Open Heaven For Today 2024 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Prayer Extinguishers I
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TOPIC: Prayer Extinguishers I
MEMORISE: "Then shall they cry unto the Lord, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings". Micah 3:4
READ: Isaiah 59:1-2 (KJV)
1 Behold, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 37-39
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
When you spray a fire extinguisher over fire, it dies off. In the same vein, certain things act as prayer extinguishers.
If such things exist in our lives, we will not get answers to our prayers because the prayers will die off before they get to God.
Sin is the first thing that extinguishes our prayers the moment they leave our lips. David said in Psalms 66:18: If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
If sin is in your heart, it will extinguish your prayer, and God will not hear it, even if you scream aloud while praying.
In Isaiah 59:1-2, the Bible says that sin creates such a huge distance between God and us that He cannot hear us nor can His hand reach us.
Even when a genuine man of God prays for a sinner, the prayer will be extinguished by the sins of that sinner unless he or she repents.
Many years ago, when the congregation was not as large as it is now, and I could lay hands on everyone, a woman came to one of our Holy Ghost Services.
She had been married for many years without a child and had been told that I have a special anointing for making the barren fruitful.
I laid hands on her during the service, and she fell under the anointing. However, months after that, she still did not conceive.
She came back complaining,
“They told me that when you lay hands on me, I will fall, and then I will become fruitful, but up to now, there is still no child”.
I thought she needed an extra dose of the anointing and was about to pray for her again when God told me,
“Son, ask her how many boyfriends she has.”
It was hard to ask her the question, but I managed to mumble the words. She replied that she had six boyfriends.
I exclaimed,
“Ah! And you expect my God to answer your prayer?”
Yes, I prayed for her and laid hands on her, but her sin extinguished the prayers.
Check yourself before you pray to be sure that you don’t have any sin in your heart because if sin is present, your prayers will go to waste.
Repent of the sin first, then you can be sure that God will answer your prayers.
The only prayer that God will hear from a sinner is the prayer of repentance from sin because as long as sin exists in his or her life, God will not hear him or her (Isaiah 59:1-2).
Key Point
Sin extinguishes prayers.
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 – Ask In His Name
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TOPIC: Ask In His Name
MEMORISE: "The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth". Psalms 145:18
READ: Psalms 66:17-20 (KJV)
17 I cried unto him with my mouth, and he was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
19 But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God, which hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
All around the world, people call on God for one thing or the other, and as busy as He is, He said: Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. Jeremiah 33:3
I have been to the offices of some presidents. Before you go, you must first book an appointment.
If the president asks you to come by 2pm and you get there early, you may still not be allowed to see him until 5pm because the president is busy.
At times, it is the president who needs you, but you still must wait. No president is as busy as God, yet He is always available to give you His undivided attention whenever you call on Him – He is never too busy.
Jesus said that whenever we come to God in prayers, we should come in His name. I can send you to someone and give you a signed note asking the fellow to give you what you want.
However, when I say you should go in my name, what I mean is that, even though you are the one going there, when you arrive at the gate, tell them it is Adeboye who has arrived.
When the people see you, they are to receive you and treat you as if I am the one they are welcoming.
Jesus asking you to pray to the Father in His name means that even though you are the one praying, the Father is to see that prayer point as if He prayed it.
Since Jesus and the Father are one (John 10:30), it also implies that whatever the Father owns, the Son owns also, so as the Father will not refuse to give Jesus whatever He asks for, He will also not refuse to give you whatever you ask for according to His will.
If Jesus appears to you and tells you that the moment you ask Him for anything, you will get it, will you stay silent or start asking for whatever you need?
He already told you in John 16:23 that if you ask Him for anything, He will give it to you.
This is why you should pray for everything you need. Many people complain about things they can change by simply praying. Jesus is waiting to give you whatever you ask Him for.
Don’t be worried about anything; just pray in Jesus’ name, and the problem is solved (John 14:13-14).
Key Point
Jesus is waiting to hear your requests, don’t hesitate to talk to Him.
HYMN 22: Sweet Hour Of Prayer
1. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
that calls me from a world of care,
and bids me at my Father’s throne
make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
my soul has often found relief,
and oft escaped the tempter’s snare
by thy return, sweet hour of prayer!
2. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
the joys I feel, the bliss I share
of those whose anxious spirits burn
with strong desires for thy return!
With such I hasten to the place
where God my Savior shows his face,
and gladly take my station there,
and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!
3. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
thy wings shall my petition bear
to him whose truth and faithfulness
engage the waiting soul to bless.
And since he bids me seek his face,
believe his word, and trust his grace,
I’ll cast on him my every care,
and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!
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?
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
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