Open Heaven 1 May 2018 Tuesday – THE REWARD OF DILIGIGENCE

Open Heaven 1st May 2018 Memorise:Take therefor the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.Matthew 25:28

Read: Matthew 25:14-28 Open Heaven 1 May 2018

14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money.

19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more.

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them.

23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed:

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

Open Heaven 1 May 2018

Bible in one year: 1 Samuel 8-9, Hebrews 9:11-28

Hymnal: Sing Hymn 4

OPEN HEAVEN 1 MAY 2018 TUESDAY DAILY DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE

God Almighty has called all of mankind to a life of diligence. After He created Adam, He charged him to keep and diligently dres the beautiful garden. He bequeathed to him (Genesis 2:15). The Almighty indeed rewards diligence. In Proverbs 10:4, He enlightens us on the reward that awaits diligent people:

“He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent make rich.”

The Lord Jesus Christ further drove home this point with the story of a diligent servant to whom his master had entrusted five talents wot trade with. He was so diligent that these talents yielded five more talents. When his master returned to take stock of his activities, he was commended and handsomely rewarded. Matthew 25:21

“His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.”

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In this same parable, we also see the direct opposite of diligence and it consequences. The servant with one talent mischievously kept the talent and refused to trade with it.

His reward was the loss of his talent and outright rejection from the joy of his lord. On the other hand, the diligent servant who started with five talents gained the talent that was taken away from the indolent servant, and ended up with eleven talents in all.

Beloved, laziness, in whatever guise it may come, is not a Christian virtue. Every child of God must be diligent. In Proverbs 6:6-8, the Lord instructs the lazy to learn from the ants, saying:

“Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.”

As a matter of fact the Proverbs 6:10-11, we understand that penury is the outcome of laziness:

“Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.”

Proverbs 27:23-27 further highlights the reward of diligence. The Lord promised to bless the work of your hands, not your idleness. Know for sure that faithful is He who has promised you this and He will fulfil all He has said if you diligently play your own part (Deuteronomy 28:1-5, Hebrews 10:23).

Prayer Point – Open Heaven 1 May 2018

Father, Please bless the works of my hands and cause me to prosper in the land of the living.

OPEN HEAVEN 1ST MAY 2018 TUESDAY HYMN

SING HYMN 4 – TRUST AND OBEY

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 HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS MONDAY 30TH APRIL 2018

THEME: CHOOSE YOUR APPROACH

MEMORISE: By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Proverbs 25:15

Please read: Colossians 4:1-6

MESSAGE:
Pride and anger are very terrible things that shouldn’t be allowed in the life of a child of God.
An example of someone who pride and anger almost destroyed is Naaman, Pride is a terrible thing; it is a blindfold that veils the mind of its
host. Naaman could have died a leper if not for his servant who advised him correctly.

Open Heaven 1 May 2018

Approach is important in communication. You may have a good idea, but if it is not presented well, your idea may not be taken seriously.

Do your ideas in class always get turned down by
the teacher? Do your friends often reject your
suggestions? Maybe it is time to choose a better
approach to presenting your ideas.
When presenting an idea or a suggestion, never
be too forward or aggressive. Whatever it is you
are presenting, do it with humility and not with the intention to put anybody down in any way.
Make sure that you know quite much about what
you are talking about. And once you are done, always thank the person you presented the idea to for his/her time.

KEY POINT:
Approach is a platter on which ideas are served.
If it is enticing, the idea will be accepted. But if
it is repelling, no matter the idea on it, it will be
rejected.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
2 Samuel 23-24
Luke 22:31-53

Hymn 13
1. Is your life a channel of blessing?
Is the love of God flowing through you?
Are you telling the lost of the Savior?
Are you ready His service to do?

Chorus:
Make me a channel of blessing today,
Make me a channel of blessing, I pray;
My life possessing, my service blessing,
Make me a channel of blessing today.

2. Is your life a channel of blessing?
Are you burdened for those that are lost?
Have you urged upon those who are straying
The Savior who died on the cross?

3. Is your life a channel of blessing?
Is it a daily telling for Him?
Have you spoken the word of salvation
To those who are dying in sin?

4. We cannot be channels of blessing
If our lives are not free from known sin;
We will barriers be and a hindrance
To those we are trying to win

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Monday, April 30, 2018) – Progressive Prosperity

1.I worship and adore you, my Father, because you are a covenant keeping God.

2.Thank you, Father, for divine guidance, strength and the ability to work.

