OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL AND PRAYERS.

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.

DATE: THURSDAY 11TH FEBRUARY, 2021.

THEME: WORKING AGAINST YOURSELF?

MEMORIZE:

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?.

Romans 8:31

BIBLE READING:

MATTHEW 18:23-34

23. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

24. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

25. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

26. The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

27. Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

28. But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence; and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

29. And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

30. And he would not; but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

31. So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

32. Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me;

33. Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

34. And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

MESSAGE

God is great and He has great plans for His children.

However, there are many people who work against the plan of God for their lives. Romans 8:31 says:

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?.

Many people answer the question above by saying “Nobody”, and I always wonder which Bible they are reading, because in my own Bible, the answer was not given.

The Bible was silent about the answer. Let us therefore look at it logically, If God be for us can the devil be against us?.

Definitely not, because James 4:7 says that if we submit to God, then we can resist the devil and he will flee.

If God be for us, can demons be against us? No way, because Mark 16:17 says we are to cast demons out.

If God be for us, can witchdoctors be against us? No, because Isaiah 54:17 says no weapon formed against us shall prosper.

If God be for us, there is only one fellow who can be against us: ourselves.

Disobedience is the major thing that makes many people work against themselves even when God is for them. Disobedience has destroyed many destinies in the past. God is the master sculptor.

When a sculptor wants to make a masterpiece and the wood decides to break off where it shouldn’t, he may then be left with no choice than to toss it into the fire as firewood.

Unfortunately, this is the reality of many people God had destined for greatness.

If you refuse to obey God, He will not force you, but your actions may make His original plan not come to pass anymore.

This is why you must obey God to the letter at all times, no matter how difficult it may appear.

Facing difficulties while obeying God is far better than the anguish of an unfulfilled destiny caused by disobedience to His word.

Beloved, I leave you with this passage:

Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:

(1 Peter 5:6)

KEY POINT:

The cost of indiscipline is far higher than that of discipline.

AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE.

BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR:

JOHN 13-16

HYMN 24: 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 ceaseless praise,

Let them flow in ceaseless 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,

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,

Filled with messages from Thee.

4. Take my silver and my gold;

Not a mite would I withhold;

Take my intellect, and use

Every power as Thou shalt choose,

Every power 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,

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,

Ever, only, all for Thee.

Tuesday, February 9, 2021

Open Heavens Prayer Points

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: Wednesday, February 10, 2021

TEACH YOUR CHILDREN FIRST

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 fruits of the womb You have given unto me and unto the body of Christ.

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

3.Father, let me never abandone my duties to correct and discipline my children whenever they go wrong or depart from Your ways, in Jesus name.

4.Father, give me the grace to train my children in Your way, first, by myself, rather than leave them in the hands of teachers and their peers, in Jesus name.

5.Father, take over the lives of my children; possess them fully with Your Holy Spirit, and use them for Your glory, in Jesus name.

6.Father, let my children never become unequally yoked with unbelievers, in marriage, in business, and in all areas of life, in Jesus name.

7.Father, let Your purpose and plans for the lives of my children be fulfilled early, in Jesus name.

8.Father, let every yoke of delay in any areas of the lives of my children be broken by Your mercy, and give them the grace to do Your perfect Will, in Jesus name.

9.Father, when I shall stand before Your throne of judgement to give account of my stewardship over my children, please, let me not be found wanting, in Jesus name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye; let him live long to enjoy the fruits of his labours over his biological and spiritual children, 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.

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Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: WEDNESDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2021.

THEME: TEACH YOUR CHILDREN FIRST.

MEMORISE:

The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. Proverbs 29:15

READ: Proverbs 22:6

6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Proverbs 29:17

17 Correct thy son, and he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul.

MESSAGE:

I used to tell my daughter before she got married 'When a boy comes to you and starts to say things like 'You are the most beautiful thing under heaven, you are the sugar in my tea, I've never seen anything as beautiful as you, where have you been all these days because as soon I saw you , my sun began to shine' .. . run!" She asked "Why?" I replied "How do you think I got these lines? I was once your age".

You have been in this world before your children got here. God brought them through you for a purpose; you should teach them about life before the devil gets to them. When you teach them from home, you have the opportunity to form in them godly perspectives. If you however wait for their teacher in school or some relative to tell them these things first, it would be hard for you to get them to unlearn

any wrong perspective they m ay have been indoctrinated with.

