OPEN HEAVEN 26 APRIL 2024 MEMORIZE: Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. Psalms 95:2

OPEN HEAVEN 26 APRIL 2024 BIBLE READING Matthew 6:9-13
9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

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

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

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OPEN HEAVEN 26 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE

Yesterday, I discussed the importance of being totally focused while praying. Today, I will continue the discussion on how to pray effectively.

When you pray, you must note that prayer is not a one-way conversation but a dialogue between you and God.

In other words, prayer is not complete when you only talk to God and do not give Him the opportunity to speak back to you.

In fact, whenever I pray, and I don’t get a response from God, I become worried because I really want to hear what He has to say.

Even if his response is a rebuke, at least I know He has heard me.

Habakkuk 2:1 says:
I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved.

You are to stand on your watch until you hear what God has to say. It is not just a time to pour out all your complaints, wait to hear from Him too.

The reason many people don’t hear from God is that they just come to the place of prayer and start making requests.

Isaiah 55:6 says that you should call on Him when He is near. You must first draw Him near to you before you call on Him.

Psalms 100:4 says: Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.

The Scripture above means that if you want to go near God, as you enter into His courts, you should come with praises and thanksgiving.

In our Bible reading for today, Jesus taught the disciples how to pray. He started with praise, saying, “Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.”

It is this praise that gets you into His courts and then gives you an audience with Him. Before you pray, praise God first.

For a prayer session of one hour, spend at least 50 minutes praising Him.

After you have praised Him sufficiently and He has drawn near to you, you can be sure that He can hear you and that you will receive answers to your prayers.

OPEN HEAVEN 26 APRIL 2024 ACTION POINTS

The next time you are praying, start with thanksgiving and praises before you make a request. Then, wait to hear from Him

OPEN HEAVEN 26 APRIL 2024 HYMN

RCCG HYMN 18: Praise To The Lord The Almighty

1. Praise to the Lord,
the Almighty, the King of creation!
O my soul, praise Him, for He is
thy health and salvation:
Join the great throng
psaltery,organ and song
sounding in glad adoration!

2. Praise to the Lord,
who over all he gloriously reigneth:
Borne as on eagle-wings, safely
his saints, He sustaineth.
Hast thou not seen
How all thou needest hath been
Granted in what He ordaineth?

3. Praise to the Lord,
who doth prosper thy way and defend thee;
Surely his goodness and mercy
shall ever attend thee;
Ponder anew, What the Almighty can do,
Who with His love doth befriend thee

5. Praise to the Lord!
Oh, let all that is in me adore Him!
All that hath breath, join with
Abraham’s seed to adore Him!
Let the Amen, sum all our praises again;
Now as we worship before Him.

OPEN HEAVEN 26 APRIL BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 24-25

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVEN 24 APRIL 2024 MEMORIZE: In all things shewing thyself a pattern of goodworks: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity. Titus 2:7

OPEN HEAVEN 24 APRIL 2024 BIBLE READING Titus 2:1-8

1 But speak thou the things which become sound doctrine:

2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.

3 The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,

8 Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

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OPEN HEAVEN 24 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE

Our Bible reading for today says that elders should behave right in order to influence the younger ones to also behave right – this is how it should be.

Beyond words, the younger generation learns more by observing. Besides hearing the things you say, they can also see the things you do.

If you want them to behave rightly, let them see you do what you are asking them to do consistently first.

When you lie to get a favour for your child in school, and then turn around to tell that child not to lie to you, you are deceiving yourself.

If they hardly see you pray and read your Bible, you can’t turn around and ask them to read their Bibles.

You should be bold to say to the younger ones like

Apostle Paul said:

Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. -Philippians 4:9

Our memory verse for today says that you must show yourself as a pattern of good works.

Many elderly people usually say that in order to catch the youths, they need to dress like youths and use their slangs.

What they don’t know is that when they start looking and talking like them, they are endorsing their lifestyle and some of their negative actions.

They can’t change them that way, rather, they will only reinforce their negative behaviour.

Instead, they should be a standard for the youths to follow.

