Open Heaven For Today 2024 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Stir Up The Gift
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TOPIC: Stir Up The Gift
MEMORISE: “Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands.” – 2 Timothy 1:6 (KJV)
READ: 2 Kings 2:13-25 (KJV)
13 He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of Jordan;
14 And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, smote the waters, and said, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? And when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elisha went over.
15 And when the sons of the prophets to view at Jericho saw him, they said, The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. And they came to meet him and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
16 And they said unto him, Behold now, there be with thy servants fifty strong men; let them go, we pray thee, and seek thy master: lest peradventure the Spirit of the Lord hath taken him up, and cast him upon some mountain, or into some valley. And he said, Ye shall not send.
17 And when they urged him till he was ashamed, he said, Send. Therefore, They sent fifty men and sought three days but found him not.
18 And when they came again to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he said unto them, Did I not say unto you, Go not?
19 And the men of the city said unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the situation of this city is pleasant, as my Lord seeth: but the word is no, and the ground barren.
20 He said, Bring me a new cruse, and put salt therein. And they brought it to him.
21 And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the Lord, I have healed tLord waters; there shall not be any more death or barren land from thence.
22 So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha, which he spoke of.
23 And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
24 And he turned back, looked on them, and cursed them in the name of the Lord. And there came Lordh two she bears out of the wood, and tare forty and two children of them.
25 He went from thence Mountunt Carmel, and from thence he returned to Samaria.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Samuel 4-7
Open Heaven For Today 2024 MESSAGE
Many people have received an impartation of God’s anointing; however, miracles have yet to happen through them. When a fellow gets the anointing, it remains dormant in them until it is stirred up. When Elisha got Elijah’s mantle, it remained an ordinary cloth until he used it to strike the river and asked the river to part.
I once attended a Kenneth Hagin meeting in Tulsa, USA, and saw a raw demonstration of the power of God. I decided to see him, and I could by God’s grace. He asked me, “Young man, what do you want?” I replied, “Sir, I want everything in you that has made you who you are.” After attending to everyone else in his office, he turned to me and said, “Young man, kneel.” I knelt and saw his two big hands coming towards my head – that was the last thing I remembered. By the time I came around, I was on the floor, and he was kneeling by me with his hands on my head while praying furiously in tongues.
When we returned to Nigeria, I begged Papa, the General Superintendent of RCCG, to let me line people up and pray for them. In those days, we didn’t pray for anybody; everyone prayed alone. Papa allowed me, so we lined people up during the evening service on that Sunday. Some people who had been in Tulsa with me saw that people fell when Kenneth Hagin laid hands on them, so they came to stand behind the people lined up to catch them if they fell. I laid hands on the first fellow, but he didn’t fall. I wasn’t discouraged because I knew that people falling is not necessarily an indication that miracles have happened. However, by the time I got to the seventh fellow, someone fell under the anointing. After that, a couple of others also fell. I stirred up the gift I had received and saw it work mightily.
If hands have been laid on you, or a man of God has anointed you, it is not time to relax. The impartation will remain dormant if you don’t use it. Look for opportunities to pray for people and stir up the gift. The first fellow you pray for may not be healed immediately; keep stirring the gift, and soon, you will see it work mightily.
KEY POINT
You should thirst for the anointing, and if you have already received an impartation, God is waiting for you to stir it up.
HYMN 23 – Take My Life, And Let It Be
1 Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
2 Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee,
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
3 Take my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King;
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee,
Filled with messages from Thee.
4 Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose,
Every power as Thou shalt choose.
5 Take my will, and make it Thine;
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart; it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne,
It shall be Thy royal throne.
6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At Thy fLordits treasure-store.
Take me, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee,
Ever, only, all for Thee.
Open Heavens 2024 Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical churches in the world, and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile, and PC. Open Heaven for Today 2024
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Consecration
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TOPIC: Consecration
MEMORISE: “Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.” – 2 Corinthians 6:17 (KJV)
READ: Romans 12:1-2 (KJV)
1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what good acceptable, and perfect, will of God is.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Samuel 1-3
Open Heaven For Today 2024 MESSAGE
Consecration means surrendering to God, in other words, holding on to Him and Him alone. Unfortunately, many people hold on to Jesus with one hand and the world with the other. How do you explain Christians who claim to have given their all to Christ but who still consult witch doctors over challenging situations? Truly consecrated Christians are ready to go all the way for God. Such people may suffer a lot for the Lord, but they will count it all joy, as long as God is with them (James 1:2An An excellent example of a genuinely consecrated person was the Apostle Paul. He was sold out to Gosohat even when God warned him about being apprehended in Jerusalem; he still went there to preach the gospel (Acts 21:11-14). He was so consecrated that he declared in Galatians 2:20:
I am crucified with Christ; nevertheless,s I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me. And the life I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Consecrated people care about God more than anyone or anything else. I was watching an interview on Dove Television one day, and the guest said that in the past, all Christians cared about was for God to use them, but nowadays, people are more interested in how they can use God. Many people just use Christianity as a cover-up to look good in society, but when a little test comes, they denounce Christ. For example, these days, many Christians compromise their faith to get married. They wear revealing outfits to attract men, attend ungodly gatherings with the hope of finding suitors, and, worse still, engage in premarital sex.
