OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2026

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TOPIC: GREATER IS THE END MEMORISE : Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. - Job 8:7 READ : Ecclesiastes 7:8 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. MESSAGE In life, the end of anything must be given more attention than its beginning. I am the son of a farmer who was so poor that poor people called him poor. For the first 18 years of my life, I didn’t own any shoes, but God has transformed me into someone who is celebrated all over the world today. Child of God, what is essential in life is not how your life began, but how it progresses and ultimately ends. No matter how rough your past may have been, you must forge ahead and not allow it to weigh you down. If you were a terrible sinner, for instance, you must note that you are now born again, and you must not think that God cannot use you like He is using others. Your former nature is gone; you are born again, and you...

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : SATURDAY APRIL 29TH 2023

TOPIC:  YOU NEED ANOINTING

MEMORISE: 
Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Psalms 45:7

READ: 1 John 2:27 

27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.

MESSAGE
Anointing can be described as divine electricity. This description will help us understand how important anointing is. If a person is not pure, yet anointed, the anointing will kill the fellow, because if you mishandle electricity, you will be electrocuted. Samson was highly anointed but spent time with harlots. A man of God who commits adultery has set himself up for destruction. In other words, the combination of anointing and sinfulness will produce a casualty while anointing with purity will produce great and long lasting results.

For example, Abraham's anointing was that of prosperity (Genesis 22:17-18) and it was transgenerational because he trained his children in the way of the Lord (Genesis 18:19), Abraham became great and his grandson Jacob became exceedingly great. His great-grandson Joseph picked up the anointing and God used him mightily as well.

Christian need anointing to execute their respective divine assignments. You may have heard the story of two people who sang  Psalm 23 - one a professional singer who sang beautifully  and everybody clapped, the other, an old man who sang the same  Psalm 23 and had everyone on their knees, worshipping God. One sang professionally, the other with anointing and their results were different. So if you are a chorister, you definitely need anointing. Psalm 24:3-4 tells us the kind of people who can stand in God's presence; so ushers also  clearly need anointing. Prayer warrior need anointing because Romans 8:26 says we pray with the help of the Holy Spirit.

Our Lord Jesus was anointed with the Holy Ghost before He started off His ministry (Acts 10:38). If the Lord did not perform a single miracle until the Holy Spirit came upon Him, surely you need anointing too.

PRAYER POINT
Father Lord, please let Your anointing flow into every aspect of my life, in Jesus name. 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Chronicle 3-4

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 1: ALL TO JESUS I SURRENDER

1 All to Jesus, I surrender 
All to Thee I freely give 
I will ever love and trust You 
In Your presence daily live  

Refrain

I surrender all, I surrender all 
All to Thee, my blessed Savior 
I surrender all  

2 All to Jesus, I surrender Lord,
I give myself to Thee 
Fill me with Your love and power 
Let Your blessing fall on me  

Refrain

3 All to Jesus I surrender 
Now I feel the sacred flame 
O the joy of full salvation a 
Glory, glory, to Your name  

Refrain

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