Open Heavens: Fear and Faith

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RCCG Open Heaven Devotion 2012 – Pastor E. A. Adeboye (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4)
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Sunday 16 December
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 49-52
FEAR AND FAITH
Memorise: Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you. not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27
Read: John 14:1, 27
In Psalms 42:5, the Psalmist observed that in spite of what he did, he was still worried. Christians often get worried in spite of God’s express command that we should not. In John 14:1, the Lord says we should not let our hearts become troubled and He gave a recipe to worries: believe in God and in Jesus. Faith is the solution to worries. Also in John 14:27, He says not only should your heart not be troubled, but that you should also keep fear away from you. Fear and faith are diametrically opposed to each other but similar in the sense that each involves some form of believe. The fearful believes that something unpleasant is going to happen while the faithful believes that something good is about to happen. In both fear and faith, there is an expectation and expectations can be very strong sometimes. In fear, there is believe, but this believe is in the wrong thing or the wrong person. When you express strong belief in the occurrence of something negative, you are misapplying the creative power in you.
The fearful believes in something and the confident also believes. This simply means that there is nobody who has no expectation. There is nobody too who can say I have no faith. You express faith one way or the other whether you like it or not. The most fearful and suspicious people are people with great faith potentials. Are you always very fearful? You have the capacity of manifesting great faith. In fact, if you start to believe strongly in something good happening in your life or situation in place of the negative thoughts, you will get the Lord’s commendation. However, when you have expectations or faith, for it to work very well, it must be connected with God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. If you say you believe in God but do not believe in Jesus, your faith will be unable to deliver its best to you. Another thing is that you must be in the place of righteousness for faith to deliver its best. If you are in sin but you believe in the Godhead you have just placed a log on your wheel of faith. Remove it; remove that bitterness, lie, deceit and hatred. Remove pride, envy and jealousy and ensure you are completely clean so as to effectively activate your faith.
PRAYER POINTS:
Father, turn every fear in my heart into faith. Pray for a successful Lets-Go-A-Fishing programme (Evangelistic Outreaches) at all locations this season, asking for a great harvest of souls.

 

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Open Heavens: Passing the Animal Test

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RCCG Open Heaven Devotion 2012 – Pastor E. A. Adeboye (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4)
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Saturday 15 December
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 45-48
PASSING THE ANIMAL TEST?
Memorise: A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel. Proverbs 12:10
Read: Proverbs 12:9-10
The way the righteous rebukes an offender is another way he can be identified. When some people rebuke you, you would lose your self-worth as your person is brought under intense attack. You may even ask why you are still alive. But when the righteous rebukes you, you will look forward to more rebukes because he will do it with the law of kindness in his heart. He will correct you with the Word of God in an attitude and atmosphere of love. This makes a lot of difference. Psalms 141:5 says;
Let the righteous smite me: it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities.
The way some leaders rebuke those under them can be compared to using a hammer on an ant. Correction should positively affect the one you are correcting so that he or she can deliver better performance. If your subordinates prefer to be scolded by others instead of you, it is very doubtful you are righteous. If you are righteous, it will show in the positive reinforcements that come from you. The righteous treats fellow human beings with care.
Moreover, another way you will know the righteous is how he or she treats animals – particularly pets. Proverbs 12:10 says:
A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.
Some people are not only mean to fellow human beings but also to their animals. If you cannot take care of animals, why get them in the first place? It takes the righteous person to ensure that it is well with his pets and animals. In fact, if God was to get an assessment of our character from our animals, many people will not scale through. Or do you think animals do not communicate with one another? They do just like you see in some children television programmes, only that you do not understand their languages; but they understand themselves and God understands them. If they were to speak of how you treat them, would you pass?
KEY POINT:
If your pets are dirty, sickly, eat late, or are neglected, you have failed the animal test.

