Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E A ADEBOYE

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: FRIDAY, 10TH APRIL, 2026

TOPIC: PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH

MEMORY VERSE

Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Colossian 4:2

BIBLE TEXT

Matthew 9:35-38

[35]And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

[36]But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. 

[37]Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

[38]Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

PRAYER POINTS

1 Lord, I thank You for Your church. Thank You for the gift of Your body and the godly communities of believers.

2 Father, please empower Your church to function as the salt of the earth indeed so that everyone who comes into the church will begin to experience sweetness in their lives, in Jesus' name.

3 Lord, please strengthen every leader in Your church. Empower them with wisdom, courage and determination to do the work of ministry and shepherd Your flock.

4 Father, please sanctify Your church. Help us to be a true reflection of Your holiness to the world, in Jesus' name.

5 Father, please banish every form of darkness and evil from Your church, in Jesus' name.

6 Father, please provide for the needs of Your church. Supply all our needs according to Your riches in glory, and empower us to do Your work, in Jesus name.

7 Father, please let Your Love flow mightily within Your church. Help us to love one another fervently with pure hearts, in Jesus' name. 

8 Father, please help those who are living in hypocrisy within Your church to repent. Help them to truly surrender to Your word, in Jesus' name.

9 Father, please uproot false doctrines and ungodly traditions from Your church. Let the faith of Your people be based on Your undiluted word, in Jesus' name.

10 Father, please empower faithful ministers of the gospel to preach Your word without fear. Deliver them from wicked men and laws that can limit them from preaching Your word with boldness, in Jesus' name.

11 Dear Lord, please arise and help all the persecuted churches around the world. Strengthen their faith and help them not to deny You, in Jesus' name.

12 Your personal prayers for the church.

AUTHOR: PASTOR E A ADEBOYE 

BIBLE IN A YEAR

1 Kings 3-5

HYMN 22 SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER 

1 Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer! 

That calls me from a world of care, 

And bids me at my Father's throne 

Make all my wants and wishes known. 

In seasons of distress and grief, 

My soul has often found relief, 

And oft escaped the tempter's snare 

By thy return, sweet hour of prayer! 

2 Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer! 

The joys I feel, the bliss I share 

Of those whose anxious spirits burn with strong desires for thy return! 

With such I hasten to the place 

Where God my Savior shows His face, 

And gladly take my station there, 

And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer! 

3 Sweet hour of prayer! Sweet hour of prayer! 

Thy wings shall my petition bear 

To Him whose truth and faithfulness 

Engage the waiting soul to bless. 

And since He bids me seek His face, 

Believe His word, and trust His grace, 

I'll cast on Him my every care, 

And wait for Thee, sweet hour of prayer!

God bless you as you share.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

Thursday 9th April, 2026

PERMANENT MIRACLES

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‎These prayers have no expiry dates! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus' name.

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‎READ: ‎John 5: 1-14

‎KEY POINT

‎To make your miracles permanent, never toy with sin.

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‎Special Note.

‎These prayer points are not written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, but by one of his disciples of Christ, who was inspired and  mandated by the Holy Spirit, effective, January 1st, 2015, to start writing these prayer points, based on the Open Heavens Daily Devotional  authored by Pastor E. A. Adeboye.

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‎Some of the prayer points are deep spiritually and may not be understood by carnal minds.

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‎If you want to be blessed from these prayer points, you must first, surrender Your life, to the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, by saying this prayer:

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‎“Lord Jesus, I come to You with a deeply repentant heart, please, forgive me all my sins. I surrender my life to you, today, and, I accept You, as my personal Lord and Saviour. Please, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hell fire, in Jesus' name I pray."

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‎PRAYER POINTS 

‎✓Father, thank You for the miracle of sleeping and waking up daily. Thank You for the miracle of the salvation of my soul from eternal destruction.

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‎✓Father, I worship You because You are the same yesterday, today, and forever: Your word can never fail and whatever You do is permanent and unchangeable.

