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Open Heaven 19 November 2017: Sunday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye –Listen to Elders

Posted: 17 Nov 2017 12:51 PM PST

LISTEN TO ELDERS – Sunday November 19^th 2017

Memorise: I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. Job 32:7

Read: 1^st Peter 5:1-5 (KJV)

5:1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:

^5:2Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

^5:3Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being examples to the flock.

^5:4And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away.

^5:5Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Bible in one year: Psalm 17:21, Amos 9, Hymn: Sing hymn 16

MESSAGE:

One way of avoiding mistakes in life is to learn from the experience of those who have gone ahead of you in faith, business, career or family life. If you learn from the fall of others, you will not meet with the same tragic end that befell them. This is why you need to listen to the advice of elders. Piglets are expected to learn from the mother pig. For this reason, Job 32:7 says,

"I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom."

It is also commonly said that experience is the best teacher. There are several things you will be taught from the school of life when you listen to what the elders the Lord has placed around you have to say. There is a Nigerian proverb that says, "A child may have as many clothes as an elder, but he cannot have as many rags as he. "Learn from those who have trod on the path you are walking on.

I had the opportunity of delivering the sermon at the wedding of the daughter of a country's president not too long ago. I observed that both the girl and her husband were highly educated. I therefore said to them, "Looking at you, I can tell you are both brilliant people, but you are just starting a journey into marriage, a journey I have been engaged in for about 47 years, and as a result, I have one or two things to teach you." It is very important that you listen to your elders. Are you newly married? I have two equations to keep you going – one: love is blind, and two: marriage is a miracle – worker with special anointing for opening blind eyes. When you solve these two equations simultaneously, the answer you will get is this: Love is blind but marriage will open its eyes.

Beloved, never shun the advice of an elder! Apart from your biological elders, your pastors and senior pastors are also elders. Except when they asked you to veer off the path of righteousness, please listen to them and fellow their good advice. If you have a godly, humble heart, it will be easy to listen to elders. Can you believe that some people do not listen to their elders because they want to be in-charge of their lives? They erroneously believe that if they listen to elders, they will lose control of their lives. Righteous elders will want to guide you on God's holy path and ensure you reach your goal. Be wise today!

Prayer Point

Father, thank You for all the elders in the Body of Christ; please use them to provide righteous counsel for our youths, so that together we can all make Heaven.

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 16

God give us Christian Homes

Verse 1:

God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the Bible is loved and taught,
Homes where the Master's will is sought,
Homes crowned with beauty

Thy love hath wrought;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!

Verse 2:

God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the father is true and strong,
Homes that are free from the blight of wrong,
Homes that are joyful with love and song;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!

Verse 3:

God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the mother, in caring quest,
Strives to show others Thy way is best,
Homes where the Lord is an honored guest;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!

Verse 4:

God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so,
Homes where the altar fires burn and glow;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!

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Rccg Open Heaven & Open Heavens Devotional 2017, Open Heaven For Today - 18 November 2017: Saturday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Only an honour

Posted: 16 Nov 2017 01:48 PM PST

ONLY AN HONOUR – Saturday November 18^th 2017

Memorise: For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 1^st Corinthians 4:7

Read: Proverbs 3:9-10 (KJV)

^3:9Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

^3:10So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.

Bible in one year: Psalm 9:16, Amos 8, Hymn: Sing hymn 14

MESSAGE:

In our Bible reading, we are enjoined to honour the Lord with our first fruits. What does the word 'honour' really mean? Honour can be viewed from the perspective of giving a person something he or she doesn't really need. We see a manifestation of this in the academia. When universities or colleges want to give honorary degrees, they look for people who don't need money, academic qualifications or any such things, and they honour them with a degree. This is why it is called an honorary degree. They give such degrees to eminent personalities, people of proven abilities and achievers in different fields. This is comparable to the way God operates. What money can you give to the One who created the heavens and the earth? What can you give to the One who owns all silver and gold? He says to us, "If you come to the city where I reside, what is most precious to you on earth is what the streets are made of. So what do you want to give me that I don't have already? "Therefore, whatever we think we can give to God can only reasonably be given in honour of Him.

"For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? Now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?"

1^st Corinthians 4:7

When we speak about giving God something, is it really so? What do we have that we have not received from Him? if we have indeed received all we have from Him, it clearly shows that we are simply giving back to Him out of what He gave us. When we were still living in my first house in the Redemption Camp, my little children held a meeting in a room one Christmas season, and they sent the youngest, who was about four years old then, to ask me what I wanted for Christmas. I said I would like a jet. He said they weren't proposing that kind of gift, and so I asked for a pen. He ran back to the room to meet the others, and he later came back to me asking me to lend him N10. I gave it to him without asking what he wanted it for because I knew its purpose. So at Christmas time, I got a beautifully wrapped gift. Even though I knew what was inside because it was bought with my money, I still gathered my children round to hug them, just for even thinking of giving me something at that tender age. This mirrors the relationship between God and His children. How often do you honour God?

