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Topic: Is It As To The Lord? [Tuesday June 30, 2015] Memorise: Not with eyeservice, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; Ephesians 6:6 Read: Ephesians 6:5-8 (KJV) 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Bible in One Year: 1 Chronicles 5:23-7:13; Luke 14:12-35 MESSAGE: The story was told of a preacher who went to church one Sunday morning, fully prepared to deliver his sermon, only to find out that the bad weather had prevented members from coming to church except one little boy. This preacher, as the story goes, preached as if...

Topic: Is It As To The Lord? [Tuesday June 30, 2015] Memorise: Not with eyeservice, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; Ephesians 6:6 Read: Ephesians 6:5-8 (KJV) 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Bible in One Year: 1 Chronicles 5:23-7:13; Luke 14:12-35 MESSAGE: The story was told of a preacher who went to church one Sunday morning, fully prepared to deliver his sermon, only to find out that the bad weather had prevented members from coming to church except one little boy. This preacher, as the story goes, preached as if...

Topic: Is It As To The Lord? [Tuesday June 30, 2015] Memorise: Not with eyeservice, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; Ephesians 6:6 Read: Ephesians 6:5-8 (KJV) 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Bible in One Year: 1 Chronicles 5:23-7:13; Luke 14:12-35 MESSAGE: The story was told of a preacher who went to church one Sunday morning, fully prepared to deliver his sermon, only to find out that the bad weather had prevented members from coming to church except one little boy. This preacher, as the story goes, preached as if...

Topic: Is It As To The Lord? [Tuesday June 30, 2015] Memorise: Not with eyeservice, as men pleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; Ephesians 6:6 Read: Ephesians 6:5-8 (KJV) 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ; 6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; 7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: 8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free. Bible in One Year: 1 Chronicles 5:23-7:13; Luke 14:12-35 MESSAGE: The story was told of a preacher who went to church one Sunday morning, fully prepared to deliver his sermon, only to find out that the bad weather had prevented members from coming to church except one little boy. This preacher, as the story goes, preached as if...

📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor Pastor E .A Adeboye. Date: – Monday, June 29, 2015. Topic:- IT’S NOT OVER YET Memorise: Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:12 Read: Philippians 3:10-14, 3:10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 3:11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 3:13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 3:14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Chris...

Topic: Death is Not the End [Sunday June 28, 2015] Memorise: For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. -1 Thessalonians 4:14 Read: 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 (KJV) 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18 Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. Bible in one y...

📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Saturday, June 27, 2015. Topic:- HAUNTED  BY YOUR  PAST? Memorise: And such were some of  you: but ye are washed,  but ye are sanctified,  but ye are justified in  the name of the Lord  Jesus, and by the Spirit  of our God.  . .1Corinthians 6:11 Read: Romans 8:1-3 1 There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death. 3 For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: Message: Some Christians allow their past to haunt them so badly  that they have no confidence in their heritage as children  of God. Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ, is an example of someone ...

No Food for the Lazy Man - Friday June 26, 2015 Memorise :  For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. -   2 Thessalonians 3:10 Read:   2 Thessalonians 3:10-12   (KJV) 10 For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread. Bible in One Year:   2 Kings 23:1-35; Luke 12:22-48 MESSAGE: Laziness is not a Christian virtue in any way. Our Lord Jesus Christ made this clear by His lifestyle of hard work while here on earth. A lifestyle of laziness is out rightly rejected in scripture typified by today’s Bible reading. It is amazing that some people are still expecting God to rain manna on earth! It does not work that ...

📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. Adeboye. Date:- Thursday, June 25, 2015. Topic:- REMAIN TRUE TO GOD Memorise: Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: Psalm 103:2 Read: Deuteronomy 8:10-14, 8:10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee. 8:11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day: 8:12 Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; 8:13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied; Bible in one year: 2Kings 21-22, Luke 12:1-21 Message: Solomon was a man who enjoyed the goodness of the Lord in an unprecedented way. The crown of God’s goodness to him was that God appeared to him twice (1Kings 9:2-3). He indeed recognised and...