More often than not, the youths know the truth and when they do the wrong things, they actually expect the elders to correct them.

Now, imagine their confusion when they see their elders doing the same things they want to be corrected about.

In Yorubaland, where I come from, we call elderly people who behave childishly ‘agbaya’, meaning ‘shameless old fellow’.

God is counting on elders to guide the younger ones on how to behave for them to have a better tomorrow.

God also expects the youths to submit to their elders in humility.

Finally, Titus 2:2 says that elders should be sober, brave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity and in patience.

As an elder, let this be your watchword. Don’t be an agbaya.

OPEN HEAVEN 24 APRIL 2024 ACTION POINTS

Ensure you act the same way you want your children and the young people around you to.

OPEN HEAVEN 24 APRIL 2024 HYMN

RCCG HYMN 20: Stand Up! Stand Up For Jesus

1 Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
Ye soldiers of the cross;
Lift high His royal banner,
It must not suffer loss:
From vict’ry unto vict’ry
His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished
And Christ is Lord indeed.

2 Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
The trumpet call obey;
Forth to the mighty conflict
In this His glorious day.
Ye that are men, now serve Him
Against unnumbered foes;
Let courage rise with danger.
And strength to strength oppose.

3 Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
Stand in His strength alone;
The arm of flesh will fail you;
Ye dare not trust your own.
Put on the Gospel armor,
And, watching unto prayer,
Where duty calls, or danger,
Be never wanting there.

4 Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
The strife will not be long:
This day the noise of battle,
The next the victor’s song;
To him that overcometh
A crown of life shall be;
He, with the King of glory,
Shall reign eternally.

OPEN HEAVEN 24 APRIL BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 19-21

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVEN 22 APRIL 2024 MEMORIZE: They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; Psalms 92:14

OPEN HEAVEN 22 APRIL 2024 BIBLE READING Joel 2:25-27

25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed.

27 And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the Lordyour God, and none else: and my people shall never be ashamed.

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OPEN HEAVEN 22 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE

Two days ago, I discussed the prime of a man, the time when things are at their brightest, and I said that it is possible for someone to miss his flood.

What should a fellow do if he or she has missed his or her flood?

If a person has not made good use of his or her flood period, is there any way out before the night falls?

If God is keenly interested in such a fellow, He will assist him or her to do one or two things that will turn the situation around.

Esau missed his flood when he sold his birthright.

When the time came to get the generational blessing, he missed that one too.

Genesis 27:34 says that He wept bitterly. Esau repented and cried to his father, saying, “Can’t I get just a leftover blessing?”

God saw that his repentance was genuine and that his request for just a little bit of blessing was a passionate cry.

As God is rich in mercy, He gave him the grace to recover some of the lost grounds.

After Esau left his father, he made up his mind to make the best of the little blessing he got from him and prove everybody wrong.

By the time we get to Genesis 32:3-7, Jacob sent some animals as gifts through some servants to tell Esau that he was coming home.

Those people returned to tell Jacob that Esau was coming with 400 bodyguards to meet him, and the Bible recorded that Jacob trembled with fear.

The one who got the original blessing trembled when the one who got the leftover approached him.

By the time we get to Genesis 33:1-9, when they finally met, Esau asked Jacob why he sent all those animals and told him that he already had enough.

Esau was so blessed that he asked Jacob to keep his possessions.

He was indirectly saying, “I might have missed my flood, but as long as I am still breathing, I can still work my way to the top.”

You might have also missed your flood, but as long as you are still breathing, it is not too late.

You can work your way to the top if you are determined to do so with God’s help.

Don’t give up on yourself. There are people who became successful in their old age.

They may be few, but you can be one of the few. What you need is an undying determination and the grace of God.

OPEN HEAVEN 22 APRIL 2024 KEY POINTS

Father, I am determined to recover the grounds I have lost. Please give me the grace to do so, in Jesus’ name.

OPEN HEAVEN 22 APRIL 2024 HYMN

RCCG HYMN 5: Blessed Assurance

1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
born of his Spirit, washed in his blood.

Refrain:
This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long.
This is my story, this is my song,
praising my Savior all the day long.

