Beloved, we are glad you could join in today again, we look forward to your engagement everyday as always. Please, say these declarations in faith and believe God for a performance.

Note: These prayers are spiritual and can only be understood and fully enjoyed by God’s children. If you want to be blessed from these prayers, you must first, surrender your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, by saying this prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I come before You today with a broken and contrite heart full of repentance. Please, forgive me all my sins. Today, I surrender my life to You, I believe that Jesus is Lord and I confess it with my mouth. Jesus, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hellfire. In Jesus’ name I pray.”

If you joined in that life-changing prayer! Kindly reach us today: [email protected] for guidance on how to grow in Christ.

Join today’s Devotion: Open Heavens 4 December 2022

Today’s Prayer Points: Prayers points for Open Heavens 4 December 2022

Today’s Powerful Confession: I confess today I come in the volume of the books as it written of me to do the will of God. I walk in purpose and destiny. I am led and my steps are ordered to the right location, people, places, opportunities, and work. I will not miss my place in life and purpose in the mighty name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Hallelujah!

DAILY DECLARATION

Praises and Thanksgiving be unto the Lord for his great works in my life in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that I know the purpose of God for my life and I run with it with so much vigour that it becomes like food to me in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that today henceforth, I lay aside every weight, sin, flaws, habit and misbehavior that easily besets me. I give up these things and I become an excellent version of who God intends for me to be in the name of Jesus.

I decree and declare that I stop being an obstacle to my own progress and to the fulfilment of God’s plans in my life. I partner with God in fulfilling purpose and I do it well in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that God’s will is coming to pass and His glory is beginning to shine in me in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that I do the will of God and people glorify God for my life in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that I continue in God’s will and I finish strong in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that I will be fruitful and prosperous in all of my doings in the name of Jesus.

I decree and declare that though the young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: I shall not want any good thing for I trust in the Lord in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that the Lord is my shield and no weapon formed against me shall prosper in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that I will wait patiently for the LORD; and he will incline unto me, and hear my cry In the name of Jesus

I decree and declare that I am blessed because I make the LORD my trust, and do not turn aside to lies in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that my family will be impacted by the power of God in Jesus name.

Thank You Father for your son Pastor E. A Adeboye, and how You keep using him world wide. Lord may Your grace me multiplied to him and may You cause an increase to every seed You have planted through him. I decree and declare may the wisdom and inspiration of the Almighty upon him never cease and the grace of God will continually dwell with him and his entire household, may they continue to enjoy Your faithfulness in the mighty name of Jesus.

I decree and declare heaven responds to these prayers and declaration as I say them and I receive answers in Jesus name.

Holy Spirit thank You for the intercessory team, thank You for Your power and presence in their midst, please continue to inspire the intercessory team for more prophetic declarations. Help them to continue to communicate Your heart even through these declarations, please continue to inspire them for more prophetic declarations in Jesus’ name.

Thank You Lord for everyone working on this platform (RCCGONLINE.ORG). Please Lord, perfect everything that concerns them and make them great in Jesus name.

Thank You Holy Spirit for all the testimonies and miracles coming through these prayers. May they be permanent in Jesus name.

Father, let everybody joining in to say this declarations all over the world experience great miracles throughout this month. May we have numerous testimonies in Jesus name.

Somebody shout Hallelujah!

See you tomorrow.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 4 DECEMBER 2022 MEMORIZE: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; Mark 16:17

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 4 DECEMBER 2022 BIBLE READING MATTHEW 10:1-8

1. And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

2. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

3. Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus;

4. Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

5. These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

6. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

8. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 4 DECEMBER 2022 MESSAGE

Do you know it is not only money or materials that you can give to people? You can also give miracles. Peter and John understood this truth in their walk with Jesus. Little wonder they were not intimidated when the lame man at the Beautiful Gate asked for alms. Instead, they gave him what they had Jesus.

As a child of God, you are meant to be an agent of miracles. After I gave my life to Christ, the first notable miracle I received from God was victory over malaria that had plagued my life for many years. The first month I did not fall sick was a month of celebration for my family.

