Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: SATURDAY DECEMBER 30TH, 2023.

THEME: DON'T BE GREEDY

MEMORISE: 

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. 

Proverbs 15:27

READ: Proverbs 1:17-19  

17 Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

19 So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof

MESSAGE:

Proverbs 1:17-19 says he who is greedy of gain laid wait for his own blood. He ambushes his own life. God says you are waiting to destroy your own life when you are greedy. 

Proverbs 15:27 says the one who is greedy of gain troubleth his own house. You create a problem for your family when you are greedy. Children can get into trouble because their parents have been greedy.

Several years ago, when we were starting a parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Zambia, a native who was supposed to be our first representative was collecting money for the purpose of building the Church, and diverting it to his private use. One day, his daughter was playing with their door - a little one installed to stop goats from gaining entrance into the house while fresh air and illumination can come from the top. Suddenly, the door broke off and a loose nail from it pierced the girl's eye and plucked it out. I prayed for the child, reminding the Lord of her father's service in the church. The Lord said I should ask him certain things. I did, further telling him about what God would do if he lied. With his head down, trembling, he said, "I have not been faithful. I have been misappropriating the money sent to me to build the church".

Those who are greedy may show off their ill-gotten wealth

and parade themselves as smart, but as the word of God

stands sure, their real pain is on its way. Some are already

going through their own pain and are hiding it from the

whole world. Don't get tempted to become like them

because you don't know the sufferings they are hiding in

the background.

Greed is an invitation to take unlawfully what is not yours.

The interesting thing is, that thing you are greedily desiring

can be yours if only you will patiently go through the right

process. Those who allow greed to override contentment

in their lives will eventually lose what they have. The devil

was an archangel but lost it all because he was greedy for

what could never be his. A greedy fellow has no gratitude

for God's blessings in his or her life and believes in

snatching what belongs to others.

Think about all God has done for you this year and express your gratitude to Him so He can do more for you in 2024.

PRAYER POINT

Lord, help me to be happy and content with all you have given me, in Jesus name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Revelation 18-19

AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 16: PRAISE HIM PRAISE HIM, OUR BLESSED REDEEMER

1 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!

Sing, O earth, his wonderful love proclaim!

Hail him, hail him! Highest archangels in glory!

Strength and honor give to his holy name!

Like a shepherd, Jesus will guard his children.

In his arms he carries them all day long.

Refrain:

Praise him! Praise him! tell of his excellent greatness.

Praise him! Praise him! ever in  joyful song.

2 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!

For our sins, he suffered, and bled, and died.

He our rock, our hope of eternal salvation,

hail him, hail him! Jesus, the crucified.

Sound his praises, Jesus who bore our sorrows,

love unbounded, wonderful, deep, and strong.

3 Praise him, praise him! Jesus, our blessed redeemer!

Heav’nly portals loud with hosannas ring!

Jesus, Savior, reigneth forever and ever!

Crown him, crown him! prophet, and priest, and king!

Christ is coming, over the world victorious.

Pow’r and glory unto the Lord belong.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVENS: 

Friday, 29 December, 2023 

SETTLED BEFOREHAND 

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, because before the mountains were brought forth, or ever, thou had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.

2.Father, You're the Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end; You know  the future as well as the past.

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, go ahead of me into year 2024 and make every crooked path straight, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: that may obstruct, my progress and breakthroughs, in the coming year, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, provide ahead of me, the solution to every problem or challenge that I may encounter, in the coming year, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, please, grant me divine revelation and guidance as to the solution to every challenge that may be ahead of me, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, please, uproot from my way every mountain or obstruction, that may be blocking my way, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, reveal unto me the way to go and what to do for me to succeed in the coming year, 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 🙏

 Isaiah 63:12-13 (KJV)  That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? May the Lord by His mercy lead you through the remaining days of 2023 into 2024 that you may be focused, committed, strong that you may not stumble, encounter any hardship or struggles of life in Jesus mighty name.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: FRIDAY DECEMBER 29TH, 2023.

THEME: SETTLED BEFOREHAND 

MEMORISE: 

I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron: 

Isaiah 45:2

READ: EXODUS 15:22-25

22 So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

23 And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.

24 And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink?

25 And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

MESSAGE:

In our Bible reading for today, long before the children of Israel got to Marah, there was a tree growing by the pool of water. The implication of that is this: before your problem started, God had provided the solution.

Whatever may be the nature of your problem, the solution is already waiting. All you need from God is guidance on what the solution is and how to use it. Psalm

90:2 says: "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God."

God has been there before whatever mountain might be blocking you, so He can uproot it easily.

The good thing is that God is not only the Alpha, He is also the Omega (Revelation 1:8), so He knows the future as well as the past. He knows the things that the devil may be planning for you in 2024 and so will provide all you need to overcome him in the new year, even from now, in Jesus' name.

