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O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Sunday, May 31, 2015. Topic:- IT IS FOR YOUR GOOD Memorise: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 Read: Genesis 50:15-21 15 And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him. 16 And they sent a messenger unto Joseph, saying, Thy father did command before he died, saying, 17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him. 18 And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not: for...

oTopic: A Conscience Void of Offence [Saturday May 30, 2015] Memorise: And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. - Acts 24:16 Read: Romans 14:16-21 (KJV) 16 Let not then your good be evil spoken of: 17 For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 18 For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable to God, and approved of men. 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. 20 For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. Bible in One Year: 1 Kings 1, Luke 1:1-25 MESSAGE: The Church of Jesus Christ on earth will be healthy and pleasant if Christians would li...

Topic: Caring for the Needy [ Thursday May 28, 2015] Memorise :  For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.  -  Deuteronomy 15:11 Read:   Matthew 25:34-40   (KJV) 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred , and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 And the King shall ans...

O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. Adeboye. Date: – Wednesday, May 27, 2015. Topic:- THE PRICE OF BEING A STANDARD Memorise: Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, 2 Corinthians 6:17 Read: 2Corinthians 6:14-18, 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?   6:15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?   6:16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.   6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,   6:...

o📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A ADEBOYE Date:– Thursday, May 21, 2015. Topic:- THE POWER OF SIGHT (I) Memorise: Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeepth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18 Read: John 9:1-7, 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way...

o📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A ADEBOYE Date:– Thursday, May 21, 2015. Topic:- THE POWER OF SIGHT (I) Memorise: Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeepth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18 Read: John 9:1-7, 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way...

o📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A ADEBOYE Date:– Thursday, May 21, 2015. Topic:- THE POWER OF SIGHT (I) Memorise: Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keeepth the law, happy is he. Proverbs 29:18 Read: John 9:1-7, 9:1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 9:2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 9:3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 9:5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 9:6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 9:7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way...

o📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Topic:- THE TURNING POINT (IV) Memorise: He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. Ecclesiastes 5:10 Read: 2Kings 5:15-20 15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee, take a blessing of thy servant 16 But he said, As the LORD liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him to take it; but he refused. 17 And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules' burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD. 18 In this thing the LORD pardon thy servant, that when my master goeth into the house of R...

o📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Tuesday, May I9, 2015. Topic:- THE TURNING POINT (III) Memorise: And Essau said, Behold, l am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? Genesis 25:32 Read: Genesis 25:29-34 29 And Jacob sod pottage: and Esau came from the field, and he was faint: 30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed me, I pray thee, with that same red pottage; for I am faint: therefore was his name called Edom. 31 And Jacob said, Sell me this day thy birthright. 32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at the point to die: and what profit shall this birthright do to me? 33 And Jacob said, Swear to me this day; and he sware unto him: and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright. Bible in one year: 2Sam.3-4 Mark 11:1-19 Message: While the decisions made at crossroads resu...

O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Monday, May I8, 2015. Topic:- THE TURNING POINT (2) Memorise: And Ruth said, intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, l will go; and where thou lodgest, l will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Ruth 1:16 Read: Ruth 1:11-16 11 And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will ye go with me? are there yet any more sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? 12 Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have an husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should have an husband also to night, and should also bear sons; 13 Would ye tarry for them till they were grown? would ye stay for them from having husbands? nay, my daughters; for it grieveth me much for your sakes that the hand of the LORD is gone out against me. 14 And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in...

O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE. Date:- Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Topic:- YOU CAN BE REPLACED Memorise: Behold, I come quickly: hold that fast which thou hast, that no man take thy crown. Revelation 3:11 Read: Esther 7:9-8:2 9. And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 10. So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified. Esther 8:1-2 1. On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her. 2. And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman. Bible in one year: 1S...

O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Tuesday, May 12, 2015. Topic:- DIVINE INVOLVEMENT COMPARED  Memorise:  And I will come down and talk with thee there: and I will take of the spirit which is upon thee, and will put it upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone.  Numbers 11:17  Read:  Exodus 2:13-15   2:13 And when he went out the second day, behold, two men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?   2:14 And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.   2:15 Now when Pharaoh heard this thing, he sought to slay Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian: and he sat down by a well. Exodus ...

Topic: Press into Your Day of Favour [ Monday May 11, 2015] Memorise:  For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. - Psalm 5:12 Read:   Esther 5:1-3  (KJV) 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. Bible in one Year:   I Samuel 17:1-54, Mark 6:53-7:13 MESSAGE: Queen Esther is one person who pres...

O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Sunday, May 10, 2015. Topic:- SIGNS OF HIS PRESENCE Memorise: Serve the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing. Psalm 100:2 Read: 2Samuel 6:10-12 10 So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite. 11 And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household. 12 And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness. Bible in one year: 1Sam.15-16 Mark.6:30-52 Message: When Moses tenaciously requested that the presence of the Almighty God should follow them in their journey to the Promised Land, he k...

O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A ADEBOYE Date:- Friday May 08, 2015. Topic:- PRAYING WONDER- WORKING PRAYERS Memorise: And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. Luke 6:12 Read: John 11:41-44 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. 42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. Bible in one Year: 1Samuel 12-13 Mark 5:21-6:6 Message: When we sing the song "Prayer is the master key", I sometimes w...

Topic: What’s In a Name? [ Thursday May 7, 2015] Memorise :  And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among nations, beginning at Jerusalem. - Luke 24:47 Read:   Luke 1:30-35  (KJV) 30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God. 31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. 32 He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David: 33 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 34 Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man? 35 And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Bible in one Year:   I Samuel 10:11, Mar...

O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A ADEBOYE DATE:- Wednesday, May 06, 2015. TOPIC:- POWER IN THE SPOKEN WORD  Memorise:  The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. Matthew 8:8  Read:  Matthew 8:8-13  8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, i...

O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. Adeboye. Date:– Monday, May 04, 2015 Topic:- THE MIND OF JESUS. Memorise: Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus: Philippians 2:5 Read: Matthew 11:28-30,  11:28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 11:29 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. 11:30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Bible in one year: 1Samuel 2:27-4:22, Mark 3:1-30 Message: The Lord Jesus Christ invites us into His rest in today’s Bible text. However, before we can obtain His rest, we must have the same mind as His. To have the same mind as Jesus, we must learn of Him. Many would-be Christians fail realise that what makes Christ unique is not His complexion or stature, but the life that He lived while on the His complexion or stature, but the life that He lived while on the earth – a sanctified li...

OOpen Heavens Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye. Date:– Sunday, May 03, 2015. Topic:- THE AGONY OF A BACKSLIDER Memorise: Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent. Revelation 2:5 Read: Judges 16:18-21, 16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand. 16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him. 16:20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist no...