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Open Heaven For Today 2024 – Open Heavens 19 November

Open Heaven For Today 2024 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Drawing Miracles 

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TOPIC: Drawing Miracles 

MEMORISE: Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23

READ: Mark 5:21-34 (KJV) 

21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.


22 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,


23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.


24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.


25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,


26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,

Open Heaven For Today 2024 – Open Heavens 19 November

27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.


28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.


29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.


30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?


31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?


32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.


33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.


34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 20-21

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

Every now and then in the Bible, you read about people who got ‘unplanned’ miracles.


For example, in the Gospels, Jesus would be going somewhere, not planning to pray for anyone along the way, but somehow, someone would get a miracle from Him. One of such people is the woman with the issue of blood in our Bible reading today. Jesus was on His way to raise Jairus’ daughter from the dead when she met him. 


She pushed through the crowd that followed Him until she was able to touch His garment and get her miracle. In doing so, all the sufferings in the last 12 years of her life vanished. If she had not done what she did, she might have died a sick and wretched woman.


Do you know that you can get a miracle even when a minister of God is not praying for you? You can be at a programme, and while a ministration is going on, if you say to yourself just like the woman with the issue of blood, 


“If I can just touch the hem of His garment, I will receive my miracle,” 


God will do it.


One of our drummers in RCCG had been waiting on God for the fruit of the womb. One day, while the Holy Ghost Service was going on, he said in his heart, 


“If the General Overseer can just look at me, I will have my child.” 


I didn’t know what was going on, I just looked his way, and he was very excited. Nine months later, his baby came.


There was also a woman many years ago who had heard of the great things God was doing through us. She decided to come for one of our programmes and said in her heart, 


“If I can just see the man of God, I will receive my healing.” 


When I came up, she asked those around her to confirm that the fellow on the altar was me. When they confirmed it, she started rejoicing, and she got her miracle.


If you have faith, you can get your miracle at any time. Even if a minister of God does not mention your case or lay hands on you during a ministration, you can get a miracle from God through him. You don’t have to wait for a minister of God to pray for you. You can get a miracle through him or her with your faith.

Reflection 

Do you have the kind of faith that draws miracles from God?

HYMN 25: The Great Physician Now Is Near 

1 The great Physician now is near,

The sympathizing Jesus;

He speaks the drooping heart to cheer,

Oh, hear the voice of Jesus.


Refrain:

Sweetest note in seraph song,

Sweetest name on mortal tongue;

Sweetest carol ever sung,

Jesus, blessed Jesus.


2 Your many sins are all forgiv’n,

Oh, hear the voice of Jesus;

Go on your way in peace to heav’n,

And wear a crown with Jesus.

[Refrain]


3 All glory to the dying Lamb!

I now believe in Jesus;

I love the blessed Savior’s name,

I love the name of Jesus.

[Refrain]


4 His name dispels my guilt and fear,

No other name but Jesus;

Oh, how my soul delights to hear

The charming name of Jesus.

[Refrain]







Open Heaven For Today 2024 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Friendship With God

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TOPIC: Friendship With God

MEMORISE: Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. John 15:14

READ: John 15:13-15 (KJV) 

13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.


14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.


15 Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 16-17

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

God has many children, but as every parent knows, there is always that one child that is a favourite.


Even though they do not like to admit it, their relationship with that child goes beyond regular parenting; it often extends into friendship.


Likewise, God doesn’t just want you to be His child, He wants you to be so close to Him that He can consider you His friend.


Jesus loves His friends so dearly that He said that He was willing to lay down His life for them (John 15:13).


Do you have a friend who can inject himself with a disease so that you will not be infected with it? This can be likened to what Jesus did in Matthew 8:17.


Can any of your friends take a bullet for you? Jesus did more than this when He was beaten by Roman soldiers and hung on a cross. This means that Jesus is the best friend that anyone can ever have.


People often tell tales of friends that they used to have. While it is common for people to betray friendships because of selfish interests or terminate them because of disagreements, the friendship of Jesus Christ lasts forever.


Whether you are going through a storm (Matthew 14:24-25), or you are caught in a fire (Daniel 3:22-25), He will never leave your side.


Even when He knows that you can betray His friendship, He will remain your friend indeed (Luke 22:31 32).  The Bible says in John 13:1 that He loves until the end.


