OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28TH 2025

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TOPIC: UNDERSTANDING HARVESTS MEMORIZE : While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. Genesis 8:22 READ : Mark 4:26-29  26 And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come. MESSAGE The first thing to understand about harvests is that they ultimately come from God. 1 Corinthians 3:6 says, "I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase." Also, harvests come in different levels, which Jesus identified as thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and hundredfold (Mark 4:20). Some Bible scholars believe that a thirtyfold harvest results from...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 16TH 2023

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TOPIC:  THE MOST HIGH 1

MEMORISE: 
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. Psalms 91:1 

READ: Psalms 47:1 -9 

1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

MESSAGE
Our God is the Most High (Ecclesiastes 5:8). Jesus' name is higher than every other  (Philippians 2:9), and this means all the problems you are currently facing are below Him. Every now and then, you need to shout the name JESUS so that your problem  will hear it and flee. His throne is higher than any other because it is in the heavens, far above all principalities and powers. His army is bigger and stronger than any other because He controls all the hosts in heaven, on earth and underneath the earth. According to Philippians 2:9-11, not only is His name higher than any other, His influence is also in all the spheres because, in Heaven, on earth and underneath the earth, knees bow to Him. The fact that God is the Most High however, has certain implications. We will begin to discuss this today and over the next few days.

Firstly, being the Most High, He has the last say over every matter. If you have a case in a High Court and the judge finds you guilty, you can appeal the  ruling. If the Appeal Court says you are guilty, you can appeal to the Supreme Court. If the Supreme Court says you are guilty the President may decide to grant you a state pardon. There is however, somebody higher than the President and that is the Almighty God. He is not a President, a Prime Minister, or a King. He is King of kings and the Lord of lords. He is the King who decrees a thing and it stands fast (Psalm 33:9).

And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
Matthew 10:28

In Exodus 5:1-2, the world's greatest ruler then was Pharaoh. Moses related God's message to him saying, "Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the  wilderness". Pharaoh refused and said, "Who is the Lord, that l should obey His voice to let Israel go? By the time God finished with him, he was begging the people to go. If you disobey God, it means you love death (Proverbs 8:36). If you have any wisdom, you will fear the Most High and stay away from anything that can offend Him.

KEY POINT 
If you have any wisdom, you will fear the Most High and stay away from anything that can offend Him.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Hosea 10-14

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
HYMN 1: ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS NAME

1. All hail the power of Jesus’ name!�Let angels prostrate fall;�Bring forth the royal diadem,�And crown Him Lord of all.�Bring forth the royal diadem,�And crown Him Lord of all.

2. Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre,�And as they tune it, fall�Before His face Who tunes their choir,�And crown Him Lord of all.�Before His face Who tunes their choir,�And crown Him Lord of all.

3. Crown Him, ye morning stars of light,�Who fixed this floating ball;�Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,�And crown Him Lord of all.�Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,�And crown Him Lord of all.

4. Crown Him, ye martyrs of our God,�Who from His altar call;�Extol the stem of Jesse’s Rod,�And crown Him Lord of all.�Extol the stem of Jesse’s Rod,�And crown Him Lord of all.

5. Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,�Ye ransomed from the fall,�Hail Him who saves you by His grace,�And crown Him Lord of all.�Hail Him who saves you by His grace,�And crown Him Lord of all.

6. Hail Him, ye heirs of David’s line,�Whom David Lord did call,�The God incarnate, Man divine,�And crown Him Lord of all.�The God incarnate, Man divine,�And crown Him Lord of all.

7. Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget,�The wormwood and the gall,�Go spread your trophies at His feet,�And crown Him Lord of all.�Go spread your trophies at His feet,�And crown Him Lord of all.

8. Let every tribe and every tongue,�Before Him prostrate fall,�And shout in universal song,�And crown Him Lord of all.�And shout in universal song,�And crown Him Lord of all.

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