Topic: Legalistic Or Christ-Like? (Open Heaven 22 October 2020)
Memorise: Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; – Ephesians 2:19
The Topic of Open Heavens for 30th September 2020 Is “PRAYERS FOR THE YOUTHS”
Memorise: Psalms 144:12
“That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:”
Read: Ecclesiastes 12:1-4 (KJV)
1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;
2. While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain;
The Topic of Open Heavens for 29th September 2020 Is “ EVANGELISE THE WORLD”
Memorise: 2 Timothy 4:5
“But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”
Read: 2 Timothy 4:1-5 (KJV)
1. I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;
2. Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.
3. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;
THE TOPIC OF OPEN HEAVENS FOR 27TH SEPTEMBER 2020 IS “CHALLENGED NOT DEFEATED”
Memorise: 2 Corinthians 4:17
“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory.”
Read: 2 Corinthians 4:8-12 (KJV)
8. We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
today is here. Digest the word of the lord and pray believing.
THE TOPIC OF OPEN HEAVENS FOR 26TH SEPTEMBER 2020 IS “GOD’S EYES ARE ON YOU”
Memorise: Isaiah 43:2
“When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.”
Read: : Psalms 139:7-12 (KJV)
7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
Topic: The Ageless God (Open Heaven 24 September 2020)
Memorise: The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. – Isaiah 40:8
Read: Hebrews 1:10-12 (KJV)
10 And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands:
11 They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
THE TOPIC OF OPEN HEAVENS FOR 23RD SEPTEMBER 2020 IS “ LOOKING UNTO JESUS”
Memorise: Hebrews 12:2
“Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Read: Hebrews 12:1-4 (KJV)
1. Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
THE TOPIC OF OPEN HEAVENS FOR 22ND SEPTEMBER 2020 IS “DEFEAT YOUR FEARS”
Memorise: 2 Timothy 1:7
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”
Read: Genesis 15:1-6 (KJV)
1. After these things the word of the LORD came unto Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram; I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.
2. And Abram said, LORD God, what wilt thou give me, seeing I go childless, and the steward of my house is this Eliezer of Damascus?
Topic: Build Up Your Faith (Open Heaven 21 September 2020)
Memorise: But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, – Jude 1:20
Read: John 20:25-29 (KJV)
THE TOPIC OF OPEN HEAVENS FOR 20TH SEPTEMBER 2020 IS “BECOMING AN EXEMPLARY LEADER 4”
MEMORISE: Genesis 11:6
“And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.”
READ: Genesis 11:1-8 (KJV)
1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.
THE TOPIC OF OPEN HEAVENS FOR 19TH SEPTEMBER 2020 IS “BECOMING AN EXEMPLARY LEADER 3”
MEMORISE: John 8:12
“Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.”
READ: Genesis 11:4-5 (KJV)
4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
the word of the lord and pray believing.
THE TOPIC OF OPEN HEAVENS FOR 18TH SEPTEMBER 2020 IS “BECOMING AN EXEMPLARY LEADER 2”
MEMORISE: Genesis 11:4
“And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.”
READ: Genesis 11:1-6 (KJV)
1. And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.2. And it came to pass, as they journeyed from the east, that they found a plain in the land of Shinar; and they dwelt there.
3. And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them thoroughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for mortar.
4. And they said, Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven; and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
5. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower, which the children of men builded.
6. And the LORD said, Behold, the people is one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do; and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do.
Rarely will anyone see a better way of doing things and not connect with it. If you want to do the extraordinary, your followers must first and foremost share the same vision with you.
Before the people started working on the project in Genesis 11, the leaders had spelt out the vision to everyone. Don’t expect people to join you when they don’t know where you are going. Sell your vision so convincingly that they will adopt it as their own and be ready to pay any price to get there. Habakkuk 2:2 says:
“And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.”
As a leader, is your vision written for all your followers to see? Is it plain enough for them to understand? Is it available on all tables rather than just your table? If you answered yes to all, then you have laid the right foundation for your followers to key into your vision.
Habakkuk 2:2 says the vision should be plain upon tables, not just a table. Thus, every stakeholder must be aware of the vision.
Long before our exponential growth started in the RCCG, we made it compulsory for the vision and mission statements to be displayed publicly in every parish. Everyone knew our number one vision is to make heaven and the second is to take as many as possible with us. So, we were always looking for ways to start new parishes of the Church. Today there are so many parishes around the world, not because I am an expert at planting them, but because the vision is no longer just mine, it is everyone’s.
Sometimes ago, I prophesied that the work would be much, I wouldn’t be able to attend all and even ushers would perform wonders. Today, by the grace of God, miracles happen during praise and worship sessions at some of our services. A lot of members and workers are already being used by God. One woman even raised three dead people in one day, something I am yet to do.
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons/guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of
THE TOPIC OF OPEN HEAVENS FOR 15TH SEPTEMBER 2020 IS “GOD IS COMING TO YOUR HOME 3”
MEMORISE: Deuteronomy 23:14
“For the LORD thy God walketh in the midst of thy camp, to deliver thee, and to give up thine enemies before thee; therefore shall thy camp be holy: that he see no unclean thing in thee, and turn away from thee.”
READ: Luke 22:8-14 (KJV)
