Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL 

DATE: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2023.

TOPIC: THE MOST HIGH I

MEMORISE:

He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.

Psalm 91:1

READ:

Psalm 47:1-9

1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

MESSAGE:

Our God is the Most High (Ecclesiastes 5:8). Jesus' name is higher than every other (Philippians 2:9), and this means all the problems you are currently facing are below Him. Every now and then, you need to shout the name JESUS so that your problem will hear it and flee. His throne is higher than any other because it is in the heavens, far above all principalities and powers. His army is bigger and stronger than any other because He controls all the hosts in heaven, on earth and underneath the earth. According to Philippians 2:9-11, not only is His name higher than any other, His influence is also in all the spheres because, in Heaven, on earth and underneath the earth, knees bow to Him. The fact that God is the Most High however, has certain implications. We will begin to discuss this today and over the next few days.

Firstly, being the Most High, He has the last say over every matter. If you have a case in a High Court and the judge finds you guilty, you can appeal the ruling. If the Appeal Court says you are guilty, you can appeal to the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court says you are guilty, the President may decide to grant you a state pardon. There is however, somebody higher than the President and that is the Almighty God. He is not a President, a Prime Minister, or a King. He is the King of kings and the Lord of lords. He is the King who decrees a thing and it stands fast (Psalm 33:9).

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 10:28

In Exodus 5:1-2, the world's greatest ruler then was Pharaoh. Moses relayed God's message to him saying, "Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness". Pharaoh refused and said, "Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice to let Israel go?" By the time God had finished with him, he was the one begging the people to go. If you disobey God, it means you love death (Proverbs 8:36). If you have any wisdom, you will fear the Most High and stay away from anything that can offend Him.

KEY POINT:

If you have any wisdom, you will fear the Most High and stay away from anything that can offend Him.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:

HOSEA 10-14

AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE 

HYMN 1

ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS' NAME

1. All hail the power of Jesus' Name!

Let angels prostrate fall;

Bring forth the royal diadem,

And crown Him Lord of all.

Bring forth the royal diadem,

And crown Him Lord of all.

2. Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre,

And as they tune it, fall

Before His face Who tunes their choir,

And crown Him Lord of all.

Before His face Who tunes their choir,

And crown Him Lord of all.

3. Crown Him, ye morning stars of light,

Who fixed this floating ball;

Now hail the strength of Israel's might,

And crown Him Lord of all.

Now hail the strength of Israel's might,

And crown Him Lord of all.

4. Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God,

Who from His altar call;

Extol the stem of Jesse's Rod,

And crown Him Lord of all.

Extol the stem of Jesse's Rod,

And crown Him Lord of all.

5. Ye seed of Israel's chosen race,

Ye ransomed from the fall,

Hail Him Who saves you by His grace,

And crown Him Lord of all.

Hail Him Who saves you by His grace,

And crown Him Lord of all.

6. Hail Him, ye heirs of David's line,

Whom David Lord did call,

The God incarnate, Man divine,

And crown Him Lord of all.

The God incarnate, Man divine,

And crown Him Lord of all.

7. Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget,

The wormwood and the gall,

Go spread your trophies at His feet,

And crown Him Lord of all.

Go spread your trophies at His feet,

And crown Him Lord of all.

8. Let every tribe and every tongue

Before Him prostrate fall,

And shout in universal song,

And crown Him Lord of all.

And shout in universal song,

And crown Him Lord of all.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens:

Friday September 15, 2023

The Wages of Sin

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

1.I worship and adore You, my Father, You're the One who specializes in lifting people out of the miry clay and placing their feet on the rock, to stand firm.

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

3.Thank You, Father, for, bringing me out of the darkness of this world into Your marvelous light in Christ Jesus.

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

forgive me; let Your mercy prevail over judgement of sin in my life, in Jesus name.

5.Father, please, forgive me all my sins, and cleanse me from all unrighteousness, in Jesus name.

6.Father, please, release upon my life the power to go and sin no more, in Jesus name.

7.Father, please, give me the power to obey and to do Your perfect will at all times, in Jesus name.

8.Father, please, blot out all my transgressions and give me the power to live above sin and above all the powers of the flesh, in Jesus name.

9.Father, please, grant me the grace to see You in glory, in Jesus name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye; and, bless his ministry, home, and family (biological and spiritual), forever, 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 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'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.

LETS PRAY 🙏

 Genesis 1:28 (KJV)  And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth. By the mercy of God may you be  blessed, may you be fruitful, may you multiply and may the power to replenish, subdue and have dominion come upon you in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL 

DATE: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2023.

TOPIC: THE WAGES OF SIN

MEMORISE:

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Romans 6:23

READ:

ROMANS 6:18-23

18 Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

20 For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

21 What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.

22 But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life.

23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

MESSAGE:

Many people are in the miry clay of life. A miry clay is a situation so terrible, you cannot get out of it by yourself; you need external help to get you out of it. When the doctor tells someone that they have done their best and there is nothing more they can do to make the fellow feel better, he knows that at that point, except God comes to his aid, he is finished. Thankfully, I have a God who specialises in lifting people out of the miry clay and placing their feet on the rock to stand firm (Psalm 40:2).

