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Open Heaven For Today 2025 – Open Heavens 24 January

Open Heaven For Today 2025 Friday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Glory And The Story

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TOPIC: The Glory And The Story

MEMORISE: They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. Psalm 126:5

READ: Psalm 126:5-6(KJV) 

5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.


6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Open Heaven For Today 2025 – Open Heavens 24 January

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 28-30

Open Heaven For Today 2025 MESSAGE

Some people who are not Christians become very rich because they understand the principle of sowing and reaping. If those who do not know God benefit from this simple principle, how much more God’s children?


During a Kenneth Hagin camp meeting several years ago, a call was made for a special offering to be collected. Then, one man got up and said, “Brothers and sisters, please give very generously this evening because the total amount you all give is what my wife and I will give.”


There were about 17,500 people in attendance. When the offering was counted, it amounted to about $3.5million.


He got up again and said, “Brethren, is this all you can do?” I said to myself, “This fellow knows something that I do not know,” so I cornered him after the meeting and asked, “What is your secret?” He said, “Five years ago, I started a business with $500, and I told God, ‘This company is Your company.


I will not insult You by giving You 10 percent; I will keep 10 percent, and You will have 90 percent. It is up to You to prosper the company if You want to.” He continued, “Sir, today, I have a turnover of $50million.”


I learnt a major lesson that day. Though I do not give God 90 percent yet, I am on my way, and He has already blessed me beyond my expectations.


If you see someone walking in glory, try and find out what their story is. If you see someone prospering much more than you, and you are both children of the same heavenly Father, find out their secret.


The Bible says that God blessed Abraham in everything (Genesis 24:1). He was rich in cattle, houses, lands, and servants.


Today, billions of Christians say, “Abraham’s blessings are mine.” However, the same Abraham was willing to sacrifice his only son at God’s instruction (Genesis 22:10).


He also obeyed God to leave his father’s house to an unknown land (Genesis 12:4), lived in tents in the land God showed him, refusing to become attached to anything God blessed him with (Hebrews 11:9), and gave tithes to God (Genesis 14:20). Those who will enjoy the blessings of Abraham must do his works.


Beloved, there’s always a story behind every glory. Don’t just ask God to give you the glory you see on others who are shining today; try to find out what they did to walk in that glory.

Key Point

There is always a story behind the glory you see.

HYMN 16: 'Tis So Sweet To Trust In Jesus 

1 ‘Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,

Just to take Him at His Word;

Just to rest upon His promise;

Just to know, “Thus saith the Lord.”

CHORUS

Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!

How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er!

Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!

O for grace to trust Him more!


2 O how sweet to trust in Jesus,

Just to trust His cleansing blood;

Just in simple faith to plunge me

‘Neath the healing, cleansing flood!


3 Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,

Just from sin and self to cease;

Just from Jesus simply taking

Life and rest, and joy and peace.


4 I’m so glad Learned to trust Thee,

Precious Jesus, Saviour, Friend,

And I know that Thou art with me,

Wilt be with me to the end.




Open Heaven For Today 2025 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – No Respecter Of Persons

TOPIC: No Respecter Of Persons

MEMORISE: For there is no respect of persons with God. Romans 2:11

READ: Isaiah 3:10-11 (KJV) 

10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.


11 Woe unto the wicked! it shall be ill with him: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 24-27

Open Heaven For Today 2025 MESSAGE

If Christ is in you, your hope is glory (Colossians 11:27). No matter who you are, as long as you have Christ in you, you can hope for God’s glory. Today’s Bible reading says that while it will be well with the righteous, it shall be ill with the wicked. No matter your past, as long as you have accepted Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour and you’re living according to His will, you have been made righteous, and it will be well with you. Those who aren’t born again cannot be righteous; God sees them as wicked (John 3:18-21), and He has said that it shall not be well with them (Isaiah 3:11).


I always tell my children at the beginning of each year, “It’s going to be well with me this year.” I know this because the One who said that it shall be well with the righteous never discriminates. What He says to one, He says to all (Mark 13:37).


God is not a man that He should lie; when He says something, He will do it (Numbers 23:19). When He makes a promise, and you meet the conditions of that promise, you will receive it at the appointed time. The promise of a glorious tomorrow for you, according to Colossians 1:27, is conditional, and the condition is that Christ must be in you. Those who refuse to be connected to Jesus cannot see His promises fulfilled.


A man once asked me to tell him about his future, and I replied, 

“That is easy. Are you born again?” 


He answered, 


“No.” 


I then told him that his future would be terrible. He said, 


“How do you know? You don’t even know me, neither do you know my name. You’ve not even prayed.” 


I then said, “That is unnecessary. Isaiah 3:11 says, 


“Woe to the wicked, for it shall be ill with him.” 


Then, he said, 


“What if I said I am born again?” 


I replied, 


“I would have told you that your tomorrow will be alright.” 


He then said, 


“What if I am willing to be a child of God now?” 


I replied, 


“Your tomorrow will be alright.”


God is not a respecter of persons (Romans 2:11); no matter your background, His word is true for everybody.

Key Point

Irrespective of your background, you can be assured of a glorious future if you surrender your life completely to Christ.

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 2025 Wednesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Hope For The Backslidden

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TOPIC: Hope For The Backslidden

MEMORISE: I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him. Hosea 14:4

READ: Jeremiah 3:22-23 (KJV) 

22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.


23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the multitude of mountains: truly in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 21-23

Open Heaven For Today 2025 MESSAGE

After Jesus was crucified, Peter thought that it was the end of His ministry on the earth. Therefore, in John 21:3, he told his colleagues, “You know what, if I can’t go forward, at least I can return to where I am coming from. Brethren, I am going back to fishing,” and they decided to follow him. However, while he was fishing, the Lord met him and restored him. The same Peter, who thought that the end had come in his walk with Christ, began to heal the sick with his shadow, as we see in Acts 5:15:


Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.


If you have failed God at one time or the other, or you feel that God cannot use you again because of the sins you have committed, let me tell you, if you repent and forsake your old ways, God can still use you mightily. He specializes in using the most unlikely people in powerful measures.


Beloved, don’t be like Samson, who disappointed God. He deviated from the path that God laid out for him and started engaging in sin. Eventually, the enemy captured him, and he lost the connection he had with God.


However, when he prayed to the One whose mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23), that connection was restored. Not only was the connection restored, Samson also received the power he had lost. In one day, he killed more Philistines than he had killed in his entire life. God had apparently forgiven and restored Samson, but he never forgave himself, and so, he asked to die along with his enemies (Judges 16:17-30). If you are backslidden, the Lord can still restore you if you will allow Him to. Go back to Him in prayers, start studying your  Bible, and begin to walk with Him in obedience in fellowship with other Christians. You will see that as you take one step towards Him, He will take 99 steps towards you.


I have seen many backsliders completely restored by God. In fact, you will never know that they were once backslidden. When they genuinely repented, God took charge of their lives and used them powerfully. Beloved, if you have strayed from God’s path, He can do the same for you if you repent genuinely and come back to Him.

Key Point

God is able to completely restore a backslidden believer if he or she repents genuinely and returns to Him.

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 Father-like 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 2025 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Power Of Testimonies

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TOPIC: The Power Of Testimonies

MEMORISE: That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Psalm 26:7

READ: Psalm 145:1-12(KJV) 

1 I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.


2 Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.


3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.


4 One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.


5 I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.


6 And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness.


7 They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness.


8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy.


9 The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.


10 All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.


11 They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;


12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 17-20

Open Heaven For Today 2025 MESSAGE

Romans 10:17 says that faith comes by hearing God’s word. Revelation 12:11 also tells us that testimonies are powerful weapons that can defeat the devil. This is why I keep sharing testimonies. I have discovered that many people don’t often remember the Bible passages I quote during my sermons, but they remember the testimonies. When you look back at the things the Lord has done, you become confident that you can overcome any obstruction that may come your way.


In 1 Samuel 17:1-51, when David confronted Goliath, his testimonies gave him the assurance that he would win. He said, “The God who delivered me from the lion and the bear will deal with Goliath.” God has kept you alive until now, and He will keep you unto the end, in Jesus’ name.


Bartimaeus, in Mark 10:46-52, was a blind man who was begging by the roadside. He heard that Jesus was passing by and began to cry for help. How did he know that Jesus can open blind eyes? I’m sure it was because he had heard testimonies of miracles that Jesus had performed. So, when he heard that the same Jesus was passing by, he knew that his miracle had come.


Several years ago, I shared a testimony about how my wife delivered a baby naturally after she had delivered three of our children through Caesarean Sections. The doctor had told us, 


“No more babies,”

 

and we agreed. Thereafter, we became born again, and one day, I read the Bible passage that says, 


“…with God nothing shall be impossible,”


and I believed it. My wife and I agreed that we would have another child, and this time, we would not involve any doctor. The baby was born safely by God’s grace. I shared the testimony for the first time in Kaduna, a state in Northern Nigeria, as I preached a message titled, ’10 steps to your miracle’ (The original sermon note l used can be accessed in the Open Heavens International Centre). A woman who attended the programme wrote all the steps in her notebook. She had undergone two Caesarean Sections and was pregnant with her third baby.


When she was about to give birth, she took the notebook and began to follow the steps. While she was still acting on the steps, the baby came.


Beloved, Jesus is the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). If you have heard someone share a testimony concerning whatever situation you are going through, have faith that your miracle will also come.

Action Point

List at least five things God has done for you and share your testimonies with those around you.

HYMN 26: There Shall Be Showers Of Blessings 

1 There shall be showers of blessing:

This is the promise of love;

There shall be seasons refreshing,

Sent from the Saviour above.


Refrain:

Showers of blessing,

Showers of blessing we need;

Mercy drops round us are falling,

But for the showers we plead.


2 There shall be showers of blessing,

Precious reviving again;

Over the hills and the valleys,

Sound of abundance of rain.


3 There shall be showers of blessing:

Send them upon us, O Lord!

Grant to us now a refreshing;

Come, and now honour Thy Word.


4 There shall be showers of blessing,

Oh, that to-day they might fall,

Now, as to God, we’re confessing.

Now as on Jesus we call!

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