Topic: Love in Practice [Wednesday June 24, 2015] Memorise:  My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. -1 John 3:18 Read: 1 John 3:16-18 (KJV) 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. Bible in one Year: 2 Kings 19-20, Luke 11:33-54 MESSAGE: The character of love is seen in practice and not through empty words. This is the reason why John the beloved advised that we should make the expression of love practical. One practical way of expressing love is through giving. The Bible in John 3:16 says that God loved the world, and this love compelled Him to give His only begotten Son, so that ...

🎵🎵🎵Open Heavens Devotional 🎵🎵🎵 By Pastor E.A ADEBOYE Date: Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Topic: LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE Memorise: And they that be wise  shall shine as the  brightness of the  firmament; and they  that turn many to  righteousness as the  stars for ever and ever. . . .Daniel 12:3 Read: Matthew 5:14-16 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Bible in one year: 2Kings 17:24-18:37 Luke 11:14-32 Message: Any child of God who desires not to be overwhelmed  by the darkness of this world needs to compulsorily  shine as the light. The Bible in John 1:5 says: "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it no...

O[17:52, 6/21/2015] Provincial Acc Adepoju: 📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. Adeboye. Date:- Monday,  June 22, 2015. Topic:- THE YOUNG MUST GROW Memorise: But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen. 2 Peter 3:18 Read: 2Peter 3:15-18, 3:15 And account that the longsuffering of our Lord is salvation; even as our beloved brother Paul also according to the wisdom given unto him hath written unto you; 3:16 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction. 3:17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 3:18 But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. T...

O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By pastor E.A. Adeboye. Date:- Sunday, June 21,  2015. Topic:- THE GREAT GAIN Memorise: But godliness with contentment is great gain. .........1Timothy 6:6 Read: 1Timothy 6:6-11   6:6 But godliness with contentment is great gain.  6:7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 6:8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.  6:9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.  6:10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.  6:11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Bible in one year: 2Kings 14:1-15:26, Luke 10:17-37 Message: The Church of Jesu...

OTopic: Four Levels of Blessing [Saturday June 20, 2015] Memorise: Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies my head with oil; my cup runneth over. - Psalm 23:5 Read: Luke 6:38 (KJV) 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Bible in One Year: 2 Kings 11:21-13:25; Luke 9:51-10:16 MESSAGE: The level of God’s blessings on a person comes in different categories. Although all categories of blessing are desirable, only few people experience all the levels of blessing. Let’s take a look at the four levels of blessing outlined in Luke 6:38. I believe an understanding of these will tremendously bless your life. The first level is the level of being blessed in good measure. Good measure connotes just enough. This is the level of blessing that the Israelites experienced in the wilde...

OTopic: The Long-suffering God [Friday June 19, 2015] Memorise: The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. -2 Peter 3:9 Read: Jonah 3:5-10 (KJV) 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. 6 For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water: 8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. 9 Who can tell if God w...

O[20:46, 6/17/2015] Provincial Acc Adepoju: 📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Thursday, June 18, 2015. Topic:- DIVINE  COMMENDATION, Memorise: His lord said unto him,  Well done, thou good  and faithful servant:  thou hast been faithful  over a few things, I will  make thee ruler over  many things: enter thou  into the joy of thy lord. . . . . Matthew 25:21 Read: Matthew 25:15-21 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that h...

O[20:46, 6/17/2015] Provincial Acc Adepoju: 📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Thursday, June 18, 2015. Topic:- DIVINE  COMMENDATION, Memorise: His lord said unto him,  Well done, thou good  and faithful servant:  thou hast been faithful  over a few things, I will  make thee ruler over  many things: enter thou  into the joy of thy lord. . . . . Matthew 25:21 Read: Matthew 25:15-21 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that h...

O[20:46, 6/17/2015] Provincial Acc Adepoju: 📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Thursday, June 18, 2015. Topic:- DIVINE  COMMENDATION, Memorise: His lord said unto him,  Well done, thou good  and faithful servant:  thou hast been faithful  over a few things, I will  make thee ruler over  many things: enter thou  into the joy of thy lord. . . . . Matthew 25:21 Read: Matthew 25:15-21 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that h...

