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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SUNDAY JANUARY 25TH 2026

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TOPIC: TRUE FRUITFULNESS   MEMORISE :  Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and make th manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place. 2 Corinthians 2:14   READ : Matthew 28:18-20  18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.    MESSAGE When God says you should be fruitful, He is not just talking about you being successful materially and having children; He is also talking about you winning souls. In John 15:16, Jesus said: Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Fat...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: TUESDAY OCTOBER 31ST 2023

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TOPIC: JESUS IS LORD: NO CONTROVERSY II MEMORISE:  He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see John 9:25 (KJV) READ: John 9:1-11 (KJV) 1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth. 2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind? 3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, 7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. 8 The neighbours therefore, and they ...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: MONDAY OCTOBER 30TH 2023

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TOPIC: JESUS IS LORD: NO CONTROVERSY I MEMORISE:  He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay Matthew 28:6 (KJV)   READ: Matthew 28:1-6 (KJV) 1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. 2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. 3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.  5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. 6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. MESSAGE The Lordship of Jesus Christ was confirmed and established the day He resurrected from death because no one has ever done that by himself. The Bible s...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SUNDAY OCTOBER 29TH 2023

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TOPIC: FASTING IS A WEAPON OF WAR MEMORISE:  And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah 2 Chronicles 20:3 (KJV) READ  Esther 4:16-5:3 (KJV) 16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish. 17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him. Esther 5:1-3  1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. 2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sc...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONA: SATURDAY OCTOBER 28TH 2023

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TOPIC: FASTING TAKES YOU HIGHER MEMORISE:  Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting Matthew 17:21 (KJV) READ :  Acts 13:1-12 (KJV) 1 Now there were in the church that was at Antioch certain prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, and Simeon that was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, which had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away. 4 So they, being sent forth by the Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia; and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 5 And when they were at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews: and they had also John to their minister. 6 And when they had gone through the isle unto Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Barjesus: 7 Which ...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL:: FRIDAY OCTOBER 27TH 2023

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TOPIC: TAMING THE FLESH MEMORISE:  This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh Galatians 5:16 (KJV) READ: Galatians 5:16-25 (KJV) 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law. 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meek...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY OCTOBER 26TH 2023

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TOPIC: NO ROOM FOR LAZINESS Il MEMORISE:  But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. John 5:17 (KJV)   READ: Hebrews 4:8-11 (KJV) 8 For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people of God. 10 For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his. 11 Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief. MESSAGE Some people take the work of Christ as an excuse for being lazy. They think that because of God’s many promises, they can relax and not work. That is a big lie. Even Paul – the Apostle of grace, worked (1 Corinthians 4:12). Anointed as he was, he laboured with his own hands. Students who refuse to study but say: “It is written; the Holy Spirit will remind us” should note that He would only remind them of what they have studied. If you don’t study, what would He remind y...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 25TH 2023

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TOPIC: NO ROOM FOR LAZINESS 1 MEMORISE: A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again.- (Proverbs 26:15) READ: Proverbs 6:4-11 (KJV) 4  Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. MESSAGE: Proverbs 23:21 says: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. If you are lazy, you would end up being clothed with rags. Some people don't want to work ha...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: TUESDAY OCTOBER 24TH 2023

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TOPIC:  THE PURPOSE OF PROSPERITY MEMORISE:   Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 1 Timothy 6:17  READ: 1 Timothy 6:17 -19 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18 That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate; 19 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life. MESSAGE One of the major benefits of being a child of God is prosperity. Deuteronomy 8:18 says that God gives us the power to get wealth. In 3 John 2, He says clearly: "Beloved, l wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth." One thing is clear from these Scriptures: God wants us to be pr...
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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL : MONDAY 23RD OCTOBER 2023

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TOPIC : HOW WILL IT END? MEMORISE:  Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Ecclesiastes 7:8 READ : GALATIANS 6:7-10 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith. MESSAGE When you are about to take any action, one thing that should always be on your mind is not the benefit you would get from doing it, but what the end of it would be, in line with God’s word. For example, you may see an opportunity to earn extra money by cheating someone but stop and think about what the Bible says would be the end of those ...
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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL : SUNDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2023

