OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY, AUGUST 07, 2026

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TOPIC: PRAYERS FOR YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD MEMORISE : Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits. Romans 12:16 READ : Psalm 133:1-3 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! 2 It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron’s beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; 3 As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore. TODAY PRAYERS 1. Lord, I thank You for my neighbourhood. Thank You tor Your protection and mercy over me and my neighbours. 2. Father, please surround my neighbourhood with Your peace. Let us have no cause to live in fear or sorrow, in Jesus’ name. 3. Father, please let there be all-round growth and development in my neighbourhood, in Jesus’ name 4. Dear Lord, please surround my neighbourhood with Your...
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LEAVE YOUR PAST! Tuesday 24 July 2012

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Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, Philippians 3:13
Read: Psalms 37:23-25
When God uses one of His servants to bless you, you can appreciate that servant of God but appreciate God much more. Why? God is the Source of blessing while His servant is only a vessel. Never turn a vessel into your source. If you do, both you and the vessel may get into trouble with God. It was in light of this knowledge that Elisha, despite his devotion to Elijah did not forget the God of Elijah. He called for the God of Elijah and not for Elijah or his anointing at the River Jordan (2 Kings 2:13-14). Elisha faced a new reality after the departure of Elijah. It was a new phase for him. You need to walk in the understanding that life is in phases. When one phase ends, another begins. Psalms 37:25 says:
I have been young, and am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
According to this scripture, there is the phase of being a youth and another phase of being old. A new phase had just begun in the life of Elisha. The phase of Elisha the servant, who went everywhere with his master had just ended and another phase of Elisha the national prophet with several attendants has just begun. When the time for his next phase came, he refused to continue in the old phase.

You must be ready to move forward. Stop living in the past. In 1 Samuel 25:1, after mourning the death of Samuel, David continued with his journey. Life continues irrespective of the challenges of each day, and so must you. Paul had to adopt a strategy of forgetting his past so that he could face his future (Philippians 3:12-14). Some people have lost their future to their past because somehow, they were never able to put the past behind them. Have you lost someone you love so much? Move on from that spot! Have you lost someone who promised to help sponsor your education or help set you up in business? Move on from that spot and another helper will surface. You could also receive direct help from above. Never allow past failures hinder your future success. Also, never allow past victories and successes hinder future ones. Stop dwelling in your past! As long as you remain at that bus stop of life, no new thing will come to you. Move forward! Take a step into your future today!
KEY POINT:
If you don’t leave your past, it will continue to hunt you. 

Bible in one year: John 18-21

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