Open Heaven 31 August 2018 – When the Best Comes

Open Heaven 31 August 2018 Memorise
And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now. John 2:10

Open Heaven 31 August 2018 Bible Reading 1 Samuel 16:1-13

Open Heaven 31 August 2018 Bible in one year Psalms 92-99 Matthew 27: 45-66

I learnt a proverb from my mother which says “when a child discovers honey, he despises bread.” In other words, when the best comes, the good gives way. I pray that the best will come your wat in every facet of life in Jesus’ Name.

Are you looking for a job, spouse or business opportunity, and it seems as if it will never come? Don’t fret- that apparent delay is because the best is yet to come. When the Lord is ready to grant you the best from His storehouse, people will marvel and join you in glorifying Him for the marvellous thing He has done for you.

Today’s Bible reading narrates Samuel’s visit to Jesse’s household. All of Jesse’s sons were made to pass before Samuel who was there to anoint a new King. However, to their amazement, all the seven sons that were made to pass before Samuel was rejected by the Lord. Then Samuel asked in frustration,

“Are these all your children?”

Only then did Jesse remember that there was one of his sons somewhere out there in the field keeping the sheep. After Jesse mentioned him to Samuel, the Prophet sent for him to be fetched, saying

“We will not sit down till he come hither” ( 1 Samuel 16:11). I prophesy to your life today: until the best of the Lord reaches, it won’t stop on the way. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 29 August 2018

David came, and the Lord commanded Samuel to anoint him. The Bible says the young lad was ruddy, handsome and innocent. One lesson here is that even a great seer can make mistakes if God does not intervene. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 30 August 2018

Samuel would have made the mistake of annointing the listen to God’s voice. At every attempt he made to anoint the wrong person, God restrained him until the best came. Once again, I prophesy into your life: God’s best for your life shall arrive today, and you will know it in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heaven 31 August 2018

The guest at the marriage feast in Cana of Galilee also experienced what happened when the best comes(John 2:1-10). After tasting the wine that Jesus made from water, the chairman of the ceremony confessed that indeed the best had come (John 2:10).

The Bible says he did not even know the source of the wine. One major lesson here is that whatever comes from the original source of all things will always be the best. I therefore encourage you to always look unto Jesus for the best. I therefore encourage you to always look unto Jesus for the best in life. He said in John 10:10b:

“I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

There is abundant life in Jesus, and it is from Him alone that you can get the best.

Open Heaven 31 August 2018 Prayer Point
Father, You are the source of all things: please cause me to always experience the best that You have for me in every facet of life, in Jesus’ Name

Open Heaven 31 August 2018 Hymn 6

DEEPER, DEEPER

Deeper, deeper in the love of Jesus
Daily let me go;
Higher, higher in the school of wisdom,
More of grace to know.

Chorus:

O deeper yet, I pray,
And higher every day,
And wiser, blessed Lord,
In Thy precious, holy Word.

Deeper, deeper, blessed Holy Spirit,
Take me deeper still,
Till my life is wholly lost in Jesus,
And His perfect will.

Chorus:

Deeper, deeper! though it cost hard trials,
Deeper let me go!
Rooted in the holy love of Jesus,
Let me fruitful grow.

Chorus:

Deeper, higher, every day in Jesus,
Till all conflict past,
Finds me conqu’ror, and in His own image
Perfected at last.

Chorus:

Deeper, deeper in the faith of Jesus,
Holy faith and true;
In His pow’r and soul exulting wisdom
Let me peace pursue.

Chorus.

OPEN HEAVEN 30 AUGUST 2018 – RAISE THAT WEAK PERSON

Memorise: Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feebie knees. Isaiah 35:3

Open Heaven 30 August 2018 Read: Matthew 25:34-46 (KJV)

³⁴ Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

³⁵ For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

³⁶ Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

³⁷ Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

³⁸ When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

³⁹ Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

⁴⁰ And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

⁴¹ Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

⁴² For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:

⁴³ I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

⁴⁴ Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

⁴⁵ Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.

