OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS FRIDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2018: USE YOUR TWO WINGS

Open Heaven 23 February 2018

MEMORISE: Thou hast loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Hebrews 1:9

Please read: Hebrews 1:8-9

MESSAGE:
When a bird flies, it is usually with two wings. A bird cannot fly with one wing. As a divine eagle,
you need two wings to fly.

1 Corinthians 1:22-24 talks of these two wings; it says while the Jews
seek for signs, the Greeks seek for wisdom. Both are found in Jesus Christ and you need both to enjoy your flight.

The power of the Holy Spirit brings the miracles and by the grace of God, this is becoming a regular feature in the midst of God’s people.

However the area where many young people are lacking is in the area of wisdom. It is disturbing to know that many teenagers want benefits without taking responsibilities.

In Isaiah 1:19, we see both sides: your responsibility is that you must be willing and obedient before the benefit of eating
the good of the land will come. This is wisdom.

Acts 1:8 also speaks in this same vein; it says you will receive power as long as you are
prepared to be a witness of the goodness of the
Lord.

Before you pray and ask God for anything, make sure your life has a commensurate level of righteousness. Address the issue of
righteousness in your life, speech, dressing, attitude, deeds, thoughts and motives. Be clean
through and through.

KEY POINT:
You can’t always take without giving. It is wisdom to know that you have to give out
something in order to be given something.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 8-10
Mark 5:1-20

Hymn 2
1. When we walk with the Lord in the light of His
Word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey.

Chorus:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2. Not a shadow can rise, not a cloud in the
skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

3. Not a burden we bear, not a sorrow we share,
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.

4.But we never can prove the delights of His
love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

5. Then in fellowship sweet we will sit at His
feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do, where He sends we will
go;
Never fear, only trust and obey.

Open Heaven 24 February 2018

DAY 45 SATURDAY 24TH FEB 2018 RCCG FASTING PRAYER AGAINST NATURAL DISASTERS

OPEN HEAVEN 24 FEBRUARY 2018

 Intense praise and worship

 Thank God fora new day and for the salvationof your soul

 Let us pray against fireaccident in our homes, offices, markets and anywhere.

 Let us ask God to be merciful concerning death and destruction of properties that
can come fromearthquakes in this year.

 Let us pray that God will make the people wise, to know how to prevent fire
accidents

 Let us pray against flood disaster and outrageoustemperaturesall over the world .

 Let us pray against every already concluded evil plan to cause death through the
activitiesof gun men all over the world

 Let us ask God tohelp us topreventany evil plan towastelives throughtornadoes

 Let us plead for mercy to God to avert every programed destruction from the
kingdom of darkness throughany natural disasters

 Let us pray against deathand destructionof propertiesthrough hurricanes

Open Heaven 23rd February 2018

Open Heaven 24 February 2018: THE MAKING OF DISCIPLES

Memorise: And he said to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. Luke 9:23

Open Heaven 24 February 2018 Bible Reading: Matthew 28:18-20 (KJV)

28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Open Heaven 24 February 2018 Bible in one year: Leviticus 25, 1st Corinthians 10:23-11:16, Hymnal: Sing hymn 15

A disciple is a disciplined follower of Jesus Christ, committed to the life and principles of God’s kingdom which Jesus Christ came to teach and demonstrate on earth.

When He was leaving the earth, the Lord Jesus Christ instructed those who were already His disciples to make disciples of all nations of the world. Why is it necessary to make people Christ’s disciples, and how do we make disciples of people? Read: Open Heaven 23 February 2018

What does the kingdom of God stand to gain when people are made disciples of Jesus Christ? These are questions worthy of our consideration. We are to make disciples of all nations of the world because it is the Lord’s commandment. The Lord commanded us to do this because He wants to reconcile all of mankind back to God. 2ndCorinthians 5:19 says,

OPEN HEAVEN 24 FEBRUARY 2018

“To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word ofreconciliation.”

After a lost soul has experienced the new-birth in Christ, God expects that a systematic teaching of His word will follow in order to transform the new believer into the image of Jesus Christ. For this reason, the Holy Spirit in Isaiah 28:9-10 says:

“Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line uponline; here a little, and there a little:

One characteristic of a genuinely born-again fellow is the desire to grow through God’s word (1stPeter 2:2-3). Such a person should therefore not be starved of the sound teaching of the word.  If you have led a person to Christ, it should be your desire to see that person grow into the stature of the Son of God (Ephesians 4:13-15). Read: How To Stop Watching Pornography

The Church and the world stand to gain peace as the number of the disciples of the Prince of Peace increases. Terrorism will be eliminated. There would be no Al-Qaeda, ISIS or Boko Haram sects.

