Open Heaven For Today 2024 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Blessed Beyond Curses
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TOPIC: Blessed Beyond Curses
MEMORISE: "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ": Ephesians 1:3
READ: Numbers 23:5-8 (KJV)
5 And the Lord put a word in Balaam’s mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
6 And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
7 And he took up his parable, and said, Balak the king of Moab hath brought me from Aram, out of the mountains of the east, saying, Come, curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel.
8 How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 31-32
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied? Numbers 23:8
The Scripture above tells us that it is impossible to curse people that have been blessed by God. Such persons can never be affected by curses that are pronounced on them.
No matter how hard he tries, there is absolutely nothing the devil can do to curse the fellow that God has blessed. Romans 8:31 says:
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
God is Almighty; if He is on your side, there is no force on the earth, underneath the earth, or in any other place that can work against you.
The Bible says that you have been bought with a price (1 Corinthians 6:20) and that price is the blood of Jesus.
This means that no one can touch you because you are God’s possession. Through the sacrifice of the blood of Jesus flowing inside you, you are irreversibly blessed.
God has blessed you with all heavenly blessings, and there is no man that can curse you!
Numbers 23:23 says: Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!
In Proverbs 26:2, you are reassured that: As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
If someone decides to curse you without a genuine cause, do not be moved and do not be afraid.
Goliath cursed David and, in a few minutes, his head was in David’s hands. In fact, any fellow who tries to curse you needs your prayers because God’s word says in Genesis 12:3: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: …
What is that genuine cause that can make a curse active even on a believer? It is sin.
After Balaam could not curse the people of Israel because they were blessed, they were tricked into sleeping with strange women, and before they knew it, they were cursed with diseases.
If you want to be blessed beyond curses, after surrendering your life to Jesus, you must ensure that you live holy.
A life without Jesus does not have protection against any curse. As long as you remain a child of God, you are untouchable to curses.
Key Point
Surrender your life to Jesus and live holy to ensure that you are blessed beyond curses.
HYMN 19: Rock Of Ages, Is Cleft For Me
1 Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee;
let the water and the blood,
from thy wounded side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure;
save from wrath and make me pure.
2 Not the labors of my hands
can fulfill thy law’s demands;
could my zeal no respite know,
could my tears forever flow,
all for sin could not atone;
thou must save, and thou alone.
3 Nothing in my hand I bring,
simply to the cross I cling;
naked, come to thee for dress;
helpless, look to thee for grace;
foul, I to the fountain fly;
wash me, Savior, or I die.
4 While I draw this fleeting breath,
when mine eyes shall close in death,
when I soar to worlds unknown,
see thee on thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee.
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Purpose Of His Life, Death And Resurrection
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TOPIC: The Purpose Of His Life, Death And Resurrection
MEMORISE: "The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly". John 10:10
READ: John 1:19-29 (KJV)
19 And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
20 And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed*, I am not the Christ.
21 And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.
23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.
24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose* shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 28-30
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
I am quite sure that you are aware that over two thousand being like you and me. However, are you deeply aware of the exact reason for which He came to the earth in human form? John 1:14 says:
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
What was Jesus’ purpose for coming to the world as a man? Let us examine some of the answers that the bible gives us concerning this:
He came to call sinners to repentance. Matthew 9:13 says,
“But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”
He came to give eternal life. John 10:10 says,
“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”
He came to heal, deliver and set the captives free. Luke 4:18 says,
“The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,”
To destroy the works of the devil. 1 John 3:8 says,
“… For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.”
Considering these scriptural references about Jesus’ purpose for coming into this world, has His coming had any impact on your life? If you cannot answer this question clearly, then you need to invite Jesus into your life, even if you have done so before.
Surrender your life completely to Him today and make a commitment to live holy going forward.
This way, the purpose of Jesus coming to the earth as a man will be fulfilled in your life, and you will live above sicknesses, diseases, captivity, and the works of the devil. You will enjoy abundant and eternal life in Christ Jesus.
