Open Heaven 23 April 2024 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – When God Steps In
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MEMORISE: "He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings." Psalms 40:2
READ: Psalms 119:103-105(KJV)
103 How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
105 Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 17-18
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
There are times we go in the wrong direction due to our human nature.
For example, we had quite a good bargain when we purchased the first four acres of land that has now expanded to become Redemption City.
As time went by, we kept buying more land even though the price was increasing.
After we had bought about a thousand acres, some people spoke to me and said, “Why are you buying lands in this bush?
There are other things to spend money on,” and I listened to them.
However, one night, God said to me, “Son, who called you?
These people or Myself? Who promised you a city instead of a boy’s quarters?”.
I woke up and made up my mind to keep buying more land, but by then, what used to be N1,000 had gone up to N50,000.
Today, we have over 40,000 hectres, and we are still buying more.
If you are moving in the opposite direction of God’s will for your life, God will step in today and bring you back to the right path, in Jesus’ name.
A fellow might have done something terrible in the past which made it impossible for him or her to reach some goals.
An individual can commit a crime and end up with a life sentence. Even though that fellow’s case may seem hopeless, God can step in and turn things around.
In Genesis 49:1-7, Jacob, on his deathbed, cursed Levi because of some sins from his past, but God stepped in and gave Levi an opportunity to be restored.
In Exodus 32:25-26, Moses returned from the mountain and found out that the children of Israel were dancing naked before an idol.
He cried out, “Who is on the side of the Lord? Let him come to me.”
Everyone belonging to the tribe of Levi crossed over to Moses and became his army.
God looked down from heaven and said, “That curse on you is cancelled!” Levi missed it earlier, but he got on God’s side and was restored.
God can step in to give you hope again. I however have some questions for you: are you on the Lord’s side?
Do you do His will? Are you committed to serving Him alone? If you answered ‘yes’ to these questions, God will step in and bring you back to the path of fulfilling your destiny, in Jesus’ name.
Point Point
Father, I am on your side. Please step into my situation and let me fulfil Your plans for my life.
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 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Your Morning
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TOPIC: Your Evening
MEMORISE: "Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening". Psalms 104:23
READ: 2 Samuel 21:15-17(KJV)
15 Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.
16 And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 11-13
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
If you are above 50, you are already in the second half of your day and you need to apply wisdom more than ever before.
By evening, you are supposed to be relying more on wisdom, not on strength as the flood might have subsided.
You may refer to yesterday’s teaching to understand what I mean by the flood.
Job 12:12 says that wisdom is supposed to be with the ancient; years are supposed to teach wisdom.
Job 32:7 says that days should speak, and multitudes of years should teach wisdom. This is why it is said that a fool at 40 is a fool forever.
You are supposed to have become wise by the time you are 40 because as people grow older, they naturally become weaker.
Nobody will believe, except those who are close to me, that I used to be a boxer.
Nobody will believe that there was a time I could carry a bag of cement in one hand and another in the second and say that I was balancing the equation.
Now, even with two hands, I will think twice before I pick up a bag of cement.
In 2 Samuel 21:15-17, the Bible says that David waxed faint. This was the same person who killed a lion and a bear (1 Samuel 17:34-35).
He was the same person that delivered 200 foreskins when he was asked to get a hundred (1 Samuel 18:25-27).
David, the giant killer, the one who single-handedly cut off Goliath’s head, waxed faint, and he would have been killed in battle if somebody had not come to his aid.
What lesson can we learn from that? When David was at his peak, he had prepared for the time he would grow faint.
In 1 Samuel 22:1-2, when he was in the cave of Adullam, he gathered some vagabonds and turned them into mighty men.
It was one of his boys that was there to help him when his evening came.
In 2 Samuel 23:1-39, we read of the people he had prepared who were now called ‘David’s mighty men’.
These men risked their lives by taking on an entire army just to get him water to drink.
If you are in your flood age, you should prepare disciples when things are going very smoothly.
Are you preparing for those days when the flood will be gone?
What arrangements are you making during your daytime because the night is coming?
I am speaking in proverbs, but a word is enough for the wise.
Key Point
Start building younger people now so that when your strength is no longer as before, they can be there to help you.
HYMN 10: In Christ alone
1 In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
2 In Christ alone, who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied –
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.
3 There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine –
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
4 No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand:
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.
Open Heavens 20 April 2024 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Your Noon
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MEMORISE: "David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years". 2 Samuel 5:4
READ: Ecclesiastes 11:9 (KJV)
9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Specifically, the morning of a man stands for his youth.
In 1 John 2:14 “I have written to you young ones because you are strong.” The major characteristic of youths is their strength.
I know most youths see their youthful days as days to enjoy themselves.
This is true, according to Ecclesiastes 11:9-10:
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth…but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment…
Note that the above passage also says that youths will account for the seeds they sow later in life.
Those that spend their youthful days engaging in all sorts of vices will reap plenty of trouble later in life (Galatians 6:7).
In Genesis 49:1-4, when Israel was about to die, he called his children together and began to prophesy about their future.
He said concerning Reuben, “Mighty Reuben, excellency of strength…but you will not excel.”
