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I believe you know this powerful verse: I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.Psalm 121:1  Read: Psalm 121:1-21  A Song of degrees. I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.2  My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.   Message:In the course of our walk with God, we encounter challenges of life that test the level and quality of our faith; but praise God that we have the assurance of the Lord that there is no mountain our faith cannot surmount (Matthew 17:20). For those who are in Christ, problems arise in order to generate testimonies. The size of the problem you encounter will determine the size of your testimony. If you ask God for a big testimony, then you must be ready to face a big challenge. What made the testimony of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego most outstanding was not just the fact that they went through the fiery furnace, but the fact that the furnace, heated to its most intense level, could ...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL MONDAY NOVEMBER 9 2015. THEME: WHY HE WAS GIVEN. MEMORISE : And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. JOHN 14: 3. READ : JOHN 14 : 1 - 3 : 1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: DEUTERONOMY 32 : 48 - 34 : 12 AND 1 THESSALONIANS 1 : 1 - 2 : 16. What is life? In simplistic terms, we can define life as the opposite of death. When you travel to a far country, say for a period of three months, you will experience a temporary separation between you and the people, things and locations you are familiar with. But when death occurs, it permanently separates you from the thi...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2015 THEME: BEFORE THE MANIFESTATION OF SIGNS Memorise: God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? Hebrews 2:4 Read: Psalm 34:1-3 1  I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2  My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3  O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. Message There are certain criteria God looks out for before choosing a fellow through whom His signs and wonders will be manifested to the world. He saw meekness and humility in Moses. If the Lord will use you to do the greater works He promised (John 14:12), you must be meek and gentle. You must also be humble to the end. Some people start off being humble, and God begins to lift them up; but at some point, they become so full of themselve...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : THURSDAY 5 NOVEMBER 2015 THEME : HELP FROM UNWILLING HELPERS Memorise: Arise, get thee to Zarephath, which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell there: behold, I have commanded a widow woman there to sustain thee. 1 Kings 17:9 Read: Genesis 32:24-32 24  And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day. 25  And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. 26  And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. 27  And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob. 28  And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed. 29  And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: TUESDAY 3RD NOVEMBER 2015 THEME: STEALING BY LIES: NOT ALLOWED Memorise: But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Revelation 21:8 Read: Revelation 21:7-8 7  He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. 8  But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. Message In a particular church, some children and teenagers were asked to contribute some money for a specific purpose to their coordinator. After a while, the money contributed disappeared into thin air, and what was promised was never delivered. That is stealing! Such fr...