Murder, drug addition, homosexuality and other acts of sin will become unpopular. Police stations and Prison yards will perpetually be on holiday. The earth will become a paradise. This will come to fulfilment, because the Lord Jesus Christ, in Matthew 6:10, taught us to pray thus:

“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”

Open Heaven 24 February 2018 Action Point:

Put up a soul-winning outreach in your locality; arrange an effective house-fellowship where your potential converts will be taught the rudimentary tenets of the Christian faith and begin to disciple people.

Open Heaven 24 February 2018 Hymn 15

NEARER MY GOD TO THEE

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee;

E’ en though it be a cross

That raiseth me,

Still all my song shall be

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee.

Though, like a wanderer

The sun gone down,

Darkness comes over me,

My rest a stone;

Yet in my dreams I’d be

Nearer, my God, to Thee

Nearer, my God, to Thee

Nearer to Thee.

There let me see the sight,

An open heaven;

All that thou sendest me,

In mercy given;

Angles to beckon me

Nearer, my God, to Thee

Nearer, my God, to Thee

Nearer to Thee

Then, with my walking thoughts

Bright with Thy praise,

Out of my stony griefs

Bethel I’ll raise,

So by my woes to be

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS WEDNESDAY 21ST FEBRUARY 2018: GOD WITH MULTIPLE NAMES

Open Heaven 21 February 2018

MEMORISE: …and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The
Everlasting Father, The Prince Of Peace. Isaiah 9:6b

Please read: Isaiah 9:6

MESSAGE:
It is the practice in public functions to introduce the special guests or dignitaries present.

One person that may not be so easy to introduce is
Jesus Christ. Each time He introduces Himself, He does it with a new name or title. If you meet
Him today, He may say “I am the Word of God”.
When you meet tomorrow, He may tell you He is the Lamb of God. The next time you meet with Him, He may introduce Himself as the Door.
Occasionally, He may combine two and say He is
the Resurrection and the Life.

Sometimes, He
may even roll three together and say: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life”.

The God that we serve has uncountable names
and it is so because God arranged it to meet each of our needs.

Whatever your need, there is provision for you in one of His names and titles.

In Luke 2:10 the angels introduced Him as Good tiding of Great Joy, this season, you shall receive good news in Jesus’ name

PRAYER POINT:
Lord Jesus, because you are the Good Tidings of Great Joy, terminate evil news coming my way and cause me to hear only good news throughout this year.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 5-6
Mark 4:1-20

Hymn 8
1. Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes,
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of
days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.

2. Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
Thy justice like mountains high soaring above,
Thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and
love.

3. To all life thou givest to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish, but nought changeth
Thee.

4. Great Father of Glory, pure Father of Light,
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;
All laud we would render; o help us to see;
‘Tis only the splendour of light hideth Thee.

5. Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of
days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise

Open Heaven 22 February 2018

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Tuesday, February 20th, 2018) – THERE SHOULD BE NO COMPLEX

Open Heaven 21 February 2018

We are sorry we missed posting thr Prayer Points For Yesterday. Note: Prayer Points and Teens Devotional are posted 7am and 6am respectively. Thanks for your understanding. 

OHDD Team

1.Thank you, Father, for the salvation of my soul and the gifts of the Holy Spirit, to the body of Christ.

2.Thank you, Father, for all the spiritual gifts you have given to us your saints, for the edification of the body of Christ.

3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, let every spirit of inferiority or superiority complex, in my relationship with any of my brethren, be consumed by your fire, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, help me to recognise and be satisfied with my spiritual gifts, and empower me to stay within my calling, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, let every spirit of envy and malice towards any of my brethren, on account of your spiritual gift(s), in his or her life, be destroyed by your fire, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, let me never feel superior or look down on any brethren, on account of my gift or position, in the body of Christ, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, let there be peace, brotherly love and contentment, in your church and in the entire body of Christ, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, help me to appreciate your gifts in each member, in the body of Christ and celebrate them for who they are, as very important and valuable, in Jesus’ name.

10.Holy Spirit, help me to identity my spiritual gifts and help me to use them for the advancement of your Church and kingdom, in Jesus’ name.

11.Thank you, Father, for all your spiritual gifts, in the life of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the author of the open heavens daily devotional and general overseer of RCCG, in Jesus’ name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Open Heaven 22 February 2018

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Wednesday, February 21, 2018) – JUDGE BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP

Open Heaven 21 February 2018

1.Thank you, Father, for the salvation of my soul and for the abundance of your grace and mercy, upon my life and family.

