Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: MONDAY AUGUST 5TH 2024

THEME: FIRE IN YOUR BOSOM

MEMORISE: Abstain from all appearance of evil.     1 Thessalonians 5:22

READ: Proverbs 4:14-15 

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men.

15 Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.

MESSAGE

The Bible says that a man cannot take fire in his bosom and not be burnt (Proverbs 6:27). Fire in this context is sin. If a believer is allowing sin or an appearance of sin around him or her, he or she is taking fire in his or her bosom and will eventually be burned.

I learned from Joseph's story that when the devil is determined to bring a man down, he will position temptation around him such that he will keep seeing it continually. He knows that if the temptation is right in front of the fellow every day, it is only a matter of time before he falls. This is why I have always told my children that they must not have a secretary or personal assistant who is of the opposite sex. It is better not to bring the

temptation anywhere near you than to believe that you can resist it.

A common adage in Yoruba land says, if you will not eat it, don't smell it. If a man has been asking you for a relationship that you know will lead to sin, why are you still answering his calls? If you are always tempted to steal, why will you agree to help your group or department keep the money they have contributed? You must stay far from whatever you know can lead you to sin because the devil is described as a serpent. A serpent is very subtle and cunning. As dangerous as it is, it can crawl right beside you without you realizing it. You may have sworn that you will never do something, but if you allow that thing around you, the devil will cunningly get you to do it.

The elders say that it is through an opening in a wall that the lizard gains entrance into the house. When you give room to temptation around you, you have opened up the wall of your soul, and it is only a matter of time before sin creeps in. Unfriend that friend who always suggests sinful things, relocate from that area where you are more susceptible to committing sin, delete whatever is on phone that can lead you to sin, and just do whatever it takes to get sin far away from you. It is better to lose these things and make it to heaven than to retain them and go to hell.

ACTION POINT

Think about the things or people that present temptations to you regularly and ensure that you stay away from them.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 9-11

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 DEVOTIONAL

Sunday, 4th August 2024 

THE RED SEA MUST PART 

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.  Heavenly Father, I worship You because You are the way maker, You are the miracle working God, the God of all possibilities and there is nothing too hard for You to do 

2.  Father, thank You specially for the salvation of my soul, thank You for making a way for me where there's none and loading my life daily with miracles

3.  Father, please, in any area I have sinned against You and have fallen short of Your glory, have mercy on me and forgive me, in Jesus' name

4.   Arise O Lord, and let all Your enemies be scattered, make a way of escape for me over every terrible situation before me, in Jesus' name

5.  Father, every  impossible situation before me that has resisted all possible human solutions, O Lord of host, arise and let there be a turn-around now, in Jesus' name

6.  Father, as the day break-forth through the night, and the red sea parted for the Israelites, let there be light over every darkness around me and let the impossible become possible, in Jesus' name 

7.  Father, whatever that represents the red sea in my life, family and ministry, making it difficult for me to progress, let the sea part and make a way for me now, in Jesus' name

8.  Father, I confront every long-term problem hindering my miracles, be uprooted now, in Jesus' name 

9.  Father, until You change my situation, I will not let go, I refuse to condone the problems any further; frustrate all that the devil is doing to win the battle over me, in Jesus' name 

10.  Father, this red sea (mention the problem) must part today, please, make a way for me Lord 

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: SUNDAY AUGUST 4TH 2024.

THEME: THE RED SEA MUST PART

MEMORISE: And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.       Genesis 32:24

READ: Exodus 14:21-29 

21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.

22 And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground: and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

23 And the Egyptians pursued, and went in after them to the midst of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, his chariots, and his horsemen.

24 And it came to pass, that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and troubled the host of the Egyptians,

25 And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

26 And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

27 And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.

29 But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.

MESSAGE

In Exodus 14:5-31, the Israelites were in a terrible situation. Behind them, the Egyptian army was charging at them, and in front of them was a great sea they could not swim across. There was no humanly possible solution to their problem, yet they turned to a fellow human, Moses, for help. Thank God Moses was wise enough to turn to God because, at crossroads like that, the only way out is the way God provides.

In situations like the one the Israelites were in, you should face God and say, "Lord, this Red Sea must par I will not let You go except You make a way for me." Those are not times for gentlemanly prayers; they are times for violent prayers such that God will know that you will not rest until you geta miracle.

I remember one time that I was in such a situation. I lay flat on the road in the middle of the night at Redemption City, crying to God desperately for help. When there is a serious problem and there is no way out, I’ll hold on to God in prayers, and I don't let go until He parts the sea and makes a way for me.

In Matthew 15:22-28, the Canaanite woman knew that the only solution to her daughter's problem was with Jesus, so she did not let anything deter her; she pestered Him until she got what she wanted. The woman with the issue of blood had gone to all the doctors in the land and spent all her money, yet the illness remained. She knew that the only way out of her problem was to make contact with Jesus, so even though the crowd was great and she was weak from all the bleeding, she pressed through until she touched Him and got her healing.

Maybe the reason some Christians are relaxed in the place of prayer is that they cannot see how close the enemy is to them. Maybe they cannot see that the devil is doing all he can to win the battle over them. Beloved, don’t wait until it is too late; pray now! Don't condone that problem any further; deal with it now. Stop thinking that your solution is with any man when only God can help you. If you call on Him to make a way for you where there is no way, He will do it. Are you ready to pray now?

PRAYER POINT

Father, this Red Sea (mention the problem) must part today! Please make a way for me Lord!

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 6-8

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 22: SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER

1.  Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 

that calls me from a world of care, 

and bids me at my Father's throne 

make all my wants and wishes known. 

In seasons of distress and grief, 

my soul has often found relief, 

and oft escaped the tempter's snare 

by thy return, sweet hour of prayer! 

2.  Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 

the joys I feel, the bliss I share 

of those whose anxious spirits burn 

with strong desires for thy return! 

With such I hasten to the place 

where God my Savior shows his face, 

and gladly take my station there, 

and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer! 

3.  Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 

thy wings shall my petition bear 

to him whose truth and faithfulness 

engage the waiting soul to bless. 

And since he bids me seek his face, 

believe his word, and trust his grace, 

I'll cast on him my every care, 

and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

Open Heavens Prayer Points

PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVEN DEVOTIONAL

Saturday, 3rd August 2024 

DISCIPLINE SHAPES YOUR FUTURE

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 loving me, thank You for paying my debt at the Cross of Calvary for the salvation of my soul 

2.  Father, thank You for chastening me and for bringing me back to the path of the way of the Cross while I strayed away in disobedience 

3.  Father, please, in any area I have sinned against You and not yielded to Your chastening, have mercy on me and forgive me, in Jesus' name

4.   Father, please, do not abandon me into the hands of the devil whenever I need to be chastened so you can bring out the best in me, in Jesus' name

5.  Father, help me not to resist the chastening of the present, no matter how grievous it seems, help me to yield to corrections so that I can enjoy the good fruits thereof, in Jesus' name

6.  Father, help me to put myself under strict discipline, never to sell my birthright in You, no matter the pressure to bow to the pleasure for food, sex and sleep, in Jesus' name 

7.  Father, whatever I need to suffer now in order to enjoy when I am old, help me to pay the price now. Let my end be far better than my beginning, in Jesus' name

8.  Father, may I not  trade my tomorrow for the short-term pleasures of today, I refuse to trade my generational blessings for food, sexual immorality and spiritual slumbering, in Jesus' name 

9.  Father, help me to treasure and guard Your grace on me in order to escape the disgrace of the future, in Jesus' name 

10.  Father, help me to accept and go through the discipline that is necessary for a better future, now, 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: SATURDAY AUGUST 3RD 2024

THEME: DISCIPLINE SHAPES YOUR FUTURE

MEMORISE: Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Hebrews 12:11

READ: Genesis 25:29-34

29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint:

30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom.

31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright.

32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me?

33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob.

34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.

MESSAGE

While I was in secondary school, my teacher told us that every human being came into the world with a pillow of suffering which they must use before they leave the earth.

You can choose to use your pillow of suffering when you are young so that you can enjoy your life when you are old, or you can keep it intact and enjoy yourself when you are young.

However, you must understand that you will surely use the pillow when you are old.

If you decide to use your pillow of suffering when you are young, you will put yourself through strict discipline.

You will study while others are playing, attend vigils while others are partying, build a good character while others are engaging in vices, and save while others spend all their income.

The memory verse for today says that periods of discipline may not seem pleasant, but they bring peace of mind in the future.

Those who do not put themselves through discipline early in their lives will surely have their pillows of suffering waiting for them in the future. The choice is yours, go through the suffering of discipline now, or face the consequences of indiscipline later.

Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.

Ecclesiastes 7:8

Your end is more important than your beginning. It doesn’t matter if you are from a poor background; what matters is that you don’t die poor. It doesn’t matter if you were heading to hell; what matters is that you end up in heaven. Don’t trade your tomorrow for the short-term pleasures of today.

Esau was hungry, and he traded his right as the firstborn for a plate of porridge; he traded generational blessings for a single plate of porridge!

