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Open Heavens Daily 2017 Saturday 20 May 2017:- How often do you fast?

Posted: 18 May 2017 09:57 AM PDT

HOW OFTEN DO YOU FAST? – Saturday May 20^th 2017

Memorise: In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 2^nd Corinthians 11:27

Read: Matthew 6:16-18 (King James Version)

¹⁶Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

¹⁷But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

¹⁸That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

Bible in one year: Deuteronomy 33-34, Jeremiah 32:36-44, Hymn: Sing hymn 6

MESSAGE:

One of my sons was travelling with me for the very first time sometime ago, and after we had been together for two days he asked me, "Daddy, why do you pray so much?" He said he observed that before we left the room, we prayed; when we got into the car, we prayed; on arrival at our destination, we prayed; when we entered the venue of the programme, we prayed; when we finished the programme, we prayed; on arrival at our lodging place, we prayed; also, when he peeped to check on me, he still saw me on my knees. Saturday 20 May 2017. Well, I pray a lot because prayer is an activity we are commanded to always engage in (1^st Thessalonians 5:17). How often do you pray? Do you use every available opportunity to pray?

Apart from prayer, another spiritual activity you should regularly engage in to keep you spiritual fit and growing is fasting. Some people believe that doing a long fast for 30 days or 100 days is sufficient for one year. Open Heavens Daily 2017 Saturday 20 May 2017:- How often do you fast? While this is a good spiritual exercise, there is still the need to continue fasting in the course of the year. When the Lord addressed the question of why His disciples were not fasting often like those of John the Baptist, here is what He said in Luke 5:34;

"But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days."

Since the Master has been received into glory, it is clear from His words that we now are expected to fast often. Some people fast for a short period at a stretch and thereafter they want to feast for the rest of the year. This is not good enough. A better practice is to find or create some time monthly or better still weekly to engage in fasting. Fasting was not strange to the patriarchs of old. Fasting does you so much good spiritually, so it should be a part of your lifestyle. You can live a fasted life. While detailing his experiences in life, Apostle Paul in 2^nd Corinthians 11:27 said that fasting was a reoccurring activity in his Christian life:

"In weariness and painfulness, in watching often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness."

Most people who find it difficult to fast simply have a problem with discipline. They are so used to eating that they cannot sacrifice a few meals to seek God's face. Anyone who cannot control his or her appetite may remain enslaved to the body. Fasting helps to subdue or break the controlling power that the weaknesses and desires of your body have over you.

Action Point

Stop talking about your plan to fast; just go ahead and fast. You can start with one day per week.

Open Heavens 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 church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
iOpenHeavens is the electronic version of the Hard Copy. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.

Open Heavens Daily 2017 Friday 19 May 2017:- Sacrifice overturns wrath

Posted: 18 May 2017 09:28 AM PDT

SACRIFICE OVERTURNS WRATH – Friday May 19^th 2017

Memorise: And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of sliver. 2^nd Samuel 24:24

Read: 2^nd Samuel 24:16-25 (KJV)

¹⁶And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁷And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.

¹⁸And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up, rear an altar unto the Lord in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

¹⁹And David, according to the saying of Gad, went up as the Lord commanded.

²⁰And Araunah looked, and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him: and Araunah went out, and bowed himself before the king on his face upon the ground.

²¹And Araunah said, Wherefore is my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshingfloor of thee, to build an altar unto the Lord, that the plague may be stayed from the people.

²²And Araunah said unto David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what seemeth good unto him: behold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments and other instruments of the oxen for wood.

²³All these things did Araunah, as a king, give unto the king. And Araunah said unto the king, The Lord thy God accept thee.

