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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY JULY 4TH 2025

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TOPIC: PRAYERS FOR ELDERS   MEMORISE :  Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. Leviticus 19:32   READ : 1Tim 5:17-19 17 Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith, thou shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward. 19 Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.   PRAYERS 1, Thank You, Lord, for all the elders around me. Thank You for preserving their lives and for giving me the opportunity to learn from them. 2. Father, please give all the elders around me sound health, physically and mentally. Keep sickness and diseases far from them, in Jesus' name. 3. Father, please surround the elders with love. Do not let them be sad and lonely, in Jesus' name. 4. Father, please help the elders to influence the younger ...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : SATURDAY DECEMBER 31ST 2022

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TOPIC:  PRAYERS FOR 2023 MEMORISE:  And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful. Revelation 21:5  READ: Isaiah 43:18 -21 18 Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old. 19 Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. 20 The beast of the field shall honour me, the dragons and the owls: because I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people, my chosen. 21 This people have I formed for myself; they shall shew forth my praise. PRAYERS Thank you so much for preserving me this far in year 2022. I am grateful for all the times You healed me, provided for me, and protected me this year. Father. please don't let anything stop me from seeing year 2023. Let me see the new year in joy in Jesus' name. Father, please disappoint eve...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : FRIDAY DECEMBER 30TH 2022

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TOPIC:  NEVER PROVOKE GOD MEMORISE:  It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God. Hebrews 10:31  READ: 2 Chronicles 36:15 -16 15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy. MESSAGE The greatest mistake anyone can ever make in life is to provoke the Almighty God. I John 4:8 tells us that God is love. He is not just a loving God, He is love personified, but Hebrews 12:29 also says He is a consuming fire. Every coin has two sides. On one side of God, you have love - love so great that He gave His only begotten son for our sake. On the other side, however, He is a consuming fire. Thus when you hear of people who talk about God as love only, about grace 100% of the time...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY DECEMBER 29TH 2022

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TOPIC:  SACRIFICIAL GIVING MEMORISE:   And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 2 Samuel 24:24 READ: Luke 21:1 -4 1 And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. 2 And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. 3 And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: 4 For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had. MESSAGE In our Bible text for today, we read about a widow who gave her all and the Lord Jesus was very impressed with her. He said she gave more that others even though what she gave was not as much as theirs. Many people, when they want to be miserly, will take that story a...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL : WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 28TH 2022

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TOPIC: DIVINE LOVE IV MEMORISE:   And David comforted Bathsheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the LORD loved him. 2 Samuel 12:24 READ: 2 Chronicles 1:6 -15 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it. 7 In that night did God appear unto Solomon, and said unto him, Ask what I shall give thee. 8 And Solomon said unto God, Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father, and hast made me to reign in his stead. 9 Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude. 10 Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great? 11 And God said to Solomon, Because this was in thine heart, and thou hast not asked rich...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : TUESDAY DECEMBER 27TH 2022

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TOPIC:  DIVINE LOVE lll MEMORISE:  In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. Isaiah 63:9  READ: Isaiah 63:7 -9  7I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Saviour. 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old. MESSAGE The very first time I read our memory verse for today (Isaiah 63:9), I couldn’t believe my eyes. The first sentence really surprised me. “I...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: MONDAY 26TH DECEMBER 2022

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TOPIC: DIVINE LOVE II MEMORIZE: And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28 READ: John 11:1-45 1.  Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 2.  (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3.  Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. 4.  When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. 5.  Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. 6.  When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was. 7.  Then after that saith he to his disciples, Let us go into Judaea again. 8.  His disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to ston...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : SUNDAY DECEMBER 25TH 2022

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TOPIC:  DIVINE LOVE l MEMORISE:    Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 1 John 4:10 READ: John 15:13 -14 13 Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. 14 Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. MESSAGE Divine love is the love that is of God. This is a love that gives all. John 3:16 says God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son. This is a loveth at does not hold back at all. Romans 8:32 says: He that spares not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? The day Jesus Christ was crucified, He was stripped naked - He surrendered all! Divine love is powerful because it is unchangeable.  1 John 4:8 says God is love. Thus the love of God cannot change because God Himself cannot change (Hebrews 13:8, Malachi 3:6). This means when God falls in love with you, it is until...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : SATURDAY DECEMBER 24TH 2022

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TOPIC:  BE FAITHFUL TO YOUR CALLING  MEMORISE:  Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 1 Timothy 1:9  READ: 2 Chronicles 20:22 -27 22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten. 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. 24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in ab...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : FRIDAY DECEMBER 23RD 2022

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TOPIC:  DON'T CAUSE OTHERS TO STUMBLE ll MEMORISE:   And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. John 17:19 READ: 1 Peter 5:1 -4 1'The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed: 2 Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, but being ensamples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd shall appear, ye shall receive a crown of glory that fadeth not away. MESSAGE Those who serve in the house of God have a serious responsibility to the people they minister to. As God's representative to the flock, you are supposed to care for them and live an exemplary life that removes all stumbling blocks from their way.  God values each soul in the congregation. In Acts 2...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : THURSDAY DECEMBER 22ND 2022

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TOPIC:  DON'T CAUSE OTHERS TO STUMBLE l MEMORISE:   And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 2 Peter 2:2 READ: Ezekiel 36:20 -23 20 And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the LORD, and are gone forth out of his land. 21 But I had pity for mine holy name, which the house of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 22 Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have profaned in the midst of them; and the heathen shall know that I am the LORD, saith the Lord GOD, when I shall be sanctified in you before their eyes. MESSAGE When we refuse to let the light of Jes...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 21ST 2022

