OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SUNDAY JANUARY 18TH 2026

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TOPIC: CONDITIONAL BLESSINGS    MEMORISE :  Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth. 3 John 2   READ : Deuteronomy 28:1-14 1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up agai...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : FRIDAY MAY 19TH 2023

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TOPIC:  TRUE LOVE

MEMORISE: 
If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 1 John 4:20 

READ: James 2:15 -16

15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,

16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?

MESSAGE
Love is foundational to the Christian faith. When Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment is, His answer was: Love God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind and love your neighbour as yourself. He then went further to say, "On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets" (Matthew 22:36-40).

True love is in the DNA of every genuine child of God. Anyone who claims to be a Christian and does not have love as one of his or her characteristics is nothing (1 Corinthians 13:1-2).

If there is true love, then it implies that there is false love. True love is empathetic in nature. True love does not do good for people to see, it does good because it feels the pain of the one who is loved. In our Bible reading for today, James says if you truly love someone, you would do everything within your power to solve their problems. Unfortunately, these days, when many Christians see another who they can help, they would rather pray to God to help the fellow than help him or her themselves. That is fake love. True love is when you make sacrifices to help your brother or sister and do all you can to ensure their problems are solved.

Some years ago, after a major programme, l was so tired that l just wanted to get on my bed and sleep, but as l was leaving the venue in my car, l heard the voice of a man shouting, "Daddy help me". I wanted to stop my driver immediately, but l knew that if we stopped there, the crowd would rush to the car. I therefore asked my driver to allow me come out of the car at a place where l could wait, then go back to get the man. When the man arrived, he told me he had no job and his wife, who had been fending for the family before, had also just lost her job. They had a set of twins and all four of them had not eaten for three days. The first thing l did was to ask someone to bring food for them before we could continue the conversation. By the end of that day, both husband and wife had jobs. Love is demonstrated through our actions. Brethren, do you truly love others as you love yourself? Without true love for your neighbour, you cannot make it to heaven (Matthew 25:34-46).

REFLECTION 
Do you truly show love to the people around you?

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ezra 5-7

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 13: JESUS LOVES ME, THIS I KNOW

1 Jesus loves me, this I know, 
For the Bible tells me so. 
Little ones to him belong; 
They are weak, but he is strong. 

Refrain: 
Yes, Jesus loves me! Yes, Jesus loves me! 
Yes, Jesus loves me! The Bible tells me so. 

2 Jesus loves me he who died 
Heaven's gate to open wide. 
He will wash away my sin, 
Let his little child come in. [Refrain]

3 Jesus loves me, this I know, 
As he loved so long ago, 
Taking children on his knee, 
Saying, "Let them come to me." [Refrain]

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