However, the joy cannot be compared to the first day the Lord performed a miracle through me. I almost jumped out of the window when a dumb child spoke after I prayed for his healing. Ever since then, the Lord has made healing and miracles a continuous experience in my ministry. Countless miracles that may sound unbelievable have taken place in this ministry, to the glory of God.

I was very glad when God healed a madman in Akure, Ondo State in Nigeria, through a very young girl a few years ago. You too can be an agent of miracles; all you need to do is live holy and thirst for His gifts.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 4 DECEMBER 2022 PRAYER POINT

Father, please make me an agent of miracles.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 4 DECEMBER 2022 HYMN

LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU

1. While passing through this world of sin,
And others your life shall view,
Be clean and pure without, within,
Let others see Jesus in you.

CHORUS
Let others see Jesus in you,
Let others see Jesus in you;
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true,
Let others see Jesus in you.

2. Your life’s a book before their eyes,
They’re reading it through and through;
Say, does it point them to the skies,
Do others see Jesus in you?

3. What joy ’twill be at set of sun,
In mansions beyond the blue,
To find some souls that you have won;
Let others see Jesus in you.

4. Then live for Christ both day and night,
Be faithful, be brave, and true,
And lead the lost to life and light;
Let others see Jesus in you.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 4 DECEMBER 2022 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 1 JOHN 3:1-24 , DANIEL 3-4

DATE: SUNDAY,
LESSON: 14

TOPIC: SAYING NO

HOUSE FELLOWSHIP ANTHEM
1. I love this family of God,
So closely knitted into one,
They have taken me into their arms
And am so glad to be
A part of this great family

2. I bless this family of God,
So greatly prospered by the Lord,
They have taken me into their arms
And am so glad to be
A part of this great family

3. I know this family of God,
So deeply rooted in the word,
They have taken me into their arms
And am so glad to be
A part of this great family

4. I see this family of God,
So highly lifted above all,
They have taken me into their arms
And am so glad to be
A part of this great family

5. Come, join this family of God,
So highly favoured by the Lord,
They have taken me into their arms
And am so glad to be
A part of this great family.

A. MEMORY VERSE: “But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil”. Matthew 5:37

B. BIBLE TEXT: 1 CORINTHIANS 6:18-20.

18. Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

19. What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

20. For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.

C. LESSON INTRODUCTION: Saying no is an act of standing your grounds and not letting people take advantage of you. Bible makes us to understand that we should let our yes be yes and no be no. Matthew 5:37. Sometimes you end up disappointing people because you were not able to say no when you should have. So it is important to learn not to be A yes person all the time. Saying no does not make you less than you are. Sometimes, when we stand our position, it is a plus to our personality and characters.

PHOBIA OF SAYING NO
The fear of saying no also stems from the urge to:
1. Avoid alcohol

2. Also because we do not want to be confrontational

3. Because we also do not want to hurt the other person’s feelings

4. Because we do not want to loose relevance and association

HOW TO SAY NO WITHOUT HURTING EITHER OURSELVES OR THE OTHER PARTY

1. Appreciate them but let them know that you will not be able to honour their request.

2. Let them know who you are and the choices you have made in your other commitments and would not be able to compromise your position.

3. Always check with your LORD in prayer before ever saying yes to any request.

4. Instead of saying yes, tell the other party to give you time to think about it and you give an answer.

EXAMPLES OF THOSE THAT REFUSED TO SAY NO

1. Remember King Jehoshaphat who nearly lost his life when he refused to say no to demonic offer, 1 Kings 22:4-32.

2. Remember Balaam that received gain of deception for not saying no, Numbers 22.

3. Gehazi refused to say no to flesh prompting to sin and later got Leprosy, 2 Kings 5:20-27

4. Esau refused to say no to unquenchable hunger, he lost his birthright, Genesis 25:32

5. Absalom refused to say no to his ungodly ambition, he died shamefully, 2 Samuel 15:3-6

CONCLUSION: It is very important that we do not make ourselves yes men and women and at the end we are then seen and regarded as unreliable people. It is important to always say no to sin and anything that looks like sin, 1 Thessalonians 5:22, James 4:7.

