OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28TH 2025

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TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING HARVESTS MEMORIZE : While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8:22 READ : Mark 4:26-29  26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. MESSAGE The first thing to understand about harvests is that they ultimately come from God. 1 Corinthians 3:6 says, "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase." Also, harvests come in different levels, which Jesus identified as thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and hundredfold (Mark 4:20). Some Bible scholars believe that a thirtyfold harvest results from...
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FINGER OF JUDGEMENT Tuesday 2 October 2012

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Memorise : in The same hour came forth fingers of a man’s hand, and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the king’s palace: and the king saw the part of the hand that wrote. Daniel 5:5
 
Read Daniel 5:1-5, 24-30
The finger of God can be an early warning sign from God, which if disregarded, it could bring full weight of judgement. When the magicians, sorcerers and wise men of Egypt got to a point in the miracle versus magic contest where they could go no further, they were the ones who announced to Pharaoh, “ Sir, that last miracle is beyond our magical powers. This can only be done by God” (Exodus 8:16-19). They warned and left the scene. If Pharaoh had received that warning, he and his people would have been spared but because he rejected it, they perished. So if you see the finger of God in the dream or vision, it could sometimes be warning you of some wrong deeds.
The finger of God
could also mean that judgement is imminent and inevitable. This was the experience of King Belshazzar in Daniel 5. While feasting with the golden and silver vessels that were brought from the temple in Jerusalem, he saw a hand like that of a man writing MENE, MENE TEKEL, UPHARSIN. This means, God had decided His judgement and there is no going back. On the same night he got the interpretation, he lost both his kingdom and life to Darius of the Medes Kingdom. What was his offence? He failed to learn from his father’s humbling experience and he desecrated vessels of God. If you are stealing from the church of God, you are tampering with dedicated vessels and calling for the finger of God’s judgement. You will notice that Belshazzzar was not the one who brought the vessels from the temple but his father. From this we learn that wherever anything that is stolen from God’s house is taken to, it will bring judgement upon those there irrespective of whether they were the original culprits or not, so far they are in collusion or are aware of the source. Never take anything that is stolen from the church or ministry! Thieves who even break into churches to steal will not only be terribly judged but also bring those who buy or “enjoy” their loot with them under terrible judgement.
ACTION POINT
Anything stolen from the Church or from God’s servant is an accursed item. Check to see if you have such an item. Return it to the church or owner today and pray for forgiveness.
Bible in one year: 1 Chronicles 4-6

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  1. Mister Shawns Blog10 January 2013 at 12:31

    Good day! In this entry did you base on any researches or these are solely your own thought? Waiting forward to hear from you.

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  2. Admin11 January 2013 at 09:23

    @Mister Shawns, please note that all entries are culled from the daily devotion "Open Heavens" by Pastor E. A. Adeboye of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Nigeria. Thanks

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