Key Point
Jesus came to the earth so that you may have eternal life.
HYMN 14: O What A 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 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Husband-ry
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TOPIC: Husband-ry
MEMORISE: "Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered".1 Peter 3:7
READ: Malachi 2:13-15 (KJV)
13 And this have ye done again, Covering the altar of the Lord with tears, with weeping, and with crying out, Insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more, Or receiveth it with good will at your hand.
14 o Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, Against whom thou hast dealt treacherously: Yet is she thy companion, and the wife of thy covenant.
15 And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek †ta godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, And let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
When you consider the word ‘husband,’ you will see its similarity with the word ‘husbandry’.
Husbandry has to do with caring for and cultivating crops and livestock. This gives us insight into the duty of husbands; they are to tend their wives like gardens for their potential to blossom.
They should nurture their potential and make them more beautiful and fruitful than when they met them.
People admire some men’s wives because those men tend their gardens well. The way a man tends his garden is a reflection of the kind of person he is.
Gardens bring beauty to homes; if a garden is fruitful, then the family will be nourished with healthy fruits, vegetables, and fresh air.
However, if a garden is filled with thorns, a lot of pain and parasites will exist in that home.
Many married men who are always miserable and sad often complain about their wives not making them happy.
Their wives can’t make them happy when they are sad and miserable; it is only what they receive that they can give.
If you’re a husband, what you should put in your wife is what you want.
Take care of her and make her happy; she will make you happy too. Before you buy a shirt for yourself, buy a dress for her.
If you call her a witch and maltreat her, know that you made her one because when you were courting, you were calling her an angel.
It is after she entered your house that she became a witch.
Another definition of husbandry, according to the Oxford Dictionary, is the management and conservation of resources.
Many husbands don’t seem to see anything special in their wives; those are bad husbands.
A good husband will see the potentials in his wife in the form of her talents and giftings and will help her manage them properly to yield the best results.
As a husband, in managing your wife’s resources, you should also manage her excesses and shortcomings; that is the aspect of weeding in husbandry.
Those shortcomings will try to hinder her talents from blossoming, but it is your duty to identify them and reduce them to the barest minimum.
A good husband does not complain about his wife’s shortcomings; he manages them to ensure they don’t stop her gifts from blossoming.
A good husband will patiently work with his wife to overcome her shortcomings and enhance her talents.
The great women out there also have their shortcomings, but thank God they have good husbands.
They are great achievers notwithstanding and are making their husbands proud today.
Prayer Point
Father, please show me all I need to do to receive the miracles that you have released to me and give me the grace to do them, in Jesus’ name.
HYMN 27: What A Friend We Have In Jesus
1 What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!
2 Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
3 Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge–
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Do your friends despise, forsake you?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he’ll take and shield you;
you will find a solace there.
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Friday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Live By His Principles II
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TOPIC: Live By His Principles II
MEMORISE: "Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works". James 2:18
READ: James 2:14-18 (KJV)
14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Yesterday, I started teaching on the importance of living by God’s principles. Today, I will conclude the teaching.
I thank God for His grace, but I also thank Him for making me study mathematics before I became born again. If there is anything mathematics teaches you, it is that certain formulas will only work if you meet certain conditions.
For example, in a right-angled triangle, the sum of the squares of two sides will be equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
This will always be true, whether on Earth or on the moon. It is foolish for anyone to try to get certain results without first meeting the necessary conditions.
Even Jesus Christ had to be baptized by John the Baptist to fulfil one of the conditions for success in His assignment on Earth (Matthew 3:15).
Do you know that there are many people whose breakthroughs have already been released by God, but they are yet to experience it? The door they have been asking God to open was already opened a long time ago; God is only waiting for them to do what they need to do to walk in.
Unfortunately, many people are wasting the answers to their prayers just because they refuse to obey simple principles.
