Open Heaven For Today 2024 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Divine Strength
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TOPIC: Divine Strength
MEMORISE: The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. Psalm 29:11
READ: Habakkuk 3:17-19 (KJV)
17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds’ feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Thessalonians 1-5
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
You cannot always determine a person’s strength from his or her physical appearance. For instance, having big muscles does not necessarily reflect how strong a person is. If a person’s strength is based on physical appearance alone, then David would not have defeated Goliath (1 Samuel 17:42-54).
Ecclesiastes 7:19 says that a wise man is stronger than ten mighty men. In verse 12 of that same chapter, the Bible says:
“For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.”
This means that wisdom, money, or both, provides strength and security.
Everyone has something or someone that they depend on as their strength. However, the greatest of strengths comes from above. This is why David said in Psalm 121:1-2:
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth.
David had a source of strength that helped him overcome battles, live in prosperity, and leave a good legacy. In the Scripture above, he said that his help came from the Lord. In other words, God was his strength. The strength that comes from the Lord is absolutely reliable because, not only is it supreme, it is always constant. That strength does not ever fade; it is everlasting. Hebrews 13:8 says that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. If the Lord is your strength, your strength will be constant, even in old age.
Deuteronomy 34:7 says that at 120 years old, Moses was still very strong; His eyes were not dim and his natural strength had not diminished. The strength that comes from the Lord is comprehensive. Philippians 4:13 says:
I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.
‘All things’ in the above Scripture includes working miracles and laying hands on the sick for their recovery. Mark 16:17-18 says:
And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Beloved, do not be satisfied with your natural strength alone because it is very limited. Like David, look up to God for strength to overcome all of life’s challenges and to do the impossible. Our God is faithful, and He can be relied on.
Prayer Point
Father, please be my strength in every area of my life.
HYMN 19: Rock Of Ages 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 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – He Never Fails
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TOPIC: He Never Fails
READ: Isaiah 41:9-12 (KJV)
9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away.
10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.
11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
13 For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Colossians 1-4
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
When people seek solutions to their problems outside God, they end up failing, even if it sometimes seems they were solved initially.
The advantage we have as God’s children is that we have a Father who never fails. The worst verdict any sick fellow can hear from a doctor is, “There is nothing more we can do.” However, when doctors reach their limit, the Almighty God can step into the situation and bring total healing because He is limitless.
Years ago, a woman told me that her daughter in the United States of America was pregnant and was about to deliver. The doctors discovered that the baby was too big to be delivered naturally, so they decided to perform a surgical procedure to bring the baby out.
When they tested her blood, they discovered another issue – she was suffering from a very rare disease that would not allow her blood to clot. This meant that they also could not operate on her because she would bleed to death. God told me to ask the mother to bring two handkerchiefs for me to pray over. Even
Though I did’t understand why, I relayed the message to her, and she obeyed. After praying over the handkerchiefs, I told her to travel to meet her daughter in the hospital and lay one of the handkerchiefs on her. When she got to her daughter, she laid one handkerchief on her as l instructed. The following morning, the handkerchief was missing. They searched everywhere, and they just couldn’t find it.
The woman then said,
“Thank God I brought two handkerchiefs.”
She tied the second handkerchief firmly to her daughter’s wrist and asked the doctors to wait to see what happens.
The doctors said they could only wait until 10am, after which they will bring out the baby and take their chances with the mother. By 8am however, the baby that they said couldn’t come naturally was delivered safely.’ If you cry out to Jesus when faced with an impossible situation, He will show up for you.
God said in Psalm 50:15 that you should call on Him in the day of trouble and He will answer. I want to advise that before that day of trouble comes, ensure that you are close to God so that He will listen to you when you call. Isaiah 59:1 says that He is not deaf, but sin can stop Him from hearing a person’s call. Live holy so that in the day of trouble, when you call on God, He will hear you.
Everything else may fail, but Jesus never fails.
HYMN 5: Blessed Assurance
1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine;
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
Chorus:
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
2 Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
3 Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Savior am happy and blest;
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Two Are Better Than One
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TOPIC: Two Are Better Than One
MEMORISE: For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Ecclesiastes 4:10
READ: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (KJV)
9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.
10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.
11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?
12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Today’s Bible reading says that two are better than one. This is because, if one person falls, the other can lift him up.
For instance, if a fellow is walking alone at night and is suddenly attacked by some miscreants, that fellow would most likely find it more difficult to fend off the attackers than if he or she had company.
It is indeed not good to be alone (Ecclesiastes 4:11).
There are battles you may never win if you fight alone, but if you have the right people on your side, you will stand a better chance of winning.
There is an exponential increase in strength when a fellow is not alone.
Deuteronomy 32:30 says: How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
While it is good to have friends, it is important to choose the right ones.
A popular saying goes thus: “Two heads are better than one.” However, that saying has been adjusted in recent times to be, “Two good heads are better than one.”
Evil communication corrupts good manners (1 Corinthians 15:33).
Who is your friend? Is your friend making you better or making you worse?