⁴⁶ And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

Open Heaven 30 August 2018 Bible in one year: Psalm 88-91, Matthew 27:15-44, Hymnal: Sing hymn 15

Weakness can be such a terrible thing. A person who is weak is helpless and sometimes even hopeless. People can be weak in several ways; some are weak financially, emotionally, spiritually, academically and so on.

People who are weak are not in a state where they can protect or defend themselves. This is why anyone who oppresses the weak is a coward and a bully. As a disciple of Jesus Christ, who Himself was a help to the helpless, if a person is financially weak, you should not use that opportunity to cheat him or her. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 28 August 2018

It is disheartening that some employers look for desperate people to employ so that they can pay them far less than the regular applicable wages. Some people constantly search for people in financial crises so that they can buy off their properties very cheaply.

Are you playing with the emotions of the opposite sex because they are emotionally weak? Do you condemn people because they are not as strong as you are spiritually? You need to have a change of heart today. Click To Read – Open Heaven 29 August 2018

Believe me honestly, there is no seed sown that will not be reaped. There was a man who was very good at treating people who had broken bones. Whenever someone with a broken bone was rushed to him, because of their desperation, he would charge their family members an extremely high price that would be very difficult to pay.

If they complained about the cost, he would get a cutlass and suggest to them that if they couldn’t afford his charges, he could amputate the victim’s broken limb at a cheaper price. Not desiring the amputation of a member of their family, they would agree to his exorbitant price and pay.

Open Heaven 30 August 2018

Through these means, this man eventually became very rich and had many houses. Down the line, he fell sick and had to spend so much money diagnosing the cause of his aliment. Before long he started selling his houses in order to afford his medical bills, bit the doctors’ still could not tell what was wrong with him.

After he sold his last house, it was discovered that he had cancer, but by this time, it was already too late for him.  He died a poor man. Beloved, don’t be deceived into thinking that you can get away with wicked acts. Whatever a man sows, he shall also reap (Galatians 6:7).

No real Christian should ever turn his back on someone who needs help. That is not the nature of our Father. Our Lord Jesus Christ went about doing good, and He was always full of compassion (Acts 10:38). When He met a widow on her way to bury her son, without being asked, He wiped away her tears (Luke 7:12-15).

If you claim to be Christ-like, you must also be full of compassion for the weak around you. As seen in our Bible text, helping the weak is synonymous with helping God, because He feels their pains. So ask yourself are you helping to reduce Jesus’ pain, or are you ignoring Him?

Open Heaven 30 August 2018 Action Point

Make a list of weak people around you and reach out to them today.

Open Heaven 30 August 2018 Sing 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 HEAVEN 29 AUGUST 2018 – ARGUING WITH THE OMEGA?

Open Heaven 29 August 2018 Memorise: Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 1st King 20:11b

Open Heaven 29 August 2018 Read: Matthew 26:30-35 (KJV)

30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.

33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

Open Heaven 29 August 2018 Bible in one year: Psalm 81-87, Matthew 26:69-27:14, Hymnal: Sing hymn 4

In today’s Bible reading, we see an overconfident Peter arguing with the One whose Name is Omega. Perhaps Peter forgot that as the Omega, God knows the end from the beginning. You need to recognise that overconfidence is not synonymous with faith.

While overconfidence ignores that which is ordained as if it were not, faith calls these things that be not as though they were. When God’s ordained word says “Abstain from all appearance of evil and flee fornication”, it is overconfidence and not faith that makes a brother linger in a place where female nudity is on display.