What does it take to become a friend of God? Our memory verse for today tells us that we can become His friend by obeying His commandments.


This goes beyond staying away from sin; it means that when He says, 


“Don’t eat, I want you to fast today,”


 you should do it.


When you are tired, and all you want to do is sleep, if He says, 


“Let us discuss before you sleep,” 


you should push the sleep aside and pray.


When He says, 


“Give me your car,” 


you should do it. Abraham was called a friend of God in 2 Chronicles 20:7 because, when God asked him to sacrifice his son in Genesis 22:1-3, he was ready to do it.


Beloved, when God instructs you to do anything, you should make the necessary sacrifices and obey Him promptly.


Nothing in this world should be too big for you to sacrifice to God. This is the only way to become His friend. Are you ready to become God’s friend?

Key Point

Obeying God’s commandments is the key to becoming His friend.

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 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Bible Gender, And Sexuality 3

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TOPIC: The Bible Gender, And Sexuality 3

MEMORISE: Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another. Ephesians 4:25

READ: Romans 1:20-32 (KJV) 

20 For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:


21 Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.


22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,


23 And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.


24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:


25 Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.


26 For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature:


27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.


28 And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;


29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,


30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,


31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:


32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 14-15

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

In conclusion of the teaching I started two days ago on gender and sexuality, I will like to share an experience I had with you.


Some years ago, I was in one of the Western nations to preach, and a journalist interviewed me about my views on same-sex marriage.


I told the fellow interviewing me that God made men and women to reproduce after their kind.


Then I asked, 


“Is it possible for people of the same gender to produce offspring?” 


I concluded by telling the interviewer that if everyone was getting married to someone of the same sex, the world will come to an end in this generation.


As a child of God, whenever you have the opportunity to speak about homosexuality, don’t beat around the bush.


The reason evil thrives is that good people are too afraid to say the truth. Don’t keep quiet when people say that they are sexually attracted to people of the same gender as them.


Don’t judge or condemn them, rather, tell them the truth with love. Condemning them will only make them put up a fight, and our God is not a God of condemnation, but of love.


Speak to them in love, but still show them from the Scriptures that what they are feeling is not from God because He clearly speaks against it.


Tell them that you are willing to pray with them and help them overcome that feeling.


Today’s Bible reading tells us what happens to people when they are left to their reprobate minds; such people cannot end well unless they repent.


Stand firm against homosexuality and do everything you can to show people that are sexually attracted to individuals of the same sex the right way to live from the Scriptures.


Lot stood firm against homosexuality in Genesis 19:1-7, even when he was under severe pressure. He did not allow the men of Sodom to come into his house to have sexual relations with the angels that he invited in, even though they pressed on him greatly and were going to break into his home.


Beloved, I know that in some countries, the government has made it illegal to speak the truth as regards homosexuality.


However, we have a greater government in Christ, and we must represent Him everywhere we go.


Do not stand by and do nothing while people are on their way to destruction; you have a responsibility to save as many as you can (Jude 1:17-23).

Key Point

Speak the truth in God’s word about homosexuality whenever you have the opportunity.

HYMN 20: Standup! Standup! For Jesus 

1 Stand up, stand up for Jesus

ye soldiers of the cross;

lift high his royal banner,

it must not suffer loss.

From vict’ry unto vict’ry

his army he shall lead

till ev’ry foe is vanquished

and Christ is Lord indeed.


2 Stand up, stand up for Jesus,

the trumpet call obey;

forth to the mighty conflict

in this his glorious day.

Ye that are men now serve him

against unnumbered foes;

let courage rise with danger

and strength to strength oppose.


3 Stand up, stand up for Jesus,

stand in his strength alone;

the arm of flesh will fail you,

ye dare not trust your own.

Put on the gospel armor,

each piece put on with prayer;

where duty calls or danger,

be never wanting there.


4 Stand up, stand up for Jesus,

the strife will not be long;

this day the noise of battle,

the next, the victor’s song.

To him that overcometh

a crown of life shall be;

he with the King of glory

shall reign eternally.





Open Heaven For Today 2024 Friday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Bible Gender, And Sexuality 2

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TOPIC: The Bible Gender, And Sexuality 2

MEMORISE: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Leviticus 18:22

READ: Leviticus 18:22-30 (KJV) 

22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.


