Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: SATURDAY JULY 20TH 2024

THEME: HONOUR ELDERS

MEMORISE: Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: l am the Lord.     Leviticus 19:32

READ: 1 Timothy 5:1-3

3  Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father; and the younger men as brethren;

4 The elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, with all purity.

5 Honour widows that are widows indeed.

MESSAGE

Nowadays, many young people think that they are superior to elders because they believe they are more sophisticated. An elder is an elder regardless of their educational, financial, and/or social status. People must always honor elders if they don't want curses on their heads (Deuteronomy 27:1 6).

Today's memory verse says that when you see an elder coming, you must rise up in honor of the elder. Don't let an elder pass by you without greeting them. If an elder is carrying something, you must run to them and help with whatever they are carrying. When an elder is talking to you, don't talk back immediately; let the elder finish speaking before you speak. Take a cue from Elihu in Job 32:4:

Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

Furthermore, in Job 32:6, Elihu did not just share his opinion; he spoke with honor to the elders, telling them that he was afraid to speak because he was before them. In verse 8, you will see that Elihu was the one who spoke the words that we often quote, "There is a spirit in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty gives him understanding." Clearly, he was wise and had understanding from God. You cannot claim to be filled with the Holy Spirit and dishonor your elders; that would be a lie.

Now you may say, what if an elder has done something terrible that is not expected from elders? The Bible says in 1 Timothy 5:1-3 that you must never rebuke an elder. It may surprise you to know that when Elihu did the things I referred to in the previous paragraph, he was very angry with the elders. He was angry with Job because Job was self-righteous, justifying himself rather than God. Yet, he waited for him to finish speaking before sharing his opinion with honor. Don't say you have holy anger and speak to an elder disrespectfully. Don't claim to be fighting for God and dishonor an elder. No matter how wrong an elder is, you must share your opinion respectfully and never dishonor them.

KEY POINT

A true child of God always honors elders, regardless of his or her status.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 25-28

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 30: WHEN WE WALK WITH THE LORD 

1. When we walk with the Lord 

in the light of his word, 

what a glory he sheds on our way! 

While we do his good will, 

he abides with us still, 

and with all who will trust and obey. 

Refrain:

Trust and obey, for there's no other way 

to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. 

2. Not a burden we bear, 

not a sorrow we share, 

but our toil he doth richly repay; 

not a grief or a loss, 

not a frown or a cross, 

but is blest if we trust and obey. 

3. But we never can prove 

the delights of his love 

until all on the altar we lay; 

for the favor he shows, 

for the joy he bestows, 

are for them who will trust and obey. 

4. Then in fellowship sweet 

we will sit at his feet, 

or we'll walk by his side in the way; 

what he says we will do, 

where he sends we will go; 

never fear, only trust and obey.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVEN DEVOTIONAL

Friday, 19th July 2024  

YOUR ARROWS 

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. Father, thank You for making me an arrow in the hands of my parents and thank You for also giving me children like arrows in the hands of the mighty

2. Father, thank You for ultimately making me Your child through the salvation work You completed on the Cross at Calvary

3. Father, please, forgive me if I have not done enough on my responsibility towards the children You have given me 

4. Father, make my children like arrows in the hands of the young man, empower them in all areas to go ahead into my future to make it more pleasurable, in Jesus' name 

5. Father, empower me to do my very best in training the children, Your heritage in my hands, to be the very best of Your purpose for them, in Jesus' name 

6. Father, help me to invest wisely in my children, may I enjoy the results thereof and let the results of my investments be obvious in them even when I am long gone, in Jesus' name.

7. Father, empower and bless me to give my children my best, help me to spend time to teach them the basic principles of life and Your word, in Jesus' name

8. Father, please, make my latter end better and greater than my beginning, may I enjoy long-term prosperity and peace of mind with my children, in Jesus' name.

