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03/06/2023

*OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL *

*DATE: SATURDAY 3RD JUNE, 2023*

*THEME: DEALING WITH ENEMIES*

*MEMORISE*:

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil, my cup runneth over. PSALM 23:5

*BIBLE READING: ESTHER 9:1-3*

1 Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king’s commandment and his decree drew near to be put in ex*****on, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

2 The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

3 And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

*MESSAGE*:

John 8:36 tells us that whosoever the Son sets free shall be free indeed, not partially.

This means that God’s children should not be living under any form of bo***ge but unfortunately, some are still held in bo***ge by the devil.

Psalm 24:7-10 says that your God is the Lord strong and mighty, mighty in battle. He is the Lord of Hosts and He can never lose a war.

It doesn’t matter how many evil forces are trying to hold you down, my Father will deal with them all today, in Jesus’ name.

God has different ways of dealing with our enemies. He can do it by drowning (Exodus 14:28), roasting (2 Kings 1:9-12), throwing stones from heaven (Joshua 10:11), or even tying them down to watch you enjoy divine provisions (Psalm 23:5). God can paralyse your enemies just to let them see your glory.

All those hindering your promotion will bow before you, in Jesus’ name.

There was once a wealthy lady who lived in a city. On a certain day, as she was about to eat, a frog suddenly landed on her plate and then disappeared. From that day on, she started coughing heavily, and whenever she coughed, she urinated too. She was in this terrible condition for two years. She tried everything medically possible to get healed but nothing worked. One day, we went to her city to hold a programme. She attended and when the altar call was made, she gave her life to Christ.

From that moment the coughing ceased and she began to sleep soundly. She was delivered by our Lord Jesus Christ and the demon that had been tormenting her went back to its sender. The sender was a woman and she started to cough immediately.

She later confessed and began to beg the woman she afflicted for help. In the process of seeking forgiveness, the second woman also gave her life to Jesus Christ and God healed her. The two of them are strong members of the Church now.

I decree that the Lord will deal with all your enemies, cause them to repent and seek for your help in Jesus’ name.

*PRAYER POINT*:

Father, let everyone who has decided to be my enemy, bow before me, in Jesus name.

*BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*:
JOB 31-34

*HYMN: I’m so Glad that Jesus loves me*

1. I am so glad that our Father in heaven
Tells of His love in the book He has given;
Wonderful things in the Bible I see;
This is the dearest, that Jesus loves me.

CHORUS:

I am so glad that Jesus loves me,
Jesus loves me,
Jesus love me,
I am so glad that Jesus loves me,
Jesus loves even me.

2. Jesus loves me and I know I love Him;
Love brought Him down my lost soul to redeem;
Yes, it was love made Him die on the tree:
Oh, I am certain that Jesus loves me.

3. In this assurance I find sweetest rest,
Trusting in Jesus I know I am blest;
Satan dismayed from my soul doth now flee
When I just tell him that Jesus loves me.

4. Oh, if there's only one song I can sing,
When in His beauty I see the great King,
This shall my song in eternity be,
"Oh, what a wonder that Jesus Loves me!"

5. If one should ask of me, how can I tell?
Glory to Jesus, I know very well!
God's Holy Spirit with mine doth agree,
Constantly witnessing-Jesus loves me.

31/03/2023

*OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL *

*DATE: FRIDAY 31ST MARCH, 2023*

*THEME: GOD IS TAKING RECORDS*

*MEMORISE*:

For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. 1 John 5:7

*BIBLE READING: Hebrews 12:1 -2*

1 Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.

*MESSAGE*

When you read the Letters to the Churches in the book of Revelation, you would realise that everything that we Christians do here on earth is being observed and recorded in heaven - every single thing. There was once a lady who agreed to go with her Pastor to a hotel to commit fornication. Before they went into the room, they looked left and right to be sure that no one could see them going in. After they got inside, the lady become uncomfortable and told the Pastor, "We look left and right to be sure no one was looking at us, but we did not look up; God can see us" 2 Chronicles 16:9 says that God's eyes are going to and fro all over the earth.

When temptation come your way, God is watching you closely to see if you will fall or not. In fact, God and the devil are watching closely. If you fall, then the devil will go boasting to God that he won over you. God forbid that in Jezus' name. If however, you overcome the temptation, then God will be the one boasting that you are His child.

In Job 19:25-27, Job said it didn't matter what was happening, his Redeemer was still alive. God must have said to the devil, "Did you hear that?" That is why you must fight every temptation to ensure that you win at the end of the day.