2 Perfect communion, perfect delight,
visions of rapture now burst on my sight.
Angels descending bring from above
echoes of mercy, whispers of love. [Refrain]

3 Perfect submission, all is at rest.
I in my Savior am happy and bless’d,
watching and waiting, looking above,
filled with his goodness, lost in his love. [Refrain]

OPEN HEAVEN 22 APRIL BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 14-16

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 21 APRIL 2024 MEMORISE: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. Psalm 1:1

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 21 APRIL 2024 READ: Psalms 1:1-3

[1]Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

[2]But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

[3]And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 21 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE

The words you hear have the capacity to draw you into a good and wise direction, or an evil direction.

Words can either build or destroy a fellow. This is why you must be careful of who or what you listen to.

If a fellow listens to godly parents or teachers who faithfully teach God’s word or give good counsel, their words will help direct him or her to always make the right decisions.

However, if the reverse is the case, it will affect the fellow’s life negatively.

Today’s Bible reading warns believers from associating with unbelievers so that they will remain in Christ and be blessed.

Satan uses associations with ungodly people to influence God’s children.

When the children of God relate with such people, their minds will be influenced by ungodly words, music, jestings, and schemes.

A believer cannot be in the company of friends who listen to ungodly, sexually-charged music all day and then wonder why he or she can’t control lust or lacks the desire to read the Bible.

My dear child, guard your ears by listening to sermons preached by godly preachers, hymns, and gospel music.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 21 APRIL 2024 PRAYER POINT

What do you listen to? What did King Solomon ask God to give him?

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 21 APRIL 2024 HYMN 15 – CONQUERORS AND OVERCOMES NOW ARE WE

1 Conquerors and overcomes now are we,
Thro’ the precious blood of Christ we’ve victory
If the Lord be for us, we can never fail,
Nothing ‘gainst His mighty pow’r can e’er prevail.

CHORUS
Conquerors are we, through the blood of Jesus,
God will give us victory, through the blood of Jesus
Thro’ the Lamb for sinners slain,
Yet who lives and reigns again,
More than conquerors are we,
More than conquerors are we.

2. In the name of Israel’s God we’ll onward press,
Overcoming sin and all unrighteousness;
Not to us, but unto Him the praise shall be,
For Salvation and for blood bought victory.

3 Unto him that overcometh shall be given,
Here to eat of hidden manna sent from heav’n,
Over yonder he the victors palm shall bear,
And a robe of white, and golden crown shall wear.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 21 APRIL 2024 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Noshua 22:21-23:16 Luke 20:27-47
AUTHORS: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 20 APRIL 2024 SATURDAY: CONTROL YOUR EYES

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 20 APRIL 2024 MEMORISE: I made a covenant with mine eyes; why then should I think upon a maid? Job 31:1

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 20 APRIL 2024 READ: Matthew 6:22-23

[22]The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.

[23]But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 20 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE

The eyes are a doorway to the mind, and whatever a person sees and continually thinks about, he or she will eventually do.

To live a sanctified and pure life, you must make a conscious effort to guard your eyes intentionally.

This will influence the types of content you watch, books you read, and internet sites you visit.

It will also influence how you look at the opposite sex like Job said in today’s memory verse.

I remember a country I once visited where their women dressed carelessly. I was lodged in a hotel, so I stayed indoors often, but whenever I stepped out, I literally walked with my head bowed because I didn’t want to be tempted.

The reason we have an increasing rate of sexual immorality around the world today is because of access to unholy content that people view in books, on TV, and on the internet.

As a result, they lack self- control and eventually allow darkness into their lives.

My dear child, the best way to guard your eyes is by continually engaging with the word of God and godly materials. Don’t forget to also ask the Holy Spirit for His help.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 20 APRIL 2024 KEY POINT

When you guard your eyes, you guard your life.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 20 APRIL 2024 HYMN 5 – JESUS, MY LORD, MY GOD, MY ALL

1. Jesus, my Lord, my God, my all,
Hear me, blest Saviour, when I call;
Hear me, and from Thy dwelling place
Pour down the riches of Thy grace;
CHORUS
Jesus, my Lord, I Thee adore;
Oh make me love Thee more and more.

