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.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Galatians 4-6
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]
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Purpose Of Your Mouth
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TOPIC: The Purpose Of Your Mouth
MEMORISE: My mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. Psalm 145:21
READ: Mark 7:31-37 (KJV)
31 And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis.
32 And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.
33 And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his tongue;
34 And looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.
35 And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain.
36 And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Galatians 1-3
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
The most important reason God created your mouth is for you to sing and shout to Him.
This is why He said in Psalm 98:4: Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
In the passage above, God was commanding the whole earth, not just a few people, to make a loud noise unto Him.
In other words, He was telling the sea to roar His praises, the trees to clap for Him, and the birds to sing.
Likewise, since you are on the earth, your voice must not be missing in this great choir.
David said in Psalm 119:164: Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.
God created your mouth principally to sing His praise and to shout unto Him.
You may not be able to sing as beautifully as the choristers in your church, but God knows that everybody can shout.
That is why He said in Psalm 98:4 that you should make a joyful noise unto Him.
There is a story in Matthew 12:22 that illustrates how important the mouth is to God.
A man was brought to Jesus Christ, and the Bible says that the man was blind and dumb.
Jesus healed the man, and he began to speak and see. It is interesting to note the order in which the Bible recorded the miracle; the man was ‘blind and dumb’, but then the Bible recorded that he ‘spoke and saw’.
This shows that Jesus healed the man’s mouth first before his eyes.
If you have not been shouting and singing to God before, start doing so henceforth. When you are in the bathroom, sing praises to Him.
When you are walking along the road, let a chorus be in your mouth.
When you are in church, and the minister on the pulpit asks you to shout Halleluyah, shout at the top of your voice.
God loves it when you praise Him. When you shout and sing to Him, He is pleased with you and will draw near to you.
The Bible says in Psalm 22:3: But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel.
When you open your mouth to praise God at all times, He will draw near to you and abide with you continually.
As a result, you will enjoy the numerous pleasures in His presence forevermore (Psalm 16:11) and experience His peace at all times, irrespective of what is going on around you.
Beloved, never stop praising God with your mouth!
Action Point
Sing a song of your choice in praise to the Most High God.
HYMN 17: Praise My Soul, The King Of Heaven
1 Praise, my soul, the King of heaven;
to his feet your tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
evermore his praises sing.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King!
2 Praise him for his grace and favor
to his people in distress.
Praise him, still the same as ever,
slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glorious in his faithfulness!
3 Fatherlike he tends and spares us;
well our feeble frame he knows.
In his hand he gently bears us,
rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Widely yet his mercy flows!
4 Angels, help us to adore him;
you behold him face to face.
Sun and moon, bow down before him,
dwellers all in time and space.
Alleluia, alleluia!
Praise with us the God of grace!
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Purpose Of Your Legs
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TOPIC: The Purpose Of Your Legs
MEMORISE: And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. Acts 3:8
READ: Acts 3:1-11(KJV)
1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple;
3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.
4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.
5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them.
6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk.
7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.
8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.
9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God:
10 And they knew that it was he which sat for alms at the Beautiful gate of the temple: and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened unto him.
11 And as the lame man which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Corinthians 10-13
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
As I mentioned in yesterday’s teaching, God created you for His pleasure (Revelation 4:11), and He specifically created every part of your body for a purpose.
Yesterday, I taught about God’s purpose for your hands, and today, I will be teaching about the legs.
One of the main reasons God created your legs is so that they can dance for Him.
Psalm 150:4 says:
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
God expects you to use your legs to dance for Him. In today’s Bible reading, a man was born lame, and even though he always sat at the gate of the temple and could hear the praises from inside, he couldn’t dance.
On that fateful day, he asked the apostles for money, but God had arranged for his legs to finally be able to dance for Him.
He didn’t get the money he asked for, but Peter took him by the hand, and his ankle bones received strength.
The Bible says that he entered with them into the temple, walking, leaping, and praising God. May you always have reasons to dance, in Jesus’ name.
If you want to know how important dancing is to God, you should read 2 Samuel 6:14-23.
In that passage, David was dancing to God, but his wife reprimanded him because she thought that he had abased himself by dancing shamelessly.
God was so upset with her, and as a result, she never had a child until she died.
No matter how great you become in life, you must always ensure that you use your legs to dance for the One who lifted you.
Many years ago, we were at a meeting of pastors. During the praise session, I closed my eyes to avoid distractions as l danced to the King of kings.
One of the men of God needed to get my attention for something, but he couldn’t, because my eyes were shut.
When he finally got me to open my eyes, he said,
“Look at you, don’t you know you are a General Overseer?”
I ignored him because I was dancing to the One who made me a General Overseer, and I will keep dancing for Him until my last breath.
Beloved, ensure that you always show your gratitude to God by praising Him and dancing for Him.
This way, He will continue to lift you up, and you will never cease to experience the beauty of His salvation (Psalm 149:3-4).
Action Point
Take out at least five minutes to dance for God today and make it a daily practice.
