Open Heaven For Today 2023 – Open Heavens 26 December

Open Heaven For Today 2023 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Attracting God`s Blessing 1

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TOPIC: Attracting God`s Blessing 1

MEMORISE:"And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God." Deuteronomy 28:2

READ: Genesis 22:1-18 (KJV)

1 And it came to pass after these things, that God did tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham: and he said, Behold, here I am.

2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.

Open Heaven For Today 2023 – Open Heavens 26 December

3 And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

4 Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.

5 And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.

6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt offering, and laid it upon Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and a knife; and they went both of them together.

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?

8 And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.

9 And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

10 And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.

11 And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham: and he said, Here am I.

12 And he said, Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him: for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

14 And Abraham called the name of that place Jehovahjireh: as it is said to this day, In the mount of the Lord it shall be seen.

15 And the angel of the Lord called unto Abraham out of heaven the second time,

16 And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:

17 That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies;

18 And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Revelation 4-7

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

A blessing is a manifestation of all the forces in heaven, on earth and under the earth helping someone. When God blesses someone, everything – family, career, finance and so on will be working well for that fellow.

If you really want God to bless you, you need to know how to attract His blessings. Psalm 115:3 says God is sovereign, He does as He pleases.

He can bless anybody He wants; He can bless the younger more than the elder, He is God.

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In our memory verse for today, the word of God made it clear: 

"And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God".

In Deuteronomy 11:26-28 says further:

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

The choice you make between living holy and committing sin determines what you attract to your life – whether blessings or curses.

If you live holy, you would attract God’s blessings, if you choose to live in sin, you would attract curses. Which one will you choose?

Blessings don’t come without a cause. In Genesis 27:1-4, Isaac told Esau to go and prepare a very nice meal that would satisfy him, so that he could bless the boy before dying.

Though it was Esau that was to be blessed, Jacob who brought the meal first, got the blessing.

He provoked the blessing upon himself by doing something to please his father. If you want God to bless you, do His will and please Him always.

To achieve this, you must live a life of holiness. If you refuse to live holy, forget about attracting the blessings of God.

Don’t mistake just having money for divine blessings. A truly blessed man has all round peace and prosperity.

Key Point

Holiness attracts God’s blessings.

HYMN 10:–In Christ Alone

1 In Christ alone my hope is found,

He is my light, my strength, my song;

This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,

Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.

What heights of love, what depths of peace,

When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!

My Comforter, my All in All,

Here in the love of Christ I stand.

2 In Christ alone, who took on flesh,

Fullness of God in helpless babe.

This gift of love and righteousness,

Scorned by the ones He came to save:

Till on that cross as Jesus died,

The wrath of God was satisfied –

For every sin on Him was laid;

Here in the death of Christ I live.

3 There in the ground His body lay,

Light of the world by darkness slain:

Then bursting forth in glorious day

Up from the grave He rose again!

And as He stands in victory

Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,

For I am His and He is mine –

Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

4 No guilt in life, no fear in death,

This is the power of Christ in me;

From life’s first cry to final breath,

Jesus commands my destiny.

No power of hell, no scheme of man,

Can ever pluck me from His hand:

Till He returns or calls me home,

Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.

Open Heaven For Today 2023 Monday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Make Heaven Rejoice

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TOPIC: Make Heaven Rejoice

MEMORISE:"I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance." Luke 15:7

READ: John 15:8 (KJV)

8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Revelation 1-3

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

Today is Christmas Day and I am sure many christians around the world are celebrating and planning to eat some 'Christmas chicken'. Thi is fine, but please don’t forget to give the Celebrant of the day His own ‘Christmas chicken’ too – something He can also celebrate about.

Our memory verse for today says there is rejoicing in heaven over every soul who comes to Christ. If you win a soul, then a feast would be declared in heaven because of you.

All Jesus wants is for His coming to the world (which we are celebrating today) not to be in vain. 

Tell someone about Christ during this season.

When you post pictures on social media, add a message there that you know will hit unbelievers.

When you give to the poor during this season, chip in a message about the gospel.

When you are sending celebratory messages out, put something about salvation in it. I will give you templates you can adopt or adapt here

For text messages to loved ones:

Merry Christmas. Today, we celebrate the first coming of Jesus Christ when He came to give us salvation. Very soon, He will be back again to take His children to heaven. If He comes tomorrow, will you be raptured with Him or left behind?

For social media:

Today is a beautiful day because we are celebrating the birth of the Saviour of the world. I am assured of spending eternity in heaven because I gave my life to Him and I live holy. Where will you be spending eternity when rapture takes place? Confess him as your Lord and saviour today.

For everyone that will send these messages or a variation of them, you will make heaven rejoice today.

I don’t think there is a better way to celebrate Christmas than to please the One we are celebrating and believe me honestly, Jesus will smile at you today for doing this.

As for me, Christmas and Easter are major periods for evangelism. I am always out giving heaven reasons to rejoice on these days and in return, Jesus has been giving me reasons to rejoice also.

Don’t you want thesame? Merry Christmas.

Key Point

Don’t forget to give the Celebrant of today what He really wants.