A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. Proverbs13:22

The above passage says that if you are good, you will leave an inheritance for your children. Their inheritance does not only have to be material things; you should share your experiences with them too.

In the book of Proverbs, we see king Solomon teaching his son throughout the book. In Proverbs 1:10-19, he taught his son not to associate with sinners. He taught his son not to give in to their lures to commit sin (v10), he taught him not to do business with them (v14) and he taught him about the dangers of greed (v19). Have you taught your children about the kind of friends they should have and the kinds they should not have? Have you taught them who they should do business with? Have you taught them about money? Maybe if the children of these days had been taught about the dangers of greed when they were much younger, we would not have so many Internet fraudsters around today. In Proverbs 6, King Solomon taught his son the dangers of fornication and how to avoid strange women. Have you taught your children the dangers of committing sexual immorality and how to avoid it? If that child commits fornication or is taken advantage of by an adult because you did not talk to him or her about it, you Would have

failed in performing your duty as a good parent.

KEY POINT:

If you let a child get the wrong perspective from someone else, it would be difficult to change that perspective later on.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: John 11-12

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 5: GOD GIVE US CHRISTIAN HOMES.

1. God give us Christian homes!

Homes where the Bible is loved and taught,

Homes where the Master’s will is sought,

Homes crowned with beauty Your love has wrought;

God give us Christian homes;

God give us Christian homes!

2. God give us Christian homes!

Homes where the father is true and strong,

Homes that are free from the blight of wrong,

Homes that are joyous with love and song;

God give us Christian homes;

God give us Christian homes!

3. God give us Christian homes!

Homes where the mother, in caring quest,

Strives to show others Your way is best,

Homes where the Lord is an honored guest;

God give us Christian homes;

God give us Christian homes!

4. God give us Christian homes!

Homes where the children are led to know

Christ in His beauty who loves them so,

Homes where the altar fires burn and glow;

God give us Christian homes;

God give us Christian homes!

Monday, February 8, 2021

Open Heavens Prayer Points

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Tuesday, February 9, 2021) -

A TIME TO FLEE (3).

Special Note:

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:

Prayer Points:

1.I worship and adore You, my Father; You're my rock, my fortress, my deliverer; my creator and God, in whom I will trust.

2.Thank You, Father, for creating me in Your image and likeness, and for Your purpose and pleasure.

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

4.Father, let me never use the mouth that I have used in praising You, to praise any idol, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, let me never worship or bow down to any man-made god or idol, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, please, don't let me ever put my trust in any idol or give higher regard or honour to any other thing, living or non living, other than You, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, give me the grace for total and complete obedience; whenever You give me any instruction, don't let me go and confer with flesh and blood, again, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, please, give me a sacrificial heart of giving; let nothing be too precious or too big, for me to surrender for Your use, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, please, uphold me by Your right hand of righteousness, till the end, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye, and renew Your grace and anointing upon his life, 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.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: TUESDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2021.

THEME: A TIME TO FLEE III.

MEMORISE:

Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry. 1 Corinthians 10:14

READ: Deuteronomy 4:23-24

23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the Lord thy God hath forbidden thee.

24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

MESSAGE:

Our God is a jealous God. He hates to share you with any other god. That 1s why you must flee idolatry. Idolatry means worshipping idol. Anything you regard higher than God is an idol, whether you are doing it consciously or not. This is why you need to check who you are worshipping at every point in time. For some people, it is their Jobs. They don't Joke with their job at all; even when it clashes with God's will, their job is priority. Jesus said: .

"No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." Luke16:13

The moment your source of income has become so important that it takes priority over God, you are serving an idol. Many people purposely leave most of their money at home and take just a little amount to Church because they know that God can ask them to give more than they planned for. When God tells some people to sow a seed that they don't want to sow, they quickly tell their spouse because they know he or she will disagree, then they go back to God and say " Lord, you see that I wanted to sow, but my spouse refused". You forget that God can see your heart (Proverbs 16:2). When God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac to Him, Abraham could have quickly told Sarah, knowing that Sarah could hide the boy. He however kept mute; he didn't even say anything to the boy who was to be sacrificed. That is a heart that puts no other thing before God.

God does not want any other position in your heart but number one. The moment something else is competing with Him, He excuses Himself. He said you should either be hot or cold; if you are lukewarm, He will spew you out of His mouth (Revelations 3:16).

I once told a brother that we were going for evangelism on a Monday and would like to use his car. He immediately replied that he needed the car to go to work. I then assured him that all the vehicles we needed were already prepared; it was just a test He couldn't even take public transportation to work for only one day so that the Word could be preached to lost souls.