9. Father, in Your mercy, may I never know shame over my children, in Jesus' name.

 

10. Father, notwithstanding my family background, before I am gone from the earth, let my name be known around the world for good, in Jesus' name

11. Father, bless your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye; grant him divine health and long life; and, bless his ministry, home, and family (biological and spiritual), forever, in Jesus' name.

12. 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.

13. 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.

14. Your Personal petitions.

( Philippians 4:6)

15 ..In Jesus' name I pray.

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

16. 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 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.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: FRIDAY JULY 19TH 2024

THEME: YOUR ARROWS

MEMORISE: As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

Psalm 127:4

READ: Psalms 127:3-5 

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

4 As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man; so are children of the youth.

5 Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.

MESSAGE

Today's memory verse says that children are like a young man's arrows. Young men can shoot arrows far ahead of them to ward off the enemy or any dangerous animal in their path. Likewise, your children are to go ahead of you into your future to make it more pleasurable. If you train your children well, when they are older, they will take care of you in your old age.

My mother and father did not have formal education. My family was called poor, even by the poor people in our village. The day my father bought an umbrella, we all celebrated in our house; that is how poor we were. However, even though we were very poor, my parents managed to send me to school. They sold their properties till there was nothing else to sell. That was the best decision they ever took because sending me to school brought the family out of poverty. Today, the name 'Adeboye' is known around the world because my parents used the money from selling their properties to pay my school fees.

Spend your money wisely; invest in your children because they are the arrows you will send to your future. They will be there for you when you are old, and when you are long gone, the results of your investment in them will still be obvious. There is an adage in Yorubaland that says that if you decide to build a house rather than build your child, the child you refused to build will sell off the house you built.

Choose to send your children to the best schools you can afford. Choose to spend quality time with them to teach them the basic principles of life and God's word. No investment in your children ever expires. Ecclesiastes 7:8 says that better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof. It is better to wear rags now and train your children than to wear the best clothes and leave your children untrained. It doesn't matter what you wear today; if your children are well-trained, they will buy you the best clothes and cars and even build houses for you when they get older.

Beloved, training your children well is important if you want to enjoy long-term prosperity and peace of mind.

REFLECTION

Are you doing your best when it comes to training your children?

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 20-24

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 28: GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH

1. Guide me, O thou  great Jehovah

pilgrim through this barren land;

I am weak, but you are mighty;

hold me with your powerful hand.

Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,

feed me now and evermore,

feed me now and evermore.

2. Open now the crystal fountain,

where the healing waters flow.

Let the fire and cloudy pillar

lead me all my journey through.

Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,

ever be my strength and shield,

ever be my strength and shield.

3. When I tread the verge of Jordan,

bid my anxious fears subside.

Death of death, and hell's Destruction,

land me safe on Canaan's side.

Songs of praises, songs of praises

I will ever sing to you,

I will ever sing to you.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

 PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVEN DEVOTIONAL

Thursday, 18th July 2024 

FLEE FORNICATION

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.  Father, thank You for making me Your temple, thank You for allowing Your Spirit to dwell in me

2.  Father, thank You for making Yourself a sacrifice for my sins through Your death on the Cross at Calvary

3.  Father, please, in any way I have sinned against You and fall short of Your glory, please have mercy on me, forgive me for defiling Your temple in me

4.  Father, I don't want to be destroyed by You, please, deliver me from every immorality in my body, purge my heart from immoral thoughts, in Jesus' name

5.  Father, empower me to flee from fornication, to stay away from anything and anyone that will lead me to fornication, in Jesus' name 

6.  Father, deliver me from every evil, immoral communication that corrupts good manners, help me never to give room for such, in Jesus' name.

7.   Father, help all our youths to avoid every romantic relationship outside marriage, deliver those in the bondage of casual romantic relationships, in Jesus' name

8.  Father, please restore the sanctity of sexual relationship back into our families, the church and the society, let all forms of immorality not be mentioned among us, in Jesus' name.

9.  Father, in Your mercy, turn the hearts of all our children to fear You and run from every sexual advances at them, in Jesus' name.

 

10.  Father, help me to overcome every temptation to fornicate, help me never to create the avenue for such with the opposite sex, in Jesus' name

11.  Father, bless your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye;  grant him divine health and long life; and, bless his ministry, home, and family (biological and spiritual), forever, in Jesus' name.

12.  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.

13.  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.

14.  Your Personal petitions.

( Philippians 4:6)

15 ..In Jesus' name I pray.

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

16.  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 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.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: THURSDAY JULY 18TH 202R4

THEME: FLEE FORNICATION

MEMORISE: 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

READ: Ephesians 5:3-8 

3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints;

4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient: but rather giving of thanks.

5 For this ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.

6 Let no man deceive you with vain words: for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience.

7 Be not ye therefore partakers with them.

8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

MESSAGE

Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy which temple ye are. 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

The above passage says that God destroys fornicators; He destroys them Himself. If a believer does not want God to destroy him or her, he or she must avoid fornication by all means. When fornication comes knocking on the door of your heart, you must flee!

How do you flee fornication? First, stay away from anything that can lead to fornication. Don't stay in secluded places alone with someone of the opposite sex. Don't have immoral conversations with that fellow who claims to be your friend because evil communication corrupts good manners (1 Corinthians 15:33). If someone is making sexual advances at you, run! Don't give room for the fellow to try and convince you at all. When Potiphar's wife was trying to get Joseph to sleep with her, he ran for his dear life (Genesis 39:7-1 2).

Beloved, there is no point in Christians entering into romantic relationships if the mutual intention is not marriage -a relationship like that is a time bomb, waiting to blow up its participants. If you cannot tell your pastor that you want to go into a relationship with someone, then you must not go into that relationship. A child of God should not have casual romantic relationships, rather, he or she should have a fiancé or fiancée.

If you are mature enough to get married, and the desire to have sexual relations is getting so much that it is difficult to cope, then get married. God sanctions sexual relations only within the confines of marriage. To avoid the destruction that comes with fornication, it is better that you get married. The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 7:9, "But it they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn."

There is absolutely nothing worthwhile to gain or enjoy from fornicating; the result is always destruction. If you don't believe me, ask Samson or Reuben, They will tell you that if they could reverse time, the only thing they would change about their lives is that they would avoid fornication.

KEY POINT

There is absolutely nothing worthwhile to gain or enjoy from fornicating; the result is always destruction.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 15-19

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 31: YIELD NOT TO TEMPTATION

1. Yield not to temptation,

For yielding is sin;

Each vict’ry will help you,

Some other to win;

Fight valiantly onward,

Evil passions subdue;

Look ever to Jesus,

He will carry you through.

Refrain:

Ask the Savior to help you,

Comfort, strengthen and keep you;

He is willing to aid you,

He will carry you through.

2. Shun evil companions,

Bad language disdain;

God’s name hold in rev’rence,

Nor take it in vain;

Be thoughtful and earnest,

Kindhearted and true;

Look ever to Jesus,

He will carry you through. 

3. To him that o’ercometh,

God giveth a crown;

Through faith we will conquer,

Though often cast down;

He who is our Savior,

Our strength will renew;

Look ever to Jesus,

He will carry you through.

Open Heavens Prayer Points

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heaven 

Wednesday, 17th July 2024 - 

THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE 

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.  Father, thank You for the institution of marriage and for making me member of family.

