Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E A ADEBOYE

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL 

DATE: MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2026.

TOPIC: REVERSING HOPELESSNESS

MEMORISE

But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. - (Psalm 3:3)

READ: John 5:2-9 (KJV)

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.

MESSAGE

In today's Bible reading, a certain man, who had suffered from an infirmity for 38 years, had an encounter with Jesus. From his response to Jesus Christ's question, it was clear that he had lost all hope, but Jesus reversed his hopelessness when He commanded him to take up his bed and walk. In an instant, the 38-year infirmity disappeared, and his hopelessness vanished. I pray for you today that the Almighty God, who can reverse hopeless situations, will visit you today, and you shall receive a miracle, in Jesus' name.

When God wants to turn a fellow whom the world seems to have forsaken into a living testimony, He will arrange a divine encounter for the fellow. He will work it out in such a way that everyone around him or her will know that He is definitely at work.

Several years ago, I was travelling to Ilesha, a town in South-West Nigeria. Along the way, I saw a car that seemed to have broken down. As I approached it, I saw that it had an RCCG sticker on it. On taking a closer look, I saw that the person standing beside the car was a church member whom I knew. I also saw that she was pregnant. I asked her, "What's wrong with your car?" Immediately she saw me, she exclaimed, "Daddy! Is it really you I'm seeing? Oh God!" I asked her again, "Is there a problem with your car?" She replied, "Sir, don't worry about the car. I have a bigger problem." She then went on to tell me that the baby in her womb had not moved for the past six days, and the doctors had told her that they were going to evacuate the baby. After listening to her, I said, "In that case, I decree, baby, come back to life, in Jesus' name." Immediately, the baby started moving again. A few years ago, I visited one of our parishes in Europe, and that same baby whom the doctors wanted to evacuate from the woman's womb was the one playing the drums.

Beloved, I want you to know that nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). If you are currently in the midst of a situation that seems hopeless, I want you to put your trust in the One who makes rivers in the desert (Isaiah 43:19). He will bring you out of that hopeless situation and give you victory where defeat seemed certain, in Jesus' name. 

PRAYER POINT

Father, please turn every hopeless situation in my life around for good, in Jesus' name. 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

2 Kings 6 - 8

HYMN 21 - MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING LESS

1. My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus' blood and 

righteousness; I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus name. 

CHORUS 

On Christ, the solid Rock, I 

stand; All other ground is sinking sand, All other ground is sinking sand. 

 

2. When darkness seems to veil His face, I rest on His unchanging grace; In every high and stormy gale, 

My anchor holds within the veil.

3.  His oath, His covenant, and blood, Support me in the whelming Hood; When all around my soul gives way, He then is all my hope and stay. 

4. When He shall come with 

trumpet sound, Oh, may I then in Him be found; Dressed in His righteousness alone, Faultless to stand before the throne.

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 

SUNDAY, 19TH APRIL, 2026

REVERSING FAILURE

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, I worship and adore You for You are the God that reverse the irreversible. You have never failed, and from generation to generation, You make impossibilities, possible.

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‎✓Father, thank You because You will turn my mourning into dancing again, You will lift my sorrows, and I won't bow in failure again, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please reverse the irreversible in my life, terminate every experience of labour-loss, and let me have something to show for all the efforts of my past, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please arrange a divine encounter for me, that will change all my failures into instant success, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please give me a net-breaking breakthrough that will spill over and me a blessing to everyone around me, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please reverse my failures, and let me begin to experience great turnaround in every area of my life, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please reverse every form of failure that my academics, connections, influence and riches could not handle, and grant me lasting divine success, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please reverse my failures and mockery today, and make me a changed person. Take away my garment of shame, and put on a garment of glory, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please in Your mercy, arrange a divine encounter for me that will terminate and destroy every battle in my life, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, in the lives of all Your children, please reverse any cycle of failures for good, and let them begin to enjoy cycles of blessings and miracles, in Jesus' name

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‎✓Father, please reverse every cycle of failure in my life for good, in Jesus' name.

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

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‎Please, let Your son experience a reverse from failure to great success, blessings and fulfillment in all areas, 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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Happy Sunday!

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#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: SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2026.

TOPIC: REVERSING FAILURE

MEMORISE

Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness; - (Psalm 30:11)

READ: Luke 5:1-10 (KJV)

1 And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:

10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

MESSAGE

In today's Bible reading, Peter had fished all night and caught nothing. Even though he toiled throughout the night he had nothing to show for his efforts. However, God turned his failure into an instant success by arranging a divine encounter for him. After hosting Jesus in his boat, he caught so many fishes that his net broke. As he couldn't handle the size of his catch alone, he had to beckon to other fishermen to help him. Instantly, his failure was reversed, and he experienced a great turnaround.