2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

3.Father, give me the grace, never to be unequally yoked with unbelievers, in marriage, in business, and in all areas of my life, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, let me never leave you and the Holy Spirit, to go and seek counsels, from the ungodly, idol worshipper, diviners, fortune tellers, palm and sand readers, and other satanic agents, in Jesus’ name.

5.I decree, that I shall never walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, let every evil counsel and plot of the enemies over my life, family and ministry, come to null and void, in Jesus’ name.

7.I refuse to wear the garment of tribulations and sorrow, prepared for me, by the enemies, in Jesus’ name.

8.I refuse to drink the water and eat the bread, of affliction, prepared for me by the enemies, in Jesus’ name. 2Chr 18:26.

9.Father, expose, disgrace, separate and protect me, from enemies, pretending to be my friends, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, deliver me through divine intervention, from every plot, counsel, set-up, and trap of the enemies; let them be caught by their own evil devices, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, let every plant you have not planted in the Redeemed Christian Church of God and in the life and ministry of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, be uprooted, NOW, in Jesus’ name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Open Heaven 22 February 2018

Memorise: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness. Neither shadow of turning. James 1:17

Open Heaven 23 February 2018 Bible Reading: Exodus 13:20-22(King James Version)

13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

13:21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

13:22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Open Heaven 23 February 2018 Bible in one year: Leviticus 23-24, 1st Corinthians 9:24-10:22, Hymnal: Sing hymn 5

Our Lord Jesus Christ revealed to His disciples very important aspects of His being when He declared Himself as the Light of the world in 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.”

He followed this up by manifesting this attribute when He performed a creative miracle in order to bring light into the life of a man who had never been able to see (John 9). Before creating eyes where none existed before, to signify the purpose of what He has about to do, He declared in John 9:5:

“As longs as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

I pray that any form of darkness engulfing your life will disappear today in Jesus’ Name. You cannot drive away darkness. All you need to do to make darkness disappear is to let in the light.

For this reason, I ask you to allow Jesus into every area of your life without exception, because wherever He is, there will be light. If He enters your life today, light has entered into you.

From today’s memory verse, we understand that Jesus is also the Father of lights. It then follows that if Jesus is the Father of lights, He must have children who are lights. Who then are the children of the Father of lights? We Christians are. He revealed our identity to us in Matthew 5:14, saying:

“Ye are the light of the world.A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”

There is no hiding place for genuine children of  Light, because they cannot but function to expose the works of darkness. As lights, we are to guide those who are in darkness out of it (Romans 2:19). Read: Open Heaven 22 February 2018

As our Lord is the Light of the world, so are we. We must shine on His behalf by exposing the evil of sin and the wickedness of the devil and his agents.

Open Heaven 23 February 2018

Doing this will certainly attract persecution, and so we must be battle-ready against the kingdom of darkness. Our focus must be on Jesus Christ the Light from whom we obtain our light. Let’s hold on to His message to us in John 15:19

“If ye were of the world, theworld would love his own: but because ye are not of theworld, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.”

This is where the problem lies; children of the Light today are not ready to be hated. They would rather conform to the world instead of using their light to transform the world. God will help you shine brightly as an agent of transformation in Jesus’ Name. Read: Open Heaven 21 February 2018

Open Heaven 23 February 2018 Prayer Point:
Father, please help me shine for You in the darkness of this world, and according to You word don’t let darknesscomprehend my light in Jesus’ Name.

Read: DAY 44 FRIDAY 23RD FEB 2018 RCCG FASTING: NATIONAL REDEMPTION PRAYER GARDEN IN CAMP

Open Heaven 23 February 2018 Hymn: Sing hymn 5

I HAVE DECIDED TO FOLLOW JESUS

I have decide to follow Jesus;

I have decided to follow Jesus;

I have decided to follow Jesus;

No turning back, no turning back.

The world behind me, the cross

Before me;

The world behind me, the cross

before me;

The world behind me, the cross

READ  Open Heaven For Today – February 19 2018

Before me;

No turning back, no turning back.

Through none go with me, still I

Will follow;

Through none go with me, still I

Will follow;

Through none go with me, still I

Will follow;

No turning back, no turning back.

My cross 1’ll carry, till I see Jesus;

My cross 1’ll carry, till I see Jesus;

My cross 1’ll carry, till I see Jesus;

No turning back, no turning back.