²⁴And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the Lord my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

²⁵And David built there an altar unto the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. So the Lord was intreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

Bible in one year: Deuteronomy 31-32, Jeremiah 32:26-35, Hymn: Sing hymn 7

MESSAGE:

Sacrificial sowing can deliver an unending harvest to you, make your harvest irreversible, make you the talk of the town and even turn away God's anger from you. In 2^nd Samuel 24:1-25, we read about how God was provoked to anger by King David, thereby bringing God's judgment on the people. So many people died in the ensuing pledge. After the first wave of destruction, the angel was about to effect the second phase when God stopped him, while he was on Araunah's farmland. Todays Open Heavens Message. David's seer, Prophet Gad, came and instructed him to raise an altar to the Lord on Araunah's farmland, where the angel was last seen. On arrival, Araunah went to welcome King David and he offered him all he needed to make the sacrifice, but David politely declined it. Why? It is simply because he knew the importance of sacrifice and the power of sacrificial seeds.

"And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshing floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver."

2^nd Samuel 24:24

When David pleaded with God to temper His justice with mercy and judge him instead of his innocent people, God said, "Alright, I will do something about that. I will overlook your errors, I will forgive you and stop my judgment, but you have to first bring me a sacrifice." David agreed to give that sacrifice and he turned down Araunah's offer to make the offering an easy one. Open Heavens Daily 2017 Friday 19 May 2017:- Sacrifice overturns wrath. He said, "This sacrifice must cost me something. It is a sacrifice in sorrow so that I can go home rejoicing." Some of us have found ourselves in a similar situation as David, where it was required of us to make painful and costly sacrifices in order to achieve our heart desires. However, instead of going headlong into it, we rather sought and received help from the Araunahs of this world to make the task an easy one. Never accept an affordable or convenient alternative in the place of the sacrifice you need to make in order to enter into your desired breakthrough. If you can make the required sacrifice, you will receive the joy you so desire. If you can make the sacrifice, you can overturn God's wrath from yourself or your family. If you can stand in the place of prayer long enough and pay the price the situation you are facing requires, you will return with joy. Are you ready to do this?

Action Point

There is no alternative to a sacrifice that should be made. Just ask God for grace to do it.

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Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Thursday 18 May 2017:- Defending His Name

Posted: 16 May 2017 01:17 PM PDT

DEFENDING HIS NAME – Thursday May 18^th 2017

Memorise: Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. Psalm 106:8

Read: Psalm 106:7-9 (King James Version)

⁷Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

⁸Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

⁹He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

Bible in one year: Deuteronomy 29-30, Jeremiah 32:16-25, Hymn: Sing hymn 12

MESSAGE:

The Bible declares that our God is a very present help in time of trouble (Psalm 46:1). This means that He is ever-present or always ready to help in the time of trouble. Rccg open heavens today. There are several reasons why God makes His help available to a person. Understanding these reasons and applying them to your life will go a long way in helping you experience God as an ever-present help. One of these reasons is to fulfil His promises. God is very committed to His promises; hence, Psalm 89:34 says,

"My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips."

If He has purposed to help you, He will not change His mind midway. Number 23:19 says,

"God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?"

God's word had integrity. He regards His words above His Name (Psalm 138:2). Every promise He has made to you shall be fulfilled speedily! God cannot violate His word, so you can be sure that He will keep His promise to help you.

Another reason why God reaches out to help a man is for the sake of His Name. If you genuinely belong to God, He will help you because you bear His Name and are called by His Name in this world (Acts 15:17). No wonder Psalm 106:8 says,

"Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known."

That means His intervention goes beyond your asking. He will intervene to defend His Name and show His power. Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Thursday 18 May 2017:- Defending His Name. At certain bus stops in life, some people will challenge you by asking "Where is your God?" some may even say "if your God is truly alive, He should have delivered you by now." If you are in such situation, take heart and be unmoveable. In Daniel 3:14-29, King Nebuchadnezzar initially asked the three Hebrew children "who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?" However, By the time God was through with him, he publicly confessed that there was no God like their God. Is your child in a situation that appears hopeless? Is your business or career going through some impossible storms? God will step into your situation and calm the storms! The Lord is speaking peace to every impossible situation you are up against right now. He will surely bring you out of the storm, not just because of you, but because of His Name that you bear. In that situation you are going through, the Lord will defend His Name, and He will not put you to shame. He will demonstrate His power just to give you the last laugh in Jesus' Name.

Prayer Point

Father, in this present situation I find myself, arise and defend your matchless Name.