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‎✓Father, please help me to throw away any garment that may deny me of permanent miracles. Give me jaw-dropping testimonies that will make everyone that hears, to say "this can only be God", in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please let every medical report on the state of the health of all Your children be defeated, give them permanent victory over their ailments and make them completely whole, in Jesus' name

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‎✓Father, please visit me today and give me permanent solutions to any challenge I have been battling in any area of my life, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please every member of my family yet to be born again, visit them today and deliver them all from the power of sin and hell. Give them a complete and permanent of lives, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please visit me today and put an end to anything that symbolizes shame and darkness in my destiny, and give permanent testimonies, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please restore every precious thing I have lost, physically and spiritually, and give me testimonies that will last forever, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please establish me on the path of righteousness and holiness, help me never to return into sin so that my miracles and testimonies will remain permanent, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, now that I am saved from the path of destruction, help me never to return into sin. Help me to walk with You in holiness for the rest of my life, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, thank You for the life of Your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye.

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‎Give him permanent miracles and help him never to toy with sin, in Jesus' name. Bless his children (biological and spiritual). Help him to continue to produce sons and daughters to Your glory, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, bless Your son that You have been using to prepare these prayer points beyond measure, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Your Personal petitions.

‎(Philippians 4:6)

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‎✓..In Jesus' name I pray.

‎(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

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‎#GodBlessOurNation

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‎BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

‎1 Kings 1 - 2

‎

‎Kindly, purchase your own hard copy or online version of the Open Heavens devotional & buy for your friends too, as a potent evangelism tool. God bless you, as you sow, into Pastor E.A. Adeboye's, books ministry.

‎

‎Note:

‎You may not add, subtract or rearrange these prayer points.

‎

‎The Holy Spirit is the author, though He used someone, who, out of humility has refused to take glory for it, by not putting his name. It is plagiarism to use, or pass as your own, someone else writing or work. The original author of these prayer points is the Holy Spirit. So, share, but don't share His Glory with Him in the process.

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‎Remain blessed, as you obey, in Jesus' name.

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Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E A ADEBOYE

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL 

DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 2026.

TOPIC: PERMANENT MIRACLES

MEMORISE

I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. - (Ecclesiastes 3:14)

READ: John 5:1-14 (KJV)

1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.

3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.

4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.

5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.

6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?

7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.

9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.

10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It is the sabbath day: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed.

11 He answered them, He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk.

12 Then asked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk?

13 And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place.

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee.

MESSAGE

One of my spiritual sons, who is from a very wealthy home, had cancer of the jawbone. He had access to the best doctors in Europe, but after they had treated him for a while, they told his parents to take him back home to Nigeria because he had just two weeks to live. His parents were devastated. When they arrived in Nigeria, they decided to bring him to Redemption City, and my faith was shaken when I saw him. The boy had trouble eating because of his illness; his head was terribly swollen, and it usually took him about an hour to finish a bottle of soft drink. I pulled myself together, prayed for him as is expected of a pastor, and God healed him. This happened 43 years ago, and to the glory of God, he is still alive today, married with children. God gave him a testimony that is still valid today. I pray that God will give you a permanent miracle, in Jesus' name.

One of the most amazing things that happens when God visits a man is that He brings permanent solutions. Mark 10:46-52 tells the story of a blind man named Bartimaeus. When he was told that Jesus was coming, he knew he would never beg again. That was why he threw his garment - the symbol of his shame, darkness, and blindness - away. I am sure that the moment he received his sight, he never begged again - his testimony was permanent. Some people have had miracles and lost them. Some have received something precious from God but have lost it out of carelessness. In the name that is above every other name, the testimony God will give you will last forever.

Beloved, the only way the miracles and testimonies you receive from God will be permanent is when you flee sin. Today's Bible reading tells us the story of a man who had been sick for 38 years; Jesus healed him, and he was happy. However, when Jesus saw him again, He warned him not to engage in sin anymore because if he did, something worse could happen to him. When someone who has been delivered by God from the path of destruction jumps back into sin, the devil can torment and torture that fellow as he pleases. If you have gone back into sin, return to Jesus today and ask Him to save you. He will graciously restore you when you return to Him wholeheartedly. 

KEY POINT

To make your miracles permanent, never toy with sin. 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

1 Kings 1 - 2

HYMN 26 - THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING

1 There shall be showers of blessing:

This is the promise of love;

There shall be seasons refreshing,

Sent from the Savior 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 honor Thy Word. 

4 There shall be showers of blessing:

Oh, that today they might fall,

Now as to God we're confessing,

Now as on Jesus we call! 

God bless you as you share. 

RCCG 74th Annual Convention!