2. Jesus, too late I Thee have sought;
How can I love Thee as I ought?
And how extol Thy matchless fame,
The glorious beauty of Thy name?

3. Jesus, what didst Thou find in me,
That Thou hast dealt so lovingly?
How great the joy that Thou hast brought
So far exceeding hope or thought!

4. Jesus, of Thee shall be my song,
To Thee my heart and soul belong;
All that I have or am is Thine,
And Thou, blest Saviour, Thou art mine.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 20 APRIL 2024 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Joshua 21:1-22:20 Luke 20:1-26

AUTHORS: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVEN 21 APRIL 2024 MEMORIZE: Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.Psalms 104:23

OPEN HEAVEN 21 APRIL 2024 BIBLE READING 2 Samuel 21:15-17

¹⁵ Moreover the Philistines had yet war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines: and David waxed faint.

¹⁶ And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.

¹⁷ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah succoured him, and smote the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David sware unto him, saying, Thou shalt go no more out with us to battle, that thou quench not the light of Israel.

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OPEN HEAVEN 21 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE

If you are above 50, you are already in the second half of your day and you need to apply wisdom more than ever before.

By evening, you are supposed to be relying more on wisdom, not on strength as the flood might have subsided.

You may refer to yesterday’s teaching to understand what I mean by the flood.

Job 12:12 says that wisdom is supposed to be with the ancient; years are supposed to teach wisdom.

Job 32:7 says that days should speak, and multitudes of years should teach wisdom. This is why it is said that a fool at 40 is a fool forever.

You are supposed to have become wise by the time you are 40 because as people grow older, they naturally become weaker.

Nobody will believe, except those who are close to me, that I used to be a boxer.

Nobody will believe that there was a time I could carry a bag of cement in one hand and another in the second and say that I was balancing the equation.

Now, even with two hands, I will think twice before I pick up a bag of cement.

In 2 Samuel 21:15-17, the Bible says that David waxed faint. This was the same person who killed a lion and a bear (1 Samuel 17:34-35).

He was the same person that delivered 200 foreskins when he was asked to get a hundred (1 Samuel 18:25-27).

David, the giant killer, the one who single-handedly cut off Goliath’s head, waxed faint, and he would have been killed in battle if somebody had not come to his aid.

What lesson can we learn from that? When David was at his peak, he had prepared for the time he would grow faint.

In 1 Samuel 22:1-2, when he was in the cave of Adullam, he gathered some vagabonds and turned them into mighty men.

It was one of his boys that was there to help him when his evening came.

In 2 Samuel 23:1-39, we read of the people he had prepared who were now called ‘David’s mighty men’.

These men risked their lives by taking on an entire army just to get him water to drink.

If you are in your flood age, you should prepare disciples when things are going very smoothly.

Are you preparing for those days when the flood will be gone?

What arrangements are you making during your daytime because the night is coming?

I am speaking in proverbs, but a word is enough for the wise.

OPEN HEAVEN 21 APRIL 2024 KEY POINTS

Start building younger people now so that when your strength is no longer as before, they can be there to help you.

OPEN HEAVEN 21 APRIL 2024 HYMN

RCCG HYMN 10: IN CHRIST ALONE

¹ In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

² In Christ alone, who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied –
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.

³ There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine –
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

⁴ No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand:
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.

OPEN HEAVEN 21 APRIL BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 11-13

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 19 APRIL 2024 MEMORISE: Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Proverbs 18:21

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 19 APRIL 2024 READ: James 3:8-12

[8]But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

[9]Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.

[10]Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

[11]Doth a fountain send forth at the same place sweet water and bitter?

[12]Can the fig tree, my brethren, bear olive berries? either a vine, figs? so can no fountain both yield salt water and fresh.

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OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 19 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE

Of all the parts of the body created by God, the tongue is one of the smallest but the most powerful because it can both create and destroy.