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TOPIC:  GOD'S STANDARD MEMORISE:   Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity. 2 Timothy 2:19  READ: Titus 2:11 -13 11 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; MESSAGE Knowing God is not the same as going to Church. The he evidence that you know God is that you love Him and others. Some people prize spiritual gifts above love, but God is only interested in the person who loves Him, as seen in l Corinthians 8:3: But if any man love God, the same is known of him. You prove your love for God by obeying His commandments. If ye love me, keep my commandments.  It is easy to ...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : TUESDAY DECEMBER 20TH 2022

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TOPIC:  ARE YOU STILL A BABY CHRISTIAN? MEMORISE:   Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; Galatians 4:1 READ: 2 Timothy 2:1 -4 1 Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. 2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also. 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. MESSAGE We see from our memory verse today that an heir is likened to a servant if that heir is still a child. In the same vein, the devil will toss around a child of God if he or she is not mature. This alone tells you that spiritual maturity is a must for every child of God. There are people who,have been born again for 10 years yet God has not healed even a hea...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : MONDAY DECEMBER 19TH 2022

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TOPIC:  BOUNTIFUL SOWING -  BOUNTIFUL HAIRVEST MEMORISE:  But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. 2 Corinthians 9:6  READ: Proverbs 11:24 -25 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself. MESSAGE ECCLESIASTES 3:2 says: ...a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted. When a fellow fails to plant when he should, he will not harvest at the normal time. Furthermore, Proverbs 20:4 says:  The sluggardly will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg  in harvest, and have nothing. If you don't plant when you ought to, you would have nothing to harvest. If you want a bountiful harvest, you must be willing to sow bountifully. 2 Corinthians 5:6 says: But this l say, He which soweth...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : SUNDAY DECEMBER 18TH 2022

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TOPIC:  WHY YOU SHOULD SPEAK IN TONGUES MEMORISE:   Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. Romans 8:26 READ: Romans 8:26 -27 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered. 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the mind of the Spirit, because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God. MESSAGE There is one great and powerful gift that God has given to the New Testament Church; unfortunately, many take it for granted. That gift is the Holy Spirit and especially, speaking in tongues. The Bible says that when you speak in tongues, it is the Holy Spirit praying for you. Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we ...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : SATURDAY DECEMBER 17TH 2022

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TOPIC:  WHEN GOD RISES MEMORISE:  Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.  Psalms 68:1  READ: Psalms 68:1-4 1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. 3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice. 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. MESSAGE When God rises, an end comes to every form of torment in the lives of His children because the only enemies He has are those of His children. Sometimes, when God needs to get something done, He sends His angels and they do the work.  However, once in a while, He rises by Himself and goes to do what needs to be done. When God rises on your behalf, all your problem woul...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : FRIDAY DECEMBER 16TH 2022

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TOPIC:  COVER YOUR CHILDREN MEMORISE:   Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones. Zechariah 13:7 READ: Job 1:4 -5 4 And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them. 5 And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually. MESSAGE Many a time, when the devil wants to attack a family; he goes by the principle that if you cannot get the trunk, go for the branches; if you cannot get the father, go for the son. If you cannot get the mother, go for the daughter. He then begins to at...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY DECEMBER 15TH 2022

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TOPIC:  SPARE PARTS IN HEAVEN MEMORISE:   Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me? Jeremiah 32:27 READ: 2 Kings 5:9-14 9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. 11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the LORD his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper. 12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Was...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 14TH 2022

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TOPIC:  THE CONTAGIOUS BLESSING  MEMORISE:  And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over all that he had, that the LORD blessed the Egyptian's house for Joseph's sake; and the blessing of the LORD was upon all that he had in the house, and in the field. Genesis 39:5  READ: Genesis 39:1 -5 1 And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither. 2 And the LORD was with Joseph, and he was a prosperous man; and he was in the house of his master the Egyptian. 3 And his master saw that the LORD was with him, and that the LORD made all that he did to prosper in his hand. 4 And Joseph found grace in his sight, and he served him: and he made him overseer over his house, and all that he had he put into his hand. 5 And it came to pass from the time that he had made him overseer in his house, and over al...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY MAY 9TH 2024

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TOPIC: THE SNARE OF THE FOWLER 4 MEMORISE:  All things are lawful unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of any. 1 Corinthians 6:12 READ: Bible Reading Romans 6:1-23 1 What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? 2 God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? 3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? 4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: 6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. 7 For he that is dead is freed from sin. 8 Now if we be dead w...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY OCTOBER 31ST 2024

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TOPIC: STAND FIRM MEMORISE:  That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive: Ephesians 4:14 READ: Daniel 1:8-16  8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. 9 Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs. 10 And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king. 11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten d...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY OCTOBER 11TH 2024

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TOPIC: COMMITTING GOD MEMORISE : I will worship toward thy holy temple, and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. Psalm 138:2 READ: ISAIAH 40:4-8 4. Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain: 5. And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. 6. The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field: 7. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. 8. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever. MESSAGE : Do you know that it is possible to commit God to do some things for you and leave Him with no choice but to do them? Psalm 115:3 says that God is sove...
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