Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

 

DATE: MONDAY 28TH DECEMBER 2020.

 

THEME: PRAYER FOR YEAR 2021.

 

MEMORISE:

 

 

Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.                   Psalm 37:5

 

 

READ:  Psalm 37:1-5

 

1Fret not thyself because of evildoers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity.

 

2 For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.

 

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed.

 

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

 

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass.

 

 

PRAYERS:

 

 

Praise God for the year 2020, praise Him for every single month of the year. Thank Him for preserving you all through the outgoing year.

 

Lord, keep me alive to see 2021in sound mind and divine health in the mighty name of Jesus.

 

Father let me experience many significant breakthroughs in the coming year.

 

Father uncover and destroy every ambush laid ahead for me by the enemy in the coming year.

 

Father please make year 2021 my best year yet in the mighty name of Jesus.

 

Father, help me to know You more, love You more and serve You more in year 2021.

 

Father, if You tarry, by the end of year 2021, let me look back and say “Indeed the Lord has helped me greatly”.

 

Father, in 2021, I will not expend my resources on sickness, court case, funerals or anything evil.

 

Father, let all Your plans for me in year 2021 be fulfilled in the mighty name of Jesus.

 

Father, put Your shield of protection around me and my loved ones in the coming year.

 

Father, give me Your joy in the coming year- joy in my family, in my workplace, in Your Church, joy all around in the mighty name of Jesus.

 

Special prayer request for year 2021.

 

 

 

I join my faith with yours and pray that the Lord will grant all your request concering 2021 in the mighty name of Jesus.

 

 

 

ACTION POINT:

 

Have faith in God that 2021 will be your best year yet and so shall it be in the mighty name of Jesus.

 

 

 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Revelation 6-11

 

 

 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

 

 

 

HYMN 28: 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!

 

5.       There shall be showers of blessing,

If we but trust and obey;

There shall be seasons refreshing,

If we let God have His way.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

 Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Sunday, December 27, 2020) - 

The Power of Physical Fellowship

Special Note:

These prayer points are not written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, but by one of his numerous 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:

1.I worship and adore, You, my Father, You're the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end, with You, all things are possible.

2.Thank You, Father, for Your promise that the gates of hell will not prevail against Your church.

3.Thank You, Father, for keeping me from January to date, and for the grace to witness the last Sunday of this year.

4.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus name.

5.Thank You, Father, for technology, but never allow it to rob me of the worship experience that I need to grow maximally in You, in Jesus name.

6.Father, please, take away everything that is making physical gathering of Your people impossible, all over the world, in Jesus name.

7.Father, give me the grace to  physically be in Your presence, when no restriction is placed on physical gathering, by the government, in Jesus name.

8.Father, when I have no option other than to connect to a service from home, empower me to resist every thing that could distract me from concentrating and having full benefits of such service, in Jesus name.

9.Father, see me through the remaining days of this year; arise, and scatter every satanic agenda and plan over my life, family, Your church and my nation, in Jesus name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye, and reward him abundantly, for all his labours of love in Your vineyard, in Jesus name.

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

12.Father, 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.

13.Your Personal petitions.

( Philippians 4:6)

14.In Jesus name I pray.

(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

15.Thank you Father for answered prayers.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

#GodBlessOurNation

These prayers have no expiry date! 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 book Ministry, in Jesus name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

 

DATE: SUNDAY 27TH DECEMBER 2020.

 

THEME: THE POWER OF PHYSICAL FELLOWSHIP.

 

 

MEMORISE:

 

 

 I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.   

Psalms 122:1

 

 

 

READ:  Psalm 122:1-2

 

1I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the Lord.

 

2 Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.

 

 

MESSAGE:

 

 

Technology is a good thing; it is very effective in enhancing the worship experience, but it must be used with caution so it does not rob us of the worship experience that we need. There is a new trend now where people prefer to sit at home and connect to a service through their Television, a website or social media. Believe me, what you get while watching through these means can never be the same as when you attend the service physically, especially id there is really nothing stopping you from doing so.

 

 

When you connect to a service from home, you are prone to lots of distract you; you could even remember something you wanted to do and decide to do it while still watching the service. You could also decide to cook while watching the service, meaning whenever you are attending to the food, you are missing something. On the other hand, when you attend the service physically, you have few or no distractions as you and everyone around you have only one focus- God. More importantly however, is the atmosphere of worship; being in that Spirit-filled environment should not be traded for anything. The fire from the fellow beside you who is praying or worshiping will ignite yours and you would reach realms you could not have attained had you been sitting at home to watch the service. Jesus said:

 

“ For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”                                                                                                                Matthew 18:20

 

 

WATCHING Him move in the midst of a group of people gathered in His name can give you a bit of the action, but it can never be the same as when you are physically present amongst the group. So, except there is absolutely no way you can attend the service based on circumstances beyond your control, it is better that you attend Christian fellowships physically. As you do so, the power of God’s Spirit will locate and lift you, in the mighty name of Jesus.