23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.


24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:


25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.


26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:


27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)


28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.


29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.


30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the Lord your God.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 12-13

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

Today, I will continue my teaching on what the Bible says about gender and sexuality.


The Bible makes it clear in today’s memory verse, that it is an abomination to have sexual relations with someone of the same gender.


Homosexuality might have been painted as normal in some societies, but anyone who engages in it is committing an abomination.


Today’s Bible reading says that if people who engage in homosexuality do not repent, their souls will be cut off from amongst the people.


It says further that the nations and places in which such acts are encouraged will be punished and will not know peace.


Do not imbibe these ideologies from such societies; the word of God is ‘yea’ and ‘amen’. God’s word says that such people and societies will be punished, so we must stay away from their ideologies and intensify our prayers for them.


When you read about Sodom and Gomorrah, the cities that God destroyed with fire and brimstone, you will see what can happen to societies that are defiled by homosexuality (Genesis 19:1-25).


Even though they were initially said to be flourishing and seemed like the perfect places to live in (Genesis 13:8-12), they were eventually destroyed due to the wickedness and immoral acts of their inhabitants.


Even after they were invaded by enemies and Abraham came to their rescue in Genesis 14:1-16, they continued proudly in their abominations, and this eventually led to their destruction.


In Isaiah 3:9, the Bible says: The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.


Beloved, do not partake of such evil rewards. Don’t believe the lie that some people are born homosexual.


Homosexuality is an abomination before God because it was not part of His original design; it is a devilish act that is intended to destroy the lives of people and tamper with the work of God.


If you have been engaging in homosexuality, pray to God for deliverance from the manipulation of the devil, and see a genuine minister of God to pray with you.


Beloved, God loves you and brought this message to you so that you can either be delivered or be used to deliver others.

Prayer Point

Father, please deliver everyone who is involved in homosexuality today, in Jesus’ name.

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

‘Til 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, 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 Heaven For Today 2024 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Bible Gender, And Sexuality 1

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TOPIC: The Bible Gender, And Sexuality 1

MEMORISE: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. Genesis 1:27

READ: Genesis 7:1-3 (KJV) 

1 And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.


2 Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.


3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, the male and the female; to keep seed alive upon the face of all the earth.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Acts 10-11

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

We live in a world today where many are confused about their sexuality and gender.


Some Christians are also confused about what to believe concerning the topic. Over the next few days, I will be digging deep into the Scriptures to explain the truth about sexuality and gender.


First of all, I will like to emphasize that God created man in His own image, and He created them male and female (Genesis 1:27); anything outside this is not God’s design, neither is it His will. When an artist creates a masterpiece, the artist puts his or her signature on it. 


Every human being is God’s masterpiece and is uniquely made, such that no two people in this world have the same fingerprints. If someone takes a masterpiece and decides to change something about it, it immediately ceases to be a masterpiece. People who decide to change their gender are destroying the essence of their creation. They are telling God – their creator – that they can do a better job at creating.


One thing I know is that my God does not make mistakes. Therefore, when someone says that she feels like she is a male trapped inside a female body for instance, l immediately know that the devil is at work and is trying to manipulate her to destroy her body which is God’s masterpiece. 


Changing God’s original design concerning our bodies can be disastrous because  the Bible warns that our bodies are God’s temple and that God will destroy whoever defiles His temple (1 Corinthians 3:16-17). There are records of many people who have altered their genders admitting that they are suffering serious health and emotional trauma as a result of their decisions. A person cannot tamper with God’s masterpiece and not suffer the consequences if he or she does not repent.


One of our pastors was arrested because he addressed a group of people as, 


“Ladies and gentlemen.” 


They told him that not all of them were ladies or gentlemen. When I heard this, I wondered, 


“How many genders did God create?” 


Your body is the temple of God, and any advice to disfigure it is from the devil. If you feel confused about your identity, draw closer to God, study your  Bible, and pray more than ever before. Also, speak to a Christian counsellor who holds firmly to God’s position about gender and sexuality. God will show you who you really are in Him and His purpose for your life. He had a plan for you, even before you were formed in your mother’s womb (Jeremiah 1:5).

Key Point

You are fear fully and wonderfully made by God; anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you.

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]

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