2.  Father, Your plan and purpose for establishing marriage is for companionship , for fruitfulness, to multiply, to replenish, to subdue and to dominate, thank You because my family shall fulfill these purpose, in Jesus name 

3.  Father, please, in any way I have sin against You and fall short of Your purpose for marriage, please have mercy on me and save my marriage from destruction 

4.  Father, please, make my spouse and I, true companion and not competitors, in Jesus name

5.  Father, You have given me my spouse as a gift to help me achieve Your purpose for my life, please, help me to be able to create the environment that encourages him or her, in Jesus name 

6.  Father, give me wisdom to be able to know what to do to get my spouse to help me, in Jesus name.

7.   Father,  help me to always encourage and give my spouse room to help me, teach me not to hide things for him/her, in Jesus name

8.  Father, help me not to follow the recent worldly trend, seeking to overturn the roles of husbands and wives in marriages, in Jesus name.

9.  Father, please, make my spouse and  I winners, making impact in places of authority, help me to play my part in ensuring a successful home, in Jesus name.

 

10.  Father, help me not to leave my duty post, help me to handle my role, support my spouse, so that my entire family will win at the end of the day, in Jesus name

11.  Father, bless your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye;  grant him divine health and long life; and, bless his ministry, home, and family (biological and spiritual), forever, in Jesus name.

12.  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.

13.  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.

14.  Your Personal petitions.

( Philippians 4:6)

15 ..In Jesus name I pray.

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

16.  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 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.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: WEDNESDAY JULY 17TH 2024

THEME: THE PURPOSE OF MARRIAGE

MEMORISE: And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him. Genesis 2:18

READ: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 

9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

MESSAGE

Our memory verse tells us clearly that marriage was established primarily for companionship. God made a help meet for Adam, not a competitor. Any marriage where the husband and wife

compete against each other will not stand because Mark 3:25 says that a house divided against itself shall not stand.

Husband, your wife is a gift from God to help you achieve His purpose for your life. You must create the environment that encourages her to help you rather than compete with you. If not for my wife's help and the grace of God, I would not have achieved all | have achieved in ministry today. Ask God to give you the wisdom to know what to do to get your spouse to help you.

l always encourage and give room for my wife to help me. I don't hide things from her, rather, I hand some things over to her to handle. After major programmes like our annual conventions, I buy her gifts to say, "Thank you for your support." This encourages her to help me more in subsequent programmes.

Wives, stop trying to compete with your husbands. Don't follow the recent worldly trend that is seeking to overturn the roles of husbands and wives in marriages. Don't turn your marriage into a competition where there is a winner and a loser. One person's win is a win for both of you. The more impact your spouse makes, the prouder you should be. In Proverbs 31:23, the Bible says that a good wife makes her husband proud. Husband, if your wife making an impact in places of authority, you should hold your head up high; it does not reduce you as a man; it enhances you. It shows that you know how to nurture talent well, and things flourish in your hands.

Let all involved parties play their part in ensuring a successful home. If every footballer on a field tries to be the striker so that they can boast of the number of goals they score, who will be the goalkeeper and ensure that the opponent doesn't score against them? The fact that you are a defender does not make you any less valuable than the striker. Play your part, and you will both enjoy the rewards of success. Don't leave your duty post to compete with your teammate and end up losing in life entirely. Handle your role, support your spouse, and your entire family will win at the end of the day.

KEY POINT

It is better to be a defender in a winning team than to be a star player in a losing

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 12-14

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 30: WHEN WE WALK WITH THE LORD 

1. When we walk with the Lord 

in the light of his word, 

what a glory he sheds on our way! 

While we do his good will, 

he abides with us still, 

and with all who will trust and obey. 

Refrain:

Trust and obey, for there's no other way 

to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey. 

2. Not a burden we bear, 

not a sorrow we share, 

but our toil he doth richly repay; 

not a grief or a loss, 

not a frown or a cross, 

but is blest if we trust and obey. 

3. But we never can prove 

the delights of his love 

until all on the altar we lay; 

for the favor he shows, 

for the joy he bestows, 

are for them who will trust and obey. 

4. Then in fellowship sweet 

we will sit at his feet, 

or we'll walk by his side in the way; 

what he says we will do, 

where he sends we will go; 

never fear, only trust and obey.