 

 

 

 

ACTION POINT:

 

Attend services physically and make use of digital platforms only when necessary.

 

 

 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Revelation 1-5

 

 

 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

 

 

HYMN 20: NEARER, MY GOD TO THEE.

 

 

1.       Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me,

Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.

Refrain:

Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

 

2.       Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,

Darkness be over me, my rest a stone;

Yet in my dreams I’d be nearer, my God, to Thee.

 

3.       There let the way appear, steps unto Heav’n;

All that Thou sendest me, in mercy giv’n;

Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee.

 

4.       Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise,

Out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise;

So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee.

 

5.       Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky,

Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I’ll fly,

Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.

 

6.       There in my Father’s home, safe and at rest,

There in my Savior’s love, perfectly blest;

Age after age to be nearer, my God, to Thee.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

 Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Saturday, 26 December 2020) 

Submission And Victory 

Special Note:

These prayer points are not written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, but by one of his numerous 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:

1.Thank You, Father, for the salvation of my soul and for the gift of the Holy Spirit.

2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus' name.

3.Father, let Your fire consume every spirit of stubbornness, disobedience and self-will in my life, in Jesus' name.

4.Father, let every spirit of pride and arrogance depart from me, and wear upon me the garment of Your humility, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, please, give me a humble and a contrite heart, and a teachable and submissive spirit, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, please, give me the grace to obey You, and to do Your perfect Will in all things; and, as I do, give me all round victory over all my life's challenges, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, let every good thing that has eluded me due to pride and lack of a submissive spirit be restored to me, now, that I have made up my mind to submit, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, as I submit to You, let the devil flee from me, and let my God-given dominion and authority be restored, and begin to manifest, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, empower me to run away from every appearance of evil, and anything that could bring shame and reproach to Your kingdom and to Your holy name, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye, and reward him abundantly, for his humility and obedience, in Jesus' name.

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

12.Father, 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.

13.Your Personal petitions.

( Philippians 4:6)

14.In Jesus' name I pray.

(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

15.Thank you Father for answered prayers.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

#GodBlessOurNation

These prayers have no expiry date! 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 book Ministry, in Jesus' name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

 

DATE: SATURDAY 26TH DECEMBER 2020.

 

THEME: SUBMISSION AND VICTORY.

 

 

MEMORISE:

 

 

Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.       

James 4:7

 

 

 

READ:  Matthew 8:5-9

 

5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

 

6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

 

7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

 

8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

 

9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

 

 

 

MESSAGE:

 

 

Submission goes hand in hand with victory. James 4:7 says that you should submit yourself first to God, then you can resist the devil and he will flee. In other words, if you have not submitted yourself to God, you cannot have victory over the devil. Many of us don’t want to submit to God, yet we want to cast out demons. Malachi 3:10 says we should bring all the tithes into His storehouse; we do not want to obey that, but we want God to open the windows of Heaven and just bring the breakthroughs. This will not happen because if you have not submitted to god’s conditions, you cannot get anything from Him.

 

 

The people in the military understand the concept very well. They know that as long as they remain submissive to their superiors, they will continue to enjoy authority over their subordinates. That is what the centurion was talking about it Matthew 8:9 when He told Jesus:

“For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.”

 

In there any area of your life in which you have been praying and trusting God for a miracle? You may need to check your level of submission to God. Once you are completely submissive to Him, victory is sure. Saul experienced defeats and died a shameful death because he felt too big to submit to God. David on the other hand was a great king, winning many victories because he was submissive to God. He said in Psalm 40:8:

            “ I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.”

 

Wives remember that the way to get what you want from your husband is through submission, not arguments and fights. I am yet to meet a man who can resist a submissive wife. When he says something that you do not agree with, don’t go straight into argument mode, go first into submission mode. You can then suggest an alternative. This way, he will hear you out. Now, if he does not go with your idea, you must agree with him and do as he has said, but at least you know that he considered your idea. And now, having established in his mind your submissiveness, it is easier to get anything from him than when he considers you stubborn.

 

 

 

KEY POINT:

 

The lower you stoop, the higher you will rise.

 

 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  2 John 1

3 John 1

 

 

 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

 

 

HYMN 27: TAKE MY LIFE, AND LET IT BE.

 

1.       Take my life and let it be

Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.

Take my moments and my days,

Let them flow in endless praise.