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TOPIC : PAY YOUR VOWS MEMORISE:  When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Ecclesiastes 5:4 READ : ECCLESIASTES 5:4-7 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. 6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands? 7 For in the multitude of dreams and many words there are also divers vanities: but fear thou God MESSAGE Psalm 50:14-15 says that when you pay your vows, you can call on God in the day of trouble, and He will answer. In other words, if you make a vow and you fail to redeem it, do not be surprised if you call on God in the day of trouble and He does not answer you. Today, many Christians just make vo...
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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL : SATURDAY 21ST OCTOBER 2023

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TOPIC: YOU MUST GROW SPIRITUALLY III MEMORISE:  Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give. Matthew 10:8   READ : MARK 16:15-18 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. 17 And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; 18 They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.   MESSAGE As a child matures, he or she will get to the point where the parents can hand over some of their duties to him or her. In the same vein, as we mature in Christ, we are to start doing the works of Christ. That is why Jesus said in John 14:12 that we are to do the works that He did and indeed, greater works. Jesus was a ...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY OCTOBER 20TH 2023

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TOPIC:  YOU MUST GROW SPIRITUALLY ll MEMORISE:  For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first  Hebrews 5:12  READ: Hebrews 5:11 -14 11 Of whom we have many things to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye are dull of hearing. 12 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat. 13 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. 14 But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. MESSAGE When a child is born, everybody is at his or her beck and call. The child is not expected to do any chore in the house. However, as the child begins to mature, he or she may then be sent on one errand or another. It is the same way in the...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY 19TH OF OCTOBER 2023

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TOPIC: YOU MUST GROW SPIRITUALLY I MEMORISE :  And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the* *kingdom of God. Luke 9:62 READ: Romans 8:35 -39 35.Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36.As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37.Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38.For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39.Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. MESSAGE : After you have become born again for a while, the devil will try to test your faith. It is as you overcome these challenges and remain standing that you become mature in the thin...
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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: WEDNESDAY 18TH OF OCTOBER 2023

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TOPIC: ARE YOU A FRESH OR STALE CHRISTIAN? II MEMORISE:  I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. Psalm 34:1 READ: Psalm 34:1-11 1.I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall continually be in my mouth. 2.My soul shall make her boast in the LORD: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. 3.O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together. 4.I sought the LORD, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 5.They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. 6.This poor man cried, and the LORD heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles. 7.The angel of the LORD encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them. 8.O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him. 9.O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him. 10.The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing....
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OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL : TUESDAY 17th OCTOBER 2023

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TOPIC : ARE YOU A FRESH OR STALE CHRISTAIN? 1 MEMORISE :  And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 18:3 READ : MATTHEW 18:1-6 1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. 6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.     MESSAGE When there is an evangelistic outreach, the most beau...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: MONDAY OCTOBER 16Th 2023

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TOPIC:  REAL GRACE MEMORISE:  For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. Romans 6:14 READ: Titus 2:11 -12 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; MESSAGE There are many preachers today who say that once a person is saved, He or she is forever saved, so the fellow would go to heaven even if he or she keeps committing sin. That is a big lie. My own Bible says clearly in Romans 6:15:,"What then? shall we sin because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid." Real grace enables you to live holy rather than permit you to commit sin. What the grace of God  does is give you the ability to live  above the dictates of your flesh. It is by grace that you are saved (Ephesians 2:4-5). After that, the grace of God brought you salvation will then teach you to l...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: SUNDAY OCTOBER 15TH 2023

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TOPIC:  THE LAND OF ENDLESS SUFFERINGS MEMORISE:  And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 13:42 READ: Matthew 13:24 30, 36-43 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: SATURDAY OCTOBER 14TH 2023

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TOPIC:  THE CITY WITHOUT A SUN MEMORISE:  And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. Revelation 21:23  READ: Isaiah 60:17-21 17  For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron: I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. 19 The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee: but the LORD shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory. 20 Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 21 Thy people also shall be all righteous: they shall inherit the land...
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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY MAY 9TH 2024

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6TH 2025

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TOPIC : OVERFLOWING MERCY MEMORISE : “But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;).” - (Ephesians 2:4-5) READ : MARK 1:40-45 (KJV) 40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. 42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. 43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 45 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the cit...
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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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