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.

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

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*

Prayer Points For Today’s Open Heaven 24 August 2018 – An Agent Of Miracle

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

4.King of Kings, I honor your Majesty, you reign forever and ever. I declare your Lordship over my life, my business, my career and my family. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 25 August 2018

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

6.King of Kings, help me to live by Your Word, in Jesus’ name.

7.King of Kings, help me to become an agent of miracles today in Jesus’ Name, in Jesus’ name.

8.King of Kings, grant us the grace to endure the tribulations, in Jesus’ name.

9.King of Kings, I ask for your Grace to continue on this journey. Strengthen my inner man and increase my Faith in You, in Jesus’ name. Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 24 August 2018

10.King of Kings, please make me a channel of blessings and miracles today in Jesus’ Name , in Jesus’ name.

11.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.

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 25 August 2018 Memorise: For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: 1st Thessalonians 4:16

Read: 1st Thessalonians 4:13-18 Open Heaven 25 August 2018

13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.

16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.

Open Heaven 25 August 2018 Bible in one year: Psalm 64:68, Matthew 25:31-26:5

Hymnal: Sing hymn 5

We need to constantly remind ourselves as Christians that we do not have an abiding city in this world. These words of Hebrews 13:14 should continually echo in our ears:

“For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.”

To take us to our abiding home, genuine children of God are expecting an event, called the rapture, which the Holy Spirit describes in 1st Thessalonians 4:16-17, saying:

“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”

Open Heaven 25 August 2018

One truth we should take cognisance of from the above scripture is that only the dead in Christ will be raised at this event. The “dead in Christ” does not include those who died as backsliders; only those who died as genuine Christians will be raised when Jesus comes again. That is why the Lord said in Mark 13:13:

“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.”

To be repturable therefore, you must dig in and take a stand for Jesus Christ, even though this may attract persecution or tribulation. However, we must endure these. Persecution and tribulation are not strange to the Christian faith, as our Lord already told us they will happen (Matthew 5:11-12). Click Here To Read – Open Heaven 24 August 2018

Those of us still running the Christian race today must be more careful because there are many distractions in the world today than there have ever been before. So many things are happening that can distract us, so much so that we may forget the great event we are expecting, which will determine where we will spend our eternity. We should therefore not be caught unawares, because in Luke 17:26-27, the Lord said:

“And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drink, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until they day that Noah entered into the ark and the flood came, and destroyed them all.”

I therefore beseech you by the mercies of the God to ensure you are not confronted to this world, and to constantly present your body as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to the Lord (Romans 12:1-2).

Prayer point – Open Heaven 25 August 2018

Father, please help me to continually live a repturable life in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heaven 25 August 2018 Saturday Hymn 5

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

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