Will you decide now to follow

Jesus?

Will you decide now to follow

Jesus?

Will you decide now to follow

Jesus?

No turning back, no turning back.

DAY 43 THURSDAY 22ND FEB 2018 RCCG FASTING: YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULTS IN RCCG

Open Heaven 22 February 2018

 Intense praise and worship

 Let us pray for the Youth and young adults in RCCG, that they will be strengthened to mortify the
deeds of the flesh. Gal. 17: 21, Col 3:1-17

 Let us pray to God for the Youth and young adults in RCCG that they will manifest the fruit of the
spirit. Gal. 5:22-23

 Let us ask God for the Youth and young adults in RCCG that they will be built according to God
specifications. Gen. 6:22, Heb 11:17

 Let us ask God for a holy, vibrant youth and young adults in RCCGH eb.12 :14-17

 Let us pray that God will exposed and expel disgracefully wolves in the coat of sheep from among the
Youth and young adults in RCCG. Nehemiah 4:11

 Let us ask God for vigilant and battle ready Youth and young adults in RCCG. Nehemiah 4:11

 Let us ask God for kingdom oriented Youth and young adults in RCCG. Nehemiah 4:23

 Arise oh Lord God of Israel and frustrate the plan of the enemy to breed wolves in the coat of sheep to
take over as sheep in this Youth and young adults in RCCG

 Have mercy oh Lord and don’t allow your son Pastor E.A. Adeboye to labour in vain over youths in
RCCG

Open Heaven 23 February 2018

DAY 44 FRIDAY 23RD FEB 2018 RCCG FASTING: NATIONAL REDEMPTION PRAYER GARDEN IN CAMP

Open Heaven 23 February 2018

 Intense praise and worship

 Thank God for a new day and for the salvationof your soul

 Let us thank God for the progress recorded so far on site

 Let us thank God for individuals, Provinces, Regions and Nations that
have decided to be instruments in God’s hand to supportthe project

 Let us pray that God will continue to bless them the more. Pro. 3:10

 Let us pray that the light of God will shine on the National Redemption
Garden in Camp that activities of darkness will be frustrated. Gen.1:3

 Let us commit the work going on in National Redemption Garden in
Camp into the hand of God for speedy completion

 Arise O’ LORD, and let your enemy be scattered concerning the National
Redemption Garden in Camp and let all those hindering the job be
relocated

 Let us pray that God will raise helpers of destiny financially for
completion of National Redemption Garden in Camp

Open Heaven 22 February 2018

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS THURSDAY 22ND FEBRUARY 2018: GO CONTRARY ALWAYS

Open Heaven 22 February 2018

MEMORISE: This I say then, walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
Galatians 5:16

Please read: Galatians 5:16-18

MESSAGE:
If you look at how the saints of old overcame the devil, you will discover one simple method
that can be applied most of the time.
That method is to do the exact opposite of what the
devil expects.

In every situation of temptation, God has a particular way of escape for you. In
the same vein, Satan has his own expectations
regarding how he wants you to respond. You are
the one in-between these two forces and therefore you are the one to determine which
one you will choose.

A safe way out is to always go contrary to the expectations of the devil. For
instance, when the devil tells you to pay a visit to the opposite sex alone, simply refuse. If you
obey him, you will surely fall.

Satan loves to be worshipped. And when you do what he wants, you worship him. In all you do, never give credit or credence to Satan. Never
bow before him or his agents and never worship
him.

Refuse to do what he wants concerning any
given situation. Pray and evangelize when he gives you reasons not to. Always go in opposition and you will overcome.

ACTION POINT:
If Satan could ask Jesus to worship him, he will surely demand the same from you. Be on the
look-out

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 7
Mark 4:21-41

Hymn 16
1. Christian, seek not yet repose,
Hear thy gracious Savior say;
Thou art in the midst of foes:
Watch and pray.

2. Principalities and power,
Mustering their unseen array,
Wait for the unguarded hours:
Watch and pray.

3. Gird the heavenly armor on,
Wear it ever night and day;
Ambushed lies the evil one:
Watch and pray.

4. Hear the victors who o’ercame,
Still they mark each warriors’s way;
All with one sweet voice exclaim,
Watch and pray.

5. Hear, above all, hear thy Lord,
Him thou loves to obey;
Hide within thy heart His word:
Watch and pray.

6. Watch, as if on that alone
Hung the issue of the day;
Pray, that help may be sent down:
Watch and pray.

Open Heaven 23 February 2018