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12/08/2026

09/08/2026

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: SUNDAY AUGUST 9TH 2026

TOPIC: THE ANOINTING IS NOT FOR SALE

MEMORISE:
"Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give." Matthew 10:8

BIBLE READING: 1 PETER 5:2-4

2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock.

4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

MESSAGE:
When God anoints a person, He expects him or her to use the anointing to edify His people and spread the gospel. As we see in today's Bible reading, God does not want the anointing to be used for personal gain.

I often tell the pastors under my supervision that when God uses them to perform a miracle, they must never demand or expect any reward from the person who received the miracle. In today's memory verse, Jesus told his disciples that they had received the anointing freely and they should also give it out freely. The One who performs miracles is God, not the people He has anointed. Therefore, you should never feel entitled to anything from anyone who gets a miracle from God through His anointing upon you. Some self-professing ministers of God even go as far as selling olive oil, water, handkerchiefs, and other similar items that they claim have been anointed to those who come to them for prayers. Such conduct reveals that they are hirelings who are looking to exploit God's sheep rather than being shepherds who should nurture and feed them.

Beloved, you are not to use the anointing that God bestowed on you to manipulate people. Some people demand that they should be called 'Father in the Lord' just because God has used them to heal headaches. Being anointed does not qualify anyone to become a lord over others; rather, the anointing ought to be used to serve people. Pe

07/08/2026

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

DATE: FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2026

TOPIC: PRAYERS FOR YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

MEMORISE:

Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.
Romans 12:16

READ: Psalm 133:1-3

1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity!
2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments;
3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.

TODAY PRAYERS

1. Lord, I thank You for my neighbourhood. Thank You tor Your protection and mercy over me and my neighbours.

2. Father, please surround my neighbourhood with Your peace. Let us have no cause to live in fear or sorrow, in Jesus’ name.

3. Father, please let there be all-round growth and development in my neighbourhood, in Jesus’ name

4. Dear Lord, please surround my neighbourhood with Your glory. Let there be no outbreaks of sicknesses and other manifestations of evil, in Jesus’ name.

5. Father, please bless all my neighbours with peace, joy, and sound health. Let everyone in my neighbourhood experience Your goodness, in Jesus’ name.

6. Father, please bless all our leaders with wisdom to make the right decisions that will benefit my neighbourhood, in Jesus’ name.

7. Lord, I decree that there will be no natural or man-made disasters in my neighbourhood, in Jesus’ name. Please keep us under the shadow of Your wings perpetually.

8. Dear Lord, please draw everyone that is yet to be saved in my neighbourhood so they can surrender their lives to You. Let them experience Your salvation, in Jesus’ name.

9. Father, please send help to the needy and vulnerable in my neighbourhood. Let them experience Your mighty provision, in Jesus’ name.

10. Father, please let Your love reign in my neighbourhood. Help us to be

06/08/2026

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

DATE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH, 2026

TOPIC: NOT BY MIGHT

MEMORISE

Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
Zechariah 4:6

READ: Ecclesiastes 9:11-12

11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.

MESSAGE

What a person will become during his or her sojourn on earth will not depend solely on the fellow’s efforts. African elders have an adage that says, Hustling and bustling does not translate to wealth? This is true because, for instance, dockworkers who offload cargo from a ship from sunrise to sunset typically would earn only a fraction of what the Chief Executive Officer of a wharf, who sits in an air conditioned office, sipping tea and merely signing documents, would earn. At the end of a month, the fellow’s salary might even be more than what a hefty, hardworking dockworker will earn in a whole year!

Today’s Bible reading makes it clear that the fact that a fellow can run swiftly does not mean that he or she will win a race, and the fact that a fellow is strong does not mean that he or she will defeat an enemy. The passage goes on to say that bread is not to the wise, neither are riches to men of understanding. This means that a fellow’s advanced level of education alone will not determine how wealthy he or she will become.

I recall that I was in Redemption Camp (now Redemption City) sometime between 1983 and 1984, spending time alone with God, and crying to Him. I said, “God, I’m not asking for clothe