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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SUNDAY, 29, JUNE 2025

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TOPIC:  COVENANT PARTNERSHIP WITH GOD MEMORISE :    And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 2 Chronicles 6:14 READ : 2 Kings 4:8-37                                                         8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. 10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SATURDAY MAY 31ST 2025

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TOPIC: SURRENDER ALL MEMORISE :  And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life. Matthew 19:29 READ : 1 Kings 19:19-21  19 So he departed thence, and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth: and Elijah passed by him, and cast his mantle upon him. 20 And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee? 21 And he returned back from him, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered unto him. MESSAGE When Elijah went to Elisha's farm and threw his mantle on him,...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY MAY 30TH 2025

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TOPIC: DONT LET GO MEMORIZE : And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Luke 11:9 READ : Luke 11:5-10 5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; 6 For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? 7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. 8 I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. 9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. 10 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. MESSAGE In Mark 10:46-52, Bartimaeus cried con...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY MAY 29TH 2025

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TOPIC: WAITING ON GOD MEMORIZE :  Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD. Psalm 27:14 READ : Psalms 37:4-7 4 Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart. 5 Commit thy way unto the LORD; trust also in him; and he shall bring it to pass. 6 And he shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light, and thy judgment as the noonday. 7 Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for him: fret not thyself because of him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass. MESSAGE In Genesis 18:2-8, after Abraham set a meal before his divine visitors, he stood by them and watched them eat. Even though Abraham probably sensed that there was something divine and powerful about them, he did not begin to burden them with tales of his problems, such as his childlessness. Instead, he attended to their needs and waited on them in case they needed anything else. This is the k...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: WEDNESDAY MAY 28TH 2025

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TOPIC: PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN MEMORISE : But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for l will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children. Isaiah 49:25 READ : Isaiah 8:17-18 17 And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. 18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion. PRAYERS 1. Thank God for the lives of all the children around you. Thank Him for giving their parents the grace to take care of them. 2. Father, I commit all the children around me into Your care. Please surround them with Your angels and shield them from all dangers. 3. Father, please help all the children around me encounter You so they can have an intimate relationship with You as Samuel did. 4. Father, please bless all the children around me with t...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: TUESDAY MAY 27TH 2025

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TOPIC: TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR CHILDREN MEMORIZE : Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6 READ : Deuteronomy 6:1-7  1 Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: 2 That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son's son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. 4 Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: 5 And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: MONDAY MAY 26TH 2025

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TOPIC: THE POWER OF DILIGENCE  MEMORIZE : He becometh poor that dealeth with e slock hond but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. Proverbs 10:4 READ : Matthew 25:14-30  14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five tal...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SUNDAY MAT 25TH 2025

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TOPIC: THERE IS ALWAYS A WAY MEMORIZE :  Jesus said unto him, if thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. Mark 9:23 READ : Luke 8:43-48 43 And a woman having an issue of blood twelve years, which had spent all her living upon physicians, neither could be healed of any, 44 Came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: and immediately her issue of blood stanched. 45 And Jesus said, Who touched me? When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said, Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. 47 And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him and how she was healed immediately. 48 And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace. MESSAGE I don't ...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SATURDAY MAY 24TH 2025

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TOPIC: HANDLING OPPORTUNITIES MEMORIZE :  I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happene th to them all. Ecclesiastes 9:11 READ : Ecclesiastes 9:10-11  9 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 10 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. MESSAGE The author I referred to in yesterday's teaching also said, "Life is an opportunity; seize it." l agree with this saying. Indeed, life is an opportunity, and you must grab it with both hands. I learnt a poem way back in 1957 which says, ...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY MAY 23RD 2025

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TOPIC: LIFE IS A CHALLENGE MEMORIZE :  The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. Proverbs 12:24 READ : Ecclesiastes 12:1-7 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; 2 While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: 3 In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, 4 And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low; 5 Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall ...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY MAY 22ND 2025

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TOPIC: FROM HEARING TO EXPERIENCING MEMORISE : That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; 1 John 1:1 READ : Mark 5:25-34 25 And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. 28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 30 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? 31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 32 And he looked round about to...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: WEDNESDAY MAY 21ST 2025

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TOPIC: HE SENT HIS WORD MEMORISE : He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions. Psalm 107:20 READ : John 5:1-9  1 After this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. 4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: TUESDAY MAY 20TH 2025

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TOPIC: FROM PROPHECY TO DECREE MEMORISE :  And God said, Let there be light: and there wasight. Genesis 1:3 READ : Psalms 33:6-9  6 By the word of the LORD were the heavens made; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 7 He gathereth the waters of the sea together as an heap: he layeth up the depth in storehouses. 8 Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. 9 For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. MESSAGE Prophecies can be conditional. For instance, Isaiah 1:19 says that you will eat the good of the land if you are willing and obedient. Also, Isaiah 3:10 says, "Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him... However, when it comes to decrees, God does not attach conditions. In today's memory verse, He said, "Let therebe light," and there was light. There had been many prophecies concerning Abraham, including prophecies that he would be the father of many nations and tha...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: MONDAY 19th MAY 2025

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TOPIC: THE URGE TO BE GENEROUS MEMORISE :  Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.  Hebrews 13:2   READ : 2 Kings 4:8-17 8 And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9 And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually. 10 Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick: and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither. 11 And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned into the chamber, and lay there. 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us ...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SUNDAY MAY 18TH 2025

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TOPIC: CREATED FOR A PURPOSE MEMORIZE : Calling a ravenous bird from the east, the man that executeth my counsel from a far country: yea, have spoken it, I will also bring it to pass; I have purposed it, I will also do it. Isaiah 46:11 READ : Ephesians 1:9-12   9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth; even in him: 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. MESSAGE   If a boy who was sent on an urgent and important errand by his parents stops to play football on the way, how do you think his parents will feel when they discover his foolishness? This is...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SATURDAY MAY 17TH 2025

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TOPIC: GOD DOES NOT FORGET MEMORIZE :  Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee. Isaiah 49:15 READ : 1 Samuel 1:9-20   9 So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. 11 And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head. 12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had bee...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY MAY 16TH 2025

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TOPIC: DIVINE TURNAROUND MEMORIZE :  l cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. Psalm 3:4 READ : Mark 10:46-52  46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, sat by the highway side begging. 47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. 48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. 49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee. 50 And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. 51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee? The blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. 52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy fait...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY MAY 15TH 2025

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TOPIC: DIVINE VISITATION III MEMORISE :  And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established ; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper. 2 Chronicles 20:20 READ : 2 Chronicles 20:1-30 1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi. 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD. 5 And Jehoshaphat stood i...

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