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Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye Memorise: Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. Romans 14:19 Read: 1 Corinthians 15:3-10 T he grace of God grants access to the unqualified. In the early church, there were a privileged few who ever saw the resurrected Lord. Even fewer were those called as apostles. But we find in Paul, a man who did terrible harm to the church, who was not satisfied with just harming Christians locally but planned to carry out his devious plans on an international scale (Acts 9:1-2), he even stood as surety for men who broke the law (John 18:31) in lynching and murdering Stephen (Acts 22:20), both seeing the resurrected Lord and being called as an apostle. That is pure grace! Even though Paul was chosen by God to propagate the gospel right from his mother’s womb (Galatians 1:15), the Lord did not give up on him when he was fanatically fighting against his own destiny. He turn...

Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye Memorise: Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation? Hebrews 1:14 Read: Daniel 6:6-23 G od is the King of kings, and as a result He is in control. He controls the heavens and the earth, as well as those in them. He controls human beings and can use them to render help to the needy. In 2 Kings 5:1-14, God prompted a young maid to speak of His ability and the word got the attention of a needy general, which helped to link him with his much-needed miracle. When God prompts you to do or say something, do you obey? You cannot tell the far-reaching effects of that obedience! God controls all His subjects including earthly kings. When a king controls his domain and wants things done, all he may be required to do would be to instruct people to carry out the assignment. Everyone God needs to command to work in your favour will receive their commands from the Almighty God t...

Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye Memorise: For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Psalm 8:5 Read: Psalm 8:4-5 T he royalty a child of God is born into is an eternal one because our Father has an unchangeable Kingdom. When I was in primary school, we studied a subject called civics. During that subject period they could ask: Who is the minister of education and finance and you would give their names. But today, if you ask your child, who is the minister of education? That child may ask you: for which year? Because they change portfolio so often this days, particularly in a country like Nigeria. But in the Kingdom of God, if God makes you a minister or governor, it is forever! Praise God! Our Father also is the Great Physician according to Exodus 15:26 hence, all He needs do is speak and we are healed. Psalm 107:20 says He removes sicknesses just by the word of His mouth. Are you sick in your bod...

Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye Memorise: Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever Amen. 1 Timothy 1:17 Read: Isaiah 6:1-3 W ho can truly understand God? After spending three and a half years with Jesus and becoming the closest disciple to the Lord, when John the Beloved saw the same Jesus in glory, he could not recognize Him. He fell down as a dead man at His feet. Who can understand He who in 1 Timothy 1:17 is called the invisible God, yet He says if you seek me you will find me (Jeremiah 29:13)? How can you find Someone who is invisible? The truth is, whenever we discuss God, we only try to grasp whatever we can about Him but can never fully comprehend Him. We will have the whole of eternity to understand Him more, because even the angels who have been with Him for so long are still uncovering some things they never knew about Him. When you meet a man from the first time, it is common practi...

Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye Memorise: Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil. Hebrews 6:19 Read: Hebrews 6:17-20 I f you lose all your earthly possessions but retain your hope for a better tomorrow, all will be well. But if you lose hope, you have lost everything. One important instrument ships have is the anchor. When they get to a particular destination and want to stop, they will release the anchor. The waves may toss the ship here and there but it will not get beyond a particular circumference permitted by the chain tied to the anchor. By the use of an anchor, the wind and waves of the sea are unable to have their way with the ship – i.e. to carry it to an undesirable location in an uncontrolled manner. Today’s memory verse compares hope to an anchor of the soul that keeps it intact in spite of very contrary winds and circumstances. May your anchor of hope remain intact ...

Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye Memorise: For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies. Matthew 15:19 Read: Matthew 15:16-20 I n life, the greatest victory a man can ever have is victory over the flesh because your number one enemy is not the devil but your flesh. However, thanks be to God for Christ has given us this victory. And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. Galatians 5:24 The question then is: are you exerting your victory over the flesh in your day to day living or are you still being defeated by this defeated foe? If you defeat all your external enemies but fail to conquer yourself, you are less than a conqueror. David killed Goliath the external enemy but because he could not conquer himself, he was defeated by his flesh. Until you conquer yourself by exerting your victory in Christ, victory over external enemies would be ...

Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye Memorise: He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. Ecclesiastics 3:11 Read: John 11:1-6 G od is God of plan and purpose. He does everything according to His timetable. For instance, the era we live in today is somewhere in God’s eternal plan for man. Ecclesiastes 3:1-11 clearly tells us that God has a set time for everything and that He follows His timetable and not that of man. Even when you have drawn up your timetable and want to squeeze God into it, do not be disappointed if He does not follow it. Going by His timetable, He is never too early or too late in any event. After the death of Lazarus and the Lord was sent for, the sisters of Lazarus were disappointed at the time He arrived, saying they wished He had been there earlier (John 11:20-24). To them He came late, but Jesus was on t...