I didn't know about you, but l will never let the devil use me as an object to boast before God. Imagine the joy in heaven when Job finally overcame his temptations.

The good thing about God seeing everything we do is that when we do good, He sees it and will reward everyone accordingly. If you have been doing good and it looks like no one is noticing, God can see you and in good time, He will reward you. Galatians 6:9 says,

And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

The moment someone stops doing good and starts sinning, all the good he or she had done in the past will not be accounted for again (Ezekiel 18:24). Beloved, what is God recording about you right now?

*KEY POINT*

God sees and records everything you do.

*BIBLE IN ONE YEAR*: 1Samuel 28-31

*AUTHOR*: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

*HYMN 9: IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE GOD ONLY WISE*

1. Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.

2. Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might!
Thy justice like mountains high soaring above,
Thy cloud which are fountains of goodness and love.

3. To all life thou givest to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish but nought changeth Thee.

4. Great Father of Glory, pure Father of Light,
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;
All laud we would render; O help us to see;
‘Tis only the splendour of light hideth Thee.

07/03/2023

Your children will not know poverty in their entire life.

07/03/2023

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

DATE: TUESDAY MARCH 7TH 2023

THEME: THE STORM STILLER

MEMORISE: And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark 4:39

READ: Mark 4:35 -41

35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.

36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.

37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?

39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?

41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

MESSAGE

A storm is a problem so big and weighty that no one can single-handedly resolve it. However, storms can be stilled, and from my study of the Scriptures, such an occurrence is the result of the collaboration between God and man.

When a storm was brewing at the wedding in Cana of Galilee, there was a need for the servants to collaborate with Jesus in order to still it (John 2:1-10). If they had argued about pouring water inside a pot and taking a cup of it to the Chairman of the wedding, the storm would not have been stilled.

When the prophet's widow in 2 Kings 4:1-7 was hit with a storm that would have taken away her sons, she was told to borrow many empty vessels into which she was to pour her little oil. That instruction did not make any sense but she did her part by obeying and God did His by multiplying the oil. If you can collaborate with God, He can help you still any storm.

Some years ago while preparing for a programme in the North, l was told how the sandstorms there could get so bad that there would be no visibility at all. I said, "l See". That evening, while holding the programme outside as the crowd was too much for the little Church, a sandstorm suddenly started and people began to panic. I heard my father say to me, "Stretch your hand and say, "Peace". I did just that and immediately, the wind stooped, the sand fell back to the ground and we had a wonderful programme. In Mark 4:35-41, the Lord and His disciples were travelling in a boat when a storm arose. The Lord got up and stilled the storm, but then asked, "Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?"

Is there a storm in your life that has threatened you for long? The question for you is, "How is it that you have no faith?" Don't you know that, if you would only collaborate with God, you would still that storm? Go to God in prayer and stay in His presence until He tells you what to do to still that storm. A man or woman of God should not be frightened by a storm. He or she should simply speak peace to the storm in the name of Jesus and it would become still.

PRAYER POINT

Father, please tell me what to do to still the storm (mention the storm) in my life and family, in Jesus name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 8-10

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 9: IMMORTAL, INVISIBLE GOD ONLY WISE

1 Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
in light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of Days,
almighty, victorious, thy great name we praise.

2 Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
thy justice like mountains high soaring above
thy clouds, which are fountains of goodness and love.

3 To all life thou givest, to both great and small;
in all life thou livest, the true life of all;
we blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
and wither and perish but naught changeth thee.

4 Great Father of glory, pure Father of light,
thine angels adore thee, all veiling their sight;
all praise we would render, O help us to see
'tis only the splendor of light hideth thee.

Your children will not know poverty in their entire life.

07/02/2023

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

DATE: TUESDAY FEBRUARY 7TH 2023

THEME: YOUR TOMORROW SHALL BE ALL RIGHT

MEMORISE: Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Psalm 42:5

READ: Psalms 42:3 -5

3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.

MESSAGE

Beloved, I have one simple message for you today: Don’t write yourself off. In our memory verse for today, David told his soul to hope in the Lord and know that he would still praise God for His help. Any time you feel despair, any time you feel there is no hope, tell yourself, “No, I am not going to end like this; one day, I too will testify of the help of God in my life”.

Many years ago, when my wife and I just got married and things were tough, I would tell her,"Don't worry, things won't go on like this; our tomorrow will be all right" and indeed, God has been faithful. I am saying to you reading this devotional today: your tomorrow will be alright in the name of Jesus.

