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.
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – A Brush With Fire
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TOPIC: A Brush With Fire
MEMORISE:-"And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground." Exodus 3:5
READ: Exodus 3:1-5 (KJV)
1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
3 And Moses said, I will now turn aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
4 And when the Lord saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
5 And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 18-20
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
In 1 Kings 19:19, as Elijah was passing by Elisha, he cast his mantle upon him, and from that day, Elisha’s life never remained the same.
Anything that the Holy Spirit has touched has been touched by fire, and when fire touches something, it changes permanently.
Exodus 3:1-5 tells us that the fire of God touched the ground of that backside of the desert, and from that moment onward, God called it holy ground.
When Moses got there, God told him to take off his shoes because the ordinary soil He had touched had become holy ground.
Exodus 4:1-20 tells us how holy the ground was, because everything that touched that ground also changed permanently, such that in verse 20, the Bible says:
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
After the encounter with the fire of God, Moses left for Egypt, and amongst all the things he took, he took the rod of God. The ordinary rod of a shepherd had now become the rod of God because it touched the holy ground.
Some years ago, a woman fell so ill that the doctors said that there was nothing they could do to help her. Her children were advised to take her home so she could die with her family around her.
The woman told her children, “Don’t take me home; take me to the Redeemed Christian Church of God headquarters.” They told her, “Mama, but there is no service today. The pastor will not be there.”
She said,
“I didn’t say I want to go and see the pastor; just take me there.”
They took her to the church, but because she was very weak, she could not walk by herself, so she asked them to help her reach one of the pillars of the building.
The moment she got to the pillar and touched it, she became completely healed, and she walked back to the car herself.
She experienced a brush with the fire of God through her faith, and she became healed.
There is tremendous power in anything that has touched holy ground. Don’t just go for services casually, be conscious that you are going to a place of fire.
When you go to your local assembly, go with expectations, and you will experience great miracles in your life.
Prayer Point
Father, the next time I come into Your presence, please don’t let me go back home the same way I came, in Jesus’ name.
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 – The Anointed Must Work Hard
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TOPIC: The Anointed Must Work Hard
MEMORISE:-"But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." John 5:17
READ: 1 Corinthians 15:10 (KJV)
10 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.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Many people see the anointed and envy them; they also want to be able to lay hands on the sick and have them recover.
The anointing to heal the sick is, however, available to every believer.
Mark 16:17-18 says that if you are a believer, some signs will follow you, and this includes healing the sick.
When you, however, study Matthew 8:14-18, you will see that the moment you have the healing gift, crowds will come.
Jesus healed Peter’s mother-in-law, and then, in the evening, they brought all those who were sick and demon-possessed.
The news spread so much that many people came to Him for healing.
If you want to be able to lay hands on the sick for their healing, you must be ready for hard work – you will preach, heal, and comfort the brokenhearted.
If anyone is in any form of trouble, they will call on you.
You will also have to set the captives free, so demon-possessed people will be paying you constant visits, and according to Ephesians 6:12, casting out demons involves spiritual wrestling.
Spiritual wrestling is not for the lazy, so if you want to be anointed, you cannot afford to be lazy.
The Lord Jesus had the anointing (Acts 10:38), but in Mark 6:31, He had to tell the disciples, “Let us take a break,” because He became so busy that there wasn’t enough time to even eat.
If you really want to be anointed, you must be ready to work.
I am not saying this to frighten you, I am saying it to get you prepared because someone reading this devotional now is going to get powerfully anointed soon, in Jesus’ name.
Many years ago, I read 1 Corinthians 12:31 which says: But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew l unto you a more excellent way.
I realised God approves for His children to be covetous of the best spiritual gifts, so I told God, “Lord, I want double the anointing on Elisha, Paul, Peter, and Jesus when He was on earth.
Add everything together and then double it again.”
God responded, “You are asking for a dangerous thing; people won’t let you rest.” I said, “I don’t mind.” How forward we can be sometimes.
I now have a better understanding of His warning.
If you really desire to be anointed, pray the prayer point for today with all your heart.
Prayer Point
Father, I am ready to do Your work in any part of the world You send me to. Please empower me to do the work today.
HYMN 12:– 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.
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