Theme: MOUNTAIN MOVERS 

Date:  August 2026 at Redemption City

Open Heavens Prayer Points

‎PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

Wednesday 8th April, 2026

MULTIPLIED PEACE 

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‎These prayers have no expiry dates! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus' name.

‎

‎READ: ‎Daniel 6: 25-28 

‎

‎Special Note.

‎These prayer points are not written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, but by one of his disciples of Christ, who was inspired and  mandated by the Holy Spirit, effective, January 1st, 2015, to start writing these prayer points, based on the Open Heavens Daily Devotional  authored by Pastor E. A. Adeboye.

‎

‎Some of the prayer points are deep spiritually and may not be understood by carnal minds.

‎

‎If you want to be blessed from these prayer points, you must first, surrender Your life, to the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, by saying this prayer:

‎

‎“Lord Jesus, I come to You with a deeply repentant heart, please, forgive me all my sins. I surrender my life to you, today, and, I accept You, as my personal Lord and Saviour. Please, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hell fire, in Jesus' name I pray."

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‎PRAYER POINTS 

‎✓Father, thank You for giving me peace in times of trouble. Thank You for Your promise to give me peace that passes man's understanding.

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‎✓Jesus the Prince of Peace, You promised to give me Your peace, not as the world give, please let Your presence go with me wherever I go and keep me in Your peace.

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‎✓Father, please multiply my peace and let me have much more rest all around me, and my family, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, it is written "though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil", please in the midst of storms and turbulence, may I not loose my peace; and let everyone around me also receive your peace, in Jesus' name

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‎✓O my heart, it is written "do not be troubled, neither be ye afraid..." I therefore receive the peace from the presence of the Holy Spirit to walk through everyday of my life without fear or trouble, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please, help me to love You with all my heart, soul and mind, and to obey all Your commands, so that Your peace can be multiplied on me, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please wherever there is trouble across my country, I decree let there be peace, and let an end come to the killings and destruction of lives across all trouble zones. Please fill our homes again with peace that runs deeper than the ocean, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, for everyone in the midst of trouble and fear, let Your peace flow and fill their hearts with the assurance that all will be well again. Let salvation come to those in captivity and let there be total restoration, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please multiply Your peace in all areas of my life, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, thank You for the life of Your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye.

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‎Do not take Your peace away from him, in Jesus' name. Bless his children (biological and spiritual). Help him to continue to produce sons and daughters to Your glory, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, bless Your son that You have been using to prepare these prayer points beyond measure, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Your Personal petitions.

‎(Philippians 4:6)

‎

‎✓..In Jesus' name I pray.

‎(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

‎

‎#GodBlessOurNation

‎

‎BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

‎2Samuel 23 - 24

‎

‎Kindly, purchase your own hard copy or online version of the Open Heavens devotional & buy for your friends too, as a potent evangelism tool. God bless you, as you sow, into Pastor E.A. Adeboye's, books ministry.

‎

‎Note:

‎You may not add, subtract or rearrange these prayer points.

‎

‎The Holy Spirit is the author, though He used someone, who, out of humility has refused to take glory for it, by not putting his name. It is plagiarism to use, or pass as your own, someone else writing or work. The original author of these prayer points is the Holy Spirit. So, share, but don't share His Glory with Him in the process.

‎

‎Remain blessed, as you obey, in Jesus' name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E A ADEBOYE

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL 

DATE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2026.

TOPIC: MULTIPLIED PEACE

MEMORISE

Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them. - (Psalm 199:165)

READ: Daniel 6:25-28 (KJV)

25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end.

27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

MESSAGE

In some cultures, kings often greet their subjects by saying "Peace be multiplied unto you." In Daniel 6:25, when King Darius was writing to all his subjects after Daniel had escaped the lions' den unhurt, he started his letter with "Peace be multiplied unto you." Also, in the New Testament, each time Apostle Paul wrote to the various churches, he would start by greeting them, "Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father" (Romans 1:7), (1 Corinthians 1:3), (2 Corinthians 1:2), (Galatians 1:3). Likewise, Peter, in his letters, often wrote, "Peace be multiplied unto you" (1 Peter 1:2) and (2 Peter 1:2). All of these greetings make us understand that peace can increase, and it can be multiplied. Even if you feel that you already have peace and there is nothing to worry about, you should always pray that your peace will be multiplied. If peace can bring so much rest, multiplied peace can bring much more.

Years ago, I was returning from Britain to Nigeria on the same flight as a great man of God and his wife. According to his testimony, which I heard later on, he told his wife during the flight that since Daddy G.O. was on the plane with them, there was absolutely nothing to worry about. When we were halfway through the journey, the plane encountered severe turbulence, and the entire cabin began to shake. According to the man of God, he got up at that moment, looked at where I was seated on the plane, and saw that I was fast asleep. He then returned to his seat and told his wife that there was absolutely nothing to worry about because "Daddy is sleeping." He said that seeing me sleeping at that moment multiplied the peace he already had.

When you experience multiplied peace from God, every form of trouble or fear will be far from you. In John 14:27, Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." I pray that the peace of the Lord will be multiplied unto you today, in Jesus' name.

Beloved, the secret to enjoying multiplied peace from God is revealed in today's memory verse - loving Him and His law. If you indeed want your peace to be multiplied, you must love the Lord with all your heart, soul, and mind (Matthew 22:37), and obey His commandments at all times. 

PRAYER POINT

Father, please multiply Your peace in all areas of my life, in Jesus' name. 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

2 Samuel 23 - 24

HYMN 29 - WHEN PEACE LIKE A RIVER ATTENDETH MY WAY 

1. When peace, like a river attendeth my way, 

When sorrows, like sea billows roll; 

Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to know, 

It is well, it is well with my soul 

CHORUS

It is well, ... With my soul, ... 

It is well, it is well with my soul. 

2. Though Satan should buffet, 

Though trials should come, 

Let this blest assurance control, 

That Christ hath regarded my Helpless estate, 

And hath shed His own blood for my soul. 

3. My sin o, the bliss of this 

glorious thought, 

My sin not in part, but the whole,

Is nailed to His cross; and I bear it no more: 

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, o my soul. 

4. For me, be it Christ, be it Christ hence to live! 

If Jordan above me shall roll, No pang shall be mine, for in death as in life,

Thou wilt whisper Thy peace to my soul. 

5. But the Lord, 'tis for Thee, for Thy coming we wait, 

The sky, not the grave, is our goal: 

Oh, triumph of the angel! oh, voice of the Lord! 

Blessed hope! Blessed rest of my soul.

God bless you as you share.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

‎PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

TUESDAY, 7TH APRIL, 2026

FIRE CARRIERS II 

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Special Note.

These prayer points are not written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, but by one of his, disciples, of Christ, who was inspired and mandated by the Holy Spirit, effective, January 1st, 2015, to start writing these prayer points, based on the Open Heavens Daily Devotional  authored by Pastor E. A. Adeboye.

Some of the prayer points are deep spiritually and may not be understood by carnal minds.

If you want to be blessed from these prayer points, you must first, surrender Your life, to the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself, by saying this prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I come to You with a deeply repentant heart, please, forgive me all my sins. I surrender my life to you, today, and, I accept You, as my personal Lord and Saviour. Please, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hell fire. In Jesus' name, I pray.”

PRAYER POINTS

‎✓Father, thank You for placing over us, Your anointed sons and daughters through whom we carry the fire of the Holy Spirit. Thank You for giving us leaders after Your heart.

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‎✓Father, please let the hunger and thirst for Your righteousness be on the increase in my life so I can burn for You wherever I go, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, while others are enjoying the comfort of their exploits, please help me to be committed to waiting before You for the infilling of the Holy Spirit to the overflowing, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please help me to surrender all to You, to walk with You and to please You all the days of my life. Help me not to be distracted with the cares of this world, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please help me not to be distracted by the voice of the people around me but to remain focused on seeing what others are not seeing so that I can receive what others don't have for greater works in You, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please help my heart to be fixed on following You. Help me to put away every distraction; every works of flesh still alive in me and hindering my spiritual growth, let them dry up now, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, I am hungry and thirsty for Your presence and glory, please set me up on Your fire so I can do exploits in my generation, please, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please fill me with Your Spirit, and let nothing hinder my relationship with You. Set me on fresh fire and keep burning for You, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please fill my heart, soul and spirit, with great hunger and thirst for Your presence and power, in Jesus name.

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‎✓Father, thank You for the life of Your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye.

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‎Make him a carrier of Your fire for the rest of his life, in Jesus' name. Bless his children (biological and spiritual). Help him to continue to produce sons and daughters to Your glory, in Jesus name.

