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Open Heavens 23 July 2017 - Dangers of Financial Storms I

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Open Heavens 23 July 2017: Sunday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Dangers of Financial Storms I

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DANGERS OF FINANCIAL STORMS I – Sunday July 23^rd 2017

Memorise: The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends. Proverbs 14:20

Read: Proverbs 14:20-22 (KJV)

^14:20The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.

^14:21He that despiseth his neighbour sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, happy is he.

^14:22Do they not err that devise evil? but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 21:22, Ezekiel 13:20-14:11, Hymn: Sing hymn 4

MESSAGE:

Peace is desirable because it signifies everything that is calm, quite and in order. On the other hand, storms are undesirable because they bring turbulence, trouble, fear and absence of rest. While all storms are bad, a financial storm is one of the worst storms that can hit the foundation of an individual, family or community. One reason why financial storms are more deadly is because they can trigger off other storms. For instance, Proverbs 14:20 says,

"The poor is hated even of his own neighbour: but the rich hath many friends."

This means that because of the poverty of the poor, many of his neighbours prefer to avoid him. Some would even develop hatred for him just for that reason. This describes the attitude of many unsaved people to their poor neighbours. Open Heavens 23 July 2017: Sunday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Dangers of Financial Storms I. It is most unfortunate that some believers also follow this evil trend. This has led to the formation of cliques and factions in places where there should be unity and togetherness. Psalm 10:2 says that only a wicked and proud fellow would subject the poor to such treatment. Some Church leaders cannot stand seeing those who are not well-to-do. As a result, they discriminate against them, using every excuse in the book. They appoint only those who are rich into positions, even when they know that the poor are more ideal for such positions. If you are involved in such discriminatory practices, remember Psalm 12:5 which says that when the poor cry out to God, He will arise on their behalf against their oppressors.

Are you hated by your neighbours because of the financial storms you are confronted with? Fear not! According to Psalm 69:33, the Lord will hear your cry today and bring you out of poverty and reproach. Moreover, financial storms can make an individual contemplate suicide. Open Heavens 23 July 2017. In 1^st King 17:12, due to the financial storms that the widow of Zarephath was going through with her son, she decided that they should just take their last meal and afterwards die. Have you found yourself in a similar situation where you are contemplating or have even attempted suicide? Stop right there! Suicide can never solve your problems. It is worse than going from frying pan into fire. See your pastor, tell him your situation and see what he can do to help. However, more importantly, call on the Lord to deliver you from the challenges you are confronted with. I rebuke every spirit of death suggesting suicide to you right now! I pray that hope be restored in your heart right now in Jesus' Name.

Action Point

If your financial storm is so bad that you feel seriously pressured to commit suicide, just know that your turnaround is truly around you. Don't ever quit, and don't kill yourself!

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.
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Open Heavens 22 July 2017: Saturday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Misdirected Requests

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MISDIRECTED REQUESTS – Saturday July 22^nd 2017

Memorise: Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts. James 4:3

Read: Genesis 30:1-2 (KJV)

30:1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.

^30:2And Jacob's anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?

Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 19-20, Ezekiel 13:8-19, Hymn: Sing hymn 2

MESSAGE:

In Matthew 6:9-13, the Lord taught His disciples the right way to pray. Prayer is an outcry for assistance. It summons your ally to join forces with you in your fight against your foes in order to be victorious. Usually, when an individual encounters a problem too big to handle, he will call for the help of others. Open Heavens 22 July 2017. In the midst of a famine, when Elijah went to ask for water and food from the widow of Zarephath, he was simply praying (1^st King 17:8-16). Also, when this widow's son died and she cried to the man of God to restore him back to life, that was a prayer (1^st Kings 17:17-23). Furthermore, when Rachel asked Jacob to give her children, she was praying (Genesis 30:1). In 2^nd Kings 6:25-29, we see a woman praying to the king for help in enforcing her agreement to feed on another woman's son after her own son had been devoured. From all these cases, it can be established that prayer can be made to individuals, kings, men of God and ultimately, to God Himself. People also pray to the devil and his agents, when they go to them for help. There are some believers who go to their villages to cry to their unsaved parents for help over a nagging issue. Such parents are compelled to consult their oracles and apply charms in resolving these issues. When this occurs, that believer has been brought into covenant with the idols consulted, thereby giving the demonic spirits behind such idols the right to manipulate their lives. Open Heavens 22 July 2017: Saturday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Misdirected Requests. Be very careful who you run to for help!

