Open Heaven For Today 2024 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Prayers For The Church
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TOPIC: Prayers For The Church
MEMORISE: “For this cause, we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;” – Colossians 1:9 (KJV)
READ: Ephesians 1:16-20 (KJV)
16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what the hope of his calling is, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,
20 Which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead and set him at his right hand in the heavenly places,
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Samuel 8-11
Open Heaven For Today 2024 MESSAGE
PRAYER POINTS
- Father, thank You for the glory You have put on Your church and for everything You do through Your church on the earth.
- Lord, please help the church in my nation to remain faithful to Your calling. Don’t let the church derail from its purpose on the earth, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, please let Your love increase amongst the different denominations of the church. Let us all see ourselves as one, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, please help church leaders all around the world. Protect them from all enemy attacks, and don’t let them get weary in doing Your work, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, please provide the resources for Your church to advance Your kingdom here on earth, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, please increase the church’s influence in every area of life and every aspect of human endeavor, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, please help the church in my nation to overcome all the challenges that may arise; allow us to emerge triumphant, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, please let Your Spirit and power fill your church. Help us experience more of Your power than the old churches, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, please provide everything the church needs to fulfill Your mandate of winning souls to Your kingdom. Equip and empower us to fulfill Your mandate on earth, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, please plant Your undying love in the church so we can show love to the world and attract more souls to Your kingdom, in Jesus’ name.
- Father, please give the church the wisdom to dominate in our generation and even in generations to come, in Jesus’ name.
- Your prayer points for your local assembly.
You should thirst for the anointing, and if you have already received an impartation, God is waiting for you to stir it up.
HYMN 12 – Onward, Christian Soldiers!
1 Onward Christian soldiers!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before.
Christ, the royal Master,
Leads against the foe;
Forward into battleMaster, His banners go!
Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus,
Going on before.
2 At the name of Jesus
Satan’s host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers,
On to victory!
Hell’s foundation’s quiver
At the shout of praise:
Brothers, lift your voices,
Loud your anthems raise!
3 Like a mighty army
Moves the Church of God:
Brothers, we are treading
Where the saints have trod;
We are not divided,
All one Body we—
One in faith and spirit,
One eternally.
4 Crowns and thrones may perish,
Kingdoms rise and wane;
But the Church of Jesus
Constant will remain.
Gates of hell can never
’Gainst the Church prevail;
We have Christ’s promise,
Which can never fail.
5 Onward, then, ye people!
Join our happy throng;
Blend with your voices
In the Triumph song.
Glory, laud, and honor
Unto Christ, the King;
This has happened through countless ages
Men and angels sing.
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 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)
Lorde 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 mastered 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 water is no, and the Lordde ground is 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 these waters; there 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. As he was going up by the way, little children came forth out of Lord 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 two she bearLordt of the wood and forty an ordo children of them.
25 He went from thence to Mount 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 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 Lorded 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 feet its treasure-sLord.
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, LordToday 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 (KJLord 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 that 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 hold on to 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 still count it all Lord as long as God is with them (James 1:2).
An excellent example of a genuinely consecrated person was the Apostle Paul. He was sold out to God, so 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, I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved Lordnd 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 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 I was so special to God. 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 through suffering 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 Lord 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 feet its treasure-sLord.
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