PRAYER POINTS

1. Father, grant me the grace to say no to the things that do not please You.

2. Father, help me to always seek Your consent before saying yes to any request made to me.

3. Father, let me always put You first in all I do.

4. Father, bless RCCG and make us the apple of Your eyes.

GOLDEN DIET FOR THE WEEK

MONDAY: Stand for the truth at all times. Do not mix your words.

TUESDAY: Saying NO when necessary does not make you a coward but a man/woman of integrity.

WEDNESDAY: Matthew 10:28, fear not.

THURSDAY: It doesn’t matter if you are rejected/hated because you said no, God will always vindicate the truth.

FRIDAY: Everything will come to light sooner or later.

SATURDAY: Psalms 25:4, always seek God’s will/counsel.

SUNDAY: 1 Chronicles 21:7, it is dangerous to displease GOD in order to please men.

There are different ways to show love to your parents but many times we don’t pay attention to them.

We are quick to show love to our spouses, children and friends but forget our parents / especially biological parents.

God desired that we love and honor our Parents. In fact, in scriptures, honor for parents is the first commandment that has a promise attached to it.

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Our parents are God’s blessings to us. They are people who will always be there for us and want the best for us all the time.

When everyone leaves and disappoints, our parents are likely to still solidly stand behind us.

Many times, our greatest support and motivation comes from our parents. They are burden bearers and destiny helpers to us.

Unfortunately, many people do not remember to love and appreciate their parents, forgetting that one day, they will be gone.

In this article, we will show you 7 ways to love your parents.

1) SPEND TIME WITH THEM

It is easy to get busy with life and even our new family – spouse and children – and not remember to go and spend time with our parents.

The quest for a good life and career can easily make us move from place to place an forget where we came from.

A good way to show love to your parents is to spend time with them.

Intentionally take some hours or days to go and be with your parents and spend quality time with them.

This is very likely to make your parents happy because they value your presence.

2) CALL THEM

An option for people living very far from their parents is using technology to keep in touch with them.

Thanks to technology, it is now possible to spend time with people even when we are physically far from them.

Unfortunately, even with these systems of advantage in technology like audio and video calls, some people still struggle to contact their parents and connect with them.

Even with busy schedules, it is wise to set reminders and remember to frequently call and connect with your parents.

READ: What To Do When You Do Not Feel Like A Good Christian

3) HONOR THEM WITH YOUR SUBSTANCE

One great way to show love and honor for people is by giving them gifts.

Many places in scriptures, gifts were used to show love and honor for people – friends, children, prophets, parents, etc.

You should show love to your parents by blessing them with your substance.

Bless them with monetary gifts, and material gifts.

Gifts of food, clothing, shelter, and other things that will make their lives easy.

4) HONOR THEM BY LISTENING TO THEM

Many people make the mistakes of just hearing their parents talk but not actually listening to them.

Especially when their parents are aged.

One way to show your parents that you truly love and value them is by listening to them speak and paying attention to their words.

Active listening means that you listen to the details of their words, counsel, and even complaints.

5) CREATE SPACE FOR THEIR LIMITATIONS

Our parents are human so they definitely are not perfect.

In many cases, they may even display some level of ignorance because they are not as enlightened as we are in certain areas.

This is why it is important to create allowances for their limitations and flaws.

They may have flaws and even bad habits but it does not take out the need for us to honor and love them.

6) APPRECIATE THEM

Many parents make untold sacrifices for their children from the day they are born.

It is easy to say it is their responsibility but as Christians, it is wiser to appreciate the sacrifices made for us.

When you see parents who never cared to take care of their parents, you will further be encouraged to appreciate the efforts and sacrifices made by yours.

You show your parents love by appreciating them and making them know that you are grateful for their efforts over you.

7) PRAY FOR THEM

Children are not the only ones in need of prayers.

Our parents need our prayers too.

Pray for your parents and declare over their lives.