When Rachel asked Jacob to give her children in Genesis 30:1, Jacob got angry. Rachel even threatened to commit suicide if she did not have children. Her husband's response in Genesis 30:2^b says it all:

"Am I in God's stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?"

She was directing her right request to the wrong quarters. What she was asking was beyond his ability. Many times, we pray to the wrong person or send our desires to those who cannot truly help us. The Bible in Psalm 60:11 says,

"Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man."

Are you channelling your request to men instead of God? Stop doing so today! God is the only one with all the resources to meet all your needs; therefore, it is wise to direct your entire requests and cries to Him alone. As you do so, He will hear you.

Prayer Point

Father, visit all the widows in my local church; meet their needs and that of their children. Also, keep them pure and ready for your coming.

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Open Heavens 21 July 2017 - Do Afflictions Swallow Your God?
Open Heavens 21 July 2017: Friday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Do Afflictions Swallow Your God?
Open Heavens 20 July 2017 - Abandoning God's Assignment?

Open Heavens 21 July 2017 - Do Afflictions Swallow Your God?

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Open Heavens 21 July 2017: Friday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Do Afflictions Swallow Your God?

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DO AFFLICTIONS SWALLOW YOUR GOD? – Friday July 21^st 2017

Memorise: For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: Job 19:25

Read: Job 19:23-27 (KJV)

^19:23Oh that my words were now written! oh that they were printed in a book!

^19:24That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever!

^19:25For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:

^19:26And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God:

^19:27Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 17:18, Ezekiel 12:21-13:7, Hymn: Sing hymn 1

MESSAGE:

Prophecies are great tools that God uses to intervene in the situations His people's lives. Every prophecy has certain conditions attached to it to trigger its actualisation. Knowing this truth, one particular year, when the Almighty God said that there would be an overflow in that year, I immediately realised that there was some work to be done. Open Heavens 21 July 2017. When He then asked us to fast for 100 days, I was not surprised. Understanding such a task was not an easy one, but obedience to it produced a great harvest in joy, overflowing blessings and much more. This is your season of overflow of God's blessings in Jesus' Name!

In 1^st King 17:8-16, when Elijah asked the widow of Zarephath to bring him some food, her response is worthy of note. 1^st Kings 17:12^a says,

"And she said, As the LORD thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse:"

In other words, she took a good look at Elijah and said, "I know your God". Daniel 11:32 says if you know the Almighty God, you will be empowered to do exploits. ' Exploits' here refers to activities that are way beyond the ordinary. God is in the business of doing exploits. Open Heavens 21 July 2017: Friday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye - Do Afflictions Swallow Your God? It takes God to turn the hideout of highway robbers into a beautiful godly city. It takes the God of exploits to construct the present auditorium at the Redemption Camp, even with its staggering cost. If you ever want to see exploits, you must know this God personally.

In addition, not only did this widow know Elijah's God, she also declared Him to be alive. One of the most profound statements in the Bible was made by Job. In Job 19:25, He said:

"For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth."

At the time he said this, he was in a most distressing situation. Things were very bad indeed. He had lost all his wealth, property, children and even his health. However, in spite of his ordeal, he still proclaimed that God was alive. Many people tend to believe that God is not alive or that He is not who He says He is, just because of the severe trials of faith they are facing. Problems can never take God away. He doesn't cease to exist just because He has not answered your prayers. How much faith can you repose in God while going through difficult times? This is a true test of your character.

Action Point

Ask God to open more doors for us to reach the unreached countries with the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Open Heavens 20 July 2017 - Abandoning God's Assignment?

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Open Heavens 20 July 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- Abandoning God’s Assignment?

Posted: 19 Jul 2017 06:55 AM PDT

ABANDONING GOD'S ASSIGNMENT? – Thursday July 20^th 2017

Memorise: Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? Saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house. Haggai 1:9

Read: Haggai 1:5-11 (KJV)

^1:5Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

^1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.

^1:7Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

^1:8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith the Lord.

^1:9Ye looked for much, and, lo it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the Lord of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

^1:10Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth is stayed from her fruit.

^1:11And I called for a drought upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the new wine, and upon the oil, and upon that which the ground bringeth forth, and upon men, and upon cattle, and upon all the labour of the hands.

Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 15-16, Ezekiel 12:7-20, Hymn: Sing hymn 14

MESSAGE:

"What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?"

Romans 8:31

The above scripture clearly tells us that God can be for us. It is so reassuring to know that God can stand for you. Whenever He is for you, anyone against you is in trouble. However, do you know that just as God can be for you, He can also be against you? Yes, He can if you check through the Scriptures; you will see many instances where God stirred up the enemies of His children to fight against them (Judges 4:1-3, Judges 6:1-10). They reminded defeated until they realised their evil, repented and ran back to God. Judges 13:1 says,

"And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistine forty years."

Every time you turn away from God, violate His word or live to gratify your fleshly lusts, you turn Him against you.

Moreover, God can personally fight or frustrate the efforts of His children. In our Bible reading, because some people refused to complete the building of God's house, He decided to frustrate their personal efforts. It is frightening to see the extent God can go to in fighting His own children! In Haggai 1:6, it is written that his people worked like elephants but brought in the harvest of ants. They ate but were never satisfied, and their thirst could not be quenched no matter how much water they drank. No matter how many clothes they wore, they could not get warm. They worked and were paid, but kept losing their wages. Haggai 1:9 even goes further to say that if they managed to bring in any little gain, God would blow it away. God also prevented the heavens from releasing rain and the earth for releasing its increase. He went further to declare a famine on their land. This was God fighting His children and not any devil Why the fight? It was because they abandoned God's house and focused on building their own mansions with the resources God had given them. If you abandon God's assignment or project in pursuit of yours, you are calling for God's hammer. In any way you have erred, repent today and turn to what you abandoned, and the Lord will turn away from His anger.

Prayer Point

Father, prosper all Your missionaries in mission fields across the globe. Back them up with signs and wonders. Help them to win souls and to disciple your end-time army.

Open Heavens 19 July 2017 - A New Management

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Open Heavens 19 July 2017: Wednesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- A New Management

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A NEW MANAGEMENT – Wednesday July 19^th 2017

Memorise: Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? Romans 6:16

Read: Romans 6:13-20 (KJV)

^6:13Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

^6:14For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

^6:15What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid.

^6:16Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?

^6:17But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you.

^6:18Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness.

^6:19I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.

^6:20For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness.

Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 14, Ezekiel 11:14-12:6, Hymn: Sing hymn 11

MESSAGE:

When you have an encounter with Jesus that results in you accepting Him as your personal Lord and Saviour, your life comes under a new management. In Matthew 11:28-29, Jesus said:

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls."

Before encountering Jesus, your affairs were managed by Satan and also by your own self-will (Ephesians 2:2-3). A choice to welcome Jesus into your heart means that you have chosen to do away with all your former masters and have embraced the Lordship of Jesus over your affairs. My father used to say that whosoever you allow to be your master will take care of you with whatever he has. If Satan is your master, he will give you what he has: sickness, sorrow, fear and all kinds of problems. If Jesus is your master, He will take care of you with good health, joy, peace and all kinds of blessings. Who are you yielding to presently? Who is you master?