 

2.       Take my hands and let them move

At the impulse of Thy love.

Take my feet and let them be

Swift and beautiful for Thee.

 

3.       Take my voice and let me sing,

Always, only for my King.

Take my lips and let them be

Filled with messages from Thee.

 

4.       Take my silver and my gold,

Not a mite would I withhold.

Take my intellect and use

Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.

 

5.       Take my will and make it Thine,

It shall be no longer mine.

Take my heart, it is Thine own,

It shall be Thy royal throne.

 

6.       Take my love, my Lord, I pour

At Thy feet its treasure store.

Take myself and I will be

Ever, only, all for Thee.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

 Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Friday, December 25, 2020) 

A Message of Hope 

Special Note:

These prayer points are not written by Pastor E. A. Adeboye, but by one of his numerous 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:

1.Thank You, Jesus, for leaving all Your glory in heaven, to take the form of man, in order to pay the debt I could not pay, with Your own precious blood.

2.Thank You, Father, for the salvation of my soul, and for Your transformation agenda in my life.

3.Thank You, Jesus, for becoming poor for my sake, that through Your poverty I may become rich.

4.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, please, give me the grace never to despise a humble beginning, and, let the purpose for which I was born and born again be fulfilled in my life, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, please, give me the grace to obey You, and to do Your perfect Will, in this perverse and wicked generation, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, let every expectation of the enemies concerning my life, family and ministry, perish; please, let my tomorrow be better and more glorious than my today, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, let me never bring shame or reproach to Your name; but use me mightily to bring fame, blessings and glory to Your kingdom and to my family, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, empower me to walk in the footsteps of my lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, and help me to make Him my perfect example to follow, in all things, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye, and, let no power be able to tamper with or destroy all the good things You have done in his life and ministry, in Jesus' name

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

12.Father, 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.

13.Your Personal petitions.

( Philippians 4:6)

14.In Jesus' name I pray.

(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

15.Thank you Father for answered prayers.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

#GodBlessOurNation

These prayers have no expiry date! 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 book Ministry, in Jesus name.

Merry Christmas!!!

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

 

DATE: FRIDAY 25TH DECEMBER 2020.

 

THEME: A MESSAGE OF HOPE.

 

 

MEMORISE:

 

 

For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.                               2 Corinthians 8:9

 

 

READ:  Luke 2:6-7

 

6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

 

7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

 

 

MESSAGE:

 

 

Jesus came into this world in the most unusual way for a King. The circumstances surrounding His birth alone is a message to the whole world. The Christmas alone is a message of hope. It is a message which says that God can bring greatness out of a manger. It doesn’t matter how humble your background is; Jesus had a worse background just to show that you can soar high and rule notwithstanding your background. I am a living example od how Jesus can transform a nobody into somebody. When I was growing up in my village, we were so poor that even the poor people in the village called us poor. When my father brought an umbrella, the entire family celebrated; that is how poor we were. I never wore shoes until I was eighteen years old, and those I wore on that day were borrowed. But today, because I met Jesus and I am doing his will, people celebrate me all over the world. There is nothing I want to eat or wear now that I cannot afford. I tell you: the message of Jesus’ birth is a message of hope that your tomorrow shall be alright.

 

Jesus could have chosen to come from the best tribe and place in Israel, but He chose Nazareth, Nazareth was the lowest parlance. Jesus’ coming from Nazareth tells us that God does not discriminate against the lowly so He made sure His son came from one of them. John 1:46 says:

 

“……Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?”

 

 

Some may have asked “Can anything good come out of your family?” The answer you should give them is “Yes, I am the good thing that is coming out of my family”. Nazareth has become popular all over the world now because of Jesus. You will bring fame and blessings to your family in the mighty name of Jesus.

 

 

The wise will tell you that if you want to achieve what someone has does before, then you should copy that person. Copy Jesus. Read all that is recorded in the Bible about Him and just copy Him. Your greatness is assured in the mighty name of Jesus.

 

 

 

 

PRAYER POINT:

 

Lord, help me to emulate the very character of Jesus during His earthly ministry.

 

 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  1 John 1-5

 

 

 

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 

 

 

HYMN 21: NOW THANK WE ALL OUR GOD.

 

 

1.       Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices,

Who wondrous things has done, in Whom this world rejoices;

Who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way

With countless gifts of love, and still is ours today.

 

2.       Oh, may this bounteous God through all our life be near us,

With ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us;

And keep us in His grace, and guide us when perplexed;

And guard us through all ills in this world, till the next!

 

3.       All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given,

The Son, and Him Who reigns with Them in highest Heaven—

The one eternal God, Whom earth and Heav’n adore;

For thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore.