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Open Heavens Devotional  By Pastor E. A Adeboye. Date : – Tuesday, March 31, 2015. Topic : - PROMPT OBEDIENCE Memorise :  And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus said unto him, Fellow me; and let the dead bury their body . Matthew 8:21-22 Read: 1Samuel 15:22-23,  15:22 And Samuel said, Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams. 15:23 For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, he hath also rejected thee from being king. Bible in one year:  Nahum 1-3,  Matthew 12:9-32 Message: In the service of God, sacrifice is good. God expects all His children to present their bodies as a living sacrifice to Him. He also expects our sacrifices t...

Open Heavens Devotional  By Pastor E. A Adeboye. Date : – Monday, March 30, 2015. Topic : - GREAT EXPECTATIONS Memorise :  But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. 1Corinthians 2:9 Read: John 4:24-34, Bible in one year: Micah 5-7, Matthew 11:20-12:8 Message: The scripture reading today shows us a marked difference between the priorities of our Lord Jesus Christ and that of His disciples at a point in time. Many of us, like the disciples, are often engrossed with how to meet our physical, psychological and emotional needs. We are immersed in things which are ephemeral in nature. These include what to eat, what to drink, where to live, how to be clothed, how to t ake care of our immediate and distant families, how to stay healthy , how to be wealthy and how to be famous. Jesus assured His disciples that the Father knew their n...

Open Heavens Devotional  By Pastor E. A Adeboye. Date : – Sunday, March 29, 2015. Date : - EMMANUEL Memorise :-  Thus saith the LORD of hosts; in those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you. Zechariah 8:23 Read: Matthew 1:18-25;  Matthew 1:18 Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost. 1:19 Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily. 1:20 But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghos...

Open Heavens Devotional  By Pastor E. A Adeboye. Date : – Saturday, March 28, 2015. Topic : - IMPULSIVE PRAISE Memorise :  And Mary said, my soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour.... . Luke 1:46-47 Read: Acts 3:6-9,  3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. 3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength. 3:8 And he leaping up stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God. 3:9 And all the people saw him walking and praising God: Bible in one year:  Obadiah 1-  Jonah 4,  Matthew 10:16-39 Message:-  Praise can be described as a spontaneous outburst of thanksgiving by a grateful child of God in God’s presence. When a person knows God and experiences Him inti...

Topic: Renewing the Mind [Wednesday March 25, 2015] Memorise: For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. - 1 Timothy 4:8 Read: (1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 KJV) 23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it. Bible in One Year: Amos 4:6-6:14, Mathew 9:9-26 MESSAGE: Every rational being wishes to be healthy, wealthy, fulfilled and enjoy longevity. The desire to live long and be healthy is scriptural. Psalm 91:16 says, 'With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.' Man is a tripartite being. The Bible teaches that man consists of the spirit, soul and body. God is interested in our good health (3 John 1:2). He desires for us to be sound and complete in our spirit, soul a...

Open Heavens Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye. Date:- Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Topic:- RENEWING THE MIND Memorise: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2. Read: 1Corinthians 2:9-14, 2 Corinthians 2:9 For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things. 2:10 To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ; 2:11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices. 2:12 Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord, 2:13 I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia. 2:14 Now thanks be unto God, which always caus...

Open Heavens Devotional  By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date : - Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Topoic : - ATTITUDES TO WORSHIP Memorise : God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. John 4:24 Read: Isaiah 40:12-22,  Isaiah 40:12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?  40:13 Who hath directed the Spirit of the LORD, or being his counsellor hath taught him? 40:14 With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding? 40:15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 40:16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to burn, nor the beasts thereof s...

Open Heavens Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye Date : - Monday, March 23, 2015. Topic : - KEYS TO ANSWERED PRAYER Memorise : O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come. Psalms 65:2 Read : - Matthew 7:7-11 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him? Bible in one year: Hosea 11-14 Matthew 7:1-23 Message: If Christians can master the art and practice of prayer, this world will definitely become a better place to live in for them. Some described prayer as a paradox. Its both simple and compl...

Topic: A More Excellent Name [ Sunday March 15, 2015] Memorise : Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. - Hebrews 1:4 Read: (Acts 4:6-12 KJV) 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the c...

Topic: A More Excellent Name [ Sunday March 15, 2015] Memorise : Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. - Hebrews 1:4 Read: (Acts 4:6-12 KJV) 6 And Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together at Jerusalem. 7 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. 11 This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the c...

Topic: Miraculous Recovery [Saturday March 14, 2015] Memorise:  And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you. -  Joel 2:25 Read:  ( 2 Kings 6:1-7 KJV ) 1 And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us. 2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto Jordan, and take thence every man a beam, and let us make us a place there, where we may dwell. And he answered, Go ye. 3 And one said, Be content, I pray thee, and go with thy servants. And he answered, I will go. 4 So he went with them. And when they came to Jordan, they cut down wood. 5 But as one was felling a beam, the axe head fell into the water: and he cried, and said, Alas, master! for it was borrowed. 6 And the man of God said, Where fell it? And he shewed him the place. And he cut down a stick, and cast it in thither; a...