O[20:46, 6/17/2015] Provincial Acc Adepoju: 📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Thursday, June 18, 2015. Topic:- DIVINE  COMMENDATION, Memorise: His lord said unto him,  Well done, thou good  and faithful servant:  thou hast been faithful  over a few things, I will  make thee ruler over  many things: enter thou  into the joy of thy lord. . . . . Matthew 25:21 Read: Matthew 25:15-21 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that h...

O📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E .A Adeboye. Date:- Wednesday, June 17,  2015. Topic:- REST IN THE LORD Memorise: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Matthew 6:33 Read: Matthew 6:31-34, 6:31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 6:32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 6:33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 6:34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. Bible in one year: 2Kings 6:24-8:15, Luke 8:40-9:6 Message: Nobody cares for us like our Heavenly Father. The devil and the world want to deceive you to think that they care more than...

 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date:- Tuesday, June 16, 2015. Topic:- WHAT TYPE  OF VESSEL ARE YOU? Bible in one year: 2Kings 4:38-6:23 Luke 8:22-39 Memorise: But in a great house  there are not only  vessels of gold and of  silver, but also of wood  and of earth; and some  to honour, and some to  dishonour. .  .  .2Timothy 2:20 Read: 2Timothy 2:19-21 19 Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21 If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master's use, and prepared unto every good work. Message In the Body of Christ, there are different types of ve...

Topic: The Bread of Stone [Monday June 15, 2015] Memorise: Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body. - 1 Corinthians 6:13 Read: Matthew 4:1-4 (KJV) 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred. 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. 4 But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Bible in One Year: 2 Kings 3:1-4:37; Luke 8:4-21 MESSAGE: Food is one of the earliest weapons the devil deployed to destroy humanity (Genesis 3:6). It’s amazing that he still succeeds in using this weapon to destroy the destinies of many. He even deployed this weapon against our Lord Je...

📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A ADEBOYE Date:- Sunday, June 14, 2015. Topic:- OUR POSITION IN CHRIST Memorise: And hath raised us up  together, and made us  sit together in heavenly  places in Christ Jesus: Ephesians 2:6 Read: Ephesians 2:1-6 1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others. 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places i...

o📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE. Date:- Saturday June 13 2015 Topic:- THE ESSENCE OF FORGIVENESS Memorise: And when ye stand  praying forgive, if ye  have ought against any:  that your Father also  which is in heaven may  forgive you your  trespasses. ..Mark 11:25 Read: Mark 11:25-26 25 And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. Bible in one year: 1Kings 22 Luke 7:18-35 Message The enmity between God and man, created by sin, can  only be reversed through the forgiveness of God.  Going by the righteous requirement of God's law, no man can pay the high price demanded by God for the  atonement of sins, but the divine mercy of God brought us  forgiveness through the Blood of Jesus Christ (Ephesians ...

Topic: Producing Children of God [Thursday June 11, 2015] Memorise: So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. - Romans 10:17 Read: 1 John 3:1-3 (KJV) 1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. 3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure. Bibles in One Year: 1 Kings 18:41-20:25; Luke 6:24-45 MESSAGE: Children of God are produced by the power in the Word of God. The reason why it seems genuine children of God are scarce nowadays despite the increase in the number of churches and increase in church attendance is because the Church is suffering from a famine of the genuine Word of God. It is by faith that we become ge...

O[02:25, 6/10/2015] Provincial Acc Adepoju: 📖📖📖 Open Heavens Devotional 📖📖📖 By Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE Date: – Wednesday, June 10, 2015. Topic:- A WATCHMAN FOR GOD (II} Memorise:  Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen. . . .Matthew 28:20 Read: Ezekiel 33:12-16, 33:12 Therefore, thou son of man, say unto the children of thy people, The righteousness of the righteous shall not deliver him in the day of his transgression: as for the wickedness of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby in the day that he turneth from his wickedness; neither shall the righteous be able to live for his righteousness in the day that he sinneth. 33:13 When I shall say to the righteous, that he shall surely live; if he trust to his own righteousness, and commit iniquity, all his righteousnesses shall not be remembered; but for his iniquity that he hath committed, he shall die for it. 33:14 Aga...