Your faith cannot annul God’s word.
Some people believe that as new creatures in Christ, they are now super beings, no longer susceptible to weaknesses or temptations. Driven by overconfidence and not faith, such people throw wise checks and balances established in God’s word out of the window. No wonder they end up in the same pitiable state Peter found himself in after denying Christ thrice. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 28 August 2018

After Jesus told Peter what would happen to him shortly, instead of praying for grace to stand firm or praying for a reversal of his impending denial, he was busy making “confessions of overconfidence” and not “confessions of faith” as he supposed. Hear his confessions in Mathew 26:35a:

“…Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee.”

Unfortunately, the same mouth Peter used in making these confessions also denied Christ. Your confessions must be based on the totality of God’s word, if you don’t want to engage in a futile exercise. There is a place for making confessions and affirmations, but basing them on an isolated portion of God’s word cannot override the generality of God’s principles.

Open Heaven 28 August 2018

Apostle Paul got it right when he longed to know Christ and the power of His resurrection. In Philippians 3:12, Paul revealed his mindset with these words:

Unlike Paul, some people behave as if they have arrived. Some of such people even try to persuade me to slow down and rest upon what God has done for me over the years in the ministry. They forget that only those who endure to the end will be saved (Matthew 10:22).

Beloved,continually search the scriptures, and make God’s word your compass in life. Pray earnestly also that the grace of Jesus Christ will be more than enough for you to finish well and strong.

Open Heaven 29 August 2018 – Prayer Point

Father, I have no power of my own; please help me to finish well and strong in Jesus’ Name.

Author: Pastor E. A Adeboye

Open Heaven 29 August 2018: Sing hymn 4

TRUST AND OBEY

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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.

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.

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.

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

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 28 AUGUST 2018 –ARE YOU STILL IN THE FAITH?

Open Heaven 28 August 2018 Memorise: Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? 2nd Corinthians 13:5

Open Heaven 28 August 2018 Read: Psalm 139:21-24 (KJV)

21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22 I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

23 Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:

24 And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Bible in one year: Psalm 78-80, Matthew 26:47-68, Hymnal: Sing hymn: 2

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It is possible for a person who once walked with God to drift out of the faith. This is the reason why 2nd Corinthian 13:5 say:

“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”

From this scripture, we see that it is also possible for a person not to know that he or she is no longer in the faith, especially if such a fellow has become a reprobate. To become reprobate can be likened to spiritual insanity.

When a person is psychologically insane, he or she can no longer differentiate between good and evil. For example, a mad person wandering around naked will regard someone who is properly dressed as abnormal for putting on clothes. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 27 August 2018

In the same way, when a child of God who has been taught to be properly dressed now begins to dress half nude in the name of fashion, something fundamental has gone wrong in his or her life. The fellow must conduct a critical, biblical examination of his or her faith.

Open Heaven 28 August 2018

The Psalmist made a wise request from the Lord in Psalm 139:23-24. He asked the Lord to carry out a thorough search of his inner man to see if there was anything contrary to His nature in it.

This suggests that we can pray to the Lord, as the Revealer of all secrets, to reveal the true state of our hearts to us. When a reprobate person prays this prayer sincerely, God will come to his or her aid to remove the scales covering the eyes of the heart from seeing its true state.

The Psalmist prayed that God should graciously find out to him any iota of wickedness that might exist in him and lead him out of it onto the way of righteousness. The easiest way the Lord does this for His genuine children is through His written word. In Psalm 119:9, the Holy Spirit reveals the secret of righteous living, saying:

“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.”

The word of God enables us to examine whether we are still in the faith. It acts as a mirror that shows our true state (James 1:22-25). When God’s word illuminates your ways, you will see where you might have erred (Psalm 119:105).

The word does not stop at revealing sin in our lives, it also cleanse us from sin, but only if we allow it impact and change our lives (Ephesians 5:26-27). Beloved, if you sincerely want to examine whether you are still in the faith, study the word.

Action Point – Open Heaven 28 August 2018
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Open Heaven 28 August 2018 – Sing hymn 2

I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR

I need Thee every hour,

Most gracious Lord;

No tender voice like Thine

Can peace afford.