What do you do for the Almighty God to pull you out of the miry clay? The first thing is to realise that it is sin that brought you into the miry clay in the first instance. When the paralysed man was brought to Jesus in Mark 2:1-12, the first thing the Lord said to him was, "Your sins be forgiven you". The word of God is clear: the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). Sickness is an agent of death. You must repent and forsake your sins before you can come out of the miry clay. The Lord told the man at the pool of Bethesda, "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee" (John 5:14). If you don't get rid of sin in your life, you may never get out of that miry clay. David said in Psalm 66:18: "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:" How can you be expecting an answer from God when He cannot even hear your prayers at all?

I was invited to Tunisia about 11 years ago to speak at the World Prayer Conference and I said, "Brethren, I have come to submit to you that God answers all prayers". Some deep theologians called me aside and said that it is not true. Don't let anybody deceive you, God answers prayers. He said, "Call on me and I will answer you" (Jeremiah 33:3). He didn't say, "I may answer you". The only variable there is, He can only answer the prayers He hears. If He doesn't hear, how will there be an answer? Isaiah 59:1-2 says clearly that it is our sins that prevent God from hearing us.

If you are still obeying God half-heartedly, change your ways. It is in your best interest to do so.

KEY POINT:

Sin blocks you from the life of God and gives you death as an inheritance. Stay away from sin.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:

HOSEA 5-9

AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE 

HYMN 28

WHAT CAN WASH AWAY MY STAIN?

1. What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

What can make me whole again?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Refrain:

O precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know;

Nothing but the blood of Jesus. 

2. For my pardon this I see;

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

For my cleansing this my plea:

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

3. Nothing can for sin atone,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus:

Naught of good that I have done,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

4. This is all my hope and peace:

Nothing but the blood of Jesus:

This is all my righteousness:

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens:

Thursday, September 14, 2023

Cry To The Lord

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

1.I worship and adore You, merciful and everlasting God.

2.Thank You, Father, for always hearing and inclining Your ears unto me, when I cry to You.

3.Father, in anyway I have fallen short  of your glory, please, have mercy and 

forgive me; let Your mercy prevail over judgement of sin in my life, in Jesus name.

4.Father, please, incline Your ears to me today as I cry out to Him, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, let every impossibility in my life become possible, today, as I cry to You, in Jesus name.

6.Father, let every expectation of the enemies in my life, come to null and void, in Jesus name.

7.Father, contrary to the expectations of my enemies, let my breakthroughs and promotion come now, in Jesus name.

8.Father, where there seems to be no way, please, make a way for me, in Jesus name.

9.Father, wherever my name is mentioned, please, let favour answer on my behalf, in Jesus name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye; and, bless his ministry, home, and family (biological and spiritual), forever, 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 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'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.

LETS PRAY 🙏

 Exodus 15:19 (KJV)  For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea. May the Lord fight for you, open the sea that you may pass on dry ground but cause your enemies that pursue you to drown and be silenced for ever in Jesus mighty name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL 

DATE: THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2023.

TOPIC: CRY TO THE LORD

MEMORISE:

Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come unto thee.

Psalm 102:1

READ:

PSALM 40:1-2

1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.

2 He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.

MESSAGE:

In Psalm 40:1, David said God inclined unto him and heard his cry - not his whisper, but his cry. A cry in this context is a prayer made with violence. Matthew 11:12 says, "And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force."

You must therefore be violent in your dealings with things of the Kingdom of heaven. In Mark 10:46-52, the kind of prayer that Bartimeous prayed is what we call a cry. There was a multitude there just like there are multitudes calling on God every minute, but in the midst of that multitude, one man cried and God inclined His ear to Him.

When you cry to God and He inclines His ear to you, He lifts you out of the miry clay. Miry clay simply means a situation so bad that unless help comes from outside, you are done for. The more a person in quicksand struggles, the deeper he or she would go into it. It is a situation where there is nothing you can do on your own to be free. When in that kind of situation, you don't whisper, you cry. There is a practical example in Mark 2:1-12, where a man paralysed from the neck down was brought to Jesus. Every part of his body was dead except the neck upwards. There was nothing any doctor could do for him, but thank God for Jesus Christ. When Jesus saw him, He said, "Arise" and he came out of the miry clay. In the name that is above every other, you will come out of the miry clay.

Another example is in 2 Kings 4:1-7, where the widow of the son of the prophet was so badly in debt, the creditors said they would sell her children within 24 hours if she didn't pay. She didn't whisper, she cried to the man of God. Before the 24 hours were up, she had more than enough to pay her debt. I pray God will incline His ears to you today as you cry out to Him, in Jesus' name.

Whenever people cried unto the Lord again and again, He would eventually turn and attend to them. Let that be your disposition when you go to God in prayer. Don't pray like a gentleman or lady, with finesse. Cry to Him with all your strength, and He will incline His ear to you.

ACTION POINT:

Go to God today with that stubborn problem and cry to Him until He attends to you.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:

HOSEA 1-4

AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE 

HYMN 15

PASS ME NOT O GENTLE SAVIOUR

1. Pass me not, O gentle Saviour,

Hear my humble cry

While on others Thou art calling

Do not pass me by.

Saviour, Saviour,

Hear my humble cry

While on others Thou art calling

Do not pass me by. 

2. Let me at Thy 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?