OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY DECEMBER 11TH 2025

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TOPIC: WHEN GOD IS WITH YOU   MEMORISE :  Yea, though walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23:4   READ : Isaiah 41:10-13 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. 13 For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.   MESSAGE Years ago, one of my children decided to buy a ticket for me to go on a cruise. For the first six days of the cruise, it was like heaven on earth; the...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: TUESDAY 23rd FEBRUARY 2021.

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TOPIC:  GUARD YOUR HEART.
 
MEMORISE:
Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23

READ:  Psalm 119:10-12
 
10 With my whole heart have I sought thee: O let me not wander from thy commandments.
 
11 Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee.
 
12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach me thy statutes.
 
MESSAGE:
It is shocking how believers engage in all manner of conversations and associations carelessly. If you know the value of your heart, you would guard it jealously. In 2 Samuel 13 we see a classic case of what happens when a person does not guard his or her heart. Amnon who was prince and could have married any lady in the land lusted after his half-sister who was a virgin. He then engaged in a seemingly harmless conversation with a friend who watered the seed of evil already planted in his unguarded heart. The evil desire then blossomed and led to his untimely death in verses 28 and 29 of the same chapter. The man who advised him to rape his sister is the same one who announced his death to David, his father (2 Samuel 13:32). Choose those you associate with wisely (Psalm 1:1).
 
Be careful of whom you listen to and be mindful of what you let into your heart. Jesus said in Matthew 5:8:
 
"Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God."
 
If you allow impurities to dwell in your heart, forget about ever seeing God.
 
In Matthew 12:34, Jesus said:
 
"... for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh."
 
In other words, your lifestyle and speech are an overflow of the meditation of your heart. Believers who listen to worldly music and also allow their children to listen to them are courting trouble. The result may not be instant, but it will accumulate and surely begin to yield ungodly fruits.
 
King David knew the secret to a clean heart, and he shared this in Psalm 119 :11:

"Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I might not sin against thee."
 
Meditating on the Scriptures, listening to recordings of sound teachers of the gospel and keeping company with fellow believers are some of the primary ways through which we can keep our hearts guarded. You can only express what you have in your heart. Thus, if you constantly expose your heart to God's word, you would guard your heart from all forms of ungodliness. Motivational words cannot cure sinful thoughts, only the word of God can.
 
Fill your heart with the word of God.
 
ACTION POINT:
Guard your heart diligently with the word of God.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Exodus 5-7

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE 
 
HYMN 24:  TAKE MY LIFE, AND LET IT BE.
 
1.       Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
*Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise.
 
2.       Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.
 
3.       Take my voice and let me sing,
Always, only for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.
 
4.       Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.
 
5.       Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne.
 
6.       Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.

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