A missionary’s inspiring story greatly impacted my decision to be consecrated to God. She was serving in an area that was hostile to Christianity. On her wedding day, while she was getting ready, the authorities raided her home and arrested her for preaching the gospel. Instead of crying, she smiled, kissed the handcuffs, and said, “Lord, I didn’t know ILord so special to You that You didn’t want to share me with anyone else. How beautiful is Your wedding ring to me.” She was so sold out to God that while others saw a disaster, she saw the handcuffs as God’s wedding ring to her as His bride.
Beloved, are you consecrated to Jesus?
REFLECTION
Are you willing to go throusufferingngs for the sake of Christ?
HYMN 23 – Take My Life, And Let It Be
1 Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
2 Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee,
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
3 Take my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King;
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee,
Filled with messages from Thee.
4 Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose,
Every power as Thou shalt choose.
5 Take my will, and make it Thine;
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart; it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne,
It shall be Thy royal throne.
6 Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At Thy fLordits treasure-store.
Take me, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee,
Ever, only, all for Thee.
Also Read: RCCG Sunday School Teacher Manual 31 March 2024: Intentional Parenting
Open Heavens 2024 Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical churches in the world, and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile, and PC. Open Heaven for Today 2024
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – He Did It All For You 2
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TOPIC: He Did It All For You 2
MEMORISE: “For then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” – Hebrews 9:26 (KJV)
READ: Matthew 26:37-45 (KJV)
37 And he took Pete, two sons of Zebedee, and Zebedeeo be sorrowful and heavy.
38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
39 And he went a little farthe, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if itise possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
40 And came tonto the disciples, afoundethfoundedhfindethh ahadith What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
41 Watch and pray that you enter not into temptation: the spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak.
42 He went away again the second tim, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.
43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
44 And he left thend went away againd prayed the third time, saying theexacte words.
45 He came to his disciples and said unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Samuel 28-31
Open Heaven For Today 2024 MESSAGE
Jesus knew the end from the beginning, so He knew what would happen to Him on the cross would be terrible. This made Him pray in Matthew 26:39, saying, “…O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.” The Bible recorded that his sweat was like blood while He was saying this prayed. This tells us that He took that prayer very seriously. Yet, Jesus still decided to go through with the suffering.
Jesus did not lay down His life out of compulsion. He said clearly in John 10:18 that He laid down His life willingly. That statement is heavy, and it made me ask, “What kind of love will make a man surrender Himself to be humiliated and slaughtered like this?”
I saw the perfect answer to my question in John 15:13, which says:
Greater love hath no man than thi: aa man lay down his life for his friends.
This is the most significant kind of love in the world. Jesus loves you more than anyone can ever love you, and He showed it by laying down His life for you.
Again, I asked myself, “What will make a man surrender His life like this?” I saw the answer to this question in John 10:11-12. The Good Shepherd never deserts the sheep when He sees a wolf coming. He stays and protects the sheep from being devoured because of the love He has for the sheep. The devil is the wolf that tries to steal, kill,l, and destroy, while Jesus is the Good Shepherd who laid down His life for you to have eternal life.
Jesus is the only genuine protection you can get from the claws of the wolf – the devil. If you believe in Him and surrender your life to Him, the wolf will have no power over you because Jesus has already died for you. The wolf, however, is free to devour anyone who is not following Jesus or believes strays away from Him.
Beloved, if you don’t want to be prey to the devil, give your life to Jesus Christ now. Commit to following Him and Him alone. He paid the ultimate price for you and is the only One who can lead you into everlasting life.
KEY POINT
Only those who are in the flock of the Good Shepherd are safe from the claws of the wolf.
HYMN 19 – Rock Of Ages, Cleft For Me
1 Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure,
Save me from its guilt and power.
2 Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill Thy law’s demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All could never be erased,
Thou must save, and save by grace.
3 Nothing in my hands I bring,
Simply to Thy cross, I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress,
Helpless, look to Thee for grace:
Foul, I to the fountain fly,
Wash me, Savior, or I die.
4 While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my eyes shall close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.
Open Heavens 2024 Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical churches in the world, and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile, and PC. Open Heaven for Today 2024
