Open Heaven For Today 2024 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Diligently Seeking
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TOPIC: Diligently Seeking
MEMORISE: “And ye shall seek me, and find me when ye shall search for me with all your heart.” – Jeremiah 29:13 (KJV)
READ: Psalm 63:1-8 (KJV)
1 O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
2 To see thy power and glory, as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
3 My lips shall praise thee Because thy lovingkindness is better than life.
4 Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift my hands in thy name.
5 My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness, and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
7 Because thou hast been my help, I rejoice in the shadow of thy wings.
8 My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 30-32
Open Heaven For Today 2024 MESSAGE
Hebrews 11:6 says that God rewards those who diligently seek Him. You only cite someone who has done something of good report and has done it well; therefore, what the passage is telling us is that God wants people to seek Him diligently. This is why God told David clearly to seek His face, and what was David’s response?
When thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek. – Psalm 27:8
David said, “God, when you ask me to seek your face, my heart says, ‘Your face will I seek.'” Today, God is asking you to spend time seeking His face. What will your response be?
You seek God through Bible study and prayers. While others do these things like every other activity, those who diligently seek God go the extra mile. They study their Bible for hours, going deeper and deeper into just one topic until they understand God’s mind. To them, prayer is not an event; it is a lifestyle. Every time you see them, they pray because (1 Thessalonians 5:17) says that we must pray without ceasing. When they set out time to pray, they don’t just put words together; they pour out their hearts to God, and their central yearning is, “Lord, I want to know You more.” They spend multiple hours just having heart-to-heart talks with God.
Beloved, seek God’s face daily until you fall asleep eve and while sleeping. Solomon said that even when He is sleeping, his heart is awake, and he can hear his beloved asking to come in unto him (Song of Solomon 5:2). David also described how he thinks about God on his bed at night and how his soul follows hard after God in Psalm 63:6-8. These are descriptions of how true love is expressed. Is this also your experience with God as your beloved?
There is great reward in diligently seeking the Lord. Beloved, spend your days seeking God and God alone. Seek Him while eating; let all your yearning be for Him. When you diligently seek Him, He will open Himself in ways the regular Christian may never see. There are things God has revealed to me in the Spirit that I cannot share publicly because people who have not sought Him diligently may never understand.
ACTION POINT
Commit to seeking God’s face diligently from now on.
HYMN 8 – I Need Thee Every Hour
1 I need Thee every hour,
Most gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine
Can peace afford?
Chorus
I need Thee, oh, I need Thee;
Every hour, I need Thee;
Oh, bless me now, my Savior!
I come to Thee.
2 I need Thee every hour,
Stay Thou nearby;
Temptations lose their power
When Thou art nigh.
3 I need Thee every hour,
In joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide,
Or life is vain.
4 I need Thee every hour,
Teach me Thy will;
And Thy rich promises
In me fulfill.
5 I need Thee every hour,
Most Holy One;
Oh, make me Thine indeed,
Thou blessed Son.
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
Ambydennis Notice Board: Until you are born again, God’s abiding presence will never be with you. It would be best if you were born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:
Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart. You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You, Lord, for keeping me, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online, please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], +234-1-8447340, +234-0-709821311
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Are You Relevant?
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TOPIC: Are You Relevant?
MEMORISE: “And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:” – Acts 6:5 (KJV)
READ: John 15:1-6 (KJV)
1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
2 Every branch in me that beareth, not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
3 Now ye are clean through the word I have spoken unto you.
4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me.
5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: without me, ye can do nothing.
6 If a man abides not in me, he is cast forth as a branch and is withered; men gather them, throw them into the fire, and burn them.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 27-29
Open Heaven For Today 2024 MESSAGE
There are different kinds of people in the church workforce today. Some are so relevant to the work of God that if they are absent on a service day, everyone will notice. Some other people, however, hardly do anything, even in the department where they claim to function. Worse still, some people are workforce members on paper, but physically, they are nowhere to be found. They hardly attend workers’ meetings, not to talk of actually working for God. I don’t know which of these categories you belong to, but if you are not so active that people can quickly notice your absence, you need to do better.