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‎✓Father, bless Your son that You have been using to prepare these prayer points beyond measure, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus name.

‎

‎✓Father, please let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus name.

‎

‎✓Your Personal petitions.

‎(Philippians 4:6)

‎

‎✓..In Jesus name I pray.

‎(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

‎

#GodBlessOurNation

These prayers have no expiry dates! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus' name.

Kindly, purchase your own hard copy or online version of the Open Heavens devotional & buy for your friends too, as a potent evangelism tool. God bless you, as you sow, into Pastor E.A. Adeboye's, books ministry.

Note:

You may not add, subtract or rearrange these prayer points.

 The Holy Spirit is the author, though He used someone, who, out of humility has refused to take glory for it, by not putting his name. It is plagiarism to use, or pass as your own, someone else writing or work. The original author of these prayer points is the Holy Spirit. So, share, but don't share His glory with Him in the process.

Remain blessed, as you obey, in Jesus' name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E A ADEBOYE

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL 

DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 7, 2026.

TOPIC: FIRE CARRIERS 2

MEMORISE:

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. - (Matthew 5:6)

READ: Exodus 33:7-11 (KJV)

7 And Moses took the tabernacle, and pitched it without the camp, afar off from the camp, and called it the Tabernacle of the congregation. And it came to pass, that every one which sought the Lord went out unto the tabernacle of the congregation, which was without the camp.

8 And it came to pass, when Moses went out unto the tabernacle, that all the people rose up, and stood every man at his tent door, and looked after Moses, until he was gone into the tabernacle.

9 And it came to pass, as Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and the Lord talked with Moses.

10 And all the people saw the cloudy pillar stand at the tabernacle door: and all the people rose up and worshipped, every man in his tent door.

11 And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

MESSAGE

Yesterday, I stated that serving God wholeheartedly and honouring those whom He has placed over you is a channel through which you can carry His fire. Today, I will discuss another thing that can make you a carrier of God's fire - your level of hunger and thirst for Him.

In today's Bible reading, God spoke face to face with Moses in a pillar of cloud in the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and Joshua was with him. After Moses' conversation with God, he departed from the tabernacle, but Joshua stayed behind because he was so hungry for God's presence. While others were enjoying the comfort of their tents, Joshua remained before the Consuming Fire, and I am sure that he was communing with Him and seeking His face. In Numbers 27:18, God attested to the fact that he was a man "...in whom is the spirit..." and instructed Moses to lay hands on him.

Elisha was another person whose hunger attracted God's fire. The moment Elijah put his mantle on him, he left everything and followed the man of God (1 Kings 19:19-21). When it was time for Elijah to be taken away from him into heaven, he told him to ask for anything he wanted. At that time, Elisha had become so hungry to see greater manifestations of God's glory that he wanted to do greater works than his master. He didn't care about material things; his only hunger was for God. When Elijah heard his servant's request, he replied, "You have asked a hard thing, but if you see me while I am being taken away, it will be as you have asked" (2 Kings 2:9-10). Being on a long journey would have made many other people tired and sleepy, but Elisha was not. His hunger kept him awake and aware of everything that was happening around him. His heart was fixed on what he wanted, and this was what made him see the chariot of fire as it appeared, and Elijah being taken up into heaven by a whirlwind (2 Kings 2:11-12).

Beloved, no matter who lays hands on you, the fire of God will not come upon you if you are not hungry and thirsty for God's presence and glory. Even though a piece of wood has the potential to catch fire, it will not catch fire if it is not dry. Only those who are hungry and thirsty for God's presence and glory will receive His fire to do exploits in their generation. 

PRAYER POINT

Father, please fill my heart, soul, and spirit with great hunger and thirst for Your presence and power. 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

2 Samuel 20 - 22

HYMN 8 - I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR

1. I need thee every hour most gracious Lord; no tender voice like thine can peace afford.

CHORUS 

I need thee, oh, I need thee; every hour I need thee! Oh, bless me now my saviour; I come to thee!

2. I need thee every hour, stay thou near by; temptations lose their power when thou art nigh.

3. I need thee every hour in joy or pain; come quickly and abide or life is vain.

4. I need Thee every hour 

Teach me Thy will; And Thy rich promises In me fulfill. 

5. I need Thee every hour, 

Most Holy one; Oh, make me Thine indeed, Thou blessed Son!

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