When my mother was alive, I used to travel to Ilesha, which was very close to my hometown in western Nigeria, to visit her every two weeks. On one such visit, I was about to eat when a man was brought inside the house. At first glance, I thought he was a madman, based on his appearance. However, I learnt that he was a highly educated man who used to be very wealthy before the enemy attacked him in a very strange way. He had a problem that no doctor on earth could handle. He told me that insects of all kinds usually come out of his body at regular intervals, and he had spent everything he had seeking a solution to this spiritual attack. He had also sold all his clothes and had resorted to wearing rags. Thankfully, God had mercy on him and arranged a divine encounter for him. When he told me his story, I asked him, "Will you give your life to Jesus Christ?" I explained to him that his battle was one that only God could help him win. He gave his life to Jesus Christ, and we prayed a simple prayer before he left.

Two weeks after that incident, I went back to llesha to visit my mother as usual. Again, as I sat down to eat, a handsome, well-dressed man walked into the room. As he saw that I could not recognise him, he said, "It seems you don't recognise me." I replied, "I don't think we have ever met." He then responded, "I was the one you prayed for two weeks ago. Look at what God has done in my life in just two weeks!" Beloved, I pray that any cycle of failure in your life will be reversed for good, and you will begin to enjoy cycles of blessings and miracles, in Jesus name.

PRAYER POINT
Father, please reverse every cycle of failure in my life for good, in Jesus' name.

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
2 Kings 4 - 5

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 

Saturday 18th April, 2026

REVERSING BONDAGE

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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: ‎Luke 13: 10-16

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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:

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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 power of the anointing that heals the brokenhearted, delivers the captive, recovering the sight of the blind, and setting at liberty the bruised.

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‎✓Father, please reverse the irreversible in my life. Let today be the day of my divine appointment for the termination of every form of bondage i am in, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please set me free from every problem that are beyond my understanding, and let there be a divine set up for my total deliverance, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, as many that are yet under the bondage of sin, please save them from the stronghold of hell and destroy every yoke in their lives, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please destroy any yoke that might be troubling me and any member of my family, and reverse every impossibilities, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please visit all Your children today and let there be a way where there seem to be none. Reverse every long term struggle in any area of their lives, and let there be celebrations, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please visit me today, and break me free from every bondage of the devil, and destroy the yokes that had kept me in captivity for so long, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please let it come to pass that this is the day that every satanic burden will be taken away from off my shoulder, and yokes from off my neck because of the anointing, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, I decree that nothing will be able to keep me from lifting my head and hands to praise You all the days of my life, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please let me have an encounter with You that   break any form of bondage that might exist in 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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‎Please, let Your son experience more divine encounters, 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)

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‎✓..In Jesus' name I pray.

‎(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

‎

‎#GodBlessOurNation

‎

‎BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

‎2 Kings 1 - 3

‎

‎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's 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: SATURDAY APRIL 18TH 2026

TOPIC: REVERSING BONDAGE

MEMORISE:

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, - (Luke 4:18)

BIBLE READING: LUKE 13:10-16 (KJV)

10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

11 And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.

13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?

16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

MESSAGE:

Whenever God wants to reverse the irreversible, He usually follows a process, which typically starts with a divine appointment. What this means is that He will divinely arrange for people to meet one another.

There was once a 50-year-old man who had no wife simply because he couldn't bring himself to ask a woman, "Will you marry me?" The enemy bound him so tightly that he couldn't open his mouth to talk to any lady he was attracted to, even though he was highly educated. He knew he had a problem, but he didn't know how to be free. Fortunately for him, God instructed us to hold a programme in his town. During the programme, he gave his life to Jesus Christ. Not only did Jesus save his soul, but He destroyed the yoke in his life, and six months later, he got married. Nine months after he got married, his wife gave birth to a set of twins. Two years later, she gave birth to another set of twins. The man's story is proof that no bondage is too strong for God to break. I pray for you today that any yoke that might be troubling you will be destroyed, in Jesus' name.

In today's Bible reading, Jesus went to the synagogue as was His custom. However, on this particular day, He met a woman who had been bound by the devil for 18 years. She was bent over in such a way that she couldn't stand upright. For 18 long years, she was limited in every aspect of her life. Despite the terrible bondage the woman was in, she met with Jesus at the synagogue and got her freedom. The yoke of bondage that had kept her captive for so long was broken, and she was free to lift her head and hands to praise the Lord.

Isaiah 10:27 says, "And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing." Therefore, I decree in the name that is above every other name, that whatsoever might be keeping you from lifting your head God will cause you to have a divine encounter that will deliver you completely from anything that might have kept you bound, in Jesus' name. 