Not long before Sarah had Isaac, she had written herself off. The Almighty God said she would have a son and she laughed because she considered it impossible as she was ninety years old already. No matter how long you may have been waiting for that miracle, don't write yourself off. My God is a master at reversing the irreversible; He will show up for you, in Jesus' name.

In Luke 5:1-11 the Lord Jesus Christ Himself promised Simon Peter that he would no longer catch fish, but men. Three and a half years later, at a time that it appeared Jesus needed him the most, Peter denied the Lord and then wept bitterly because he saw himself as a failure. He was supposed to be catching men for Jesus but rather, he was denying ever knowing Him (Luke 22:55-62). After Jesus died and nothing seemed to be happening, Peter decided to go back to fishing John 21:3). May you never backslide, in Jesus' name.

By verse 4 of John 21, Jesus had shown up for Peter. This time Jesus said Peter would not only catch men, but also feed them. The first sermon Peter preached after that brought 3,000 souls into the kingdom of God (Acts 2:41). In Acts 3:1-8, he made a lame man walk in the name of this same Jesus who he had earlier denied. By Acts 5:14-16, his shadow had started healing the sick. No matter how many times you may have denied or disappointed Jesus, as long as you are truly repentant, God can restore and use you as mightily as He did Peter; all you have to do is repent and never go back into sin.

KEY POINT

It is not over for you yet; God is still coming to reverse the irreversible for your sake.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Number 1-2

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

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.

02/02/2023

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

DATE: THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2ND 2023

THEME: WATCH THAT INTIMACY II

MEMORY VERSE:
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. Psalms 41:9

READ: Micah 7:1 -7

1• Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit.

2• The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

3• That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire: so they wrap it up.

4• The best of them is as a brier: the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge: the day of thy watchmen and thy visitation cometh; now shall be their perplexity.

5• Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.

6• For the son dishonoureth the father, the daughter riseth up against her mother, the daughter in law against her mother in law; a man's enemies are the men of his own house.

7• Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.

MESSAGE:

A• Today, l want to share with you a secret that took many great men and women a long time and a lot of pain to learn:
1• it is that you must be very careful who you bring close to you.
2• Most of the people who parade themselves as friends are not genuine.
3• For some of them, they had ulterior motives from the beginning of your friendship while for many others, the moment things get a little tough, they betray your friendship.
4• Only a few, and I mean a tiny little number of people can be called real friends,
5• The information you let out to someone can never be retrieved, so you have to be careful what you tell your "friends".
6• When I joined The Redeemed Christian Church of God, I became very close to two brothers.
7• One day, God revealed to me that one of them is not real friend, but a wolf in sheep's clothing.
8• I confronted him about it and he strongly denied being a fake friend to me.
9• A few years later, when I became General Overseer, I was going to discuss my new role with him when he opened up and told me that he hated me from the day I came to Church.
10• Many of us have had similar betrayals; unfortunately, not everyone learns from their experiences.

B• Your real friends are those who are happy when you are happy and sad when you are sad.
1• When the soldiers came to arrest the Lord Jesus in the garden of Gethsemane (John 18:1-10), Peter drew a sword and tried to defend Jesus.
2• How can one man stand against several armed soldiers?
3• He faced them as if it were he they had come to take.
4• That is a friend.
5• Judas on the other hand in John 12:3-6 showed that he only cared about himself and not Jesus.
6• When he saw a woman pouring expensive ointment on Jesus, he should have been happy to see his friend being celebrated that much, but instead, he complained and tried to stop the woman worshipping Him.
7• That is not a true friend.
8•
You need to watch out for these things over a long period of time with the help of the Holy Ghost, to sift out who your true friends are.

KEY POINT:

Be careful who you bring close to you.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Leviticus 16-18

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 11: I'VE FOUND A FRIEND IN JESUS

1• I’ve found a friend in Jesus,
He’s everything to me,

He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul;

The Lily of the valley, in Him alone I see

All I need to cleanse and make me fully whole.

In sorrow He’s my comfort, in trouble He’s my stay,

He tells me every care on Him to roll:
(Hallelujah)

Chorus:

He’s the Lilÿ of the valley,
the Bright and Morning Star,

He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

2• He all my griefs has taken,
and all my sorrows borne;

In temptation He’s my strong and mighty tower;

I’ve all for Him forsaken, and all my idols torn

From my heart, and now He keeps me by His power.

Though all the world forsake me, and Satan tempt me sore,

Through Jesus I shall safely reach the goal:
(Hallelujah)

Chorus:

He’s the Lily ofthevalley,
the Bright and Morning Star,

He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

3• He’ll never, never leave me,
nor yet forsake me here,

While I live by faith and do His blessed will;

A wall of fire about me, I’ve nothing now to fear,

With His manna He my hungry soul shall fill.