In our Bible reading today, Apostle James expressed his disappointment over the fact that many Christians are not able to control the use of their tongues, so they engage in both blessing and cursing.

God has given us the freedom of expression, but the onus lies on us to choose our words.

Speak words that bring light and hope and that are rooted in love, words that build up and not the ones that tear down.

You may find this difficult to do. However, when you partner with the Holy Spirit, He will help you to tame your tongue.

He is the only One who can solve this problem and transform you.

I want you to ask God to guide you in speaking words that will honour Him, accomplish His purpose, and bring life to others every day.

I also implore you to check your reactions when you are under pressure and be careful of your utterances at all times.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 19 APRIL 2024 PRAYER POINT

Father, please help me to control my tongue.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 19 APRIL 2024 HYMN 20 – CHRISTIAN, SEEK NOT YET REPOSE

1 Christian, seek not yet repose;
Hear thy guardian angel say,
“Thou art in the midst of foes:
Watch and pray!”

2 Principalities and powers ,
Mustering their unseen array,
Wait for thy unguarded hours:
“Watch and pray.”

3 Gird thy heavenly armour on;
Wear it every night and day
Ambush’d lies the evil one:
“Watch and pray.”

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

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

6 Hear, above all, hear thy Lord,
Him thou lovest to obey;
Hide within thy heart His word
“Watch and pray!”

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 19 APRIL 2024 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 19:1-20:9 Luke 19:28-48

AUTHORS: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVEN 20 APRIL 2024 MEMORIZE: David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 2 Samuel 5:4

OPEN HEAVEN 20 APRIL 2024 BIBLE READING Ecclesiastes 11:9

⁹ Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.

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OPEN HEAVEN 20 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE

Specifically, the morning of a man stands for his youth.

In 1 John 2:14 “I have written to you young ones because you are strong.” The major characteristic of youths is their strength.

I know most youths see their youthful days as days to enjoy themselves.

This is true, according to Ecclesiastes 11:9-10:

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth…but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment…

Note that the above passage also says that youths will account for the seeds they sow later in life.

Those that spend their youthful days engaging in all sorts of vices will reap plenty of trouble later in life (Galatians 6:7).

In Genesis 49:1-4, when Israel was about to die, he called his children together and began to prophesy about their future.

He said concerning Reuben, “Mighty Reuben, excellency of strength…but you will not excel.”

Why did he say this? In Genesis 35:22, Reuben did something that he should not have done, and his father heard about it.

Now, when his father was about to die, he told him he would not excel, even though he was the firstborn.

When you read Revelation 7:1-5, you’ll be amazed that by the time they were listing the children of Israel who were sealed, Reuben was no longer the first.

Beloved, if you are young now, meaning that you’re less than 30 years old, make good use of your youth.

Be careful of the kinds of seeds you sow now because you will reap their fruits later, and the harvest is always greater than the seed sown.

…l have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
1 John 2:14

The above passage does not only say that you are strong as a youth, but also that the word of God is to abide in you, and you are to overcome the wicked one.

Your youthful days are the days to soak in the word of God like never before.

This is the time to memorise as many scriptures as possible.

Now is the time to build your spiritual strength to stand against the devil and overcome him.

Use your strength to do a lot for God because a time will come when you will discover that being a youth does not last forever.

OPEN HEAVEN 20 APRIL 2024 KEY POINTS

Spend your noontime wisely; don’t mismanage it.

OPEN HEAVEN 20 APRIL 2024 HYMN

RCCG HYMN 30: When We Walk With The Lord

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.

Refrain:
Trust and obey!
For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey.

2. But we never can prove
The delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we lay,
For the favour He shows
And the joy He bestows
Are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]

3. 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. [Refrain]

 

OPEN HEAVEN 20 APRIL BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 9-10

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVEN 19 APRIL 2024 MEMORIZE: Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; Ecclesiastes 12:1

OPEN HEAVEN 19 APRIL 2024 BIBLE READING LAMENTATIONS 3:27

²⁷ It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth.

Be a vessel of evangelism and share these life-changing messages, prayers, and declarations with the precious people around you. 