Chorus

I need Thee, oh, I need Thee;

Every hour I need Thee;

Oh, bless me now, my Savior!

I come to Thee

I need Thee every hour,

Stay Thou nearby;

Temptations lose their power

When Thou art nigh.

I need Thee every hour,

In joy or pain;

Come quickly and abide,

Or life is vain.

I need Thee every hour,

Teach me Thy will;

And Thy rich promises

In me fulfil.

I need Thee every hour

Most Holy One;

Oh, make me Thine Indeed,

Thou blessed Son.

Prayer Points For Today’s Open Heaven 28 August 2018 – ARE YOU STILL IN THE FAITH?

Pray the psalmist’s prayer in Psalm 139:23-24

23. Search me, God, and know my heart;
    test me and know my anxious thoughts.

²⁴ See if there is any offensive wayin me,
    and lead me in the way everlasting.

Pray these 10 prayer points below!

Open Heaven 28 August 2018

1.I worship and adore you, King of Kings because, you my all in all. The Alpha and the Omega of my everything!

2.Thank you, Father, for the salvation of my soul and for your grace and mercy, that have sustained me in faith, till now.

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

4.Father, I honor your Majesty, you reign forever and ever. I declare your Lordship over my life, my business, my career and my family.

5.Father, thank you for sending your Son, Jesus, to die for my Sins. I remain eternally grateful.

6.Father, help me to live by Your Word, in Jesus’ name.

7.King of Kings, grant all the heart’s desires of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the author of the open heavens daily devotional and general overseer of RCCG, and uphold him till the end. More grace to his life and family, in Jesus’ name.

8.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)

9.In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

10.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18)

Prayer Points For Today’s Open Heaven 27 August 2018 – EATING YOUR PARENT’S SOUR GRAPES

Thank you, Father, for not allowing the gates of hell to prevail over me. 

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

Father, as I grow in knowledge, let me grow in grace to correctly apply this knowledge wisely, in Jesus’ name

Father, I Confess and believe that I am now under the new covenant in the Blood of Jesus.

Father, I believe no ancestral covenant can work against me or hold me bound, in Jesus’ Name.

I cleanse myself and my entire household from all generational curses and I proclaime victory over them, In Jesus Name.

Father, show my household mercy and for the sake of your love towards us and the blood of Jesus shed on the cross of cavalry, do not allow us to fall victims of circumstance, In Jesus’ Name.

Father, help our leaders to place emphasis on spiritual maturity instead of financial status, when placing men in position of authority and leadership, in the church, in Jesus’ name.

Father, let our present crop of leaders have genuine encounter with you, that will break and quicken their spiritual development and maturity, in Jesus’ name.

Father, uphold and strengthen your son, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, physically, spiritually, and financially, till the end, in Jesus’ name.

Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)

In Jesus’ name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)

Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).

Open Heaven 27 August 2018 – EATING YOUR PARENT’S SOUR GRAPES

Open Heaven 27 August 2018 Memorise: The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father; neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. Ezekiel 18:20

Open Heaven 27 August 2018 Read: Jeremiah 31:29-33 (KJV)

29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

30 But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.

31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

32 Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they brake, although I was an husband unto them, saith the Lord:

33 But this shall be the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts; and will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Bible in one year: Psalm 73-77, Matthew 26:26-46, Hymnal: Sing hymn 3

One of the blessings of the cross of Jesus Christ is the removal of generational curses that have been the bane of mankind since the great fall of Adam and Eve. The Holy Spirit reveals this to us in Colossians 2:14, saying:

“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross;”

The work Jesus did on the cross of Calvary brought about the fulfilment of the prophecies that came through Ezekiel and Jeremiah in today’s memory verse and Bible reading.

