Name, Jesus!

There is no other name I know.

2 The Great Redeemer, Jesus!

His blood washed me clean, Jesus!

And now I am saved, Jesus!

There is no other name I know

3 The Great Physician, Jesus!

His stripes health me, Jesus!

And now I am whole, Jesus!

There is no other name I know.

4 The Great Lord of host, Jesus!

His truth set me free, Jesus!

I am free indeed, Jesus!

There is no other name I know.

5 The Great Provider, Jesus!

He supplies my needs, Jesus!

And now I am full, Jesus!

There is no other name I know.

6 My Great Companion, Jesus!

Always by my side, Jesus!

I have a sure Friend, Jesus!

There is no other name I know.

7 The Soon Coming King, Jesus!

Coming back for me, Jesus!

I will reign with Him, Jesus!

There is no other Name I know.

8 Let us praise His Name, Jesus!

Name above all names, Jesus!

Let us shout His Name, Jesus!

I will sing I will shout, JESUS!

Open Heaven For Today 2024 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – When Fire Falls

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TOPIC: When Fire Falls

MEMORISE:-"And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD". Leviticus 10:2

READ: Leviticus 10:1-5 (KJV)

1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he commanded them not.

2 And there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord.

3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

4 And Moses called Mishael and Elzaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said unto them, Come near, carry your brethren from before the sanctuary out of the camp.

5 So they went near, and carried them in their coats out of the camp; as Moses had said.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 21-22

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

When you are in a service, and everyone is praying that fire should fall, you must beware, because when the fire of God falls, some people die, and some others rejoice.

When the fire of God falls, those who do not belong to Him are consumed, while those who belong to Him are empowered.

In Daniel 3:19-30, when they threw Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego into the fire, their yokes were destroyed by the fire, they walked out of the fire into promotion, but those who were not on the side of the Lord that got close to that fire were consumed.

Some years ago, as I was preaching during a service, the fire of God fell. While people were getting their healings, a woman ran out of the service.

From outside the hall, she beckoned on the fellow she came with to bring her bag so that she could go home.

Surprised, the fellow asked her why she couldn’t come in to get her bag herself, and she said that there was fire in the place and she couldn’t come in for fear of being burnt.

When the fire of God comes down, while it brings healings and promotions to God’s children, it can destroy those who are not on the Lord’s side.

So, before you join those who are asking for fire to fall, if you are not already on God’s side, please cross over.

I should also note that sometimes, the fire of God comes down unexpectedly in the middle of a service. Even the preacher may be unaware that God is about to rain down fire.

When the fire falls, only those who are on Christ’s side will be safe.

The reason I chose the passage in our Bible reading for today is that I want to speak particularly to those who are workers in the church and who are still dipping their hands into sin.

Surrender your life completely to the Lord Jesus Christ because if you are standing by when the fire begins to fall, and you are not on the Lord’s side, the result might not be very pleasant.

God usually gives room for repentance, but that is until His fire falls. The day the fire falls is the day of consequences – there is no repentance after that.

Many are nursing diseases and other terrible issues because when the fire of God fell, they were not on His side.

Prayer Point

Father, please forgive me of every sin I have committed against You. Please help me to be on Your side at all times, in Jesus’ name.

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.