Why did he say this? In Genesis 35:22, Reuben did something that he should not have done, and his father heard about it.
Now, when his father was about to die, he told him he would not excel, even though he was the firstborn.
When you read Revelation 7:1-5, you’ll be amazed that by the time they were listing the children of Israel who were sealed, Reuben was no longer the first.
Beloved, if you are young now, meaning that you’re less than 30 years old, make good use of your youth.
Be careful of the kinds of seeds you sow now because you will reap their fruits later, and the harvest is always greater than the seed sown.
…l have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
1 John 2:14
The above passage does not only say that you are strong as a youth, but also that the word of God is to abide in you, and you are to overcome the wicked one.
Your youthful days are the days to soak in the word of God like never before.
This is the time to memorise as many scriptures as possible.
Now is the time to build your spiritual strength to stand against the devil and overcome him.
Use your strength to do a lot for God because a time will come when you will discover that being a youth does not last forever.
Key Point
Spend your noontime wisely; don’t mismanage it.
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]
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Friday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Your Morning
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TOPIC: Your Morning
MEMORISE: "Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;" Ecclesiastes 12:1
READ: Lamentations 3:27 (KJV)
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Specifically, the morning of a man stands for his youth. In 1 John 2:14
“I have written to you young ones because you are strong.”
The major characteristic of youths is their strength.
I know most youths see their youthful days as days to enjoy themselves. This is true, according to Ecclesiastes 11:9-10:
Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth…but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment…
Note that the above passage also says that youths will account for the seeds they sow later in life.
Those that spend their youthful days engaging in all sorts of vices will reap plenty of trouble later in life (Galatians 6:7).
In Genesis 49:1-4, when Israel was about to die, he called his children together and began to prophesy about their future. He said concerning Reuben, “Mighty Reuben, excellency of strength…but you will not excel.”
Why did he say this? In Genesis 35:22, Reuben did something that he should not have done, and his father heard about it. Now, when his father was about to die, he told him he would not excel, even though he was the firstborn.
When you read Revelation 7:1-5, you’ll be amazed that by the time they were listing the children of Israel who were sealed, Reuben was no longer the first.
Beloved, if you are young now, meaning that you’re less than 30 years old, make good use of your youth. Be careful of the kinds of seeds you sow now because you will reap their fruits later, and the harvest is always greater than the seed sown.
…l have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
The above passage does not only say that you are strong as a youth, but also that the word of God is to abide in you, and you are to overcome the wicked one. Your youthful days are the days to soak in the word of God like never before.
This is the time to memorise as many scriptures as possible. Now is the time to build your spiritual strength to stand against the devil and overcome him. Use your strength to do a lot for God because a time will come when you will discover that being a youth does not last forever.
Key Point
Dedicate your youth to knowing and serving God without limits.
HYMN 7: I Am Thine O Lord
1 I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
And be closer drawn to Thee.
Refrain:
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
2 Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine. [Refrain]
3 Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend! [Refrain]
4 There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee. [Refrain]
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Your Day
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TOPIC: Your Day
MEMORISE: "In the morning it flouriseth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth". Psalms 90:6
READ: Genesis1:1-5 (KJV)
1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 kings 4-5
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
In Genesis 1:1-5, God called the light ‘day’ and the darkness ‘night’. The combination of both gave us the first day. When you dig deeper, you will discover that a day is broken into three parts – morning, afternoon and evening.
In Psalms 55:17, David said,
“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.”
Day is God’s unit of measuring the time of man on earth.
Psalms 90:12 says,
“Teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts to wisdom.”
Proverbs 10:27 tells us that although God can lengthen a fellow’s days, He can also shorten them.
According to the memory verse for today, the morning is the time for growing up, and it is the time for joy (Psalms 30:5).
When you are growing up as a child, you have no responsibilities. When children wake up in the morning, they want breakfast to be on the table, and how it gets there is none of their business. Listen to a child laugh, and you will also begin to laugh because their laughter is right from the inside.
The afternoon is when you are at your peak, and the sun is at its brightest. Job 11:17 talks about age being clearer than the noonday. The noon is the peak of life.
The evening is when things begin to become dim, and the sun is about to set. 1 Samuel 4:15 says that Eli was 98 years old and his eyes waxed dim.
Psalms 104:23 says that man goes to his work and begins to return home in the evening. Your evening is when you begin to round off your life.
It is pertinent to know which part of your day you are in so that you can act wisely and make the best out of it. However, if you don’t know, you could be trying to achieve good results with the wrong method.
This is why those who fear God are called wise because even though they grow old, they have wisdom and can still do what strong people cannot. There is a time to use strength primarily, and there is a time to use less of strength and more of wisdom.
There is a time to run and a time to pass the baton. You must recognise your times and seasons to make the best out of your life.
Reflection
What part of your day on earth are you currently in?
HYMN 28: Guide Me O Thou Great Jehovah
1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer,
pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but you are mighty;
hold me with your powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me now and evermore,
feed me now and evermore.
2 Open now the crystal fountain,
where the healing waters flow.
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
ever be my strength and shield,
ever be my strength and shield.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside.
Death of death, and hell’s Destruction,
land me safe on Canaan’s side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises
I will ever sing to you,
I will ever sing to you.
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