As they age, they become more susceptible to many evils like diseases and even fraudulent people.

Cover them in your prayers even as you put measures in place to ensure that they do not fall victim.

A good scripture to pray over your parents is:

“I am your God and will take care of until you are old and your hair is grey. I made you and will care for you; will give you help and rescue you.” Isaiah 46:4

What other ways do you show love to your parents?

Catch up on Impactful Articles like this, Bible verses, daily devotionals, prayers, declarations and messages on our website (rccgonline.org) God bless you.

Beloved, we are glad you could join in today again, we look forward to your engagement everyday as always. Please, say these declarations in faith and believe God for a performance.

Note: These prayers are spiritual and can only be understood and fully enjoyed by God’s children. If you want to be blessed from these prayers, you must first, surrender your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, by saying this prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I come before You today with a broken and contrite heart full of repentance. Please, forgive me all my sins. Today, I surrender my life to You, I believe that Jesus is Lord and I confess it with my mouth. Jesus, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hellfire. In Jesus’ name I pray.”

If you joined in that life-changing prayer! Kindly reach us today: [email protected] for guidance on how to grow in Christ.

Join today’s Devotion: Open Heavens 3 December 2022

Today’s Prayer Points: Prayers points for Open Heavens 3 December 2022

Today’s Powerful Confession: I confess today that daily, I will praise and extol God’s Name. My soul will boast in the Lord and my mouth will sing His praises. Sovereign Lord, God Almighty, You are glorious! You are my Rock; Your deeds are perfect. Everything You do is just and fair. You are the faithful God who does no wrong. To You, the King, eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever in Jesus’ name, Amen. Hallelujah!

DAILY DECLARATION

I decree and declare that my soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

I decree and declare that my help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth in the name of Jesus.

I decree and declare that I will bless the Lord from my heart for He has been protecting me from numerous attacks from the forces of darkness that I know nothing of.

My soul shall make boast in the Lord who never removes His shield of protection from around me.

Spend some time praising God. Praise Him from the bottom of your heart. Praise Him until you know, beyond all reasonable doubt, that He has heard you. Go ahead and just praise Him.

I decree and declare that I am special. A loved and cared for child of God. My picture is graven upon the palms of God’s hands. My walls are continually before Him.

I decree and declare that wherever it is that I need favour, before the person in power realizes it, he or she would have favoured me already in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that I am worth more than all the treasures of this world put together in the name of Jesus.

I decree and declare that I am a child of God, therefore God everything God had created responds to me in the name of Jesus.

I decree and declare that I enjoy mercy and favour today, in Jesus’ name.

I decree and declare that I grow in character and genuine love for people in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that I am a willing and cheerful giver. I give with all my heart in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that I hear the voice of God and I’m sensitive to his leading in Jesus name.

I decree and declare that every form of obscurity is terminated from my life. I walk in God’s marvelous light in Jesus name.

Thank You Father for your son Pastor E. A Adeboye, and how You keep using him world wide. Lord may Your grace me multiplied to him and may You cause an increase to every seed You have planted through him. I decree and declare may the wisdom and inspiration of the Almighty upon him never cease and the grace of God will continually dwell with him and his entire household, may they continue to enjoy Your faithfulness in the mighty name of Jesus.

I decree and declare heaven responds to these prayers and declaration as I say them and I receive answers in Jesus name.

Holy Spirit thank You for the intercessory team, thank You for Your power and presence in their midst, please continue to inspire the intercessory team for more prophetic declarations. Help them to continue to communicate Your heart even through these declarations, please continue to inspire them for more prophetic declarations in Jesus’ name.

Thank You Lord for everyone working on this platform (RCCGONLINE.ORG). Please Lord, perfect everything that concerns them and make them great in Jesus name.

Thank You Holy Spirit for all the testimonies and miracles coming through these prayers. May they be permanent in Jesus name.

Father, let everybody joining in to say this declarations all over the world experience great miracles throughout this month. May we have numerous testimonies in Jesus name.

Somebody shout Hallelujah!

See you tomorrow.