 HYMN 14:–O What A Wonderful Wonderful Day

1 Oh What A Wonderful Wonderful Day

Day I Will Never Forget

After I’d Wandered In Darkness Away

Jesus My Savior I Met

Oh What A Tender Compassionate Friend

He Met The Need Of My Heart Shadows Dispelling With Joy I Am Telling

He Made All The Darkness Depart

Chorus:

Heaven Came Down And Glory Filled My Soul

When At The Cross The Savior Made Me Whole

My Sins Were Washed Away

And My Night Was Turned To Day

Heaven Came Down And Glory Filled My Soul

2 Born Of The Spirit With Life From Above

Into God’s Fam’ly Divine

Justified Fully Thru Calvary’s Love

Oh What A Standing Is Mine

And The Transaction So Quickly Was Made

When As A Sinner I Came

Took Of The Offer Of Grace He Did Proffer

He Saved Me Oh Praise His Dear Name

3 Now I’ve A Hope That Will Surely Endure

After The Passing Of Time;

I Have A Future In Heaven For Sure

There In Those Mansions Sublime

And It’s Because Of That Wonderful Day

When At The Cross I Believed;

Riches Eternal And Blessings Supernal

From His Precious Hand I Received

Open Heaven For Today 2023 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Don´t Write Them Off

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TOPIC: Don´t Write Them Off

MEMORISE:"This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief." 1 Timothy 1:15

READ: 1 Timothy 1:15-16 (KJV)

15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 John 1; 3 John 1; Jude 1

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

God works in mysterious ways.

Sometimes, the people He chooses to be His representatives are people whom others might have written off as failures.

You may have a family member who is known as the black sheep of the family.

Don’t write the fellow off; he or she could be the one God will use to turn things around for the better in the family.

Keep praying for them and doing all you can physically to bring them to Christ.

In Mark 5:1-20, the mad man of Gadara was living in tombs with dead people.

His family members and even the entire city had written him off as someone whom no good thing could come out of, but in a day, God turned that mad man to an evangelist.

In Acts 19:11-12, God was using the aprons and handkerchiefs of a former persecutor of Jesus Christ to heal the sick and cast out demons.

The sweat of that same man now carried so much power that it could bring deliverance to people.

In Acts 5:14-16, we saw God using the shadow of a failed fisherman to heal the sick.

This God who can turn a mad man to an evangelist, who can so empower a terrorist that the sweat coming from him can heal, who can use the shadow of a failed fisherman to heal the sick is the same yesterday, today and forever.

He can do the same for that fellow that everyone has given up on.

I know how far gone in the world I was before the Lord saved my soul.

I have always said it that if I were God, I would not have saved Adeboye.

I was a chronic sinner, but God saved me and is now using me to do great things.

He can do the same for that fellow who people have given up on.

A Muslim convert came to one of our Holy Ghost service during which I said a word came that the garments worn by everyone there were all anointed.

He went home rejoicing.

One day, he decided to wear the anointed garment for an interview so that he would find favour.

On the way, the bus he boarded had an accident and caught fire.

All the other passengers got burnt to death.

The man had a few burns only on the parts of his body not covered by the garment.

Thank God somebody did not give up on him and led him to Christ

Don’t write off anyone.

Key Point

Don’t write that family member off; God can still turn him or her around from that poor spiritual state to an elevated one in His Kingdom.

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. But we never can prove

The delights of His love,

Until all on the altar we lay,

For the favour He shows

And the joy He bestows

Are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]

3. 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. [Refrain]

Open Heaven For Today 2023 Saturday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Revealer of Concealed Things

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TOPIC: The Revealer of Concealed Things

MEMORISE:"And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel." Isaiah 45:3

READ: Daniel 2:1-19 (KJV)

1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.

5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.

10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.

11 And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 John 1-5

Open Heaven For Today 2023 MESSAGE

Our Bible reading for today tells the story of a king who had a dream he couldn’t remember on waking up. 

He summoned his wise men to tell him his dream and the interpretation, but they couldn’t.

Daniel was later given the same task and he said 

“Give me some time; I have a God who can reveal the deepest knowledge that no one else has ever accessed.”

He got home, called his friends and they began to pray, then that night, God revealed the king’s dream and the interpretation, to him.

This made Daniel say in Daniel 2:21:

“And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding”.

I have good news for any student reading this now: that particular subject that you find difficult is the one in which you will get a record-setting score, in Jesus` name.

Every believer operating in any sphere of life needs God to reveal concealed things to him or her.

In 2 Kings 6:9-20, Elisha was the saving grace of the king of Israel. If it wasn’t for Elisha, the king would have run into the ambush set for him by the king of Syria.

If you are a politician or just someone in governance, you need to pray to God to always reveal concealed things to you.

Business men also need God to reveal concealed things to them.

In fact, God promised in Isaiah 45:3:

And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, and hidden riches of secret places, that thou mayest know that I, the LORD, which call thee by thy name, am the God of Israel.

There are hidden riches in secret places that you need God to reveal to you. He could reveal such to you by way of an idea, but the moment you pursue it, you would discover great riches in it.

A man with financial challenges prayed to God for help and the Lord told him to start making honey-coated peanuts. The man obeyed the Lord and now rides around in his own private jets.

Prayer Point

Father, please reveal great secrets to me that will change my life for good, in Jesus’ name.

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!