HYMN 20: Stand Up! Stand Up 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 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Purpose Of Your Hands
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TOPIC: The Purpose Of Your Hands
MEMORISE: Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Revelation 4:11
READ: Matthew 12:9-13(KJV)
9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue:
10 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him.
11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days.
13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
The Most High God does not do anything without a purpose, so, everything He created has a purpose. In the same way, every part of your body was made for a purpose. Our memory verse for today tells us that we were created for His pleasure. God sent you into this world to give Him pleasure. In fact, every part of your body was created specifically to give pleasure to God. Today, I will start teaching on the reason God made every part of the human body, and I will begin with the hands. Psalm 47:1 says:
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
One of the main reasons your hands were created is to clap for God. In Mark 3:1-5, Jesus Christ healed the man with the withered hand, even though the leaders of the synagogue didn’t want Him to heal on the Sabbath day.
God did not create the hands to be withered; the hands are meant to clap for Him. This was why, even though the man with the withered hand did not ask Jesus for healing, it was very important to Jesus that the man’s hand be made whole.
There are people whose hands do not look withered physically, however, when a fellow’s hands cannot achieve as much as they used to, they can be considered to be withered.
Also, when a fellow cannot spend as much as before, or when he or she cannot get certain things done as before, the fellow’s hands can be said to be withered. When a person’s hands are withered, he or she cannot be joyful, and when the person is not joyful, he or she will not be able to clap. I decree today, that if you have a withered hand, it will be restored, in Jesus’
If God has ensured that your hands do not become withered, then you will be ungrateful if you do not clap for Him in worship. If a fellow is ungrateful to God for His goodness and blessings, his or her hands are in danger of becoming withered. An ungrateful person is indirectly asking for his or her hands to be withered.
Beloved, I implore you to take a minute to think about all of the great and mighty things that God has done for you, and how great and powerful He is. Henceforth, always focus your thoughts on His goodness and clap for Him in thanksgiving and praise with all of your strength.
Action Point
Think about God’s goodness daily and clap for Him with all your strength.
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 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Power Within
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TOPIC: The Power Within
MEMORISE: But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. Acts 1:8
READ: Jude 1:17-21(KJV)
17 But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ;
18 How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.
19 These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit.
20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost,
21 Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.
Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE
Power can simply be defined as the ability to do work. Sometimes, you can tell that a person is powerful based on his or her physical appearance.
However, there is another kind of power that cannot be judged based on physical appearance alone.
For example, in Judges 15:14-15, when Samson took the jawbone of an ass and killed a thousand Philistines, amongst other great acts he performed, the Philistines could tell that he had extraordinary strength.
This was why they asked Delilah to find out the source of his extraordinary strength (Judges 16:4-5).
What they didn’t know was that the Holy Spirit always came upon him to give him the power to do the things that he did.
Unfortunately, sin made him lose his power (Judges 16:20).
Not long after I got born again, I got a letter inviting me to my village for a programme.
When I told my mother that I was going to honour the invitation, she became afraid because I had run away from the village after some people threatened to have me for breakfast.
By this, they meant that they were going to kill me using diabolic powers. I told my mother that I was now born again and no weapon fashioned against me can prosper.
She replied that I didn’t look different at all, and asked how I was sure that I was now powerful.
I told her that an electric wire that has electricity running through it and one that doesn’t, both look alike.
However, anyone who touches the one with electricity will know the difference. When you become born again, greater is He that is now in you than He that is in the world (1 John 4:4).
There are certain things that are needed to keep a fellow strong. Just like a bodybuilder is careful about eating healthy and exercising regularly, you also must be careful about what you let into your spirit.
You must also constantly engage in spiritual exercise. When a Christian allows negative things into his or her spirit man, such a fellow will be contaminated.
If you listen to worldly music, watch worldly movies, or view sensual pictures and videos on social media, you are reducing your spiritual strength.
Beloved, pray and fast regularly to maintain and increase the power of God within you.
As you do these and live holy, the power of the Holy Ghost within you will grow, and God will be able to use you for greater exploits in His kingdom.
Action Point
Grow the power of God within you by engaging in spiritual exercises daily.
HYMN 1: All Hail The Power Of Jesus' Name
1 All hail the power of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all!
2 Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre,
and as they tune it, fall
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
and crown Him Lord of all.
3 Crown Him, ye morning stars of light,
Who fixed this floating ball;
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
and crown Him Lord of all.
4 Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God,
Who from His altar call;
Extol the stem of Jesse’s Rod,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Extol the stem of Jesse’s Rod,
and crown Him Lord of all.
5 Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him who saves you by his grace,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Hail Him who saves you by his grace,
and crown Him Lord of all!
6 Hail Him, ye heirs of David’s line,
Whom David Lord did call,
The God incarnate, Man divine,
and crown Him Lord of all.
The God incarnate, Man divine,
and crown Him Lord of all.
7 Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget
the wormwood and the gall,
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
and crown Him Lord of all.
8 Let every tribe and every tongue
before Him prostrate fall,
And shout in universal song,
and crown him Lord of all.
And shout in universal song,
and crown him Lord of all.
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