Beloved, we are glad you could join in today again, we look forward to your engagement everyday as always. Please, say these prayers in faith and believe God for a performance.

Note: These prayers are spiritual, this can only be understood and fully accessed by God’s children. If you want to be blessed from these prayers, you must first, surrender your life to the Lord Jesus Christ, by saying this prayer:

“Lord Jesus, I come before You today with a broken and contrite heart full of repentance. Please, forgive me all my sins. Today, I surrender my life to You, I believe that Jesus is Lord and I confess it with my mouth. Jesus, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hellfire. In Jesus’ name, I pray.”

If you joined in that life-changing prayer, congratulations! Welcome to the family of God. Kindly reach us today via this email: [email protected]

Today’s Devotional: Open Heavens 3 December 2022

Powerful Declarations: Powerful Declarations For Today 3 December 2022

Today’s Powerful Confession: I confess today that daily, I will praise and extol God’s Name. My soul will boast in the Lord and my mouth will sing His praises. Sovereign Lord, God Almighty, You are glorious! You are my Rock; Your deeds are perfect. Everything You do is just and fair. You are the faithful God who does no wrong. To You, the King, eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory forever and ever in Jesus’ name, Amen. Hallelujah!

PRAYER POINTS

Blessed be the LORD, who has not given me as a prey to the enemy’s teeth.

Everlasting Father, I want to appreciate and bless Your Holy name today. Thank You for fighting my unknown battles and delivering me from evil.

Thank You for not giving me to the hands and the wishes of the wicked ones. You are my deliverer, my helper, my warrior, my strength and my shield. Through You, I move, and live, and have my being.

Thank You Father, for saving me from wolves in sheep clothing and keeping me from evil people and their work. Thank You for frustrating the craftiness of the crafty and for saving my children. Be exalted forever more in Jesus name.

Spend some time praising God. Praise Him from the bottom of Your heart. Praise Him until you know, beyond all reasonable doubt, that He has heard you. Go ahead and just praise Him.

Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise Him, O ye servants of the LORD.
Ye that stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.

Praise the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
For the LORD hath chosen me unto himself, and my family for his peculiar treasure.

Father, please forgive me for I have sinned and come short of Your glory. Cleanse me and make me new in Jesus name.

Oh Lord, please control every raging storm in my life. Let there be a calm in the name of Jesus!

Father, as I submit to You, control things in my favor in the name of Jesus!

Father, visit me with mercy and favour today, in Jesus’ name.

Father, let every form of obscurity be terminated fromy life. Let me walk in Your marvelous light in Jesus name.

Father let Your divine encounter lead me to accelerated promotion according to Your word in Exodus 7:1, and let my mockers bow to me in the name of Jesus (2 Kings 2:1-15).

Lord, let this divine encounter motivate me towards a closer walk with God in holiness and righteousness, empowering me to become a terror to the kingdom of darkness in the name of Jesus.

Lord, help me to be more productive and fruitful in Your vineyard, in the mighty name of Jesus.

Father, please help me to experience a divine encounter that would transform my life positively, in Jesus’ name.

Thank You for the benefactors and beneficiaries of Your great work on this platform (RCCGONLINE.ORG). Father I ask that fresh fire fall upon them, that they will be set ablaze for You.

Oh Lord, bless your son Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye for all his years of continual service, remember him, guide him on the path, help him remain focused, bless his entire household, and fulfill all Your promises for their liberation, ministry and family, in Jesus’ name.

Thank You Father for the intercessory team and the online platform (RCCGONLINE.ORG) and that which You have put in their hearts, I pray that You make them as flaming swords to bring men to Your kingdom and shut down the works of darkness in the name of Jesus.

Father, bless everyone dedicating their time to pray through these prayers & declarations at the point of their needs. Give them the grace to share/rebroadcast, in Jesus’ name.

Father, please uphold Your children working everyday on this platform (rccgonline.org) to prepare these prayers and declarations with Your right hand of righteousness and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, give them the grace to keep up with this good work of Faith, in the name of Jesus.

