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Open Heavens 23 October 2017: Monday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye –His thoughts towards you

Posted: 21 Oct 2017 01:58 PM PDT

HIS THOUGHTS TOWARDS YOU – Monday October 23^rd 2017

Memorise: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. Isaiah 55:8

Read: Isaiah 55:8-13 (KJV)

^55:8For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

^55:9For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.

^55:10For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

^55:11So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

^55:12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.

^55:13Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.

Bible in one year: 2^nd Thessalonians 1-3, 1^st Timothy 1-2, Daniel 11:20-35, Hymn: Sing hymn 4

MESSAGE:

The Almighty God has special and specific promises for His children. These promises are great and their operation is not dependent on the condition of the economy of the nations where His children are located. When the Lord says, "It is well with you", He is not saying this because of the things around you. He is saying so because of the things He is capable of doing. Open Heaven 23 October 2017: Monday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye –His thoughts towards you. You can therefore rest assured, because there is no impossibility with Him. His thoughts and promises towards you are great and perfect, but there are keys required to unlock them. One of such keys is found in Psalm 37:37:

"Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace."

Righteousness is the key that ensures the enjoyment of God's blessings in this world. The economy may be hard against other people of the land, but in the midst of the instability, God is saying it shall be well with the righteous. Isaiah 3:10 says,

"Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings."

The Almighty God knows how to make you experience peace in the midst of crisis. He knows how to lift you up when others are being cast down. He knows how to settle you while others are lamenting. This is because His thoughts towards you are not a function of the economic indices of your country. In hard times, there are lots of compromises made in business and also in practical Christian living, but the eyes of the Lord are fixed on us all the time, and He is waiting to reward us according to our works. We must ensure that our stand for God does not change even in hard economic times. We must remain righteous in season and out of season. Others may compromise righteousness for the sake of gain, but you must remember the promises of God concerning your life. If Joseph had compromised his stand when the wife of his boss seductively approached him, he would not have emerged a deliverer in Egypt. There are those who put their trust in men and connections, but those who understand the greatness of God will follow God's rules for their lives, because they know they cannot get anything better than what God has in store for them. No matter what and who they have access to, the righteous do not trust in themselves or man. Their trust is in the Name of the Lord. Everything that the branch needs is supplied by the Vine. The Vine has the roots that bring all the water and nourishment that the branch needs. This is why Philippians 4:19 says,

"But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus."

Therefore, trust in God's promise and hold on to Him tenaciously. He will not fail.

Key Point

Those who follow God are always partakers of good things.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical Church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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Hymn 4

Verse 1

Through the love of God our Savior,

All will be well;

Free and changeless is His favor;

All, all is well.

Precious is the blood that healed us;

Perfect is the grace that sealed us;

Strong the hand stretched out to shield us;

All must be well.

Verse 2

Though we pass through tribulation,

All will be well;

Ours is such a full salvation;

All, all is well.

Happy still in God confiding,

Fruitful, if in Christ abiding,

Holy through the Spirit's guiding,

All must be well.

Verse 3

We expect a bright tomorrow;

All will be well;

Faith can sing through days of sorrow,

All, all is well.

On our Father's love relying,

Jesus every need supplying,

Or in living, or in dying,

All must be well.

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Open Heavens 22 October 2017: Sunday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Fulfil your calling

Posted: 20 Oct 2017 01:07 PM PDT

FULFIL YOUR CALLING – Sunday October 22^nd 2017

Memorise: But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 2^nd Timothy 4:5

Read: Romans 12:6-18 (KJV)

^12:6Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

^12:7Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

^12:8Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

^12:9Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

^12:10Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

^12:11Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

^12:12Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

^12:13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

^12:14Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

^12:15Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

^12:16Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

^12:17Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

^12:18If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.

Bible in one year: 1^st Thessalonians 1-5, Daniel 11:7-19, Hymn: Sing hymn 14

MESSAGE:

Yesterday, we discussed knowing and staying within your calling. One of the reasons why it is important for you to know and stay within your calling is to fulfil the purpose of your calling. Fulfilling your calling is therefore premised on you knowing and staying within your calling. We are instructed by the Lord to ensure the profitable use of the gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit – though not without caution that it should be done in faith. The bedrock of the use of the gifts the Holy Spirit gives and the offices our Lord Jesus Christ calls us into is love. This is why Paul, in 1^st Corinthians 12:31, as a prologue to his exposition on love, said:

"But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way."

