OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: TUESDAY NOVEMBER 11TH 2025

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TOPIC: STAY HUMBLE I MEMORISE :  When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. Proverbs 11:2 READ : 1 Peter 5:5-6 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: MESSAGE If there is a storm in the jungle, big, tall trees might be uprooted. However, by the time the storm is over, the lowly grass will remain in its position. When strong winds blow, a blade of grass will bow in the direction of the wind, but after the wind blows, it will return to its former posture and remain like that. In life, storms happen every now and then. When a storm comes, many people who have pride in their hearts and consider themselves to be better than everyone else are usually blown off, while the unknown – the meek and lowly -remain and praise ...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL : SUNDAY JULY 2ND 2023

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TOPIC:  DIVINE HELP l

MEMORISE: 
My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. Psalms 121:2 

READ: Psalms 121:1 -8

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.

2 My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth.

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.

5 The LORD is thy keeper: the LORD is thy shade upon thy right hand.

6 The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

7 The LORD shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul.

8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.

MESSAGE
The kind of help anyone can render is determined either by the person’s might or capability. Nobody can give what he or she does not have. This makes divine help very desirable since it comes from the unlimited God. David knew this secret and penned what we have as part of our text for today. He said, "l will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth" (Psalm 121:1-2). The following are the steps we must take to secure divine help.

First, we must fear and trust the One who has unlimited power to help. Psalm 36:39-40 says that the salvation of righteous is of the Lord and that He shall help and deliver them from the wicked because they trust Him. The second step is to keep the law of the Lord. Psalm 119:145-146 says: l cried with my whole heart; hear me, O Lord: l will keep thy statutes. I cried unto thee;  save me, and l shall keep thy testimonies." Unfortunately, many self professing Christians do not want to hear anything about the law of God and would rather overstretch the place of grace to the point of lawlessness. This is not God's will.

The third step for those who would benefit from Divine help is to call on the Lord for the needed help. The Bible says in Exodus 29:3: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Looking up to nothing or anyone apart from God is idolatry. This is dangerous because our God is a jealous God (Exodus 20:5). As a matter of fact, we short-change ourselves by trusting in man that is limited rather than trusting the Almighty, the Unlimited God. The Bible says:

Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horse, because they are strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the Lord.
Isaiah 31:1

Beloved, l encourage you to surrender your life to Jesus, live righteously and look up to God alone for help. He will never let you down.

PRAYER POINT 
Father, please send help to me today, in Jesus name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Proverbs 8-11

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 5: BLESSED ASSURANCE

1 Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine;
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

  This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior all the day long.
This is my story, this is my song,
  Praising my Savior all the day long.

2 Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending, bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

3 Perfect submission, all is at rest,
I in my Savior am happy and blest;
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

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