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Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Wednesday 17 May 2017:- Blessing with sorrow

Posted: 14 May 2017 01:17 PM PDT

BLESSINGS WITH SORROW – Wednesday May 17^th 2017

Memorise: And he gave them their request; but sent leannest into their soul. Psalm 106:15

Read: Genesis 16:1-5 (King James Version)

1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

²And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

³And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

⁴And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

⁵And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.

Bible in one year: Deuteronomy 28, Jeremiah 32:1-15, Hymn: Sing hymn 9

MESSAGE:

A lot of people have gotten their fingers burnt in the place of seeking an alternative to God's promise. When God's promise is seemingly delayed, some Christians do not have the strength of character to keep waiting on the Lord and holding on to His promises; they therefore seek out and accept man's alternative to God's precious promises. pastor e.a Adeboye daily devotional. Not only does man's alternative take you off God's course and provide you with quick fixes that cannot really fix anything, they also give you momentary joy that cannot absolve you of sorrow. This was the experience of Sarah. In today's Bible reading, after Sarah gave her maid, Hagar, to Abraham to raise children through her, she was happy and relieved that her problem of barrenness seemed solved. But her relief soon turned into grief as her happiness became sorrow. Genesis 16:4 says,

"And he went into Hagar, and she conceived and when she saw that she conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes."

Sarah took good care of Hagar, in expectation of using her as a means to an end. For the purpose of child-bearing, she exempted her from the usual chores that her fellow maids would perform. Open Heavens 2017 Wednesday 17 May 2017 – Blessing with sorrow. However, the moment Hagar conceived, the tables turned against Sarah. Suddenly, all attention shifted to the new queen of the house. Everyone and everything had to be at her beck and call. She no longer had regard for her mistress. Realising she now had what Abraham earnestly wanted; she used her pregnancy as an excuse for gross misbehaviour. She took over Abraham's attention and the poor man hardly even had time for Sarah anymore. When she was disobedient and her mistress tried to correct her, she would simply tell her, "Madam, if you were ever pregnant, you would understand that I am going through." That was the beginning of Sarah's sorrow.

When you are tired of waiting for God's will, plan or timing, and you decide to follow one of the alternatives that comes you way, you will only be hurting yourself. May you not use your own hands to undo yourself! When God blesses you, He removes every form of sorrow from it (Proverbs 10:22), but whatever blessing you think you can derive from substituting God's plan with an alternative will only be short-lived and will definitely come with sorrow. Some people who knew and turned down God's will in marriage, following the dictates of their flesh, ended up in sorrow. A good number of them are secretly weeping today. They cannot cry out because people warned before venturing into such marriages, but their ears were deaf to those warnings. In your own interest, take time to find out God's will for you in every area of your life and patiently follow it. In years to come, you will understand why that was the best decision you ever made.

Key Point

It is better not to be blessed, than to be blessed and have sorrow with it.

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Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Tuesday 16 May 2017:- Release Your Faith

Posted: 13 May 2017 01:42 PM PDT

RELEASE YOUR FAITH! – Tuesday May 16^th 2017

Memorise: Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. John 14:12

Read: Mark 11:22-24 (King James Version)

²²And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

²³For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

²⁴Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Bible in one year: Deuteronomy 25-27, Jeremiah 31:31-40, Hymn: Sing hymn 1

MESSAGE:

The ministry of signs and wonders is the ministry of God, and He reserves the right to partner with anyone He chooses (Hebrews 2:4). He can partner with someone operating in any of the five-fold ministries: apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers or evangelists. He can equally partner with users, choristers, instrumentalist, sanitation workers, etc. When God partners with even an ordinary choir member or instrumentalist, demons will flee! This happened in David's life when God partnered with him as just a harp player (1^st Samuel 16:23). Never look down on yourself! God can work with anyone who is willing to cooperate with Him. Are you willing? Are you ready to meet with His requirements? Are you asking like some followers of Jesus once asked Him in John 6:28^b:

"What shall we do, that we might work the works of God?"

Here is His response to you in John 14:12:

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my father."

