OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: WEDNESDAY, 15TH JULY, 2026
TOPIC: DELIVERANCE FROM MATERIAL BURDENS
MEMORY VERSE
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Joel 2:25
BIBLE TEXT
Haggai 1:2-8
[2]Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, This people say, The time is not come, the time that the LORD'S house should be built.
[3]Then came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet, saying,
[4]Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
[5]Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
[6]Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
[7]Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.
[8]Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the LORD.
MESSAGE
Today, I will discuss material burdens as another category of burdens. The devil seeks to put material burdens on people because he knows that when someone is living in poverty, it will be easier for him or her to fall into temptations that involve material things. The widow of Zarephath and her son watched their food supplies deplete daily until they had only one meal left. To make matters worse, a severe famine had struck the land, everything was dry, and they had no hope of finding another meal. Therefore, they resolved to eat the only meal that was left and prepare for death. However, the Burden-Bearer stepped into their situation and turned things around such that what wasn't enough became sufficient to sustain them throughout the famine (1 Kings 17:7-16). I pray that the Almighty God will deliver you from any material burden that may be in your life, in Jesus name.
There was once a very wealthy man who had a quarrel with his wife. As the quarrel got heated, she told him that by the time she was finished with him, he would travel everywhere within Lagos on foot. The man laughed because at the time, he had 14 cars. Unfortunately, however, things began to go downhill for him, and at one point, he had only one car left and 50 kobo in his pocket. Then he began to think to himself, "If l use the 50 kobo with me to fuel my car, I will have nothing to eat. However, if I buy food, I will have to walk everywhere I need to go, just as my wife had said". That was when he came to Jesus Christ, and Jesus took over his situation. When he shared the testimony of his turnaround he was dedicating two new houses at once.
In today's Bible reading, Haggai rebuked the Israelites for abandoning God's house and living just for themselves. He told them that they were experiencing a lack of material resources as a result. The people sowed much but reaped little, and the little they earned wasted away. Beloved, if you want to experience material prosperity, seek God's Kingdom and His righteousness wholeheartedly. Mind His business, and He will ensure that you live in material abundance all the days of your life. If you have lost any material thing, turn to God today and He will restore it to you, just as He promised in today’s memory verse.
PRAYER POINT
Lord Jesus, I bring all my material burdens to You today. Please help me carry them.
AUTHOR: PASTOR E A ADEBOYE
BIBLE IN A YEAR
Isaiah 1-3
HYMN 26 THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSINGS
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.
#SeekFirsttheKingdomofGod #GodSeekers #GBY
RCCG 74th Annual Convention!
Theme: MOUNTAIN MOVERS
Date: 3-9 August 2026
Venue:The Redemption City
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