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Powerful Declarations For Today 19 April 2024

Open Heavens For Teens 19 April 2024

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OPEN HEAVEN 19 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE

Specifically, the morning of a man stands for his youth.

In 1 John 2:14 “I have written to you young ones because you are strong.” The major characteristic of youths is their strength.

I know most youths see their youthful days as days to enjoy themselves.

This is true, according to Ecclesiastes 11:9-10:

Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth…but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment…

Note that the above passage also says that youths will account for the seeds they sow later in life.

Those that spend their youthful days engaging in all sorts of vices will reap plenty of trouble later in life (Galatians 6:7).

In Genesis 49:1-4, when Israel was about to die, he called his children together and began to prophesy about their future.

He said concerning Reuben, “Mighty Reuben, excellency of strength…but you will not excel.”

Why did he say this? In Genesis 35:22, Reuben did something that he should not have done, and his father heard about it.

Now, when his father was about to die, he told him he would not excel, even though he was the firstborn.

When you read Revelation 7:1-5, you’ll be amazed that by the time they were listing the children of Israel who were sealed, Reuben was no longer the first.

Beloved, if you are young now, meaning that you’re less than 30 years old, make good use of your youth.

Be careful of the kinds of seeds you sow now because you will reap their fruits later, and the harvest is always greater than the seed sown.

…l have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
1 John 2:14

The above passage does not only say that you are strong as a youth, but also that the word of God is to abide in you, and you are to overcome the wicked one.

Your youthful days are the days to soak in the word of God like never before.

This is the time to memorise as many scriptures as possible.

Now is the time to build your spiritual strength to stand against the devil and overcome him.

Use your strength to do a lot for God because a time will come when you will discover that being a youth does not last forever.

OPEN HEAVEN 19 APRIL 2024 KEY POINTS

Dedicate your youth to knowing and serving God without limits.

OPEN HEAVEN 19 APRIL 2024 HYMN

RCCG HYMN 7: I Am Thine O Lord

¹ I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
And be closer drawn to Thee.

Refrain:
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

² Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine. [Refrain]

³ Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend! [Refrain]

⁴ There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee. [Refrain]

OPEN HEAVEN 19 APRIL BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 6-8

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 18 APRIL 2024 THURSDAY : WHEN PARENTS OBJECT

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 18 APRIL 2024 MEMORISE: Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Ephesians 6:1

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 18 APRIL 2024 READ: Ephesians 6:1-3

[1]Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.

[2]Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)

[3]That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 18 APRIL 2024 MESSAGE

There are several examples of people in the world today who became outstanding, not through the conventional route of education, but by following their passions or callings.

Some had confrontations with their parents and went against their wishes, while some who were not born with silver spoons found their way to the top by taking risks and experimenting in different fields.

My dear child, when your parents object to your dreams, don’t argue with them: rather, pray that God will make them see what He is placing in your heart.

If it is His will that they insist, rest assured that God is planning something big for you in that field.

I remember when I told my Father in the Lord that we wanted to hold an outreach in a state in the Middle Belt of Nigeria, he objected and advised me to do it in a southwestern state.

I reluctantly obeyed, and at the end of the programme, the king of the town we held the outreach in gave me an unusual blank cheque to request for acres of land for our church.

Today, Redeemer’s University and Redeemer’s School of Missions are sitting on that land.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 18 APRIL 2024 PRAYER POINT

Remain teachable and submissive to your parents.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 18 APRIL 2024 HYMN 10 – O GOD, OUR HELP IN AGES PAST

1. O God, our help in ages past
Our hope for years to come
Our shelter from the stormy blast
And our eternal home.

2. Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure
Sufficient is Thine arm alone
And our defence is sure.

3. Before the hills in order stood
Or earth received her frame
From everlasting Thou art God
To endless years the same.

4. A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone
Short as he watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

5. Time, like an ever-rolling stream
Bears all its sons away
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

6. O God, our help in ages past
Our hope in years to come
Be thou our guard while trouble last
And our Eternal home.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 18 APRIL 2024 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 16:1-18:28 Luke 19:1-27

AUTHORS: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE