Open
Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise:
The King’s heart is in the hand of LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it
whithersoever he will. Proverbs 21:1
Read: Daniel
4:24-27
As the
King of kings, God wields His power, influence and authority over other kings.
Daniel 4:25 says God is the true king maker as He determines who ascends the
throne and who does not. Psalm 75:7 says He can set up a king and pull down
another king. Proverbs 21: 1 says He has the hearts of kings in his hands and
turns them wherever He wants. Kings control things while God control the kings.
One implication of God being the King of kings is that all power brokers and
controllers of men are at His beck and call and He can use them to back you up
in fulfilling your destiny. Joseph is an example of someone that experienced
this. God revealed His plan to make him great in two separate but similar
dreams. Joseph was sure he was not created to die prematurely or to become
victim of circumstance manipulated by men. But at some point in his life, Joseph
was sitting in prison instead of on the throne. Then the King of kings gave a
set of dreams to Pharaoh and within 24 hours, Joseph dreams were fulfilled. Are
you presently located in the pit or prison of life while heading for your
promised throne? The King of kings will engineer events that will lift you up
and help you to fulfill your destiny.
According
to Romans 8:31, if the King of kings is on your side, nobody can be against
you. When the question is asked: If God be for you, who can be against you?
Usually, we chorus ‘Nobody’, but forget that sometimes, we can decide to be
against ourselves. Our Lord Jesus said there is no neutral place: it is either
you are for Him or you are against Him. You are either gathering with Him or
scattering from Him. You are either a Christian who is 100 percent committed or
you are not. Where do you stand in all of these? How often do you call on the King
of kings to influence the power brokers in your favour?
KEY POINT:
Some
people lobby people while some others lobby the King of kings. Kings are limited
to their domains, but the King of kings is not limited to any domain.
Bible
in one year: Isaiah 43-45
Ten years ago, I (Pastor E.A
ReplyDeleteAdeboye) called for
people who will be my
covenant partners; and
several people volunteered. I
said it would be for ten
years, the ten years are over
now and many of them had
asked, what’s happening, are
we going to continue? I told
them I will ask God.
When I asked God, He said
there will be a new set and it
will not be for ten years. He
said “because those people
were in covenant with you
for ten years, I had no choice
but to keep them alive for
ten years”. He said “You tied
my hands”.
And I remembered all the
miracles that happened in
the life of my partners, and I
thank God for all the
miracles, I thank God for all
my partners and I say, thank
you for the past ten years.
Now, the Lord says to me,
the new set of partners will
be for only three years. He
said after three years, we can
review. So, if you want to be
one of my partners, your
duties will be as follows:
1. You will pray for us every
day, even if it’s only one
minute; very simple prayer
‘Father, strengthen your son,
don’t let his anointing run
dry, don’t let him fail you, let
him finish strong’. Four
simple prayers: strengthen
him, don’t let his anointing
run dry, don’t let him fail
you, and let him finish
strong. That’s assignment one
for my partners even if it’s
only one minute a day,
please, include us in your
prayers.
2. You’ll fast with us as we
used to do. February, July
and December. All you need
to do is a day at a time but if
you can fast day and night
continuously then, fourteen
days alone will be enough.
So, you’ll pray for us, you’ll
fast and then you’ll support
the work we are doing
financially.
The new group, your support
will be every month instead
of every year and there will
be ten groups. So, you’ll be
able to join at least, one of
the ten.
1. GROUP ONE: N100 a
month.
2. GROUP TWO: N500 a
month.
3. GROUP THREE: N1,000 a
month.
4. GROUP FOUR: N5,000 a
month.
5. GROUP FIVE: N10,000 a
month.
6. GROUP SIX: N50,000 a
month.
7. GROUP SEVEN: N100,000 a
month.
8. GROUP EIGHT: N500,000 a
month.
9. GROUP NINE: N1,000,000 a
month.
10. GROUP TEN:
N200000,0000 and above a
month.
If you want to do it in Dollars
or Pounds, they will show
you everything on the screen.
So you pick whichever group
you want to belong to.
My advice is, come in at
whatever level is convenient
for you now, I trust my God
that as He begins to bless
you, you’ll keep on moving
higher and there will be
people who will enter in
group two or three today
before this time next year,
they will already be in group
ten.
So please, take some one
minute, you’ll write your
name, your address, your
phone number, and the
group you want to belong to.
When you’re sending the
money, when you put it in an
envelope, write at the back
‘Covenant Partner’. Write it
at the back of the envelope
so we’ll know into which
account we will direct the
money.
If you’re writing a cheque,
please write it in the name of
The Redeemed Christian
Church of God and then at
the back, put ‘Covenant
Partner’. Don’t write the
cheque in my name.
Any cheque written in my
name will be used for what?
(Response from the
congregation: pounded yam)
ah! Thank you, it will go for
pounded yam straight.
So, write your cheque in
the name of The
Redeemed Christian
Church of God and then
at the back of the cheque
write ‘Covenant Partner’.
My own duty is that I pray for
my partners everyday; not
once a month but everyday.
And I promise you, my God
who had been faithful to me
all these years will be faithful
to my partners also in Jesus’
name.
He made a promise, He said
all those who are lifting up
my hands, He said as I rise,
they will rise. So you will rise
with me in Jesus’ name. So,
you’ll write your name, your
address, your phone number,
the group you want to
belong to and please drop it
in the offering basket later
on in the night.