I was once invited to preach at the thanksgiving service of a particular king. While I was preparing for the service, his chiefs, dressed in the regalia of various secret societies, began to come in. An usher saw them and ran to me to ask if they should be allowed to enter the Church. I told him to seat them in the front row where Jesus would be able to reach them quickly. I immediately changed my sermon to talk about Elijah's confrontation with the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel. At the end of the sermon, because I know who my Master is, I said this to them: "I challenge all of you, if you can use all your powers to deflate one of my tyres, I will surrender to your god, but if you cannot, you must surrender to my God." I then told them the registration number of my car. By the time I gave the altar call, the second-in-command to the king, who was the leader of all the secret societies, was the first to come forward. When the other chiefs saw this, they followed suit. After the service, the king said we should go and check up on his second-in-command to find out if he understood what he just did. When we got to him, he said he knew what he had done by surrendering to Christ, adding, "When you see a small boy like this challenging all of us, who doesn't know that he must have someone behind him? It is the One behind him that we surrendered to." Thirty days later, this chief died. He had served the devil all his life and was heading for hell, but thirty days before his death, he changed to a new government and he is now in Heaven. Who is managing your life?

Prayer Point:

Father, wherever forces of darkness are challenging Your children in this nation, show up and paralyse them today.

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Open Heavens 18 July 2017 - What About Your Household?

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Open Heavens 18 July 2017: Tuesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye- What About Your Household?

Posted: 17 Jul 2017 06:46 AM PDT

WHAT ABOUT YOUR HOUSEHOLD? – Tuesday July 18^th 2017

Memorise: One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 1^st Timothy 3:4

Read: Acts 21:8-9 (KJV)

^21:8And the next day we that were of Paul's company departed, and came unto Caesarea: and we entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, which was one of the seven; and abode with him.

^21:9And the same man had four daughters, virgins, which did prophesy.

Bible in one year: 2^nd Samuel 12:13, Ezekiel 10:20-11:13, Hymn: Sing hymn 16

MESSAGE:

Philip was a church planter, obedient, submissive to authority, had a servant spirit and was a man of good report. Beyond these, another valuable trait he had which made God use him mightily for signs and wonders is the fact that he was a man of total commitment to God. Philip served God, but it did not end with him alone; he ensured that his family members followed the same godly path. Like Joshua who declared to the children of Israel that he and his household had decided to follow the Lord alone (Joshua 24:15), Philip decided in a determined way that everyone in his household would serve God. In our Bible reading, we are told that he had four virgin daughters, who were all saved, filled with the Holy Spirit and operated in the gift of prophecy. This clearly shows us that he led his household in the way of the Lord. It also means that he was a good role model to his children. They saw how real the Christian faith was in the life of their father and they desired it. Do your children follow the Christ you claim to follow? Are you a good role model for them? Does your life attract them to become true children of God?

Joshua in Joshua 24:15 said,

"As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

Contrary to this stance, it is very unfortunate that today, some parents make excuses for the lukewarmness or even godlessness exhibited by their children and wards. Such parents may say, "Sir, you don't understand; my children are now in the university." Are they implying that children in the university should not obey their parents anymore, or that such children are incapable of doing God's will? Some will even say, "We believe that when it comes to the issue of faith, it should be voluntary." Is it right if your children voluntarily go to hell? No way! No child should be left to take such a foolish decision! It is your duty to instruct your household after you in the way of the Lord. My biological children, who are now adults, can testify to how I raised them up. None of them dared to come late for morning devotion. If you were late, you would remain standing or be spanked. Joshua commanded his family to serve the Lord. No wonder he was able to command the sun to stand still and it did. If you can instruct your household to genuinely serve God, you will be able to command what God created, and they will obey you. Who is in charge of your home: you or your children?

Key point:

If you raise your children well to follow and serve the Lord, He will reward you, but if you don't, He will judge you.

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