OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2026.
TOPIC: HELP IS ON THE WAY!
MEMORISE
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take up their names into my lips. - (Psalm 16:4)
READ: Exodus 20:1-5 (KJV)
1 And God spake all these words, saying,
2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
MESSAGE
Sometime in 1980, there was a woman in RCCG who was trusting God for the fruit of the womb. Although we all prayed for the woman as a church, my wife and I took it upon ourselves to pray for her regularly on our family altar. Shortly after, she informed us that she was pregnant. On hearing the good news, we were really happy for her. We were dancing and singing praises to God on her behalf when she told us, "Somebody advised me to look elsewhere for a solution to my childlessness." She continued, "The people I went to for a solution also used the Bible. However, they also performed some traditional rituals and asked me to participate in certain rituals as well. Look at the result now; I am pregnant." This happened over four decades ago, yet the last time I heard of her, she was still pregnant.
There was another woman who also desperately wanted a child. She got tired of waiting on God, so she sought fetish means to find a solution to her problem. Shortly after, she became pregnant and gave birth to a baby boy. After she had her baby, she told those who were still waiting on the Lord, "You better take action and get a solution to your problem like I did, instead of wasting your time praying." When the woman's son was about six years old, he went into her room one day, stripped himself naked, and said, "Let's have sex." The mother was shocked and asked him, "What did you say?" The boy responded, "I said I want to have sex with you." The perplexed mother then took him to a deliverance minister. During the deliverance session, the boy said, "Don't waste your time; I am not possessed. I am a demon incarnate."
Beloved, do not seek any kind of help outside God. Those who seek other gods and alternatives to God will eventually end up in sorrow. Today's memory verse says that the sorrow of those who seek after other gods shall be multiplied. Those who seek help apart from God always pay dearly for it because the devil has nothing free to give. I implore you today to continue to tarry in God's presence. Put your complete trust in Him because His help is on the way, and He will never disappoint you (Hebrews 10:35-38). I pray that the Lord will continue to uphold you and strengthen your faith in Him, in Jesus' name.
PRAYER POINT
Father, please help me to wait patiently on You for Your help at all times.
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
2 Samuel 4 - 7
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.
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