The first set of church workers in the Bible were the seven deacons mentioned in Acts 6:5. Phillip was one of them, and in Acts 21:8, he had become someone referred to as the evangelist. The Bible expressly referred to him as ‘the evangelist,’ which means that there might have been ‘an evangelist’ or ‘some evangelists,’ but he was ‘the evangelist.’ Furthermore, the passage referred to him as one of the seven to remind us that he was one of the chosen deacons. However, aside from Stephen and Phillip, we never heard of the rest.
One of my grandchildren once asked me, “Grandpa, do you know the Bible well?” I said, “Yes,” and then she asked, “Who is Prochorus?” I said, “I don’t know him”. She said, “What about Timon?” I said, “You mean Simon?” She said, “No, Timon”. I replied, “I don’t know Timon either.” Then she said, “Prochorus and Timon were ordained along with Stephen and Phillip as deacons.” I said, “Is that so? God have mercy on Prochorus. I know Stephen, I know Phillip, but this Prochorus fellow, what did he do that is worthy of note?” In the same vein when your name is mentioned in your local assembly, can people recognize the things you do that are worthy of note?
This is not to say that you must try to show everyone you are working. However, your impact must be felt in the department where you choose to work. For example, if you are in the sanitation department, everyone must know that the church is always sparkling clean if you are around. Make so much impact that denying your relevance in the house of God is impossible.
REFLECTION
How impactful have you been in your local assembly?
HYMN 4 – To The Work! To work! We Are Servants Of God
1 To the work! To work! we are servants of God,
Let us follow the path that our Master has trod;
With the might of His power, our strength to renew,
Let us do by His grace what He calls us to do.
Work for Him by His grace;
Work thru Him for His praise;
Work with Him all the days;
And work in Him in many ways.
2 To the work! To work! let the hungry be fed;
To the fountain of life let the thirsty be led;
In the cross and its vict’ry, our glory shall be,
While we herald the tidings, “Salvation is free!”
3 To the work! To work! in the strength of the Lord,
By the power of His Name, with the light of His Word,
All the slaves of the darkness of Satan were set free
And His riches of grace in His glory we’ll see.
Also Read: RCCG Sunday School Teacher Manual 18 February 2024: Christian Apologetics
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
Ambydennis Notice Board: Until you are born again, God’s abiding presence will never be with you. It would be best if you were born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:
Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart. You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You, Lord, for keeping me, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online, please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], +234-1-8447340, +234-0-709821311
Open Heaven For Today 2024 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Don’t Touch His Glory
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TOPIC: Don’t Touch His Glory
MEMORISE: “Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.” – Matthew 6:2 (KJV)
READ: Matthew 6:1-4 (KJV)
1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right-hand doeth:
4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 25-26
Open Heaven For Today 2024 MESSAGE
I have seen people who help others and, at every opportunity, refer to the time they helped them. That is a terrible thing to do, not how God taught us to do good. Jesus said in Matthew 6:3 that when you give alms, you must not let anyone else know about it. In Matthew 5:16, He said that as your light shines and people see your good works, they must glorify God. In other words, you are not to seek any glory for yourself as a result of your good works; all the glory must be to God and God alone.
When you help someone and go back to tell the fellow, “Remember how I helped you that other time,” you are indirectly trying to make them your prisoner. Never make anyone feel like they owe you because you helped them once. When you do good, do it unto God. Don’t become a pain in somebody’s neck or a source of remembering their shame just because you once helped them. You must note that God ordained you to perform that good deed for that fellow. He already planned on doing it; you were only privileged to be the one He chose to use. Ephesians 2:10 says:
We are his artistry, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God ordained that we should walk in them.
If God created you for good works and ordained that you walk in them, and you turn around to announce the sound works as your own doing, proclaiming yourself as the helper of someone else’s destiny, you are trying to take God’s glory. If you know anything about God, you will see He does not share His glory with any man. Isaiah 42:8 says:
I am the Lord: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Don’t try to contend with God over the good things He is doing in the lives of others through you. You are merely His vessel, and all the glory must Go to Him. This way, you will receive rewards for the good that you have done rather than face the consequences of trying to take His glory.
KEY POINT
Don’t become a pain in someone’s neck just because God used you to help them at one time or another.
HYMN 1 – All Hail The Power Of Jesus’ Name
1 All hail the power 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 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
Ambydennis Notice Board: Until you are born again, God’s abiding presence will never be with you. It would be best if you were born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:
Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart. You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You, Lord, for keeping me, in Jesus’ name. Amen.
If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online, please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], +234-1-8447340, +234-0-709821311