By faith, appreciate God for answered prayers. Your testimonies are undeniable in Jesus’ name.

Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus’ name.

Submit yourself and your personal petitions to God. Cast all your cares on Him, for He cares for you.

( Philippians 4:6)

In Jesus’ name I pray.

(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

Thank you Father for answered prayers.

(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

#GodBlessOurNation

These prayers have no expiry date! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus’ name.

See you here tomorrow.

There are different ways to show love to your parents but many times we don’t pay attention to them.

We are quick to show love to our spouses, children and friends but forget our parents / especially biological parents.

God desired that we love and honor our Parents. In fact, in scriptures, honor for parents is the first commandment that has a promise attached to it.

“Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise; that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.” ‭‭Ephesians‬ ‭6‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Our parents are God’s blessings to us. They are people who will always be there for us and want the best for us all the time.

When everyone leaves and disappoints, our parents are likely to still solidly stand behind us.

Many times, our greatest support and motivation comes from our parents. They are burden bearers and destiny helpers to us.

Unfortunately, many people do not remember to love and appreciate their parents, forgetting that one day, they will be gone.

In this article, we will show you 7 ways to love your parents.

1) SPEND TIME WITH THEM

It is easy to get busy with life and even our new family – spouse and children – and not remember to go and spend time with our parents.

The quest for a good life and career can easily make us move from place to place an forget where we came from.

A good way to show love to your parents is to spend time with them.

Intentionally take some hours or days to go and be with your parents and spend quality time with them.

This is very likely to make your parents happy because they value your presence.

2) CALL THEM

An option for people living very far from their parents is using technology to keep in touch with them.

Thanks to technology, it is now possible to spend time with people even when we are physically far from them.

Unfortunately, even with these systems of advantage in technology like audio and video calls, some people still struggle to contact their parents and connect with them.

Even with busy schedules, it is wise to set reminders and remember to frequently call and connect with your parents.

3) HONOR THEM WITH YOUR SUBSTANCE

One great way to show love and honor for people is by giving them gifts.

Many places in scriptures, gifts were used to show love and honor for people – friends, children, prophets, parents, etc.

You should show love to your parents by blessing them with your substance.

Bless them with monetary gifts, and material gifts.

Gifts of food, clothing, shelter, and other things that will make their lives easy.

4) HONOR THEM BY LISTENING TO THEM

Many people make the mistakes of just hearing their parents talk but not actually listening to them.

Especially when their parents are aged.

One way to show your parents that you truly love and value them is by listening to them speak and paying attention to their words.

Active listening means that you listen to the details of their words, counsel, and even complaints.

5) CREATE SPACE FOR THEIR LIMITATIONS

Our parents are human so they definitely are not perfect.

In many cases, they may even display some level of ignorance because they are not as enlightened as we are in certain areas.

This is why it is important to create allowances for their limitations and flaws.

They may have flaws and even bad habits but it does not take out the need for us to honor and love them.

6) APPRECIATE THEM

Many parents make untold sacrifices for their children from the day they are born.

It is easy to say it is their responsibility but as Christians, it is wiser to appreciate the sacrifices made for us.

When you see parents who never cared to take care of their parents, you will further be encouraged to appreciate the efforts and sacrifices made by yours.

You show your parents love by appreciating them and making them know that you are grateful for their efforts over you.

7) PRAY FOR THEM

Children are not the only ones in need of prayers.

Our parents need our prayers too.

Pray for your parents and declare over their lives.

As they age, they become more susceptible to many evils like diseases and even fraudulent people.

Cover them in your prayers even as you put measures in place to ensure that they do not fall victim.

A good scripture to pray over your parents is:

“I am your God and will take care of until you are old and your hair is grey. I made you and will care for you; will give you help and rescue you.” Isaiah 46:4

What other ways do you show love to your parents?

OPEN HEAVEN 3 DECEMBER 2022 MEMORIZE: If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us: Psalms 1242

OPEN HEAVEN 3 DECEMBER 2022 BIBLE READING PSALMS 124:1-8

1. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, now may Israel say;

2. If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us:

3. Then they had swallowed us up quick, when their wrath was kindled against us:

4. Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul:

5. Then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

6. Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth.

7. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.

8. Our help is in the name of the LORD, who made heaven and earth.

OPEN HEAVEN 3 DECEMBER 2022 MESSAGE

Today, I want to help you to praise God. I want to help you see why you really need to praise Him. You dont know all the battles God fights for you when you were lying helplessly asleep. Not too long ago, a man brought his daughter to me at the Redemption Camp, all the way from Ilorin, because she told him she was a witch.

He told me that he doubted her at first but when she reached under her bed and brought out a pot of fresh human blood, he knew she was not joking. After we prayed for her deliverance from the spirit of witchcraft, the father said, Please, let her stay with you.

I said, Now you want to abandon the girl with me. If God had not been on your side all the days you have been sleeping with that child in the same house, would you be here today? Do you know the true identity of the fellow you have been sleeping with in the same house? Do you know how many wolves in sheeps clothing are living or working with you? Many of us have been very guilty of ingratitude.

God has been protecting us from numerous attacks from the forces of darkness that we know nothing of, yet some of us find it difficult to praise Him. Imagine if God suddenly decides to remove His protective cover from you. You would be finished within 24 hours.

You think there are no agents of darkness who have wished that you would become so poor as to be eating from the garbage? They have sent many arrows but God has protected you from all their attacks. If God had not been on your side, the enemy would have swallowed you up.

If God had not been fighting your battles, where would you be now? Do you know how many times you have eaten poison, yet it did not kill you? Do you know how many times the enemy came in the night to make sure that you wouldn’t see the following morning?

Today, I want you to push forward whatever you planned to do this morning and spend some time praising God. Praise Him from the bottom of your heart. Praise Him until you know, beyond all reasonable doubt, that He has heard you. Go ahead and just praise Him.

OPEN HEAVEN 3 DECEMBER 2022 KEY POINT

Spend at least 30 minutes praising the One who has been protecting you all these years.

OPEN HEAVEN 3 DECEMBER 2022 HYMN

O WORSHIP THE KING ALL GLORIOUS ABOVE

1 O worship the King all-glorious above,
O gratefully sing his power and his love:
our shield and defender, the Ancient of Days,
pavilioned in splendor and girded with praise.

2 O tell of his might and sing of his grace,
whose robe is the light, whose canopy space.
His chariots of wrath the deep thunderclouds form,
and dark is his path on the wings of the storm.

3 Your bountiful care, what tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air, it shines in the light;
it streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
and sweetly distills in the dew and the rain.

4 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
in you do we trust, nor find you to fail.
Your mercies, how tender, how firm to the end,
our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend!

5 O measureless Might, unchangeable Love,
whom angels delight to worship above!
Your ransomed creation, with glory ablaze,
in true adoration shall sing to your praise!

OPEN HEAVEN 3 DECEMBER 2022 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 1 CORINTHIANS 4:1-21 , 1 CORINTHIANS 5:1-13 , 1 CORINTHIANS 6:1-20 , 1 CORINTHIANS 7:1-40

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2022 MEMORIZE: But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Isaiah 64:8

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2022 BIBLE READING JEREMIAH 18:1-6

1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

2. Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.

3. Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels.

4. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it.

5. Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

6. O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2022 MESSAGE

In our Bible reading for today, a potter was trying to make a vessel, but it became marred in his hand, so he decided to make another. I preached a sermon over 30 years ago titled Seeing the Invisible.

I gave an illustration in the sermon using a log of wood. When you see a log of wood, you may not observe anything special, but a sculptor could look at it and visualise a lion. He would then take his hammer and chisel, chipping off a little here, a little there.

Eventually, the head of the lion would appear. In the course of the sculptors work, the wood could split open suddenly, in which case he could then say to it Well, I wanted to make a lion out of you, but it looks like I would only be able to make a cat because you have cracked open in a way I did not intend.