If you have a friend who is corrupting your good manners, you should separate from such a fellow as he or she can cause you a lot of trouble.
There are many people in prison today because of the kind of friend they had.
Make sure your friends are people with good heads on their shoulders.
If you put a bad apple in a bowl with good ones, the bad apple will make the others rotten as well.
If you have just one bad fellow in your group of friends, that one fellow will likely pull everyone down.
It is better to stay away from such a person.
Proverbs 13:20 says that the companion of fools shall be destroyed. Don’t allow yourself to be destroyed.
If you are unmarried, you must be extra careful when choosing a spouse.
It is better not to be married at all than to get married to a bad spouse.
Take your time to hear from God first. Get many confirmations that the fellow you want to get married to is not a fool.
Do not think you can change him or her after marriage.
Beloved, your friendships and associations can greatly impact your life. Do not keep company with the wrong crowd.
Key Point
Choose your friends wisely.
HYMN 28: Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah
1. Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah!
Pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but Thou art mighty,
Hold me with Thy powerful hand:
Bread of heaven! Bread of heaven!
Feed me now and evermore (2ce)
2. Open Thou the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing stream doth flow:
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong deliverer! strong deliverer!
Be Thou still my strength and shield (2ce)
3. If I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside:
Bear me through the swelling torrent,
Land me safe on Canaan’s side:
Songs of praises! songs of praises!
I will ever give to Thee (2ce)
4. Saviour, come! We long to see Thee,
Long to dwell with Thee above;
And to know in full communion,
All the sweetness of Thy love.
Come, Lord Jesus! Come, Lord Jesus!
Take Thy waiting people home (2ce)
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Trust Not In Riches
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TOPIC: Trust Not In Riches
MEMORISE: A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. Ecclesiastes 10:19
READ: Ecclesiastes 5:9-12 (KJV)
9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field.
10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes?
12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Today’s memory verse says that money answers all things. Truly, when someone has money, that person has a level of power because he or she can pay to get so many things done, some of which would have probably been impossible without money.
I saw an inscription many years ago which said, “When money is speaking, nobody checks the grammar.” Nobody checks the grammar because most people are at the beck and call of a rich man. Even when he does something wrong, not many people are bold enough to correct him. Hence, money truly can give a person a level of power.
As powerful as money can be, however, Proverbs 23:5 says that it can grow wings and fly away. Also, even though money is powerful, there’s a limit to what it can achieve.
For example, it was recorded in the Bible that when there was a famine in Egypt, money failed (Genesis 47:15-16). In modern terms, this can mean that money no longer retains the value that it once had. For instance, in recent times, due to economic hardship, the currencies of many countries have lost so much value.
Since money can fail, it is not something you should rely on. There are many rich people who had the money for the best medical care in the world, but their money could not save their loved ones. There are people with state-of-the-art beds in their houses who can hardly sleep. Also, there are people with enough money to feed a city, who cannot eat what they want because of a health condition.
You should not put your trust in money as whoever does so will be greatly disappointed.
Proverbs 11:28 says:
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
If a fellow has all the money in the world but does not have Jesus, he or she is finished.
There is absolutely no profit in having all the money in the world and missing heaven (Mark
8:36). Only Jesus can be relied on; only He can stand by you to help you when everything else fails. Only He can give you and the generations after you a glorious future here on earth and in eternity.
Beloved, the money you have in your bank account, as much as it may be, can fail you.
Do not put your trust in riches; rather, put your trust in Jesus. He loves you, and He will never fail you.
Key Point
Do not put your trust in money; trust in Jesus alone.
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 Friday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Youthful Strength
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TOPIC: Youthful Strength
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 3:25-27(KJV)
25 The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord.
27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
In Proverbs 20:29, the Bible says that the glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their grey head.
When you are young, you are strong and agile, and you have the strength to jump around and work for long hours.
However, the Bible says in Isaiah 40:30:
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
The strength that comes with youthfulness does not last forever.
David was a valiant warrior when he was young; not only did he kill Goliath, he also trained other giant killers.
However, a point came in his life when he fainted and would have died in battle if someone had not come to his rescue (2 Samuel 21:15-22).
The glory of the youth is in their strength; however, this strength must not be used selfishly. Rather, it must be used primarily to serve God. If you are a youth, you should not use your strength to engage in sexual immorality or pursue worldly pleasures.
Rather, use your strength to work for God as this is the primary reason for making you strong. There are many people today who constantly regret how they spent their youth.
Some of them do not have a stable marriage or a good source of income because of how they lived their lives when they were much younger. They sacrificed having a good future on the altar of ‘having fun’.
If you are a youth, you need to be careful of the seeds you are sowing now because you will surely reap them in the future.
Ecclesiastes 11:9-10 says:
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. Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
You should put evil far away from you, especially if you are a youth reading this. Your strength as a youth will not last forever.
When this youthful strength is gone, and you become old, you will have to face the results of the seeds that you sowed in your youth.
Beloved, serve the Lord with all your strength now. A word is enough for the wise.
Key Point
Youthful strength will not last forever; use it to serve the Lord.
HYMN 12: 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]
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