Note however that if you desire to operate in the miraculous, you must be a person of faith. Why? Faith attracts God into the ordinary situations of life. It brings the divine into contact with the natural. In fact, in Mark 16:17-18, Jesus says if only you can believe in Him, signs will definitely follow you. Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Tuesday 16 May 2017:- Release Your Faith. Are you experiencing signs and wonders in your ministry? If you are not, it could be that you are not releasing your faith, not necessarily because you do not have faith. If you lack faith in God, you could never be born again in the first place. If you followed the steps of salvation and become born again, you definitely have faith. That same faith is required of you every time you go before God for sometime: whether to make a request, to worship or to praise Him. You need to release your faith. In Mark 11:22-23, Jesus says if only you can release your faith, you can command a mountain to move, and it will go to the destination that you have sent it. Faith is the key to the miraculous. When you lay your hands on the sick and pray for them, do you release your faith as well? Rccg Daily Devotional 2017. If you refuse to release you faith, nothing will happen. When you pray, God looks for your faith before He acts on that prayer. Beloved, where is your faith? If you have faith, you will trust in God's ability to meet your needs. If you have faith, you will have great expectations. If you have faith, you won't seek any other alternative to God's intervention. If you have faith, you will not be double-minded. Where is your faith? Release it today!

Key Point

Faith is like an identity card that you must present whenever you go into God's presence.

Open Heaven Daily Devotional, 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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Open Heavens Daily 2017 Monday 15 May 2017:- When God gives laughter

Posted: 13 May 2017 01:06 PM PDT

WHEN GOD GIVES LAUGHTER – Monday May 15^th 2017

Memorise: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. Matthew 3:9

Read: Psalm 33:8-11 (King James Version)

⁸Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him.

⁹For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.

¹⁰The Lord bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.

¹¹The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.

Bible in one year: Deuteronomy 23-24, Jeremiah 31:15-30, Hymn: Sing hymn 5

MESSAGE:

God makes you laugh when He turns His prophecies into decrees. There is a difference between prophecies and decrees. When you hear "Thus says the Lord" that is a prophecy for which you will need to wait to see its fulfilment. In contract, when God suddenly decides to issue a decree, such as "Let there be light", you will know that your waiting period is over, as your miracle will manifest immediately. In Genesis 1:3, when God said "Let there be light", there was no need to vote on it, and neither was there any delay, because He had decreed it. Psalm 33:8-9 says one reason why the whole earth should fear God is that whenever He speaks, it is done. All He has to do is to speak, and the next moment, it is done. By the grace of God, I have witnessed God operate in this dimension. Sometime ago, a couple came to us believing God for the fruit of the womb. Open heavens manual 2017. I asked them, "What kind of baby do you want" Their response wad simultaneous: the man wanted a boy while his wife wanted a girl. So I said we should better make it twins – a boy and a girl – and both of them said "Amen". Exactly nine months after, the man was carrying his baby boy and the wife was carrying her baby girl. This season, God is saying let there be light, healing, fruitfulness, increase, promotion, victory over enemies and fullness of joy in your life, and so shall it be!

Moreover, God makes you laugh when He decides to show you His Almightiness. After declaring that Sarah would have a child, she laughed, but denied laughing when He asked her why she laughed (Genesis 18:11-15). Then He asked, "Is any thing too hard for the LORD?" Every man definitely has his limits, and even spirits are limited, but not the Father of spirits (Hebrews 12:9). Hence, Luke 1:37 says nothing is impossible with our God. Open Heavens Daily 2017 Monday 15 2017 – When God gives laughter. He can suspend physical laws and have His way any day. Matthew 3:9 says this God can produce children out of stones! Whatever the specialists have said cannot hinder my God. Where they are limited, He is not. The resources they lack, He has in abundance. What they do not know, is common knowledge to Him. His word is full of power and gives direction to anything He wants done. This is why I know that this season, everything standing in your way to laughter shall give way so that you can laugh. You shall laugh last and your laughter shall be unstoppable!

Prayer Point

Father, for every couple trusting You for the fruit of the womb in my local assembly, Please give them laughter today!

Open Heaven Daily Devotional, written by Pastor E.A Adeboye,

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