Prayer Point

Father, grant me the grace to honour You in all I do, all the days of my life.

hymn 14

TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE

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 Heaven, Open Heaven for today, Rccg open heaven & Open Heaven devotional 17 November 2017: Friday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye –Service and friendship

Posted: 15 Nov 2017 12:07 PM PST

AND FRIENDSHIP – Friday November 17^th 2017

Memorise: Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? 2^nd Chronicles 20:7

Read: Genesis 18:17-22 (KJV)

^18:17And the Lord said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;

^18:18Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him?

^18:19For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.

^18:20And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;

^18:21I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.

^18:22And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the Lord.

Bible in one year: Psalm 1-8, Amos 7, Hymn: Sing hymn 14

MESSAGE:

When you read through 2^nd Kings 2:1-7, you will notice that Elijah, Elisha and the sons of the prophets in Bethel, Jericho and Jordan were all very much aware of Elijah's transition to glory and the day it was scheduled to take place. In fact, they even treated the knowledge of this event like an open secret. One lesson from this is that if you walk in the spirit, significant events will be common knowledge to you. God has secrets (Proverbs 25:2). There are certain things known only to Him, which He may want to share with men once in a while. Daniel 2:22 says,

"He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him."

In as much as God wants to share with men, if He looks around and finds no one qualified by His grace for such secrets, He will simply keep it to Himself.

"Surely the Lord GOD will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets."

Amos 3:7

When you have a closely guarded secret, do you tell everyone on the street about it? I very much doubt you would do that. Rather, you will want to keep it to yourself, and even if you would tell anyone at all, it will be someone who is not only close to you, but who is also trustworthy enough in keeping secrets. Who are those God will share His secrets with? It is His servants! If you are not getting divine information regarding crucial future events, it is most likely that you need to correct certain aspects of your service. When you serve the Lord, He will share some of His secrets with you. The more you serve Him, the more you have future information ahead of time. Also, you must be His friend. Abraham was God's friend, and so, when God was about to destroy Sodom and He realised that Abraham's nephew, Lot, and his family were there, the Lord told Abraham about it. This gave Abraham the privilege and opportunity to intercede for them. Are you a friend of Jesus Christ? What is the level of closeness you share with Him? Friends communicate a lot. Do you often hear God's voice? How often does He speak to you using various means of communication? You become His closest friend by serving Him like never before, and He will not leave you in the dark concerning your tomorrow and that of your family.

Key Point

When your relationship with God moves up to the friendship level, access to divine secrets will become a regular benefit to you.

hymn 14

TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE

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 For Today 16 November 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye –Fulfilling destiny

Posted: 14 Nov 2017 12:43 PM PST

FULFILLING DESTINY – Thursday November 16^th 2017

Memorise: The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened. Proverb 10:27

Read: Ephesians 1:3-6 (KJV)

^1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:

^1:4According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love:

^1:5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,

^1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.

Bible in one year: Job 39-42, Amos 5:18-6:14, Hymn: Sing hymn 7

MESSAGE:

If you are born again, you can connect with God's destiny for your life. God has a plan for every being He has made, but those who refuse to receive His Lordship will be unable to connect to His plan and purpose for their lives. In other words, sin is a separator that can disconnect the sinner from his or her God-given destiny. One truth you must recognise however is that the fulfilment of your destiny is in God's hands and also in your hands. To this end, Proverbs 10:27 says,

"The fear of the LORD prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened."

Although you have a specific number of years allotted to you on earth, your ability to fear God, obey Him and make Him happy will not only help you to fulfil your years, these can also help you to increase the number of your years, just as it happened to King Hezekiah (2^nd Kings 20:5-6). In contrast, if you decide to live recklessly, the number of your years can be cut short (Psalm 34:16). The implication of this is that you can shorten or lengthen your years on earth depending on how you live your life.