 

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Open Heavens: About the Throne

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Friday 14 December
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 41-44
ABOUT THE THRONE
Memorise: And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne. Revelation 4:2
Read: Revelation 4:2-4
In Revelation 4:1, John the Beloved was invited to come and see certain future events. You will observe that up to chapter 3, a lot was said to the churches, but from chapter 4 -14, nothing was heard about the church; all that is recorded is about the tribulation on earth. This is another proof that the church will not be on earth during the Great Tribulation. Similarly, you will observe that in Revelation 1-3, the phrase:
… he that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches ended each of the letters the Lord wrote to the churches. But in Revelation 13:9 where this phrase is used again, it says:
If any man have an ear, let him hear.
There was no mention of the word ‘church’ because somewhere at the end of Revelation 3, just as the door was opening in Heaven, the church was taken away to be with the Lord. Do everything possible to go with the Lord!
Moreover, John says he was in the spirit before he began to see glorious sights of Heaven (Revelation 4:3). We cannot take our mortal bodies into Heaven unless they are transformed into spirits. Even today, you have to be in the spirit in order to see the things in Heaven. What did John see? He saw a heavenly throne. God has a throne no doubt and Isaiah confirms this when he saw the Lord sitting on a throne (Isaiah 6:1). In an attempt to describe the throne, John was short of the right words to do the job. All he could do was to describe the glory of God which looked like jasper – pure bright and glorious without any blemish. This stands for the unbearable radiance of the holiness of God. He also says it looked like sardine stone which is a deep colour, which could be referring to the Blood of Jesus. Around the throne, he saw a rainbow with the colour of emerald. Emerald is green and green stands for power, productivity, and mercy which refer to the Holy Spirit. We also see 24 elders sitting on 24 seats. God is flanked by a group of people called elders which together forms the Supreme Council of God. No wonder God speaks in the plural sense many times. There is a lot of argument on who these elders are – whether they are 12 patriarchs and 12 apostles or 12 are Jews and 12 representing the church, we will know the true position of things when we get to Heaven. Is there anything you are doing, saying or planning now that can stop you from getting there? Deal with it today!
PRAYER POINT:
Anything in my life that can truncate my heavenly trip, Father, root it out today and put me on the right track to Heaven.

 

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Open Heavens: Fortifying your Influence

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RCCG Open Heaven Devotion 2012 – Pastor E. A. Adeboye (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4)
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Thursday 13 December
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 37-40
FORTIFYING YOUR INFLUENCE
Memorise: And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel, and bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel. 1 Chronicles 29:25
Read: 1 Chronicles 29:22-25
God’s presence is very crucial in the life of a leader or ruler over a kingdom. We see this in the life of King Solomon. After he was crowned king of Israel, he got the cooperation of all his subjects because of God’s presence. Do you know that it is easy to obey the carrier of God’s presence just as it is easy to disobey the one who does not carry God’s presence? Any king or leader who does not carry God’s presence will struggle with his subjects or subordinates. Many will have excuses – genuine excuses for not obeying such a leader. But the one who carries God’s presence will easily control those under him. That was the experience of Adam before the fall. Because he was clothed with God’s presence, the animals and everything on earth willingly served under him. But when he fell and he summoned the animals for a meeting, they noticed that he was no longer wearing the glory of God that compelled them to obey him, so they rebelled against his government, choosing self-rule from then on.
In Solomon’s experience, he observed that all those who could have easily refused to submit to his rule all submitted to him in one accord. Such people like the princes, mighty men and the sons of David, many of who were older and had more claim to legitimacy as children of David’s legitimate wives. Only God’s presence could have made that possible! If people find it difficult to submit to you as the pastor or your wife and children find it difficult to submit to you as their father, it may mean that you need more of God’s presence. Stop going to men to tell them to submit to you; go to God and get more of His glory upon your life and they will submit to you willingly. Lastly, from today’s passage, we also notice that God magnified Solomon exceedingly before all Israel and gave him tremendous increase in everything. God is the One who makes a leader important. He is the One who can make subordinates to regard and honour their leader. Are you a leader? Then ask God to increase your worth before your subordinates and crown you with majesty.
ACTION POINT:
Are your subordinates rebellious or despising you? Go and receive power to reign from God’s presence.