Today, we would have been talking about the God of Abraham, Isaac and Esau, but Esau gave his position to Jacob because he wanted to eat porridge. You might say that Esau was foolish, but many people are doing the same thing today.

There are people who were destined to be great prophets but never fulfilled their destiny because of five minutes of sexual immorality.

Some potential owners of multinational businesses trade working on their business ideas for a little more sleep every night.

Beloved, the cost of discipline today is nothing compared to its gains in the future.

REFLECTION

Am I going through the discipline that is necessary for a better future now?

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Jeremiah 4-5

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 1

ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS’ NAME

All hail the pow’r of Jesus’ name!

  Let angels prostrate fall,

  Let angels prostrate fall;

Bring forth the royal diadem,

And crown Him, crown Him,

  crown Him, crown Him;

  And crown Him Lord of all!

2 Ye chosen seed of Israel’s race,

  Ye ransomed from the fall,

  Ye ransomed from the fall,

Hail Him who saves you by His grace,

3 Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget

  The wormwood and the gall,

  The wormwood and the gall,

Go, spread your trophies at His feet,

4 Let every kindred, every tribe,

  On this terrestrial ball,

  On this terrestrial ball,

To Him all majesty ascribe,

5 O that with yonder sacred throng

  We at His feet may fall,

  We at His feet may fall!

We’ll join the everlasting song,

Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

 OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: FRIDAY AUGUST 2ND 2024

THEME: PRAYERS FOR YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD

MEMORISE: Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.

Psalm 122:6

READ: Leviticus 19:15-18 

15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

1. Thank You Lord for my neighbourhood. Thank Yo for all my neighbours and the leaders in my community.

2. Father, pray that Your kingdom will be established in my community. Let Your will be done at all times in my neighbourhood, in Jesus' name.

3. Father, please deploy Your angels to protect us in my community. Let no evil overcome us, in Jesus' name.

4. Father, I put all the children in this community in Your hands. Let them be godly, and let them grow to become global champions, in Jesus' name.

5. Father, please let this community be uncomfortablemfor evildoers. I displace them from this community, in Jesus' name.

6. Father, please let the weather in this community be favourable for our health and well-being, in Jesus'

7. Father, please let the government establish laws and execute policies that will favour us, in Jesus' name. name.

8. Father, please use me to bring everyone in this community close to you. Please help me to cause a revival in my community and let all my neighbours surrender their lives to You, in Jesus' name.

9. Father, please give the leaders of this community wisdom to direct our affairs. Let them make the right decisions that will make the community better, in Jesus' name.

10. Father, mark every home in this community like the homes of the Israelites in Exodus 12:13. Don't let death or sorrow have any place in this community, in Jesus' name.

11. Lord, let my community be a blessing to the nation. Let us bring honour to our country, in Jesus' name.

12. Your personal prayer point for your neighbourhood.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 1-3

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 22: SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER

1 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 

that calls me from a world of care, 

and bids me at my Father's throne 

make all my wants and wishes known. 

In seasons of distress and grief, 

my soul has often found relief, 

and oft escaped the tempter's snare 

by thy return, sweet hour of prayer! 

2 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 

the joys I feel, the bliss I share 

of those whose anxious spirits burn 

with strong desires for thy return! 

With such I hasten to the place 

where God my Savior shows his face, 

and gladly take my station there, 

and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer! 

3 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! 

thy wings shall my petition bear 

to him whose truth and faithfulness 

engage the waiting soul to bless. 

And since he bids me seek his face, 

believe his word, and trust his grace, 

I'll cast on him my every care, 

and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

Open Heavens Prayer Points

PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVEN DEVOTIONAL 

Thursday, 1st August 2024 

HUMILITY, PRIDE AND MIRACLES

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 humility of Jesus to the point of death that brought me eternal life in You

2.  Father, thank You for the exemplary life of humility I have read and studied from in the Bible characters

3.    Father, in any area I have exhibited pride and sin against You, please, have mercy on me and forgive me, in Jesus' name 

4.  Father, uproot out of me, every spirit of pride that had denied me Your miracles, in Jesus' name

5.  Father, help me to humble myself before You in total worship, help me not to take any offence when I am rebuked or instructed, in Jesus' name 

6.  Father, at the set time for Your miracles in my life, may I remain humble in total obedience to divine instructions, in Jesus' name 

7.  Father, help me not to take divine instructions for granted no matter how childish they may appear, in Jesus' name

8.  Father, help me never to be too proud to submit myself to a man of God or carry out divine instructions, in Jesus' name 

9.  Father, help me to remain humble to enjoy Your miracles, in Jesus' name 

10.  Father,  help me to set aside every form of pride in me and to come to You as a child, 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).

#Happy new month

#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.