Then sweeping up to glory to see His blessed face,

Where rivers of delight shall ever roll:
(Hallelujah)

Chorus:

He’s the Lily of the valley,
the Bright and Morning Star,

He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.

23/01/2023

Whatever has defied solutions in your life and destiny in yesteryears,Shall bow to the FIRE OF GOD!

16/01/2023

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: MONDAY JANUARY 16TH 2023
TOPIC: RAISING AN ALTAR UNTO GOD

MEMORISE:
“The fire shall ever be burning upon the altar; it shall never go out.” - (Leviticus 6:13)

READ: Genesis 28:11-19 (KJV)
11 And he lighted upon a certain place, and tarried there all night, because the sun was set; and he took of the stones of that place, and put them for his pillows, and lay down in that place to sleep.
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
19 And he called the name of that place Beth-el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.

MESSAGE:
Abraham was a man who raised many altars for God (Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:4, Genesis 13:18, Genesis 22:9). Little wonder why he had transgenerational blessings. An altar is a meeting place between God and man. In our Bible reading for today, we see how, even when Jacob was unaware that he was at an altar, he saw in a dream that the place was a meeting point between heaven and earth. For example, an altar can be a corner of your room if you are living in a one-room apartment. You could set aside a corner in your room with a commitment to meet with God there regularly. You must treat the place as holy; because that is the altar of the Almighty God. The moment you set aside that place as an altar to God, any time you go there, God would be waiting.
When man goes to an altar, he does so to offer sacrifices to God and to worship Him. In Genesis 22:1-14 when God asked Abraham to offer Isaac as a burnt offering, He asked him to go to a particular place, raise an altar there and present a sacrifice. When visiting a great man, because of how much you honour him, you don’t go empty-handed, so why do so when going to meet with the Most High God? Don’t go to God empty handed. If you don’t have anything at all, He will accept a sacrifice of praise (Jeremiah 17:26).
When God comes to meet man on the altar, He comes to bless. Psalm 67:5-7 tells us that when praises go up, blessings come down. In Genesis 22:15-18, when Abraham brought Isaac to the altar to be offered, God stopped him and said, “You have done your part, let me do mine, in blessing I will bless You, in multiplying, I will multiply your seed”. God meets with His children during services to bless them, especially those who come with a sacrifice. I raised an altar in a small room inside the first house I lived in the Redemption Camp well over 20 years ago. The house is now called the ‘Open Heavens International Centre’. Since that place was marked out as an altar, up to today, people who go there to pray in faith receive mighty miracles from God that even I find amazing.

ACTION POINT:
Identify a specific part of your house or environment that you will mark out as your altar and ensure you meet with God there regularly.

HYMNAL: 16 - PRAISE HIM! PRAISE HIM! JESUS OUR BLESSED REDEEM!
1 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
Sing, O earth, his wonderful love proclaim!
Hail him, hail him! Highest archangels in glory!
Strength and honor give to his holy name!
Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard his children.
In his arms he carries them all day long.

Refrain:
Praise him! Praise him! tell of his excellent greatness.
Praise him! Praise him! ever in joyful song.

2 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
For our sins, he suffered, and bled, and died.
He our rock, our hope of eternal salvation,
hail him, hail him! Jesus, the crucified.
Sound his praises, Jesus who bore our sorrows,
love unbounded, wonderful, deep, and strong. [Refrain]

3 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!
Heav’nly portals loud with hosannas ring!
Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever!
Crown him, crown him! prophet, and priest, and king!
Christ is coming, over the world victorious.
Pow’r and glory unto the Lord belong. [Refrain]

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 1-4
AUTHOR: PASTOR E A ADEBOYE

13/01/2023

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.
DATE: FRIDAY JANUARY 13TH 2023.
THEME: KILL PRIDE!

MEMORY VERSE:
“But He giveth more Grace. Wherefore He saith, God resisteth the proud, but giveth Grace unto the Humble.” James 4:6

BIBLE READING: Proverbs 16:5

5• Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to The LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.”

MESSAGE:
A• More often than not, the people who provoke God do so through pride.
1• The most junior staff in an organization would typically be humble and submissive.
2• However, the day the person begins to feel overly important, he or,she will start provoking some people.
3• The moment you become proud, you begin to provoke God.
4• Never forget that no matter how high you go, God is still the Most High.
5• God usually deals with proud people in two ways.
6• The first is by recalling such a person suddenly and in a disgraceful manner.
7• In Acts 12:20-24, King Herod's pride made him consent to being compared to The Most High.
8• This made God order worms to eat him up alive.
9• The Lord said, "Oh you think you are big because you are the commander-in-Chief of some armies? I have armies that don't carry guns - ordinary worms".
10• One moment Herod was sitting on the throne, the next moment, he was being eaten by worms.