Long before the foundation of this world was laid, God had chosen us in Christ (Ephesians 1:4). No wonder Jeremiah was told by the Lord that what he would become on earth had already been decided before he was born (Jeremiah 1:4-5). Do not however misconstrue God's plan for you. According to Jeremiah 29:11, He has beautiful plans for you. These plans include your shinning as light and bringing healing to your world as salt of the earth (Matthew 5:13-16). Believe it or not, part of His plan is for you to continue from where He stopped on earth in relation to His miraculous works (John 14:12). Furthermore, some level of momentary suffering is allowed for you as part of His plans (1^st Peter 2:21). In fact, if you will be glorified with Christ, you must be prepared to also suffer with Him (2^nd Timothy 2:21). It is also part of God's plan for you to be a joint-heir with Jesus Christ (Romans 8:17). This means that you are not as poor as you think you are. Everything God has belongs to Jesus Christ, and you are a co-heir to that inheritance (John 16:15). Apart from these, it is part of your destiny to forever live with Jesus in all eternity (John 14:3). Having known all these truths, it is important for you to daily thank God for His glorious plans for you and live your life in consonance with your divine destiny in Christ.

Prayer Point

Father, let every good thing that is part of my destiny begin to manifest in my life from today!

hymn 7

O Jesus, I have promised

1. O Jesus, I have promised,

To serve Thee to the end;

Be Thou forever near me,

My Master and my Friend;

I shall not fear the battle

If Thou art by my side,

Nor wander from the pathway

If Thou wilt be my Guide.

2. Oh, let me hear Thee speaking,

In accents clear and still,

I dare not trust my judgment:

Thy way shall be my will;

Oh, speak to reassure me,

To hasten or control;

Oh, speak, and make me listen,

Thou Guardian of my soul.

3. O Jesus, Thou hast promised

To all who follow Thee

That where Thou art in glory

There shall Thy servant be;

And Jesus, I have promised

To serve Thee to the end;

Oh, give me grace to follow,

My Master and my Friend.

4. Oh, let me see Thy footmarks,

And in them plant mine own;

My hope to follow duly

Is in Thy strength alone.

Oh, guide me, call me, draw me,

Uphold me to the end;

And then in Heav'n receive me,

My Savior and my Friend

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Open Heaven 15 November 2017: Wednesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye –Time for consultation

Posted: 13 Nov 2017 01:21 PM PST

TIME FOR CONSULTATION – Wednesday November 15^th 2017

Memorise: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. Genesis 1:26

Read: Genesis 1:26-27 (KJV)

^1:26And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.

^1:27So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Bible in one year: Job 36-38, Amos 5:1-17, Hymn: Sing hymn 9

MESSAGE:

From the creation story, the fact that man was the last of God's creation, though he is the most significant, indicates that God can give you the very best at the end. From this we understand that the end of believers is glorious. No wonder Ecclesiastes 7:8 says,

"Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit."

You might have started on a shaky note, but I want to assure you that you will end up being well established. Your faith may be very weak now, but it will become great faith at the end. Never judge your future by the limitations of your present! God will help you overcome those obstacles and limitations and He will safely take you to your glorious end. Indeed, Job 8:7 says you might have started small, but you will end with great increase, provided you sustain blossoming relationship with God.

In addition, we observed from the account of creation in Genesis chapter 1 that when God was making all other things, He did not call a council meeting, but when it came to the creation of man, a council meeting of the Godhead was called. They all had to be in agreement for man to be created. The implication of this is that to get the best from God, man must be in total unity and alignment with Him. Also, we will be wise to follow the pattern demonstrated by the Godhead in all our decisions. Some issues are more sensitive and volatile than others. There is a time to take a unilateral decision on issues, and there is also a time to consult widely and take a joint decision. Lastly, when it comes to the issue of human management, you would need to go to God for help. Why? Human beings are the most difficult resource to handle. They are very diverse in thought, knowledge and understanding, and so their responses to issues are so divergent and vast. Human beings are also unreliable; it's no wonder Jesus did not commit Himself to any man. John 2:24-25 says,

"But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, And needed not that any should testify of man: for he knew what was in man."

If you will succeed in leading men and women, you must involve God to a large extent. How well are you managing fellow men?

Key point

To effectively lead men, you must be connected to the One who made man.

hymn 9

ON THE HILL FAR AWAY

Verse 1

On a hill far away

Stood an old rugged cross,

The emblem of suffering and shame;

And I love that old cross where the dearest and best

For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Chorus:

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross,

till my trophies at last I lay down;

I will cling to the old rugged cross,

and exchange it some day for a crown.

Verse 2

O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,

Has a wondrous attraction for me;

For the dear Lamb of God left his glory above

To bear it to dark Calvary.

(Chorus)

Verse 3

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,

A wondrous beauty I see,

For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,

To pardon and sanctify me.

(Chorus)

Verse 4

To that old rugged cross I will ever be true,

its shame and reproach gladly bear;

Then he'll call me some day to my home far away,

Where his glory forever I'll share.

(Chorus)

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TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE

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TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE

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