 

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Open Heavens: Complete the Circle

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RCCG Open Heaven Devotion 2012 – Pastor E. A. Adeboye (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4)
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Wednesday 12 December
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 33-36
COMPLETE THE CIRCLE
Memorise: Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth? are not his days also like the days of an hireling? Job 7:1
Read: Job 7:1-3
In Acts 1:7, Jesus told His disciples that they may not be privileged to know the times and seasons that God has reserved to Himself. In the same way, you may not be told when certain things will take place in your life; but what is most important is that you need to trust Him to fulfil His promises in your life. According to Psalms 126:1-3, by the time God finally steps into that unpleasant situation and reverses it, the beneficiary of the turn around would seem like a dreamer. This season, the Lord will speedily intervene in your situation and turn it around for good in Jesus name.
Abraham received a great promise from God which he expected would come to pass. Every season of fruitfulness came and passed. Others were fruitful including his slaves, neighbours and animals but he was barren. At some point, the Lord visited him and repeated the promise He made earlier (Genesis 18:1-14). Has God repeated the same promise He has given to you before? Are you tired of such repetitions? Don’t be! When God repeats something, it shows He has not forgotten what He earlier said. God is faithful. Unknown to Abraham, God had reserved a particular time to fulfil His promises in his life. Every day, week, month or year that passed by brought him closer to his expectation. But when will it be? He could not tell. An interesting thing to note here is that no matter how close you are to God, you must complete your circle of waiting. There are no short cuts! Abraham was called the friend of God. He had visitors from Heaven who wined and dined with him; he almost thought his day had come only to be told that his day was still coming, this is after 23 years of waiting; he was told that he would still have to complete the circle for at least another year. The following year, Isaac was born. Are you saying you have waited enough for that particular blessing? Do not bungle the process of waiting. You are closer to your miracle than when the process began. Wait! Be patient and prayerfully wait. You shall have your desires!
PRAYER POINT:
Father, grant me the grace to wait the full circle and not destroy the change process You have began in me in Jesus name.

 

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Open Heavens: The Big Losers

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RCCG Open Heaven Devotion 2012 – Pastor E. A. Adeboye (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4)
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Tuesday 11 December
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 30-32
THE BIG LOSERS
Memorise: Till a dart strike through his lives; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. Proverbs 7:23
Read: Proverbs 7:17-27
If anything God gave to you such as your life, spouse, children, job or business, intelligence, good health, spiritual gifts and graces, and even financial and material possessions, is precious to you, then keep satanic offers billions of miles away. John 10:10 says whenever the devil comes, forget the promises he makes; it is to steal. If he cannot steal from you, he will not waste his time coming in the first place. How then could you think that when you obey the devil in committing adultery or fornication you will not lose anything? You are so highly deceived! The greatest losers are those who engage in sexual sins especially because their bodies are involved and as a result they drive God out of their hearts and welcome the devil in. Oh! If only you know what you are losing by that single act of sex, you will never dare it again! If you are still living in fornication or adultery, you are a big time loser.
Proverbs 6:26 says it is the precious thing you have that is the target of the devil during your sexual act. While you are relishing in ecstasy for a few minutes of pleasure, you are losing what it took you several years of agonising prayer, fasting, seeking God’s face and self denial to obtain. It is like pulling down a house. Some people build their house for up to six months, one year, five years or even more. But bring a bulldozer or let there be a fire outbreak in the house and the house is down in a matter of minutes. Fornication razes you down even below your foundation in a matter of minutes! Every fornicator is a loser. Also, fornication or adultery does not allow its victim to have permanent blessings. When God gives such victims a blessing that they are expected to secure through righteousness, the moment they fornicate, the blessing is eaten up and before they realise it, everything is gone. Are you secretly fornicating or committing adultery even as a Christian worker, or minister? You are undoing yourself. Repent and stop it now before it takes your life and sends you to hell!
ACTION POINT:
When you fornicate, you lose precious seeds physically and spiritually, which may never be recovered.

 

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Open Heavens: Fasting is Healthy

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RCCG Open Heaven Devotion 2012 – Pastor E. A. Adeboye (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4)
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Monday 10 December
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 27-29
FASTING IS HEALTHY
Memorise: He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes. Psalms 105:37 provided for our health. In Exodus 15:26, He says:
Read: Isaiah 58:6-8
God wants us to live in good health (3 John 2). In fact, He has already
…if thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
From the above covenant statement and promise of God, you can see some things straight away: First, it is possible to live healthy all your life. Also, there are conditions attached to healthy living, one of which is that you must hear and totally obey God’s commands. Here, there is no room for half obedience. It is either you obey all or nothing. Many times, when people flout God’s Word, they fail to realise that the Word they have disobeyed will erode their health, making it impossible for them to live in total health. If you want to maintain good health, keep God’s command hundred percent. In addition, God says He will not bring certain sicknesses upon His obedient children. You will not have AIDS, cancer, hypertension, madness or any deadly disease in Jesus name.
Moreover, in today’s reading, God says if you fast correctly, your health will spring forth speedily. Those who fast stay healthier than those who don’t. Some scientists carried out an experiment with rats. They separated them into two groups. One group was fed daily so they became fat and plump. The other group had their feeding spaced out so they skipped some meals. After a while, they injected poison into the two sets of rats. Within hours, all the fat ones died but after three days, the only thing noticeable in the other group was that a little part of their tails had changed colour. So begin to fast from today. Whenever you are going beyond three days, take water occasionally, except if you are doing a dry fast. Fasting will help you to shed some weight if you are fat. Junk food and over eating are fast weakening God’s people. Start your fast because you will need it to become great. Psalms 105:37 says none of the Israelites was feeble. To be great, study great men.
ACTION POINT:
Set aside at least one day in the week for fasting and sustain it accordingly.

 

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Open Heavens: Issuing God Queries

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RCCG Open Heaven Devotion 2012 – Pastor E. A. Adeboye (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4)
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Sunday 9 December
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 24-26
ISSUING GOD QUERIES
Memorise: And call upon me in the days of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shall glorify me. Psalms 50:15
Read: Psalms 50:14-15
The Psalmist, in the midst of his troubles asked questions.
Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance. Psalms 42:5
There is a difference between questions and queries. He asked why his soul was feeling downcast. In other words, he expected his soul to look up to see the brighter side in the midst of gloom, but the soul was not responding. When you ask God questions but still demonstrate faith in Him and His ability, it is okay. But when your questions do not reflect your past experiences of what you enjoyed from a blossoming relationship with the Lord and your statements lacks faith or even tend towards annoyance, you are already issuing God a query. Before any child of God will issue out a query to God, the fellow must have changed his or her view. He will be seeing God on one side while he is on the other – no longer on the same side with God. He will also feel empowered to a point where he feels he and God are equals or that God is subordinate to him. After all, you cannot issue your boss a query but the other way round.
Similarly, the one who would query God is in doubt of God’s love and good intentions. He believes God is negligent, carefree and irresponsible. At such a time, he has believed the lies of the devil; he is seeing God in a new picture painted by Artist Satan. Little wonder his mouth will be speaking the words from the heart of Satan! Beloved, God loves you more than anything else. Or else, how do you classify the One who gave Himself for your salvation and washed you clean in His blood? No matter the situation or event that takes place, His love for you never diminishes as long as you remain in His Kingdom. Believe the best about Him. Believe His good intentions even when you do not understand. You can make excuses for the King of glory because the One who wants your good will not be working against you when you are in right relationship with Him. But do not query God; it will worsen your situation.
ACTION POINT:
If God has received several queries from you, go back and ask for forgiveness for ever doubting His love.

 

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Open Heavens: God’s Love Letter

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RCCG Open Heaven Devotion 2012 – Pastor E. A. Adeboye (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4)
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Saturday 8 December
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 21-23
GOD’S LOVE LETTER
Memorise: How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! Psalms 119:103
Read: Psalms 119:97-104
Another mark for identifying the righteous is how he or she loves the Word of God. Psalms 119:97 says:
O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.
The Bible is the authentic manual of righteousness. Every righteous person loves the Word of God genuinely. The Psalmist says he loves it so much that he thinks on it daily. In Joshua 1:8, we are instructed to meditate on God’s Word day and night – this covers both the Written Word – the Bible as well as the Spoken Word -some prophetic words the Lord has personally given to you. Do you know that the more you read, study and meditate on them, the more you see them actualised in your life and situation? While believers generally study the Bible and meditate on them so as to be successful, the righteous read, study, meditate, memorise and obey God’s Word because of their love for God. They do not read their Bibles in the morning just because someone will ask: ”Did you read your Bible this morning?” They read it because it is their Lover’s love letter. Married couples know how they often times read again the love letters their spouse wrote to them while in courtship. When distressed, confused and unhappy, they will go and search for those letters and read them. Some will almost study the letters, while others will read it over to themselves until they forgot their difficulties.
The Bible is God’s love letter to you. How often do you read it? The Psalmist says this love letter is so sweet to his spiritual taste buds that it is sweeter than honey to his mouth. If God’s Word is not as sweet to your mouth, it is doubtful if you are righteous. The Psalmist also loved God’s Word so much that he experientially discovered it gives great peace to those that read it and it insures them against offences (Psalms 119:164-168). How much do you love God’s Word? To what extent does the Bible guide your daily living? Ask God for grace to love His Word more than what you love most.
PRAYER POINT:
Lord, from today, Let Your Word be sweeter than honey to my taste buds.

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Open Heavens: Visions of God

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RCCG Open Heaven Devotion 2012 – Pastor E. A. Adeboye (ISBN: 978-36079-4-4)
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Friday 7 December
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 17-20
VISIONS OF GOD
Memorise: And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God. Acts 7:56
Read: Mark 1:9-11
If the doors of Heaven are open to you, you will most likely see visions of God like Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:1). What you see affects you in tremendous ways. Many people are in hell today because of what they saw. They are now regretting seeing what they saw. The progress or otherwise of many people is as a result of what they saw. If you see heavenly visions, your mind will be more focused on Heaven, pleasing God and working for your crown and other rewards. When you see the visions of God, you will become ambitious about becoming great in the Kingdom that never ends. What are you seeing? Where are you looking at?
In Acts 7:56-60 when Stephen looked up, he saw the visions of God the Son. Even though he was in the midst of enemies who were about to stone him to death for his faith, what he saw took away every bit of fear from him. He was full of boldness seeing Heaven standing up for him. When you see the visions of God, persecution will lose its power and devastating effects in your life. You will no longer care who is watching and who is not. You will not care about the sufferings, hunger, denial or difficulty you are going through. Oh! There is so much that God wants to release to us from Heaven but only very few people are looking up. In Mark 1:10, when Jesus was baptised, He looked up and saw the Heavens opened and He saw the vision of the Holy Spirit. His life was never the same. The silence over His life suddenly became a thing of the past. Earlier, we heard of His birth heralded by an angelic choir. Later, when He was older, the wise men visited Him from the east. Then when He was 12, He was forgotten in Jerusalem but was later found in the temple reasoning intelligently with the doctors of the law (Luke 2:1-52). After He returned home with His parents, there was a silence of about 18 years. After He saw the vision of the Holy Spirit, that silence was forever broken. His ministry took off in power and within about 3½ years; He accomplished what many cannot do in 10 life times. When you see the visions of God, your ministry will take a new turn.
PRAYER POINT:
Father, give me a revelation of Yourself capable of sealing my fate in Heaven.

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