Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Wednesday, October 3, 2018) – Refuse To Be Hopeless

1.I worship and adore You, Jesus because You are my hope of glory.

2.Thank You, Jesus, for leaving all Your glory in heaven, to come and take away my sorrow and replace it with everlasting joy.

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

4.I know, that I am serving a living God, who specialises in doing the impossible, therefore, I refuse to loose hope, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, let no situation or storm, no matter how severe, be able to separate me from Your love or take away my hope and confidence, in You, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, let everything causing me pain, sorrow, fear and shame, be terminated today, by the hosts of heaven, in Jesus’ name. Click To Read – Open Heaven 5 October 2018

7.Father, take away my reproach, and give me beauty for my ashes, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, help me to become so filled with the Holy spirit that all my words and actions will directed by him alone, in Jesus’ Name.

9.Father, You are my Saviour, Comforter and Peace, please, come and silence every justified and unjustified rage of the enemies against me, by Your mercy, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, let every stone blocking the sunlight of my life, glory and destiny, be rolled away, today, by Your Mighty angels, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, encourage Your son, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, and comfort him on all sides, 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 5 October 2018 Memorise:
Preach the word; be instant in season out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and doctrine. 2 Timothy 4:2

Open Heaven 5 October 2018 Bible Reading – Galatians 2:11-17

11 But when Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood him to the face, because he was to be blamed.

12 For before that certain came from James, he did eat with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing them which were of the circumcision.

13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him; insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation.

14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel, I said unto Peter before them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest after the manner of Gentiles, and not as do the Jews, why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews?

15 We who are Jews by nature, and not sinners of the Gentiles,

16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.

17 But if, while we seek to be justified by Christ, we ourselves also are found sinners, is therefore Christ the minister of sin? God forbid.

Open Heaven 5 October 2018 Bible in one year – Isaiah 36-37, Luke 2:1-21

Preaching is the act of proclaiming the good need in the word of God. It generally involves the delivery of some truth related to God to an audience for whom the message is prepared. To preach therefore, is to declare a word from God or to publicly present the good news.

It  includes the proclamation of the way of salvation to unbelievers, and the delivery of instructions on faith and spiritual worship to believers. In 2 Timothy 4:2, the Holy Spirit indicates that rebuke is an integral part of preaching the good  news.

To rebuke or reprove is to make a verbal expression of blame that is usually not easy for an individual to accept or accommodate. However, it is an essential part of the gospel. For this reason, the Holy Spirit said in Proverbs 27:5,

“Open rebuke is better than secret love.”

The word of God gives example of both divine and human rebuke. Sometimes, God issues rebuke directly, but more often than not He does so through His servants. Jesus Christ taught His disciples the perfect way to issue rebukes, and He taught His audience how to handle people who commit errors, without condemning them. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 4 October 2018

God has the absolute right to rebuke His children who stray from the path of righteousness. He does this sometimes by speaking directly to such people through dreams and revelations, but at other times, He chose to speak through His ministers.

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For instance, God used Prophet Samuel to rebuke King Saul in 1 Samuel 15:12-26, He used Prophet Nathan to rebuke King David in 2 Samuel 12:1-12, and Prophet Elijah rebuked King Ahab in 1 kings 18:18.

Furthermore, Jesus Christ rebuked Peter, one of His disciples, in Mark 8:33, and He also rebuked demons and their master the devil.  Matthew 17:18, says:

“And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out him: and the child was cured from that very hour.”

In today’s Bible reading, when Apostle Peter and some other Jewish brethren like Barnabas engaged in discrimination and pretence, Paul rebuke them sharply. We should not shy away from rebuke because when it comes from the Spirit, it convicts those who hear it. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 3 October 2018

As children of God, we ought to sharply rebuke and correct visible faults on relating to discipline, dressing, punctuality and commitment to duties, interpersonal relationships, sanitation, and our general attitude to worship.

Open Heaven 5 October 2018 Prayer Point
Father, please don’t rebuke me in your wrath, and give me a heart that is yielded to correction in Jesus’  Name.

Open Heaven 5 October 2018 Hymn 2

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

Verse 1:
What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

Verse 2:
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Verse 3:
Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge,
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.

Open Heaven 3 October 2018 Memorise
And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2

Open Heaven 3 October 2018 Bible Reading – Mark 7:20-23

20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

23 All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

Open Heaven 3 October 2018 Bible in one year – Isaiah 30-32, Luke 1:26-56

Bad habits may initially start as harmless actions or inactions that can be easily overlooked. Nevertheless don’t be deceived, bad habits can ruin a person’s life and prevent him or her from achieving God’s plan and purpose over time. Bad habits don’t start suddenly; they become habits after an individual fails to stop them early enough.

Over time, they grow into something big and difficult to control, having enough power to destroy the destiny of their victim. Is there a character flaw in you that people are beginning to complain about, or do you fins yourself indulging in things that you know are inappropriate? Attack that character flaw now before it destroys you.

In today’s Bible reading, Jesus made is clear that a person is defiled by what comes from inside him or her, and that evil thoughts originate from within the heart. This is equally true for bad habits. Before a bad habits is formed, it starts as things and suggestions that seem harmless.

If a fellow chooses to accept these thoughts and suggestions, dwells on them and begins to cultivate them on his or her heart, they wil soon begin to manifest outwardly in that person’s speech, actions and motives. If the fellow does not quickly notice the character flaw and take steps to change it, it becomes a habit that will end up defining him or her. Click To Read – Open Heaven 4 October 2018

For example, some people have the habit of going late to meetings. It usually starts with thoughts like I’m sure this meeting won’t start at the time stated, ” and before long, they will find themselves arriving late to every single meeting. For some people, it is the way they eat. When they are indoors, they say to themselves

” Let me eat the way I like; after all, nobody is watching me.”

They then become accustomed to eating in an uncultured or unhealthy manner, and they end up embarrassing themselves when they eat like that in public. Habits, small as they may seem, can be very costly if not managed properly. As a young man, I once lost a chance for commonwealth scholarship abroad because I had poor eating habits.

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Lastly, many people look at children of God and make conclusions about God from what they see in their lives. Dont let your habit give God a bad reputation. Be careful what you do and how you do it. Most times, people don’t come and tell you about your bad habits, but they can see it all. This is why you need to watch yourself.

Ask for the truth on any bad habits you may have from someone close enough to be sincere and open with you. I pray that you will become so filled with the Holy spirit that all your words and actions will directed by him alone in Jesus Name.

Open Heaven 3 October 2018 Action point:
Find someone close to you who you know will be honest with you ask him or her to tell you the bad habits they may have observed in you.

Open Heaven 3 October 2018 Hymn 2

WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS

Verse 1:
What a Friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
Everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
All because we do not carry
Everything to God in prayer!

Verse 2:
Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.
Can we find a friend so faithful
Who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness,
Take it to the Lord in prayer.

Verse 3:
Are we weak and heavy-laden,
Cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge,
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
Do thy friends despise, forsake thee?
Take it to the Lord in prayer;
In His arms He’ll take and shield thee,
Thou wilt find a solace there.