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OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2026

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TOPIC: NEVER GIVE UP II MEMORISE : Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; 2 Corinthians 4:1 READ : Isaiah 40:27-31 27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God? 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding. 29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. 30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: 31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. MESSAGE Yesterday, I encouraged you not to give up on your God-given dreams. Today, I would like to show you that even if it appears as if your dreams can no longer come to pa...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: THURSDAY DECEMBER 12TH 2024

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TOPIC: THE JOY OF THE LORD MEMORISE :  For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. Isaiah 55:12 READ : John 15:9-11 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you: continue ye in my love. 10 If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love. 11 These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. MESSAGE Many people mistake happiness for joy. Happiness is based on happenings, while joy is not dependent on any happenings at all. The only way to access real joy is through Jesus Christ. This is why, after a person becomes born again, he or she begins to feel so joyful, even though nothing special seems to be happening to him or her on the outside. Many years ago, a professor, who had just given his life to Christ, ca...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11TH 2024

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TOPIC: DIVINE STRENGTH MEMORISE :  The Lord will give strength unto his people; the Lord will bless his people with peace. Psalm 29:11 READ: Habakkuk 3:17-19 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 19 The LORD God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places. To the chief singer on my stringed instruments. MESSAGE You cannot always determine a person's strength from his or her physical appearance. For instance, having big muscles does not necessarily reflect how strong a person is. If a person's strength is based on physical appearance alone then David would not have defeated Goliath (1 Samuel 17;42- 54). Ecclesiastes 7:19 says that a wise...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: TUESDAY DECEMBER 10TH 2024

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TOPIC:  HE NEVER FAILS MEMORISE:   My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.   Psalm 73:26 READ :  Isaiah 41:9-12  9 Thou whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, and called thee from the chief men thereof, and said unto thee, Thou art my servant; I have chosen thee, and not cast thee away. 10 Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness. 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. 12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought. MESSAGE When people seek solutions to their problems outside God, they end up failing, even if it sometimes seems the...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: MONDAY DECEMBER 9TH 2024

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TOPIC: GODLY WISDOM VS. WORLDLY WISDOM MEMORISE:  For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. 1 Corinthians 3:19 READ : 1 Corinthians 1:25-29  25 Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men. 26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; 28 And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are: 29 That no flesh should glory in his presence. MESSAGE Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city. Ecclesiastes 7:19 The Scripture above tells us that a wise man can be stronger than ten mighty men...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SUNDAY DECEMBER 8TH 2024

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TOPIC: TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE MEMORISE:  For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Ecclesiastes 4:10 READ: Ecclesiastes 4:9-12  9 Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. 10 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. 11 Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? 12 And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. MESSAGE Today's Bible reading says that two are better than one. This is because, if one person falls, the other can lift him up. For instance, if a fellow is walking alone at night and is suddenly attacked by some miscreants, that fellow would most likely find it more difficult to fend off the attackers than if he or she had company. It is indeed not goo...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SATURDAY DECEMBER 7TH 2024

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TOPIC: TRUST NOT IN RICHES MEMORISE :  A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things. Ecclesiastes 10:19 READ: Ecclesiastes 5:9-12  9 Moreover the profit of the earth is for all: the king himself is served by the field. 10 He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity. 11 When goods increase, they are increased that eat them: and what good is there to the owners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes? 12 The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep. MESSAGE Today's memory verse says that money answers all things. Truly, when someone has money, that person has a level of power because he or she can pay to get so many things done, some of which would have probably been impossible without money. I saw an inscription many years ago which said, "When money is speaking, n...
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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: FRIDAY DECEMBER 6TH 2024

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TOPIC: YOUTHFUL STRENGTH MEMORISE:  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, l have no pleasure in them; Ecclesiastes 12:1 READ : Lamentations 3:25-27  25 The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. MESSAGE In Proverbs 20:29, the Bible says that the glory of young men is their strength, and the beauty of old men is their grey head. When you are young, you are strong and agile, and you have the strength to jump around and work long hours. However, the Bible says in Isaiah 40:30: Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: The strength that comes with youthfulness does not last forever. David was a valiant warrior when he was young, not only did he kill Goliath, he also traine...
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