PRAYER POINT:

Father, please let me have an encounter with You that will break any form of bondage that might exist in my life, in Jesus' name. 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E A ADEBOYE 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 KINGS 1-3

HYMN: 15  PASS ME NOT, O GENTLE SAVIOUR 

1 Pass me not, O gentle Savior,

hear my humble cry;

While on others Thou art calling,

do not pass me by.

Refrain:

Savior, Savior, hear my humble cry;

while on others Thou art calling,

do not pass me by.

2 Let me at a throne of mercy

find a sweet relief,

kneeling there in deep contrition;

help my unbelief. 

3 Trusting only in Thy merit,

Would I seek Thy face;

heal my wounded, broken spirit,

save me by Thy grace. 

4 Thou, the Spring of all my comfort,

more than life to me;

Whom have I on earth beside Thee?

Whom in heav'n but Thee? 

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

Friday 17th April, 2026

REVERSING BARRENNESS 

‎

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

‎

‎READ: ‎2Kings 4: 8-17 

‎

‎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 the promise for multiplication and fruitfulness from creation. Thank You because Deut.7.14  says You shall bless me above all people: and there shall not be male or female barren among us.

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‎✓Father, Your power remains the same yesterday, today and forever; whatever You have done before, You can do it again. Thank You because You shall reverse barrenness to fruitfulness.

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‎✓Father, for as many of Your children trusting You for children of their own; because You have them in abundance, please give to everyone of them according to the numbers they desire, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please terminate every form of barrenness in our homes, and reverse every waiting into great manifestation of testimonies, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please this very night, visit each of Your daughters and reverse everything and anything that is responsible for their delay in child bearing, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please overrule every mockery in the lives of all Your sons, and make them fathers' of many children, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please in Your sovereignty, overrule every doubt in the hearts of all Your children and cause them to be fruitful in all areas, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please reverse the irreversible. Reverse every deadness in every marriage and give them godly children to rejoice with, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please in any kind of barrenness that we are in, help us to be committed to serving and honoring You. Reverse any form of barrenness in any area of our lives, in Jesus' name.

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‎✓Father, please make me fruitful in every area 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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‎Please, make him more fruitful in life and ministry, and let every form of barrenness bow to 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.

‎

‎✓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

‎

‎BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

‎1 Kings 21 - 22

‎

‎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's 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: FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2026

TOPIC: REVERSING BARRENNESS

MEMORISE

He maketh the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children. Praise ye the LORD. - (Psalm 113:9)

READ: 2 Kings 4:8-17 (KJV)

8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.

10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.

11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there.

12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him.

13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.

14 And he said, What then is to be done for her? And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no child, and her husband is old.

15 And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she stood in the door.

16 And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.

17 And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season that Elisha had said unto her, according to the time of life.

MESSAGE

Years ago, a woman, who was waiting on God for children, kept going to her pastor for prayers. After a while, the pastor said, "I've prayed for many people who were looking for children, and now, they have their children. Why is your case different?" The woman then revealed that she had once tried to terminate a pregnancy, but the procedure went wrong, and in order to save her life, the doctors removed her womb. On hearing this, the pastor asked in shock, "You've had no womb all these while, yet you kept asking me to pray for you to have a child?" From that day on, the pastor started avoiding her. When she noticed this, she turned to God and said, "I won't go to my pastor anymore. I will come to You, my Maker." Shortly after that, she had a dream one night. In the dream, she was naked, and as she stood in a spot, a huge man approached her with an animal's skin in his hands. On getting to where she was standing, he wrapped the animal's skin around her belly and disappeared. That experience signalled the end of her barrenness. The last time I heard about her, she had given birth to five children!

God can reverse the irreversible. In Genesis 21:1-2, He reversed the deadness of Abraham and Sarah's bodies and gave them a child after many years of barrenness. Likewise, in (1 Samuel 1:4-20), He remembered Hannah and opened her womb. In today's Bible reading, the Shunammite woman saw Elisha passing by and compelled him to come to her house to eat. She fed him on many other occasions and built him a small chamber in her house to host him whenever he passed by. When God decided to visit her, Elisha told her that she would have a son, and she told him not to deceive her. That was a clear sign of unbelief, but the Almighty God bypassed her doubts and gave her a son because of her heart of service.

Beloved, are you expecting the miracle of a child or fruitfulness in any area of your life? Keep serving the Lord and honouring Him. Hold on to His word, and you will never be disappointed. I pray that He will reverse any form of barrenness in your life and cause you to be fruitful in all areas of your life, in Jesus' name. 

PRAYER POINT

Father, please make me fruitful  in every area of my life. 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR

1 Kings 21 - 22

HYMN 16 - 'TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS

1. 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 selfto 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. '

God bless you as you share. 

RCCG 74th Annual Convention! 

Theme: MOUNTAIN MOVERS 

Date:  August 2026 at Redemption City