B• However, The Lord could also decide to disgrace the fellow openly while preserving his or her life.
1• That is what He did to Nebuchadnezzar in Daniel 4:28-37.
2• Nebuchadnezzar was the greatest king of his time.
3• He built a city called Babylon, which had one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
4• At a point, God saw that he was becoming proud and sent him a warning through a dream.
5• Unfortunately, one year after the message came, he had forgotten it, so God said, "Okay, you think you are big?
Go and eat with animals for seven years".
6• Nobody removed his royal robes from him, he removed the with his own hands.
7• If there is something that must leave your life permanently today, it is pride.

C• Be careful as you rise, so as not to begin to feel like you are overly important.
1• The elders says that when cockroach falls, nobody hears the sound;
2• When an ant falls, the ground doesn't tremble,
3• But if an elephant falls, the tremors would be felt both near and far.
4• If God is elevating you, be weary of pride!
5• So that it doesn't become a case of Him raising up an elephant so that when it falls everyone would pay attention.
6• Like in the case of Pharaoh.
7• Romans 9:17 “For the Scripture says to the Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I may show My power in you, and that My Name may be declared in all the earth.”

KEY POINT:

If there is something that must leave your life permanently today, it is pride.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 42-43.
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE.

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.

Chorus:

Draw me 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.

Chorus:

3• O 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!

Chorus:

4• There are depths of love that I yet may know
Ere Thee face to face I see;
There are heights of joy that I yet may reach
Ere I rest in peace with Thee.

Chorus:

05/12/2022

*OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL 2022.*

*DATE: MONDAY 5TH DECEMBER, 2022.*

*THEME: GRATITUDE AND TESTIMONIES*

*MEMORISE*:

And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Revelation 12:11

*BIBLE READING : 1 Samuel 17:34-37*

34. And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

35. And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

36. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

37. David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

*MESSAGE*:

The elders have an adage that says, The child who is grateful for yesterdays blessing will receive another. You must be grateful, not just because God has already done a lot for you, but to open the door for what He will yet do. Some people lose their miracles because they are ungrateful. They lose the support of the Most High God because they cannot just say Thank you. Those who constantly remember His mercies always experience more and more. Blessings always pursue and overtake them.

Remembering His mercies will help you to develop mountain-moving
faith. In Mark 11:22-23, Jesus said if you have faith in God, then you can command mountains to move and they will obey. It is established that God does not change, as we see in Malachi 3:6, where He said, For I am the Lord, I change not. We also see in Hebrews 13:8 that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. Both Scriptures point to the fact that if God did a miracle yesterday, He can do it again today. Thus the more of His benefits you remember, the greater your faith and the more He can do for you. Once you can remember His track record concerning any situation, whenever that situation
comes to face you again, you would just laugh because you know you have a Daddy who has tackled it before and will do so again victoriously.

In our Bible reading today, David recounted Lords benefits towards him and standing on that, he was sure that the same God who delivered him from the lion and the bear would take care of Goliath. If you can just remember one of Gods miracles in your life, then you can be sure He will do another one. The devil had tried to tell me that the 3km-by-3km auditorium would not be completed. I laughed because that was what he said when we were building the first auditorium which was 100meters by 50meters. He said the same thing for the second and third, and now we are in the fourth, so I told him, You are wasting your time; this 3km-by-3km is just a baby, the real big one is yet to come.

Consider whatever mountain that is blocking your way now as just another opportunity for a new testimony.

*KEY POINT*:
Your testimonies about God's goodness and gratitude to Him will produce more miracles.

*BIBLE IN ONE YEAR *:1Corinthians 12-14

*HYMN 27: WHEN UPON LIFE'S BILLOWS YOU ARE TEMPEST TOSSED*

1. When upon life's billows you are tempest tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.

REFRAIN:
Count your blessings, name them one by one,
Count your blessings, see what God has done,
Count your blessings, name them one by one;
And it will surprise you what the Lord has done.

2. Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, ev'ry doubt will fly,
And you will be singing as the days go by.

3. When you look at others with their lands and gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold,
Count your many blessings, money cannot buy
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.

4. So amid the conflict, whether great or small,
Do not be discouraged, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey's end.