OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY JULY 18TH 2025

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TOPIC: DON'T THINK FOR GOD MEMORISE : Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? But the thunder of his power who can understand? Job 26:14   READ : Romans 11:33-36 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out! 34 For who hath known the mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? 35 Or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.   MESSAGE Many times, believers ask God for things and then begin to think about how He will achieve them. In reality, however, our brains cannot understand how God will do the things He wishes to do. For instance, when a man says he has a PhD in Mathematics, it may sound like a big deal, but in truth, he can only be a specialist in an aspect of the subject. If he finds himself among fellow mathematic...

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Memorize: He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. John 12:48

Read: John 12:47-50

Anyone living in a boarding house is compelled to adhere to the rules and regulations operating there. Until you gave your life to Christ, you were in control of your life and you were free to do whatever you liked with it. But the day you give your life to Jesus, it means you have decided to be a boarder in Jesus house and as a result, you must abide by the rules operating there. Psalms 91:1 says: He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
Everyone in God's boarding house is assured of protection. But the moment you sneak out, you court trouble. Anything that happens to you outside His house is solely your responsibility. Have you chosen Jesus? Then make sure you sign up for everything He stands for.

God's kingdom does not give room for neutrality. The Laodicean church used the wrong yardstick to gauge their performance (Revelation 3:17). Whenever the yardsticks or parameters are wrong, the product of that assessment will surely be wrong. They equated financial prosperity with spiritual prosperity.
Many people still make that mistake today. They think because a church is tastefully furnished and have everything money can buy therefore God is in the house. No sir. Everything may be in place but God is absent, whereas in a financially impoverished church, nothing may be in place but God may be there.
If you have the best of equipment and the most outstanding choir in a church but they are living in sin, God will be out of that gathering. Money cannot buy God's presence. Money cannot buy the gifts of the Spirit. No amount of money can buy the salvation of your soul.

That a church is packed full and bubbling does not mean that they are in God's good books. What are the yardsticks for measuring the progress of your church today? The Laodicean church thought they were rich but in God's eyes they were the poorest of the churches.
They were not only the poorest but also wretched, miserable, blind and naked. May these not be said of you. The Bible is the right yardstick for measuring progress. How compliant are you with the Master's instructions? He is the One to access you; therefore do everything possible to make Him happy with you. This done, everything else is secondary.

KEY POINT: At the end of the day, the Words of Christ will be used to judge us. How much of them do you know and comply with? 

bible in one year : Revelation 1-2

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