These prophecies foretold the nature and character of the New Covenant under which we are now operating. I encourage you to take out time to read these prophesies in full, so that you will have a full understanding of your place in the New Testament under the Blood of Jesus Christ. Open Heaven 26 August 2018

The Holy Spirit through Prophet Jeremiah prophesied that a time would come when everyone living under a new covenant would be responsible for their own actions and inactions.

The good news is that we live in that time. Through the new covenant in the Blood of Jesus, we are empowered to individually live our lives to the glory of God and be accountable for the way we live our lives. Speaking on this new covenant in Hebrew 8:10, the Holy Spirit says:

Open Heaven 27 August 2018

“For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts: and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people:”

Through this verse of Scripture, we understand that it is the Almighty God who helps us keep His new covenant through the Holy Spirit. This is an awesome provision which you must key into. With God’s help, we are also able to escape the impact of divine judgement invoked by parental sins.

Nevertheless, we will not escape the consequences of our own sins if we continue in them. The new covenant however opens the door of opportunity for God to wipe away and forget our sins as we confess and forsake them. Hebrews 8:12 says:

“For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.”

Even if some people are still experiencing the destructive power of generational curses, its evil effects can be rendered powerless over you by the new covenant. The Blood of the new covenant makes all the difference. Are you a partaker of the new covenant?

Action Point – Open Heaven 27 August 2018
Confess and believe that you are now under the new covenant in the Blood of Jesus, for which reason no ancestral covenant can work against you or hold you bound.

Open Heaven 27 August 2018 – Sing hymn 3

WHAT CAN WASH AWAY

MY SINS

What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus;

What can make me whole

again?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

Chorus:

Oh! Precious is the flow

That makes me white as snow;

No other fount I know,

Nothing but the blood of Jesus.

For my cleansing this I see

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

For my pardon this my plea

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

Nothing can my sin erase

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

Naught of works, ‘tis all of grace

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

This is all my hope and peace

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

This is all my righteousness

Nothing but the blood of Jesus!

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Sunday, August 26, 2018) – Living Under Baby- Ruler?

1.Thank you, Father, for not allowing the gates of hell to prevail over your church.

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

3.Father, as I grow in knowledge, let me grow in grace to correctly apply this knowledge wisely, in Jesus’ name. Open Heaven 26 August 2018

4.Father, please, give me a heart that is willing and ready to accept your Will and truth, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, give me wisdom, knowledge and understanding; and a submissive and teachable heart, that is willing to take correction, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, empower me to study to show myself approved, as a workman that needed not be ashamed, but rightly dividing the word of truth, in Jesus’ name. Rccg Sunday School Manual 26 August 2018 

7.Father, let every plant you have not planted in my life, ministry and in your church be uprooted, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, let every false doctrine and teaching in circulation, in your church, be neutralised and destroyed, by the blood of Jesus.

9.Father, help our leaders to place emphasis on spiritual maturity instead of financial status, when placing men in position of authority and leadership, in the church, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, let our present crop of leaders have genuine encounter with you, that will break and quicken their spiritual development and maturity, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, uphold and strengthen your son, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, physically, spiritually, and financially, till the end, 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 26 August 2018 LIVING UNDER BABY-RULERS?

Open Heaven 26 August 2018 Memorise: As for my people, children are their oppressors, and women rule over them. O my people, they which lead thee cause thee to err, and destroy the way of thy paths. Isaiah 3:12

Read: Matthew 15:12-14 Open Heaven 26 August 2018

12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?

13 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.

14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

Open Heaven 26 August 2018 Bible in one year: Psalm 69-72, Matthew 26:6-25

Hymnal: Sing hymn 1

Open Heaven 26 August 2018 Message With Hymn And Prayer Points

Click Here To Read – RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL MANUAL LESSON FIFTY-TWO SUNDAY, 26TH AUGUST 2018

There is a scarcity in the Body of Christ today, which only those who are sensitive to the Spirit will discern. The scarcity is neither a scarcity of food or drink nor of ministers or workers; rather, it is a scarcity of mature leaders.

