Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Wednesday 17 May 2017:- Blessing with sorrow

BLESSINGS WITH SORROW – Wednesday May 17th 2017
Memorise: And he gave them their request; but sent leannest into their soul. Psalm 106:15
Read: Genesis 16:1-5 (King James Version)

1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Tuesday 16 May 2017:- Release Your Faith

RELEASE YOUR FAITH! – Tuesday May 16th 2017
Memorise: Verily, verily I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. John 14:12
Read: Mark 11:22-24 (King James Version)

22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

Open Heavens Daily 2017 Monday 15 May 2017:- When God gives laughter

WHEN GOD GIVES LAUGHTER – Monday May 15th 2017
Memorise: And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. Matthew 3:9
Read: Psalm 33:8-11 (King James Version)

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.

Open Heavens 2017 Friday 12 May 2017:-Lesson on Vows

LESSONS ON VOWS – Friday May 12th 2017
Memorise: That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform; even a freewill offering, according as thou hast vowed unto the LORD thy God, which thou hast promised with thy mouth. Deuteronomy 23:23

Read: Judges 11:29-36 (King James Version)
29 Then the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed over Gilead, and Manasseh, and passed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto the children of Ammon.

Open Heavens Devotional GOD WILL HELP YOU – Thursday May 11th 2017

GOD WILL HELP YOU – Thursday May 11th 2017
Memorise: For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. Isaiah 41:13

Read: Isaiah 41:10-14 (King James Version)

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.

Open Heavens Devotional- MICROWAVE CHRISTIANITY – Wednesday May 10th 2017

MICROWAVE CHRISTIANITY – Wednesday May 10th 2017

Memorise: And we desire that every one of you shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end: Hebrews 6:11
Read: Hebrews 6:1-3 (King James Version)
1 Therefore leaving the principles of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.

3 And this will we do, if God permit.

Open Heavens Devotional- UPGRADE YOUR TITHE – Tuesday May 9th 2017

UPGRADE YOUR TITHE – Tuesday May 9th 2017

Memorise: And as soon as the commandment came abroad, the children of Israel brought in abundance the firstfruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field; and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 2nd Chronicles 31:5
Read: Malachi 3:8-12 (King James Version)

Open Heavens 2017 Monday 8 May 2017:-Season of laughter

SEASON OF LAUGHTER – Monday May 8th 2017

Memorise: Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more. Isaiah 54:4
Read: Isaiah 54:1-4 (King James Version)

1 Sing, O barren, thou that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child: for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional- BE A PERPETUAL WORSHIPPER! – Sunday May 7 2017

BE A PERPETUAL WORSHIPPER! – Sunday May 7 2017

Memorise: Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Psalm 107:15
Read: 2nd Kings 5:8-17 (King James Version)

5 Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

Opens- SONS ARE SPIRIT-LED – Saturday May 6th 2017

SONS ARE SPIRIT-LED – Saturday May 6th 2017

Memorise: For as many as are led by the Sprit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8:14
Read: Romans 8:13-14 (King James Version)
13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.

14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

 Bible in one year: Deuteronomy 4, Jeremiah 26:12-24, Hymn: Sing hymn 15
MESSAGE:

“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”
John 6:63

Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Friday 4 May 2017:-Any pending vows?

ANY PENDING VOWS? – Friday May 5th 2017

Memorise: When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in foots: pay that which thou hast vowed. Ecclesiastes 5:4
Read: Ecclesiastes 5:4-6 (King James Version)

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.

Open Heavens- HELP FOR THE HELPLESS – Thursday May 4th 2017

HELP FOR THE HELPLESS – Thursday May 4th 2017

Memorise: The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Psalm 46:7
Read: Psalm 9:18-20 (King James Version)
9:18 For the needy shall not always be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

9:19 Arise, O Lord; let not man prevail: let the heathen be judged in thy sight.

9:20 Put them in fear, O Lord: that the nations may know themselves to be but men. Selah.

Bible in one year: Deuteronomy 1, Jeremiah 25:17-33, Hymn: Sing hymn 4

Open Heavens- FINDING ALTERNATIVES? - Wednesday May 3rd 2017

FINDING ALTERNATIVES? - Wednesday May 3rd 2017

Memorise: Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. Proverbs 3:7
Read: Genesis 16:1-4 (King James Version)
1 Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.

3 And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.

4 And he went in unto Hagar, and she conceived: and when she saw that she had conceived, her mistress was despised in her eyes.

Open Heavens- GROW IN GIVING – Tuesday May 2nd 2017

GROW IN GIVING – Tuesday May 2nd 2017

Memorise: Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bossom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6:38
Read: Luke 6:36-38 (King James Version)

6:36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.

 6:37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:

Open Heavens- OVERRIDING DOUBTS – Monday May 1st 2017

OVERRIDING DOUBTS – Monday May 1st 2017

Memorise: Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it? Isaiah 43:13
Read: James 1:5-8 (King James Version)

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

7 For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.

Open Heavens- PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S CHILDREN II – Saturday April 29th 2017

PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S CHILDREN II – Saturday April 29th 2017

Memorise: For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8:14
Read: Romans 8:14-17 (King James Version)PRIVILEGES OF GOD’S CHILDREN II – Saturday April 29th 2017

8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.

Open Heavens 2017 Thursday 27 April 2017:- Responsibilities of God’s children II

 RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOD’S CHILDREN II – Thursday April 27th 2017

Memorise; Abstain from all appearance of evil. 1st Thessalonians 5:22
Read: 2nd Corinthians 6:14-18 (KJV)
14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

15 And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?

16 And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Open Heavens Devotional Wednesday 26 April 2017:- Responsiblities of God’s children I

RESPONSIBILITIES OF GOD’S CHILDREN I – Wednesday April 26th 2017

Memorise: As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby: 1st Peter 2:2
Read: 1st John 3:1-3 (KJV)
1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.

3 And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.

Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Tuesday 25 April 2017:- God is not interested in this

GOD IS NOT INTERESTED IN THIS – Tuesday April 25th 2017

Memorise: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:17
Read: Ezekiel 33:14-16 (King James Version)
14 Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;

15 If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.

Open Heavens Devotional 2017 Monday 24 April 2017:- Another Jonah in the Church

ANOTHER JONAH IN THE CHURCH – Monday April 24th 2017

Memorise: And he said unto them, Go ye into all  the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. Mark 16:15
Read: Ezekiel 33:1-6 (King James Version)
33:1 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

33:2 Son o:f man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman: