PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S OPEN HEAVENS 25 JULY 2019 THURSDAY

1.Thank You, my Father, for the salvation of my soul and for endowing me with all that I require to fulfill my destiny, here on earth.

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

3.Father, let Your fire consume every spirit of laziness, idleness, lukewarmness and procrastination in my life, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, whatever I lay my hands upon to do, in this world, let me prosper in it, according to Your word, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, please give me boldness to resist being an accomplice of evil doers, in Jesus’ Name.

Read – Open Heaven 25 July 2019

6.Father, release upon my life, the spirit of diligence and profitable hard work, and grant me the courage to tell people around me the TRUTH, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, by your mercy, help me to redeem the time, and give me a second chance; teach me how to be conscious of eternity and Kingdom matters, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, empower me to remain focused on the assignments You have entrusted unto me; let me never be distracted by worldly matters of no spiritual values, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, may I never be a partaker of sins I did not directly commit in Jesus’ Name, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, and grant him the grace, strength and anointing, needed to accomplish the remaining assignments, You have committed into his hands, in Jesus’ name.

Read – Daily Declarations For 25th July 2019

11.Father, continue to increase this platform, strengthen the RCCG MEDIA TEAM and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus’ name.

12.Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus’ name.

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

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

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

GodBlessMyNation

These prayers have no expiry date! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus’ name.

TODAY’S DAILY DECLARATIONS 25TH JULY 2019 THURSDAY

This Thursday morning, the presence of God will go with You and your household in Jesus Name!

May your life never lack daily divine mercy in Jesus Name.

Let your destiny helpers begin to help your dreams and careers henceforth in Jesus Name

I decree your doors of unmerited favour open now in Jesus Name!

That business you called little is coming to become an employment embassy for people in Jesus Name

The hands that you have helped in life but is now working against you, let God send judgment upon such hands in Jesus Name.

Read – Open Heavens 25 July 2019

Wherever you have been cheated, go and receive divine compensation henceforth in Jesus Name!

I speak into that home, season of illness ends right now in Jesus Name

I pray for all pregnancies attached to this ministry, may you return with goodnews in Jesus Name

For everyone trusting God for a Job, before the end of this month you will testify in Jesus Name

I covered all our children with blood of Jesus! We shall not mourn over them in Jesus Name!

May Almighty God disgrace and expose every power contending with your settlement in Jesus Name!

I heard the Word CONGRATULATIONS!

For someone here, the next message that you will receive shall be congratulations in Jesus Name!

Where you least expected help from, go and receive it now in Jesus Name!

For someone here God is saying, appreciate what He has done for You to make you qualify for what is yet to be done!

Halleluyah

I pray for everyone who has given towards the charity, because You remember the needy, God will remember your needs in Jesus Name

For everyone who desires to give but unable- my Father, before the date of this outreach surprise them and let them
Have more than enough in Jesus Name!

I rebuke every forms of poverty heritage over your life today in Jesus Name

I covered all homes with the blood of JESUS!

I will not have cause to mourn over anyone of You in Jesus Name!

At the end we shall not be cast away in Jesus Name!

This platform shall continued to grow in grace, dominion and keep giving out the undiluted word of God, in Jesus name.

Any force that wants to stand against this morning declarations, wrath of God locate their camps in Jesus Name!

And All shall be well with You in Jesus name!

Go ahead and Celebrate God for this Declarations.

What A FAITHFUL FATHER!

We return all Glory to you Alone.

Hallelujah!

#Amen

#Shalom

PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S OPEN HEAVENS 24 JULY 2019 WEDNESDAY

1.Thank You, Father, for the privilege and honour of being called to be a co-labourer, with You, in Your vineyard.

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

3.Father, please make me wise and able to handle the issues of life appropriately, in Jesus’ Name.

4.Father, let every decision I make and action I take be in divine wisdom, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, let everything that I do in Your vineyard, be beneficial to humanity and bring glory and honour to Your name, in Jesus’ name.

Read – Open Heaven 24 July 2019

6.Father, give me the wisdom, contentment and sincerity of heart needed to mind my business, in Jesus’ Name.

7.Father, may I never underrate the door of opportunity You’ll open to me in Jesus’ Name.

8.Father, give me the grace to practice what I preach; let me not only be the preacher but also the doer of Your word, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, give me the grace to be diligent in all matters of life and own up to my responsibilities, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, visit my foundation and those of my children, with Your fire, and let every faulty foundation be repaired, in Jesus’ name.

Read – Daily Declarations Today 24 July 2019

11.Father, let every good thing that I do here on earth meet Your set standard, withstand the test of time and endures forever, in Jesus’ name.

12.Father, may I not be found wanting when the roll is call up yonder, in Jesus’ name.

13.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, and let all the good works You have used him to accomplish in Your vineyard, endure forever, in Jesus’ name.

14.Father, bless every user of this great platform and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus’ name.

15.Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus’ name.

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

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

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

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Read – Open Heaven 25 July 2019

DAILY DECLARATIONS FOR TODAY 24 JULY 2019

This Wednesday morning the presence of God will go with you and your household in Jesus Name!

May His faithfulness always abide with you and yours in Jesus Name

Let the mercy of God redeem you back from the world you have been sold to in Jesus Name

Wherever you have lust after the world that led to stolen of your peace, may you receive divine restoration now in Jesus Name

Let the peace of God locate your storming situation now in Jesus Name!

You have ran to God for A Word and hear this… Whatever has been the access to your afflictions, may the almighty God block it now in Jesus Name

Read – Open Heavens 24th July 2019 Wednesday

I pray for you that heaven will restore what you’ve lost in Jesus Name

As from this day, your life will experience comprehensive mercy of God in Jesus Name!

That project you have started, may you complete and enjoy it in Jesus Name

God is saying to someone, He is ready to fight your battle to finish this season!

Halleluyah

May you never return to your old sinful path, no matter how bad influences come around to remind you of your vomit, in Jesus Name!

I pray for everyone who has given towards the charity, because you remember the needy, God will remember your needs in Jesus Name

For everyone who desires to give but unable- My Father, before the date of this outreach surprise them and let them
Have more than enough in Jesus Name!

I Pray for someone here this Morning- by the time your mockers will check on you again your gestimonies will silence them permanently in Jesus Name!

I cover all homes with the blood of JESUS!

I will not have cause to mourn over anyone of You in Jesus Name!

At the end we shall not be cast away in Jesus Name!

Any force that wants to stand against this morning declarations wrath of God locate their camps in Jesus Name!

And All shall be well with You in Jesus name!

Go ahead and Celebrate God for this Declarations

What A FAITHFUL FATHER!

We return all Glory to you Alone.

Hallelujah!

#Amen

#Shalom

God bless You!

Open Heaven 25 July 2019

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
FOR TEENS 24 JULY 2019

THEME: VIRTUES VS POSSESSIONS

MEMORISE: And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. Luke 12:15

Read: Luke 15:11-32

And he said, A certain man had two sons:
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.

And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!

I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.

And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

MESSAGE:

We live in a world that so moved by material things that nobody pays attention to good virtues and character anymore. The yahoo boy (cyber criminal) that is driving an expensive car is celebrated more than the best academic student of the year.

This is pathetic, especially when you know that the yahoo boy, expect by the mercy of God, will end up as a disgrace to the society while the academically brilliant will be a building block for the society in the future.

The prodigal son focused in wealth and had a bad future, the other son son focused on virtues and had a bright future. Which one will you focus on?
The truth is that the worth of a man is not in the things he possesses. Read – Open Heavens 24 July 2019

That someone has more than you is not the proof that he is better than you. Put your focus on who you are than what you have. If you are rather than what you have.

If you are rich in good virtues, it is only a matter of time before you become rich in material resources. Even if you don’t think makes sense, consider my life.

I grew up as one of the poorest amongst the poor in a remote village. By God’s grace, I built good virtues within myself and today, I am on of the greatest to my entire village.

KEY POINT:
Material things will come to you if you focus on good virtues.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Psalm 41-43, Acts 24

Hymn 3
1. There shall be showers of blessing
This is the promise of love;
There shall be season refreshing
Sent from the Savior above

Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drop ’round are falling,
But for the showers we plead.

2. There shall be showers of blessing
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.

3. There shall be showers of blessing
Send them upon us O Lord
Grant to us a refreshing;
Come now and honor Thy Word.

4. There shall be showers of blessing
Oh that today thy might fall,
Now as to God we are confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call!

AUTHORS:

Pastor E. A. Adeboye

Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye.

OPEN HEAVEN 25 JULY 2019 MEMORISE: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. – Romans 1:32

OPEN HEAVEN 25 JULY 2019 READ: Acts 5:1-11 (KJV)

1. But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession,

2. And kept back part of the price, his wife also being privy to it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the apostles’ feet.

3. But Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the price of the land?

4. Whiles it remained, was it not thine own? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast not lied unto men, but unto God.

5. And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost; and great fear came on all them that heard these things.

6. And the young men arose, wound him up, and carried him out, and buried him.

7. And it was about the space of three hours after, when his wife, not knowing what was done, came in.

8. And Peter answered unto her, Tell me whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said, Yea, for so much.

9. Then Peter said unto her, How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.

10. Then fell she down straightway at his feet, and yielded up the ghost; and the young men came in, and found her dead, and, carrying her forth, buried her by her husband.

11. And great fear came upon all the church, and upon as many as heard these things.

OPEN HEAVEN 25 JULY 2019 MESSAGE WITH HYMN, PRAYER POINTS, DAILY DECLARATIONS AND BIBLE READING

Today, we will be reflecting on an area of compromise in the Body of Christ which the Lord wants us to repent of.

This has to do with partaking in other man’s sin, whether by supporting, celebrating or turning blind eyes to their misdeeds.

The reason why the Redeemed Christians Church of God perceived by some to be rigid on certain matters is because we are conscious of the possibility of being accomplice to heresies.

We prefer to give God the benefit of the doubt rather than take things for granted – after all, it is safer to be overly obedience than to fall prey to sin.

Today’s memory verse is strong food for thought for the body of Christ. Through it, we understand that God’s wrath is revealed from heaven not only against those who commit acts that He hates, but also against those who have pleasure in those that do them. Some pastors would say,

“What is my business if a man divorces his wife and marries another woman? It’s their problem, not mine.”

However, such pastors are not just witnesses but accomplices to the joining of two spiritually incompatible partners through remarriage, thereby approving those who have gone against the Lord’s instructions in (1 Corinthians 7:10-11).

May you not be a partaker of sins you did not directly commit in Jesus’ Name (1 Timothy 5:22). Read – Open Heavens 24 July 2019 Wednesday

In times past, we were taught that it was not enough to abstain from alcohol; we were also expected not to serve it to others to drink. Habakkuk 2:15 says:

“Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness!”

This was how my old friends knew that a change had occurred in me after I gave my life to Christ. When I started serving them soft drinks instead of whiskey and champagne, they thought I had gone crazy.

Another area of compromise that makes believers accomplices to sin is when they allow fraud to be perpetrated under their noses and do nothing about it. There is a Yoruba adage which says,

“The one who collects the stolen cruse of oil is as guilty as the one who actually stole it from the kitchen rack.”

This same principle applies to those who allow their homes to be used for immoral acts. Although some young Christians would not fornicate, they allow their unbelieving friends bring their girlfriends to commit sexual immorality in their houses.

In the sight of God, they are as guilty as those committing act. The giver of a bribe is as guilty as the taker of it. Don’t be an accomplice to corrupt practices. The Lord is watching you, and He is coming back soon.

Thank you for your effort in sharing today’s open heavens across your social media networks, we truly appreciate and pray for more of God’s grace to continue strongly in Christ Jesus. See you here tomorrow!

OPEN HEAVEN 25 JULY 2019 PRAYER POINT:
Father, please give me boldness to resist being an accomplice of evil doers, in Jesus’ Name.

OPEN HEAVEN 25 JULY 2019 HYMNAL:
HYMN 5 – LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU

1. While passing thro’ this world of sin,
And others your life shall view,
Be clean and pure without, within;
Let others see Jesus in you.

CHORUS:
Let others see Jesus in you.
Let others see Jesus in you;
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true,
Let others see Jesus in you.

2. Your life’s a book before their eyes,
They’re reading it thro’ and thro’
Say, does it point them to the skies,
Do others see Jesus in you?

CHORUS:
Let others see Jesus in you.
Let others see Jesus in you;
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true,
Let others see Jesus in you.

3. Then live for Christ both day and night,
Be faithful, be brave and true,
And lead the lost to life and light;
Let others see Jesus in you.

CHORUS:
Let others see Jesus in you.
Let others see Jesus in you;
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true,
Let others see Jesus in you.

OPEN HEAVEN 25 JULY 2019 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JUDGES 1-2, EZEKIEL 22:6-22

Judges 1-2 King James Version (KJV)

1 Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the Lord, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them?

2 And the Lord said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.

3 And Judah said unto Simeon his brother, Come up with me into my lot, that we may fight against the Canaanites; and I likewise will go with thee into thy lot. So Simeon went with him.

4 And Judah went up; and the Lord delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they slew of them in Bezek ten thousand men.

5 And they found Adonibezek in Bezek: and they fought against him, and they slew the Canaanites and the Perizzites.

6 But Adonibezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes.

7 And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.

8 Now the children of Judah had fought against Jerusalem, and had taken it, and smitten it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.

9 And afterward the children of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites, that dwelt in the mountain, and in the south, and in the valley.

10 And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjatharba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

11 And from thence he went against the inhabitants of Debir: and the name of Debir before was Kirjathsepher:

12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth Kirjathsepher, and taketh it, to him will I give Achsah my daughter to wife.

13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, Caleb’s younger brother, took it: and he gave him Achsah his daughter to wife.

14 And it came to pass, when she came to him, that she moved him to ask of her father a field: and she lighted from off her ass; and Caleb said unto her, What wilt thou?

15 And she said unto him, Give me a blessing: for thou hast given me a south land; give me also springs of water. And Caleb gave her the upper springs and the nether springs.

16 And the children of the Kenite, Moses’ father in law, went up out of the city of palm trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

17 And Judah went with Simeon his brother, and they slew the Canaanites that inhabited Zephath, and utterly destroyed it. And the name of the city was called Hormah.

18 Also Judah took Gaza with the coast thereof, and Askelon with the coast thereof, and Ekron with the coast thereof.

19 And the Lord was with Judah; and he drave out the inhabitants of the mountain; but could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley, because they had chariots of iron.

20 And they gave Hebron unto Caleb, as Moses said: and he expelled thence the three sons of Anak.

21 And the children of Benjamin did not drive out the Jebusites that inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem unto this day.

22 And the house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel: and the Lord was with them.

23 And the house of Joseph sent to descry Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)

24 And the spies saw a man come forth out of the city, and they said unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city, and we will shew thee mercy.

25 And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family.

26 And the man went into the land of the Hittites, and built a city, and called the name thereof Luz: which is the name thereof unto this day.

27 Neither did Manasseh drive out the inhabitants of Bethshean and her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Dor and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam and her towns, nor the inhabitants of Megiddo and her towns: but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.

28 And it came to pass, when Israel was strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute, and did not utterly drive them out.

29 Neither did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in Gezer among them.

30 Neither did Zebulun drive out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor the inhabitants of Nahalol; but the Canaanites dwelt among them, and became tributaries.

31 Neither did Asher drive out the inhabitants of Accho, nor the inhabitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor of Achzib, nor of Helbah, nor of Aphik, nor of Rehob:

32 But the Asherites dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: for they did not drive them out.

33 Neither did Naphtali drive out the inhabitants of Bethshemesh, nor the inhabitants of Bethanath; but he dwelt among the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the land: nevertheless the inhabitants of Bethshemesh and of Bethanath became tributaries unto them.

34 And the Amorites forced the children of Dan into the mountain: for they would not suffer them to come down to the valley:

35 But the Amorites would dwell in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in Shaalbim: yet the hand of the house of Joseph prevailed, so that they became tributaries.

36 And the coast of the Amorites was from the going up to Akrabbim, from the rock, and upward.

2 And an angel of the Lord came up from Gilgal to Bochim, and said, I made you to go up out of Egypt, and have brought you unto the land which I sware unto your fathers; and I said, I will never break my covenant with you.

2 And ye shall make no league with the inhabitants of this land; ye shall throw down their altars: but ye have not obeyed my voice: why have ye done this?

3 Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

4 And it came to pass, when the angel of the Lord spake these words unto all the children of Israel, that the people lifted up their voice, and wept.

5 And they called the name of that place Bochim: and they sacrificed there unto the Lord.

6 And when Joshua had let the people go, the children of Israel went every man unto his inheritance to possess the land.

7 And the people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel.

8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

9 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathheres, in the mount of Ephraim, on the north side of the hill Gaash.

10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel.

11 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim:

12 And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger.

13 And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.

14 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

15 Whithersoever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for evil, as the Lord had said, and as the Lord had sworn unto them: and they were greatly distressed.

16 Nevertheless the Lord raised up judges, which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.

17 And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the Lord; but they did not so.

18 And when the Lord raised them up judges, then the Lord was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the Lord because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.

19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.

20 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel; and he said, Because that this people hath transgressed my covenant which I commanded their fathers, and have not hearkened unto my voice;

21 I also will not henceforth drive out any from before them of the nations which Joshua left when he died:

22 That through them I may prove Israel, whether they will keep the way of the Lord to walk therein, as their fathers did keep it, or not.

23 Therefore the Lord left those nations, without driving them out hastily; neither delivered he them into the hand of Joshua.

EZEKIEL 22:6-22 KING JAMES VERSION

6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

10 In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.

15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof.

22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lordhave poured out my fury upon you.

OPEN HEAVEN 24 JULY 2019 MEMORISE: Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men. – Proverbs 22:29

OPEN HEAVEN 24 JULY 2019 READ: 2 THESSALONIANS 3:6-12 (KJV)

6. Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

7. For yourselves know how ye ought to follow us; for we behaved not ourselves disorderly among you;

8. Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you;

9. Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an ensample unto you to follow us.

10. For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.

11. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies.

12. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.

OPEN HEAVEN 24 JULY 2019 MESSAGE WITH HYMN, PRAYER POINTS, DAILY DECLARATIONS AND BIBLE READING

We need a deeper insight into a today’s memory verse in order to understand what God is teaching us today.

To put it quite simple, God is asking us to be diligent, specifically in our own business. Anyone who is in diligent in someone else’s personal affairs is a busybody, and such a person will reap no reward for this.

When I was young, my mother was so hard on me whenever I played too much. She will order me immediately to go into the house to read my books.

If I protested that I was been singled out for harsh treatment were other children were also playing, she would remind me that she was not called to mind other people’s business.

I thank God that my mother diligently minded the business which the Lord committed into her hands. She would say to me, “Enoch, you are my business; I will mind you and not other people’s business.”

When a person is not mindful of what to do with his or her life, he or she wastes it. Please understand that time wasted is life wasted. The easiest way to waste a life is to not do something meaningful with that life. Read – Daily Declarations Tuesday 23rd July 2019

Paul could boldly say to the Church at Thessalonica that he and his team purposely did not live on other people’s provision. He gave his reason for this in (2 Thessalonians 3:8-9), saying:

“…that we might not be chargeable to any of you: Not because we have not power, but to make ourselves an example unto you to follow us.”

Paul went as far as telling the Church that any so-called brother or sister who would not work should not be allowed to eat of the shared provisions of the brethren! Beloved, the needy in our midst should be fed, but they should also be taught how to work with their hands. Read – Prayer Points For Open Heavens 24 July 2019

This has been the tradition of the Church from the very beginning (2 Thessalonians 3:6,10). Some people are so selective that they claim there are no job opportunities, whereas there are jobs they can do to earn a living.

Their problem is that they are looking for certain ”white collar jobs” which may not be available. The truth is, if you are not going to find work in your profession or chosen trade, you can try your hand at other things.

Learn from Paul the lawyer who laboured as a tent maker to earn a living when the Churches he had planted were not strong enough to bear the cost of his missionary work (Acts 22:3, Acts 18:3). Read – Open Heaven 23 July 2019 Tuesday

One of my sons told the story of a young lady who was feeding from the Church. When he tried to get her a cleaning job at the Redemption Camp, she rejected it, saying the job was not dignifying enough.

Ironically, cleaners are among those contributing to the purse where her needs were being met. May you never underrated the door of opportunity God open to you in Jesus’ Name.

OPEN HEAVEN 24 JULY 2019 PRAYER POINT:
Father, give me the wisdom, contentment and sincerity of heart needed to mind my business, in Jesus’ Name.

Author: Pastor E. A. Adeboye

OPEN HEAVEN 24 JULY 2019 HYMNAL:
HYMN 1 – THERE SHALL BE SHOWERS OF BLESSING

1. There shall be showers of blessing;
This is the promise of love;
There shall be season refreshing,
Sent from the Saviour above.

CHORUS:
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.

2. There shall be showers of blessing;
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.

CHORUS:
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.

3. There shall be showers of blessing;
Send them upon us, Oh Lord!
Grant to us now a refreshing;
Come and now honour Thy Word.

CHORUS:
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.

4. There shall be showers of blessing;
O that today they might fall,
Now, as to God, we’re confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call!

CHORUS:
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.

5. There shall be showers of blessing;
If we but trust and obey;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
If we let God have His way.

CHORUS:
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.

OPEN HEAVEN 24 JULY 2019 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JOSHUA 23-24 & EZEKIEL 21:24-22:5

Joshua 23-24 King James Version (KJV)

23 And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.

2 And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:

3 And ye have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the Lord your God is he that hath fought for you.

4 Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward.

5 And the Lord your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the Lord your God hath promised unto you.

6 Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;

7 That ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow yourselves unto them:

8 But cleave unto the Lord your God, as ye have done unto this day.

9 For the Lord hath driven out from before you great nations and strong: but as for you, no man hath been able to stand before you unto this day.

10 One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.

11 Take good heed therefore unto yourselves, that ye love the Lord your God.

12 Else if ye do in any wise go back, and cleave unto the remnant of these nations, even these that remain among you, and shall make marriages with them, and go in unto them, and they to you:

13 Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lordyour God hath given you.

14 And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lordyour God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

15 Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

16 When ye have transgressed the covenant of the Lord your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.

24 And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.

2 And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the other side of the flood in old time, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nachor: and they served other gods.

3 And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and Esau: and I gave unto Esau mount Seir, to possess it; but Jacob and his children went down into Egypt.

5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and I plagued Egypt, according to that which I did among them: and afterward I brought you out.

6 And I brought your fathers out of Egypt: and ye came unto the sea; and the Egyptians pursued after your fathers with chariots and horsemen unto the Red sea.

7 And when they cried unto the Lord, he put darkness between you and the Egyptians, and brought the sea upon them, and covered them; and your eyes have seen what I have done in Egypt: and ye dwelt in the wilderness a long season.

8 And I brought you into the land of the Amorites, which dwelt on the other side Jordan; and they fought with you: and I gave them into your hand, that ye might possess their land; and I destroyed them from before you.

9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, arose and warred against Israel, and sent and called Balaam the son of Beor to curse you:

10 But I would not hearken unto Balaam; therefore he blessed you still: so I delivered you out of his hand.

11 And you went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand.

12 And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

13 And I have given you a land for which ye did not labour, and cities which ye built not, and ye dwell in them; of the vineyards and oliveyards which ye planted not do ye eat.

14 Now therefore fear the Lord, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the Lord.

15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

16 And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord, to serve other gods;

17 For the Lord our God, he it is that brought us up and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and which did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way wherein we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

18 And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord; for he is our God.

19 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for he is an holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgressions nor your sins.

20 If ye forsake the Lord, and serve strange gods, then he will turn and do you hurt, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.

21 And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.

22 And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

23 Now therefore put away, said he, the strange gods which are among you, and incline your heart unto the Lord God of Israel.

24 And the people said unto Joshua, The Lordour God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.

25 So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.

26 And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord.

27 And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lordwhich he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

28 So Joshua let the people depart, every man unto his inheritance.

29 And it came to pass after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died, being an hundred and ten years old.

30 And they buried him in the border of his inheritance in Timnathserah, which is in mount Ephraim, on the north side of the hill of Gaash.

31 And Israel served the Lord all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that overlived Joshua, and which had known all the works of the Lord, that he had done for Israel.

32 And the bones of Joseph, which the children of Israel brought up out of Egypt, buried they in Shechem, in a parcel of ground which Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor the father of Shechem for an hundred pieces of silver: and it became the inheritance of the children of Joseph.

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron died; and they buried him in a hill that pertained to Phinehas his son, which was given him in mount Ephraim.

EZEKIEL 21:24-22:5 KING JAMES VERSION

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

26 Thus saith the Lord God; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.

27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.

28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end.

30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the Lord have spoken it.

5 Those that be near, and those that be far from thee, shall mock thee, which art infamous and much vexed.

6 Behold, the princes of Israel, every one were in thee to their power to shed blood.

7 In thee have they set light by father and mother: in the midst of thee have they dealt by oppression with the stranger: in thee have they vexed the fatherless and the widow.

8 Thou hast despised mine holy things, and hast profaned my sabbaths.

9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood: and in thee they eat upon the mountains: in the midst of thee they commit lewdness.

10 In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.

11 And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.

12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood; thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbours by extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God.

13 Behold, therefore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee.

14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.

15 And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee.

16 And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the Lord.

17 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

18 Son of man, the house of Israel is to me become dross: all they are brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in the midst of the furnace; they are even the dross of silver.

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye are all become dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.

20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt you.

21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst therof.

22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the Lordhave poured out my fury upon you.

23 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof.

26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.

27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.

28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken.

29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully.

30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.

31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God.

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
FOR TEENS 23 JULY 2019

THEME: CONTENTMENT

MEMORISE: But godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Timothy 6:6

Read: 1 Timothy 6:6-10

But godliness with contentment is great gain.

For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.
And having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

MESSAGE:

Contentment is a virtue that every child of God should have. You teenagers especially need to have this virtue instilled in you early in life.

Read – Open Heaven 23 July 2019

Contentment is when you may not have as much as others, but you are happy with what you have.

Do you look at your colleagues’ possession in envy? You need contentment. Whatever you have, use with pride, knowing that your tomorrow will be greater.

Read – Prayer Points On Open Heaven 23 July 2019

The phone that everyone was pursuing three years ago is now an old model phone, so those who are never content are running an ending race. Give yourself rest and use what you have confidently.

Pay attention to being the best in the things that really matter like your academics, then very soon, you will be able to easily afford all the things that your mates are running after now.

Read – Daily Declarations 23rd July 2019

KEY POINT:

There is great gain in contentment and great loss in discontentment.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Psalm 38-40, Acts 23:12-35

Hymn 6
1. Our 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 your throne
Your saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is your arm alone,
And our defense is sure

3. Before the hills in order stood
Or earth received its frame,
From everlasting you are God,
To endless years the same.

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

5. Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Soon bears us all away;
We fly forgotten, as a dream
Does at the opening day.

6. Our God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Still be our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home!

AUTHORS: Pastor E. A. Adeboye

Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye.

PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY’S OPEN HEAVENS 23RD JULY 2019

1.I worship You, my Father; You’re my shield, my buckler, my rock, my fortress, my strength and my deliverer.

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

3.Father, no matter the severity of the storms around me, let me always experience Your peace, that passes all human understanding, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, arise, and still every raging storm in my life, ministry, career, business, home and marriage, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, please make me a wise and faithful builder in Your vineyard, in Jesus’ Name.

Read – Today’s Daily Declarations 23rd July 2019

6.Father, please, strengthen my faith in You; do not allow my faith to fail, in the day of adversity, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, deliver me today, from the hands of the wicked powers of this world, and let all the expectations of my enemies be cut short, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, let my life preach Christ and my works towards Your kingdom be more fruitful, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, put an end to weeping and sorrow, in my life, and let my joy come, now, in Jesus’ name.

Read – Open Heavens 23rd July 2019 Tuesday

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, and let him continually, experience, the fullness of Your joy, for the remaining years of his life, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, bless every user of this platform, and continue to strengthen those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus’ name.

12.Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus’ name.

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

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

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

Read – Open Heaven 22 July 2019

# GodBlessMyNation

TODAY’S MORNING DECLARATIONS 23RD JULY 2019

This Tuesday morning the presence of God will go with you and your household in Jesus Name!

May His New Mercy speak for you today, in Jesus Name

It’s a new week of rest on every side, may you return with testimonies, in Jesus Name

May Almighty God give your ark a resting destination from the turbulent of this world, in Jesus Name

This same week, may Almighty God deliver all your enemies into your hands in Jesus Name

Read – Open Heaven 23 July 2019

Because you have seek God first this morning, no one will be allowed to stand against you again in Jesus Name!

I decree peace like a river to be your portion right now in Jesus Name

Let that case which seem impossible begin to turn testimonies right now, in Jesus Name

Every interview scheduled for this week shall be testimonies in return, in Jesus Name.

Wherever you have been rejected before, this week you are going back to take over in Jesus Name

Is there anyone occupying your space in high places, go and take over now in Jesus Name!

Read – Prayer Points On Today’s Open Heavens 22 July 2019

May you never be ex-champion in Jesus Name!

God is saying to someone, WELCOME TO YOUR SEASON of ALL ROUND REST!

Halleluyah

I speak to that home, God will restore peace today in Jesus Name

I decree divine health over anyone having health issues today in Jesus Name!

For all givers to the work of God, may you not miss your reward in Jesus Name

For all the needy ones among us, receive anointing of more than enough now in Jesus Name

I cover all homes with the blood of JESUS!

I will not have cause to mourn over anyone of You in Jesus Name!

At the end we shall not be cast away in Jesus Name!

Any forces that wants to stand against this morning declarations wrath of God locate their camps in Jesus Name!

And All shall be well with You in Jesus name!

Go ahead and Celebrate God for this Declarations.

What A FAITHFUL FATHER!

We return all Glory to you Alone.

Hallelujah!

#Amen

#Shalom