This is a source of concern to those who are awaiting the Lord’s second coming, because we need mature leaders to prepare the Bride for the Bridegroom. We have a crop of leaders in the Church today who can best be described as babes. Open Heaven 25 August 2018

As perfectly captured by Prophet Isaiah in today’s memory verse, these are causing spiritual oppression in the Body of Christ. The current situation at hand can be likened to the situation Jesus met during His first advert, captured in our Bible reading.

When the Lord exposed the ignorance and hypocrisy of the religious “baby-leaders” of His time, His disciples were afraid, and they came to let Him know that the Pharisees were offended by His teachings. In Matthew 15:13-14, Jesus responded to their fears with those words:

“….Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.”

Furthermore, in His encounter with Nicodemus, the Lord lamented his ignorance of spiritual matters, even though he was a top religious leader. In John 3:10, Jesus said to him:

“… Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?”

Open Heaven 26 August 2018 Sunday

Thank God Nicodemus was humble enough to learn from the Lord, and he eventually became a disciple of Christ (John 19:39-40). This is the response expected of the baby-leaders in the Church today. There was an unmarried young man in our church many years ago.

Although he has no martial experience, there was almost nothing he would not teach concerning marriage and childbearing. One of his opinions at that time was that when a woman is in labour, all you need to do is bind the devil, loose the baby and the child will just come forth! With his untested spirituality, he intimidated many married brothers and sisters.

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He then got married and his wife became pregnant. On the day of delivery, this brother did what he had taught others to do: he bound the devil and loosed the baby, but his baby refused to come forth. After some days of agonizing labour in which his wife still could not deliver the baby, he ran into the bush, lay flat on his face and pleaded with God for mercy.

After this, his wife delivered their baby. He then understood that his wife’s delivery was only by God’s mercy. It is always dangerous to be under the ministration of baby pastors because more often than not, their exuberance does not yield results when push comes to shove.

Prayer Point – Open Heaven 26 August 2018

Father, as I grow in knowledge, let me grow in grace to correctly apply this knowledge wisely, in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heaven 26 August 2018 Hymn 15

Sing 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

RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL MANUAL LESSON FIFTY-TWO SUNDAY, 26TH AUGUST 2018 –SUNDAY SCHOOL QUARTERLY REVIEW FOURTH INTERACTIVE SESSION

Open Heaven 26 August 2018

*SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN*

*1.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
O how I love Thee well,
I am happy, it makes me glad
To rejoice at Thy birth.

*2.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day, Thy friendship suits me well,
Both young and old will sing Thy song,
We long for Sunday School.

*3.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Christ was Thy first teacher,
The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
Does manifest in thee.

*4.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
This testimony is sure,
That God, the Father Almighty,
Poured His blessing on Thee.

*5.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
Though the sun be so bright,
Or if the clouds black with rain,
I’ll be in Sunday School.

*6.* O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
I rejoice to see Thee,
Will thou pass over me today?
Without my being blest?

SUNDAY SCHOOL QUARTERLY REVIEW – FOURTH INTERACTIVE SESSION

*TO ASK QUESTIONS ON TREATED LESSONS FOR CLARITY
*TO GIVE CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF THE OUTLINES
*TO GIVE USEFUL SUGGESTIONS TOWARDS BETTER PERFORMANCES
*TO GIVE USEFUL SPIRITUAL CONTRIBUTIONS
*etc
Starting from lesson 40: *Fishing for men’s soul*
Lesson 41: *Bearing fruits that will abide*
Lesson 42: *Essentials of follow up*
Lesson 43: *Hearing from God*
Lesson 44: *Life*
Lesson 45: *Death*
Lesson 46: *Resurrection*
Lesson 47: *Rapture described*
Lesson 48: *Rapture: purpose and qualification*
Lesson 49: *The marriage supper of the lamb*
Lesson 50: *The crucial judgment*
Lesson 51: *Eternal rewards*