Without love, you cannot adequately fulfil your calling. Through the story of Jonah who was commissioned as a prophet to warn a perishing nation, we learn that without love, there is no way anyone can fulfil his or her calling. Open Heaven 22 October 2017: Sunday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Fulfil your calling. The office of a prophet is a desirable office among the fivefold offices in the Church (Ephesians 4:11). This was the office Jonah was called into. However, a lack of love for perishing souls almost made him to lose that office and his life (Jonah 1:1-15). Beloved, into what office have you been called? Are you fulfilling your calling? If not, do you know the cause? May be it is because your heart is lacking in love. 1^st Corinthians 13:2 say

"And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing."

It is amazing to read that Jonah was angry because God decided to forgive the people of Nineveh after he had been forced to warn them to repent. Jonah 3:10-4:1 says,

"And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of their evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry."

You cannot fulfil your calling if you don't have love to operate it. Your gifts would just be monumental but without value. It takes love to be a successful administrator to say the least. It takes love to successfully do the work of an evangelist or a teacher. Without love, you may own all the goods in the world and people dying of starvation will mean nothing to you. A pastor without love would just be milking the sheep to fatten himself up for perdition. Love is the excellent way of fulfilling your calling. Release your heart to love, and stay away from hate.

Prayer Point:

Father, please fill my heart with compassion and love, so that I may fulfil my calling in Jesus' Name.

hymn 14

Verse 1:

Take my life and let it be
consecrated, Lord, to thee.
Take my moments and my days;

Let them flow in endless praise.

Verse 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.

Verse 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.

Verse 4:

Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose.

Verse 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.

Verse 6:

Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.

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Open Heavens 21 October 2017: Saturday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Know & stay within your calling

Posted: 19 Oct 2017 12:27 PM PDT

KNOW AND STAY WITHIN YOUR CALLING – Saturday October 21^st 2017

Memorise: For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. Romans 12:3

Read: 1^st Corinthians 12:4-11 (KJV)

^12:4Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same Spirit.

^12:5And there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord.

^12:6And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all.

^12:7But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal.

^12:8For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

^12:9To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

^12:10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

^12:11But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

Bible in one year: Colossians 1-4, Daniel 10:15-11:6, Hymn: Sing hymn 15

MESSAGE:

Anyone who wants to be successful in life without struggling must know the reason why God sent him or her into this world. open Heaven 20 October 2017 As a child of God, it is particularly very important for you to know your calling and stay within it. There are many reasons why a child of God should know and stay within his or her calling. The Holy Spirit expounds on this in Romans 12:3 saying:

"For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith."

This scripture reveals a serious mistake that knowing one's calling could help to avoid. That mistake is thinking of oneself more highly than one ought to. For example, a person called as a teacher seeing himself or herself as an apostle would get into a lot of problems. Open Heaven 21 October 2017: Saturday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Know and stay within your calling. He or she will commit blunders, and can only be rescued by reporting and staying within the call of God with every sense of sobriety.

Also, in our Bible reading, we are exposed to the diversities of gifts given by the same Spirit of God. Irrespective of the type of gifts we are given, 1^st Corinthians 12:7 says this about their purpose:

"But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal."

This scripture reveals that these gifts are for the purpose of blessing the Body of Christ. This is why you should never make merchandise of spiritual gifts. Freely the Holy Spirit gives, and freely we must operate in His gifts without profiteering. This might be the reason why Elisha refused to take the gifts offered by Naaman, the Syrian army general, after he was healed of leprosy (2^nd Kings 5:15-16). Moreover, we must not only know our calling, we must also stay within it as a matter of necessity. Those who would not stay within their calling will end up in frustration. The truth is, no calling is inferior to the other, and none is superior either (1^st Corinthians 12:15-25). It is an inferiority complex that makes a child of God think that he or she is not gifted, when he or she can sing, witness or give generously without constraints. It takes a divine calling to be rich and still find it easy to distribute your riches to meet people's needs. Ananias and Sapphira entered into the calling of giving like Barnabas, when they were not called into it, and they met their waterloo (Acts 4:36-37, Acts 5:1-11). That thing you are doing for God with ease is your area of calling. Identify and stay in it. God bless you.

Prayer Point
Father, open my understanding to know my calling and give me the necessary contentment to stay within it inn Jesus' Name.

Sing hymn 15

The Comforter Has Come

1 O spread the tidings 'round, wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound.
Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!

Refrain:
The Comforter has come! The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from heav'n, the Father's promise giv'n,
O spread the tidings 'round, wherever man is found:
The Comforter has come!

2 The long, long night is past; the morning breaks at last;
And hushed the dreadful wail and fury of the blast,
As o'er the golden hills the day advances fast!
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]

3 Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings,
To every captive soul a full deliv'rance brings;
And thro' the vacant cells the song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]

4 O boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine
To wond'ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine -
That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine?
The Comforter has come! [Refrain]

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Open Heavens 20 October 2017: Friday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Importune prayer or vain repetitions?

Posted: 18 Oct 2017 12:45 PM PDT

IMPORTUNE PRAYER OR VAIN REPETITIONS? – Friday October 20^th 2017

Memorise: But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6:7

Read: Luke 18:1-8 (KJV)

18:1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint;

^18:2Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:

^18:3And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.

^18:4And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;

^18:5Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.

^18:6And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust judge saith.

^18:7And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?

^18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

Bible in one year: Philippians 2-4, Daniel 10:1-14, Hymn: Sing hymn 1

MESSAGE:

A lot of people don't know the difference between importune prayer and prayer with vain repetitions. Importune prayer, otherwise known as persistent or relentless prayer, is good and recommended by our Lord Jesus Christ, while vain repetitions are abhorred and condemned by Him. In our memory verse, the Lord Himself warned us against vain repetitions during prayer! The question is, what does it mean to pray using vain repetitions? Does it mean, as assumed by a lot of people, using the same words over and over again when praying? To answer this question, let's take a look at what Mark 14:39 says about the prayers the Lord offered in the Garden of Gethesemane:

"And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words."

It is clear from this scripture that vain repetition does not mean repeating the same words in prayer. Using vain repetitions in prayer simply means continuously praying on a request for which God has said "No" or "Wait, it's not yet time", in the hope of stampeding Him into doing what He has purposed not to do in your own best interest. Open Heaven 20 October 2017: Friday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Importune prayer or vain repetitions? I remember when my children were still young and we were living in Mushin (Lagos, Nigeria), where there were so many reckless drivers around. My children asked for bicycles, but I refused to grant that request because I did not want to bury any of them. My answer to their request could be interpreted as, "Wait. It's not yet time". However, when we moved to the Redemption Camp, where the roads were safe for young fellows to ride bicycles, I decided it was time to grant their request. If they kept asking me for bicycles while we were still at Mushin, that could be interpreted as praying using vain repetitions.

In our Bible reading, the Lord encouraged importune or unrelenting prayer by using the illustration a judge who was not sensitive to the plight of his petitioners, least of all a lowly widow. Importune prayer is that prayer we keep on saying when God has not given a verdict or yes or no. it demonstrates to God that we have no alternative to Him and what He can do for us. This story tells us that after the widow kept on going to the judge day and night, he decided to do what she wanted. Although God cannot be intimidated by our prayers, in as much as we ask according to His will and we do not grow weary in asking, He will always answer us. Daniel prayed importune prayer for twenty-one days before he got his answer. As a matter of fact, it was his importune prayer that prevented him from being robbed of the answer to his request which had been released on the very first day that he started praying, but was hijacked by principalities (Daniel 10:12-13). I pray that your cry to God will be heard today and you will have testimonies in Jesus' Name.

Prayer Point

Father, avenge me of my adversaries today, and put laughter on my lips in Jesus' Name.

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