He has already put in you all that you need to overcome in 2024. Fear not. Before Goliath started terrorising Israel, the stone that would kill him had been formed, waiting for when David would pick it up, put it in his catapult and shoot it at the giant. Before the Philistines came for Samson, the jaw bone of the ass was already there, waiting. Before 2024 arrives, the things you will need to overcome in the new year are already available to you. The tree that would turn bitter water to sweet had been there before the Israelites got to Marah; all that happened when Moses cried unto God is that light shone on a particular tree and God told Moses what should be done with it.

Isaiah 30:21 says that when you find yourself at a crossroads, you would hear a word behind you, showing you the way. I pray that the way you will walk successfully through 2024 will be revealed to you today, in Jesus' name. God will show you what to do to succeed in the new year, in the mighty name of Jesus.

PRAYER POINT

Father, please cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for in you do I trust, Please Lord cause me to know the way I should walk for I lift up my soul unto You. (Psalm 143:8)

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Revelation 15-17

AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 5: BLESSED ASSURANCE 

Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine

O what a foretaste of glory divine

Heir of salvation, purchase of God

Born of His spirit, washed in His blood

This is my story, this is my song

Praising my Savior all the day long

This is my story, this is my song

Praising my Savior all the day long

Perfect submission, perfect delight

Visions of rapture now burst on my sight

Angels descending bring from above

Echoes of mercy, whispers of love

This is my story, this is my song

Praising my Savior all the day long

This is my story, this is my song

Praising my Savior all the day long

Praising my Savior all the day long

Open Heavens Prayer Points

PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVEN: 

Thursday, 28 December, 2023  

TALK IS CHEAP 

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, whatever You say You will do, that is what You will do. You are the 'talk and do' God.

2.Thank You, Father, for  all the good things You have spoken and done, in my life and destiny.

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, make me not only the hearer of Your word, but also the doer, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, release upon my life, the grace to practice what I  say or preach, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, please, give me the grace to live by Your word, daily, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, let Your fire consume and destroy every spirit of hypocrisy, in my life, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, please, don't let me cause anyone to derail or go astray, by not practicing what I preach, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, please, help me not to lead  people into hell fire, 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 🙏

 Mark 4:37, 39 (KJV)  And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. May the Lord by His mercy come into your situation, silence whatever has become a storm, grant you peace and move you to that position of total fulfilment in the mighty name of Jesus Christ.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: THURSDAY DECEMBER 28TH, 2023.

THEME: TALK IS CHEAP

MEMORISE: 

The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, 

Acts 1:1  

READ: Matthew 23:1-7

1  Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,

2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.

4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments,

6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues,

7And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.

MESSAGE:

Talk is cheap. I have seen countless people talk about things that are good, but when it comes to practicing them, they are nowhere to be found. There are many Pastors who preached 'Powerful' sermons on the altar, but at home, they don't practice what they preach. Talk is cheap, that is why only cheap people stay on the level of talk.

If l tell someone that over-speeding when driving is unsafe and then l do the same, does the fact that l talk about it exempt me from the consequences? If you talk about prayer so well and you don't pray, all the problems that follow prayerlessness will keep following you. This is why many people who are sound in Scriptures, yet the word of God does not seem to be yielding anything in their lives. Many a time, it is because they only know the Scriptures, they don't live by it.

The former treatise have l made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach.

Acts 1:1

The above passage shows how Jesus lived. He first 'did' before He 'taught'. If you have not done that thing, you have no business teaching it. If it is really valuable as you claim it is, then you should do it first. We who teach the gospel must note what James 3:1 says that teachers will receive the strictest judgement. This is because if you teach it, God expects you to have already been doing it. When you teach what you don't do, that is hypocrisy. There are many people who are derailed when they see a teacher of the word not practicing what he or she preached. May people not go to hell because you showed them the wrong example, in Jesus' name. Matthew 18:6 says:

But whosoever shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

If you really believe what you teach, practice it. If you cannot practice it, stop teaching it.

KEY POINT

Merely talking about something does not accrue it's benefits to you. Practicing it is what  does.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Revelation 12-14

AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 3: ANCIENT WORDS

1 Holy words long preserved

for our walk in this world,

They resound with God's own heart

Oh, let the Ancient words impart.

Chorus

Ancient words ever true

Changing me, and changing you. 

We have come with open hearts

Oh let the ancient words impart.

2 Words of Life, words of Hope

Give us strength, help us cope

In this world, where e'er we roam

Ancient words will guide us Home.

3 Holy words of our Faith

Handed down to this age.

Came to us through sacrifice

Oh heed the faithful words of Christ.

4 Holy words long preserved

For our walk in this world.

They resound with God's own heart

Oh let the ancient words impart.