At one point or the other God will ask you to choose between His will and something or someone you love very much. I hope you choose God.

REFLECTION:

Is God really number one in your life?

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: John 9-10

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 14: JESUS MY LORD, MY GOD, MY ALL.

1. Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all!

How can I love Thee as I ought?

And how revere this wondrous gift,

So far surpassing hope or thought?

Refrain:

Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore!

Oh, make us love Thee more and more.

2. Had I but Mary's sinless heart

With which to love Thee, dearest King,

Oh, with what ever fervent praise,

Thy goodness, Jesus, would I sing!

3. Thy Body, Soul and Godhead, all!

O mystery of love divine!

I cannot compass all I have,

For all Thou hast and art is mine!

4. Sound, then, His praises higher still,

And come, ye angels, to our aid;

For this is God, the very God

Who hath both men and angels made!

Sunday, February 7, 2021

Open Heavens Prayer Points

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Monday, February 8, 2021) -

A Time To Flee 2

Special Note:

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:

Prayer Points:

1.Thank You, Father, for the salvation of my soul, and for Your promise to keep my feet from falling and my eyes from tears.

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

3.Father, please, give me the grace to flee youthful lust and anything that will annoy You, and cause You to turn Your back on me, in Jesus' name.

4.Father, whenever, the temptation to sin against You comes my way, please, make a way of escape for me, as You have promised, in Jesus' name.

5.I resist You Satan in my life and I overcome You with the blood of Jesus and with the testimonies of my mouth, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, arise, and scatter every plot of Satan to make me sin against You and lose my position in Your kingdom, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, please, give me the grace never to commit the sin of formication and adultery, no matter the pressure from the kingdom of darkness, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, let every 'Delilah' assigned to frustrate Your grace and anointing, upon my life, be frustrated and be disgraced, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, please, uphold me till the end by Your right hand of righteousness, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A.Adeboye, use him more for Your glory, and uphold him till the end, without any blemish or wrinkle, 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.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: MONDAY 8TH FEBRUARY 2021.

THEME: A TIME TO FLEE II.

MEMORISE:

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart. 2 Timothy 2:22

READ: Genesis 39: 7-12

7 And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.

8 But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

9 There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

10 And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.

11 And it came to pass about this time, that Joseph went into the house to do his business; and there was none of the men of the house there within.

12 And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.

MESSAGE:

Whatever you know or suspect will annoy God, run away from it. For example, in Malachi 3:8-9, the Almighty God says that if you rob Him of His tithe, He would curse you. If I were you, I would vehemently avoid a curse from God, because if God curses you Himself, who would cancel the curse? Don't spend His tithe!

"Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body." 1 Corinthians 6:18

In the above passage, it says clearly that you must flee fornication. God said if the devil comes against you, resist him and he will flee (James 4:7), but when you find someone who wants to lead you into fornication, don't wait to fight, flee! In Genesis 39 :7-1 5, when the wife of Potiphar tried to get Joseph to commit adultery with her, the Bible says that Joseph fled. You must flee fornication because the Bible says

that when someone has been committing sin for long and God says, "This fellow has become an abomination; I want to destroy Him", He will arrange for the fellow to commit adultery. Once he commits adultery, he is finished.

“The mouth of strange women is a deep pit: he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.” Proverbs 22: 14

Therefore, whenever you are beginning to feel tempted to commit adultery or fornication, you should cry to God and say "Lord, what have I done to become an abomination to you? Please forgive me" then flee whatever was drawing you to sexual immorality in the first place. The wife of one of my Pastors once reported to me that her husband's secretary had been cooking and bringing him meals in the office every day. I sent for the man and he, confirmed his wife's report. I said, "Go back and sack that secretary". He did, but then reemployed her two weeks later. When I heard, I told him "You are about to destroy yourself'. Before long, the man and his secretary-a married, woman went to start their own Church. Soon after, the secretary chased him out of the Church that they both founded. After that, her husband discovered that two of their sons were the biological children of the so-call ed Pastor -her former boss. In short, everything started to go down for the man when he refused to flee the source of adultery. It does not matter how hard it is: flee fornication so that you would not be destroyed.

KEY POINT:

Adultery and fornication are not things to joke with at all. If you have ever done it in the past, cry to God today to forgive you.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: John 6-8

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 7: HAVE YOU BEEN TO JESUS.

1. Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow’r?