OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SUNDAY MARCH 29TH 2026

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TOPIC: THERE IS POWER IN YOUR HANDS   MEMORISE :  They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. Mark 16:18   READ : Mark 1:40-45 40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. 42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. 43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. PRESS INTO YOUR DAY OF FAVOUR. MONDAY 11th MAY 2015

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Memorise :
For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield. Psalm 5:12

Read : Esther 5:1-3

1 NOW it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.

2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.

3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.

Message
Queen Esther is one person who pressed into her day of favour. Her experience should serve as template for us all. She obtained favour in the sight of the king because it was the day of her favour. Be aware that the law of the land during this period was that nobody could go into the king's inner court uninvited. Disobeying this law was equivalent to a suicide mission. But Esther went to the king in his inner court uninvited, and she lived because of favour.

The first lesson to take note of from our template is that Queen Esther did not go to the inner court of the king's house until after three days of fasting and prayers were over.

Secondly, she went into the inner court in her royal apparel, not in kitchen aprons. What does this suggest to us? It shows us that righteousness must be the garment of any person who desires God's favour, just as stated in our memory verse.

The third lesson to note is that the Queen was found standing in the court. Are you still in good standing with God, or have you for one reason or the other backslidden? To be favoured of men, you must be in good standing with God.

Carefully consider the location of the king on the day of Esther's favour. This is the fourth lesson to note. Esther 5:1 says that:

'...and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.'

Is the King of kings on the throne of your life?

Do not expect the day of His favour to come if He is not. Note that the king sat against the gate of the house, overseeing everything.

What will God find in you when He looks towards your direction today? Will He find filthy garments of sin or royal garments of righteousness? Imagine Esther in a kind of attire that was unbecoming, the story would have been different. A lot of people go to the sanctuary of the King of kings half-naked in the name of fashion. This they do in contrary to the Lord's directive in Exodus 20:26: ' Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon.'

The key message here is that your nakedness must not be seen by other woshippers,thereby distracting them. The Almighty God is at the gate of your heart knocking ( Revelation 3:20 ). Will you open for Him to come in and show you His favour today? You have agonised enough; surrender your life to the One who can grant you favour today. I prophesy to your life that today is your day of favour in Jesus' Name.

Prayer Point :
Father, let all men and all things work together for my favour today in Jesus' Name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : 1 SAMUEL 17:1-54 and MARK 6:53-7:13

AUTHOR : Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE

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