Open Heavens Monday November 2 IS YOUR LOVE FOR GOD PROVEN?   Memorise: He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 1 John 4:8   Read: 2 Timothy 4:7-8 7  I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8  Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.   Message If you can prove to God that you truly love Him, you will provoke greater love and great blessings in return. After Paul showed God how much he loved Him, not only did God perform special miracles through him while he was still alive (Acts 19:11), God also showed him the glorious crown awaiting him in Heaven. How great and awesome it is to see the reward reserved for you in Heaven. Some of us desire to have this experience. While this is a good desire, the question is: have you demonstrated your...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... SUNDAY NOVEMBER 1 2015. THEME : CONNECTED TO THE SPIRIT? MEMORISE : I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. JOHN 15 : 5. READ : JOHN 15 : 4 - 7 : 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: DEUTERONOMY 16 : 9 - 18 : 22 AND PHILIPPIANS 1 . After Moses experienced the wonders of God in multiple dimensions at the Red Sea, he wrote a song to e...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER 2015 THEME : CHOSEN FOR LAUGHTER Memorise: And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. Genesis 21:6 Read: Genesis 21:1-6 1  And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2  For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3  And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4  And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5  And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6  And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. Message We serve a God that fills the mouth of his chosen with laughter. Some chosen of the Lord testified of this in Psalms 126:2 saying: "Then was our mouth filled with lau...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : THURSDAY 29 OCTOBER 2015 THEME : DANGERS OF ENVY II Memorise: 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. Genesis 30:1 Read: Numbers 16:29-35 29  If these men die the common death of all men, or if they be visited after the visitation of all men; then the LORD hath not sent me. 30  But if the LORD make a new thing, and the earth open her mouth, and swallow them up, with all that appertain unto them, and they go down quick into the pit; then ye shall understand that these men have provoked the LORD. 31  And it came to pass, as he had made an end of speaking all these words, that the ground clave asunder that was under them: 32  And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods. 33  They, and all that appertained to them, went down aliv...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : WEDNESDAY 28 OCTOBER 2015 THEME :  DANGER OF ENVY I Memorise: A sound heart is the life of the flesh: but envy the rottenness of the bones. Proverbs 14:30 Read: Genesis 4:3-8 3  And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the LORD. 4  And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering: 5  But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect. And Cain was very wroth, and his countenance fell. 6  And the LORD said unto Cain, Why art thou wroth? and why is thy countenance fallen? 7  If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him. 8  And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : TUESDAY 27 OCTOBER 2015 THEME : HE STILL SENDS ANGELS Memorise: Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Hebrews 1:14 Read: Acts 27:20-25 20  And when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared, and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was then taken away. 21  But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. 22  And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship. 23  For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve, 24  Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar: and, lo, God hath given thee all them that sail with thee. 25  Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe G...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE : MONDAY 26th OCTOBER 2015 THEME : HELP AFTER LOSING HOPE Memorise: For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. Ecclesiastes 9:4 Read: Luke 7:11-15 11  And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 12  Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. 13  And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 14  And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. 15  And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother. Message It is so awesome to experience God's favour. One day of God's favour is better than a l...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SUNDAY 25TH OCTOBER 2015 THEME: RAISING GODLY CHILDREN? Memorise: And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4 Read: Ephesians 6:1-4 1  Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. 2  Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) 3  That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 4  And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Message When God gives you children, He expects you to raise them in a godly manner. For this reason, He sent you this express command in Proverbs 22:6: "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." This passage of Scripture tells us to "train up a child". In other words, even when God gives you several children, each of the...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2015 THEME: WISE IN YOUR OWN EYES? Memorise: Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. Psalm 3:7 Read: Psalm 3:5-7 5  I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. 6  I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 7  Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. Message One character flaw that has worked against many people all through the ages is pride. Unfortunately, many people fail to recognise pride for what it is; rather, they see it as part of self-respect. Proverbs 21:4 says pride manifests itself in the carriage of a person and in the state of their heart. Not many proud people realise that they are proud. Psalm 73:6 says pride is like a chai...

Open Heavens Thursday October 22   WORSHIP: WHAT STATE OF MATURITY?   Memorise: Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. Psalm 113:2   Read: Psalm 113:1-6 1  Praise ye the LORD. Praise, O ye servants of the LORD, praise the name of the LORD. 2  Blessed be the name of the LORD from this time forth and for evermore. 3  From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised. 4  The LORD is high above all nations, and his glory above the heavens. 5  Who is like unto the LORD our God, who dwelleth on high, 6  Who humbleth himself to behold the things that are in heaven, and in the earth!   Message It is a great thing for you to seek God, but it is a far greater thing for God to seek you out. From experience, most people only seek God because they are in need, and because they want Him to do something for them. This is self-centredness. God may not seek out su...

Open Heavens Tuesday October 20 ANGELS ON ASSIGNMENT   Memorise: For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. Psalms 91:11   Read: Daniel 6:19-22 19  Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20  And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? 21  Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22  My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.   Message One of the markers indicating that a life is blessed of God is the receipt of support from heaven. Such support can be manifested as heavenly bodies working to advance the objec...

Open Heavens Monday October 19   WHEN HELP IS VOLUNTEERED   Memorise: Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. Luke 12:32   Read: Esther 5:1-3 1  Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. 2  And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. 3  Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.   Message After Esther touched the sceptre of a mere mortal king, death was turned into life for her; h...

Open Heavens Sunday October 18   WEALTH TRANSFER   Memorise: A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children’s children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. Proverbs 13:22   Read: Proverbs 13:21-22 21  Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed. 22  A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just.   Message Because God owns everything on earth, He can give a person power to get wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18). Not only does He give power to get wealth, He also transfers wealth from one person to another. God can transfer wealth from the enemies of His children, to those who will serve Him. He can equally transfer wealth from His children whom He has blessed, who refuse to utilise their blessings for His purpose, to those believers who will use it to glorify Him. If you are stingy, you are not like your Heavenly Father. W...

Open Heavens Saturday October 17 CARRIERS OF BLESSINGS   Memorise: Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them: they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate. Psalm 127:5   Read: Genesis 21:1-6 1  And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken. 2  For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him. 3  And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him, whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 4  And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old, as God had commanded him. 5  And Abraham was an hundred years old, when his son Isaac was born unto him. 6  And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.     Message When adults and parents are stained with sin or have become preoccupied with the affairs of life, God may speak to them through...

Open Heavens Friday October 16 MARRIED TO IDOLS?   Memorise: Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. Hosea 4:17   Read: Deuteronomy 4:15-20 15  Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: 16  Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17  The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, 18  The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: 19  And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. 20  But ...

Open Heavens Thursday October 15 CLAIMING UNCLAIMED HARVESTS   Memorise: I sent you to reap that whereon ye bestowed no labour: other men laboured, and ye are entered into their labours. John 4:38   Read: John 4:35-38 35  He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. 36  But I have greater witness than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. 37  And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. 38  And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not.     Message Total restoration is possible for those who believe in God. Beyond total restoration, it is equally possible to be a recipient of uncommon restoration. An uncommon restoration occurs in a situatio...

Open Heavens Wednesday October 14 THE SUPER NEED   Memorise: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her. Luke 10:42   Read: Luke 10:38-42 38  Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. 39  And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and heard his word. 40  But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. 41  And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: 42  But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.   Message When a person chases several rats in different directions, the most likely outcome is that none of those...

Open Heavens Tuesday October 13 ELEMENTS PROVIDE SUPPORT   Memorise: The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. Psalm 121:6   Read: Joshua 10:12-14 12  Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. 13  And the sun stood still, and the moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies. Is not this written in the book of Jasher? So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. 14  And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for the LORD fought for Israel.   Message One the 6th of October, we studied some of the markers which indicate that a life is blessed. We gained insight into the fact that when you are blessed, the sea...

Open Heavens Sunday October 11   OBEY OR LOSE YOUR CHANCE   Memorise: While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. Hebrews 3:15   Read: Hebrews 3:13-15 13  But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14  For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence stedfast unto the end; 15  While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.     Message Beloved, if God indicates to you His desire to use you in building His kingdom in one capacity or another, do not hesitate, because He may just use someone else if you do. One of my pastors and I once went through an experience relevant to this subject. During the early days of building the Redemption Camp, when things were very rough and tough, I practically lived at the camp, ...

Open Heavens By Pastor E.A Adeboye. Saturday October 10   WHY CHILDREN ARE USEFUL   Memorise: Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. Matthew 18:10   Read: Matthew 18:1-5 1  At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 2  And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 3  And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4  Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5  And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.   Message Children are not just God’s property, they are also God’s weapons of war. This is why you must be very ...

Open Heavens Friday October 9 STEALING HIS GLORY?   Memorise: For mine own sake, even for mine own sake, will I do it: for how should my name be polluted? and I will not give my glory unto another. Isaiah 48:11   Read: Acts 12:20-23 20  And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country. 21  And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them. 22  And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. 23  And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.     Message It is very wrong, and an act of stealing, for a person to take all the credit for a job done by team effort. If you are part ...

Open Heavens Thursday October 8 UNEXPECTED SPIRITUAL UPLIFT   Memorise: The LORD shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. Psalm 110:2   Read: Mark 9:2-10 2  And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. 3  And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. 4  And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. 5  And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 6  For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. 7  And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. 8  And suddenly, when they...