He would then get to work making the cat but, should he discover another flaw in the wood, he may then say, Okay, I will make a rat out of you. If he discovers even more flaws in the wood, he may then be compelled to use it as frewood. Song of Solomon 2:15 says: “Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.”

The little flaws you ignore in yourself can destroy Gods purpose for your life. If you fail to deal with these faults decisively, they will end up hindering Gods plan for your life. You may have been told that you talk too much, yet are not doing anything about it. God may have warned you that you eat too much, yet you keep eating irresponsibly.

Maybe someone has even told you that you get angry too easily but you claim that people from your tribe are usually like that. These things, little as they may seem, will make it hard for God to fulfil His purpose in your life-The Potter is very good at His craft, but the clay has to allow the Potters purpose to be fulfilled.

Check yourself: between last year and now, have you grown? Have you dropped your bad habits? Have you picked up new habits that will help you fulfil Gods purpose for your life? A new year is about to start; get rid of those little foxes that have been spoiling your vine. Don’t be an obstacle to your progress and the fulfilment of Gods plans in your life.

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2022 KEY POINT

What are those weaknesses that you know you must get rid of? Begin to take action to get rid of them now.

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2022 HYMN

O LORD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST

1. O Lord, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home:

2. Under the shadow of your throne,
your saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is your arm alone,
and our defense is sure.

3. Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received her frame,
from everlasting you are God,
to endless years the same.

4. A thousand ages in your sight
are like an evening gone;
short as the watch that ends
the night before the rising sun.

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2022 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 1 CORINTHIANS 8:1-13 , 1 CORINTHIANS 9:1-27 1 CORINTHIANS 10:1-33 , 1 CORINTHIANS 11:1-34

OPEN HEAVEN 5 DECEMBER 2022 MEMORIZE: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Revelation 12.11

OPEN HEAVEN 5 DECEMBER 2022 BIBLE READING 1 SAMUEL 17:34-37

34. And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father’s sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock:

35. And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him.

36. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.

37. David said moreover, The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said unto David, Go, and the LORD be with thee.

OPEN HEAVEN 5 DECEMBER 2022 MESSAGE

The elders have an adage that says, The child who is grateful for yesterdays blessing will receive another. You must be grateful, not just because God has already done a lot for you, but to open the door for what He will yet do.

Some people lose their miracles because they are ungrateful. They lose the support of the Most High God because they cannot just say Thank you. Those who constantly remember His mercies always experience more and more. Blessings always pursue and overtake them.

Remembering His mercies will help you to develop mountain-moving faith. In Mark 11:22-23, Jesus said if you have faith in God, then you can command mountains to move and they will obey. It is established that God does not change, as we see in Malachi 3:6, where He said, For I am the Lord, I change not.

We also see in Hebrews 13:8 that Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever. Both Scriptures point to the fact that if God did a miracle yesterday, He can do it again today. Thus the more of His benefits you remember, the greater your faith and the more He can do for you.

Once you can remember His track record concerning any situation, whenever that situation comes to face you again, you would just laugh because you know you have a Daddy who has tackled it before and will do so again victoriously.

In our Bible reading today, David recounted Lords benefits towards him and standing on that, he was sure that the same God who delivered him from the lion and the bear would take care of Goliath. If you can just remember one of Gods miracles in your life, then you can be sure He will do another one.

The devil had tried to tell me that the 3km-by-3km auditorium would not be completed. I laughed because that was what he said when we were building the first auditorium which was 100meters by 5Ometers. He said the same thing for the second and third, and now we are in the fourth, so I told him, You are wasting your time; this 3km-by-3km is just a baby, the real big one is yet to come.

Consider whatever mountain that is blocking your way now as just another opportunity for a new testimony.

OPEN HEAVEN 5 DECEMBER 2022 KEY POINT

Your testimonies about God’s goodness and gratitude to Him will produce more miracles.

OPEN HEAVEN 5 DECEMBER 2022 HYMN

OPEN HEAVEN 5 DECEMBER 2022 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 1 CORINTHIANS 12:1-31 , 1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-13 , 1 CORINTHIANS 14:1-40