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

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4.Father, let your mercy prevail over every judgement of sin, that has stagnated and slowed down the journey of my life, in Jesus name.

5.Father, let every evil hand and power, directing the journey of my life, into dry and desert land, be withered and paralysed, in Jesus name.

6.Father, please, open my eyes to opportunities around me and teach my heart to yield to the wisdom of your timing, in Jesus name.

7.Father, by your mercy, show me and take me to the place of my destiny fulfilment, in Jesus name.

8.Father, give me a heart and spirit of sacrificial giving and sowing; and let me give & sow, in season and out of season, in Jesus name.

9.Father, you are the one who gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater; please, grant unto me steady and progressive prosperity, in Jesus name.

10.Father, I invite you to come and take preeminence and control over all my life’s affairs and endeavours, in Jesus name.

11.Father, prosper all the works of the hands of your son, 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).

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Open Heaven 30 April 2018 Monday – PROGRESSIVE PROSPERITY

Open Heaven 30 April 2018 Memorise:And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great: Genesis 26:13

Read: Genesis 26:1-14 Open Heaven 30 April 2018

1 And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.

2 And the Lord appeared unto him, and said, Go not down into Egypt; dwell in the land which I shall tell thee of:

3 Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father;

4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;

5 Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

6 And Isaac dwelt in Gerar:

7 And the men of the place asked him of his wife; and he said, She is my sister: for he feared to say, She is my wife; lest, said he, the men of the place should kill me for Rebekah; because she was fair to look upon.

8 And it came to pass, when he had been there a long time, that Abimelech king of the Philistines looked out at a window, and saw, and, behold, Isaac was sporting with Rebekah his wife.

9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and said, Behold, of a surety she is thy wife; and how saidst thou, She is my sister? And Isaac said unto him, Because I said, Lest I die for her.

10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done unto us? one of the people might lightly have lien with thy wife, and thou shouldest have brought guiltiness upon us.

11 And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, He that toucheth this man or his wife shall surely be put to death.

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, and received in the same year an hundredfold: and the Lord blessed him.

13 And the man waxed great, and went forward, and grew until he became very great:

14 For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.

Open Heaven 30 April 2018

Bible in one year: 1st Samuel 6-7, Hebrews 8:1-9:10

Hymnal: Sing hymn 4

OPEN HEAVEN 30 APRIL 2018 DAILY DEVOTIONAL

When the Bible says that we should study to show ourselves approved unto God, it means that we should study the successful heroes of faith who have gone ahead of us and learn their ways (2nd Timothy 2:15, 1st Corinthians 10:11).

A very good example of someone who experienced steady and progressive prosperity is Isaac. If you want to have steady and progressive prosperity like Isaac did, wisdom demands that you learn his ways.

How did Isaac manage to become so prosperous in the time of famine, so much so that the king and natives of the land in which he sojourned envied him? The first thing Isaac did to experience steady and progressive prosperity was to enquire of the Lord on where to go during an austere time.

Genesis 26:2-6 reveals the outcome of Isaac’s enquiry. The Lord told him not to move an inch of Gerar. This is a great lesson to all those who plan to prosper by the hand of the Lord. Some people would say to you, “Follow your heart”, but based on God’s word, that is folly. Jeremiah 17:9says,

“The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?”

Isaac did not follow his heart; rather he followed God’s command. He stayed in Gerar. Proverbs 3:5-7 also says,

“Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil.”

What else did Isaac do that earned him steady and progressive prosperity? He sowed in the land (Genesis 26:12). If you don’t engage your hands in something the Lord can multiply, your expectation of steady and progressive prosperity will end in disappointment.

The Almighty God knows the appropriate time for whatever a man puts forth his hand to do. It is counter-intuitive to sow in the time of famine, but God knew this was the best time for Isaac to cash in on the demand created by scarcity.

This the reason why God is telling you to seek His face before you embarks on that project at hand. Isaac prospered progressively because God was in his business. Have you invited God into your business as the Senior Partner?

Does God call the shots in your business transactions or you don’t even involve him at all? Do you pay your tithes? Do you give offerings? Do you honour God with your first fruits? Learn from the life of Isaac today.

Prayer Point – Open Heaven 30 April 2018

Father, please open my eyes to the opportunities around me, and teach my heart to yield to the wisdom of Your own timing in Jesus’ Name.

OPEN HEAVEN 30 APRIL 2018 MONDAY HYMN

SING HYMN 4 – TRUST AND OBEY

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.