I have always told my children, even though the Almighty God had said that Sarah would give birth to a son for Abraham and had quickened their dead bodies according to Romans 4:19, if Abraham had not been intimate with her, Isaac would never have been born.
Many miracles have already been released by God to many of His children, but instead of them to do what they need to do to get the miracle, they are being mis-spiritual.
By mis-spiritual, I mean spirituality in the wrong direction. Can you imagine a couple looking for the fruit of the womb not being intimate with each other, but observing prayer vigils daily?
Or a student who has not studied at all, praying all night to pass an exam that is slated for 7am in the morning?
True spirituality does not suspend the senses; in fact, true spirituality births wisdom because wisdom is a gift of the Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:8).
I pray for you today, mis-spirituality will not be your portion, in Jesus’ name. The devil will not make you blind to the principles that will birth your breakthrough.
You will be inspired to do everything that you need to do to receive all that the Lord has provided for you this season, in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point
Father, please show me all I need to do to receive the miracles that you have released to me and give me the grace to do them, in Jesus’ name.
HYMN 21: Standing On The Promises Of Christ My King
1 Standing on the promises of Christ, my King,
Through eternal ages let his praises ring;
Glory in the highest, I will shout and sing,
Standing on the promises of God.
Refrain:
Standing, standing,
Standing on the promises of God, my Savior;
Standing, standing,
I’m standing on the promises of God.
2 Standing on the promises that cannot fail.
When the howling storms of doubt and fear assail,
By the living Word of God I shall prevail,
Standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]
3 Standing on the promises of Christ, the Lord,
Bound to him eternally by love’s strong cord,
Overcoming daily with the Spirit’s sword,
Standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]
4 Standing on the promises I cannot fall,
List’ning ev’ry moment to the Spirit’s call,
Resting in my Savior as my all in all,
Standing on the promises of God. [Refrain]
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Live By His Principles I
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TOPIC: Live By His Principles I
MEMORISE: "But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work". John 5:17
READ: Deuteronomy 28:1-6 (KJV)
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Many Christians complain that things are not going well for them even though it has been a while since they confessed Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour.
The question I often ask such Christians is,
“Since you received Jesus Christ into your life, have you been living by His principles?”
It is a good thing to have Jesus in your life, however, you must ensure that you also live by His principles if you want to experience positive changes in all aspects of your life.
No matter how spiritual you are, certain principles must be applied for certain things to work in your life.
For example, the Bible says that he that does not work should not eat (2 Thessalonians 3:10).
No matter how prayerful you are, if you are lazy, you may not escape poverty (Proverbs 6:10-11).
Shortly after I became born again, tapes of many pastors teaching the power of positive confession were circulating around the Christian community.
They would say things like,
“You will become whomever you say you are. Just confess good; say what you want to see in your life.”
Although this message is correct, many took it the wrong way. Lazy Christians continued being lazy, while the uneducated ones did not pursue education to enhance their ability to earn.
They all just kept confessing,
“I am rich, I am not poor,”
“l am a landlord, I will never beg,”
and so on, but nothing changed in their lives.
If you want change, you must adopt the principles of God. One of His principles is in Luke 6:38; if you don’t sow seeds, you shouldn’t expect a harvest.
Being stingy and yet praying for God to bless you is like being a farmer who did not plant any seed but who goes to his farm every morning to pray that yams should grow there.
During the season of harvest, when he digs the ground to get yams, he will find nothing there because he planted nothing.
Some other principles of God which I will like to mention are: Do unto others what you want them to do to you (Matthew 7:12), exercise control over your mouth (Psalms 141:3) and your appetite (Proverbs 23:1-3), let others praise you, don’t praise yourself (Proverbs 27:2), always do things in steps, start small and grow from there (Zechariah 4:10), whatever you embark on, ensure that you plan properly for it to be achieved successfully (Luke14:28).
These and many more are principles of life that may not necessarily lead you to hell if they are not practiced, but will definitely help you to live a better life on earth if they are.
Action Point
Ensure that you live by Kingdom principles.
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