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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE: SATURDAY 1ST APRIL 2017 THEME: THE HEALING NAME Memorise: And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; Mark 16:17 Read: Acts 3:1-9 3:1 Now Peter and John went up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 3:2 And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; 3:3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms. 3:4 And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us. 3:5 And he gave heed unto them, expecting to receive something of them. 3:6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold have I none; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up and walk. 3:7 And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up: and immediately his fe

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Friday, March 31st, 2017) - THE WAYS GOD FIGHTS 1. Father, you are the Lord of Hosts; the Mighty Man in battle; the El-Shaddai; l worship and adore you. 2.Thank you Father, for all the battles, you have fought and won on my behalf. 3.Thank you Father, for your eternal protection over my life and family. 4.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 5.Father, let every spirit of spiritual laziness and lukewarmness, in my life, that could prevent you from fulfilling your promises, be consumed, by your fire, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, confirm your words, in my mouth with signs and wonders, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, wear upon me the garment of your righteousness, in Jesus' name. 8.I decree, according to your word, that no weapon fashioned against me shall prosper, in Jesus' name. 9.Father, let every tongue that rises against me in Judgement, be condemned, till eternity, in J

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY 31 MARCH 2017 THEME: THE WAYS GOD FIGHTS Memorise: And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.Mark 16:20 Read: Isaiah 54:16-17 16 Behold, I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire, and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD. MESSAGE Psalm 24:8-10 reveals our Heavenly father as the Lord of Hosts, who is mighty in battle. As a Man of war, there are some battles He may fight for you, while there are some others He may fight with you. He may also fight some battles through you. In Exodus 14:13-21, when the children of Israel were confronted with the Eg

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Thursday, March 30th, 2017) - SEASON OF DOMINION 1.Thank you Father, for giving me dominion and authority, over all that you have created. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 3.I take authority over principalities and powers, assigned against my life; l subdue them all today, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, let every power working in opposition, against the fulfillment of your Will and purpose, in my life, be disgraced and rendered void, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, let every satanic bondage, in any area of my life, be destroyed by your fire, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, begin to contend with every power, blocking my way; let them bow and beg for help, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, turn the table against my oppressors and persecutors; let your angels begin to pursue and persecute them, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, restore, your glory, honour, dominion and authority, in my life,

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: THURSDAY 30 MARCH 2017 THEME: SEASON OF DOMINION Memorise He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. Psalms 72:8 Read : Psalms 72:4-9 4 He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor. 5 They shall fear thee as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations. 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in the wilderness shall bow before him; and his enemies shall lick the dust. MESSAGE Beyond fruitfulness, part of the first mandate of God to mankind is to subdue and have dominion over all creatures He has made. Genesis 1:28 says, "And God ble

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Wednesday, March 29th, 2017) - THE MIX 1.Thank you Father, for being the shepherd of my soul. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, let every mark of a goat in my life, be blotted out by the blood of Jesus. 4.Father, as a sheep, give me the grace to hear your voice and to follow you, till the end, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, locate and restore, every lost sheep, and backslidder, back into the sheepfold. 6.Father, give me the grace to do the things, that will qualify me to be assembled with the sheep, when we shall all appear before you, in heaven. 7.Father, empower me to feed your sheep, cloth the naked, visit the sick and the prisoner, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, as a shepherd, give me a lot of patience, to enable me resist provocation, from the goats, that have strayed into the sheepfold. 9.Father, as the chief shepherd, please, protect all your sheep in this nati

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: WEDNESDAY 29 MARCH 2017 THEME: THE MIX Memorise: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: John 10:27 Read: Mathew 25:31-46 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Tuesday, March 28th, 2017) - INFLUENCING CITIES 1.Thank you Father, for all the wonderful and positive changes and transformations you have brought upon my life, through the salvation of my soul. 2.Thank you Father, for not only transforming my life, but also, making me an agent of transformation. 3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 4.Father, let your living water flow over my soul, unto life eternal, and let your Holy Spirit, take preeminence, over my life, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, let me have a definite encounter with you, that will change my life for good, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, let me never be ashamed, to preach the gospel or to be identified as a christian, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, make me a great light in this world, that will draw many to worship and serve you, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, paralyse and consume, with your fire, anything that is saying, &q

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Monday, March 27th, 2017) - DIVINE ACCEPTANCE 1.Thank you Father for your promise to answer me before l call and to hear me, even, while l yet speak. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, let every prince of Persia delaying and blocking answers to my prayers, be paralysed, in Jesus' name 4.Father, let there be manifestations of your power, glory, and miracles, in my life, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, let the fire of your Holy Ghost fall upon me and let me be empowered to speak and pray in other tongues, consistently, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, take me to that level in the spiritual realm, where my thoughts and desires, become manifest, even, before l speak them out, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, let all my services, worship, offerings and labours, in your vineyard, receive divine acceptance and rewards, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, I offer myself as a living sa

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL MONDAY 27 MARCH 2017 THEME: DIVINE ACCEPTANCE MEMORISE: And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer, and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. Isaiah 65:24 READ: Acts 10:30-44 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God. 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak unto thee. 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Sunday, March 26th, 2017) - LADEN WITH CAREER BURDENS? 1.Thank you Father, for your awesome powers to deliver and break yokes. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, let every attempt of Satan to impede my progress and steal my joy and happiness, be frustrated, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, let every power holding me stagnant all these years, to the same spot, be paralysed, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, grant me accelerated progress and promotion, that will enable me catch up and overtake all my mates, that have gone ahead of me. 6.Father, let every yoke of stagnancy and lack of promotion in my career, be terminated, today, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, let every gate of brass and bars of iron, erected against my progress in life, be pulled down, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, let an end come to every unprofitable hard work, in my life and career, in Jesus' name. 9.Fa

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL SUNDAY 26TH MARCH 2017 THEME: LADEN WITH CAREER BURDENS? MEMORISE: For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. Psalms 107:16 READ : Luke 5:1-11 1 AND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets. 3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. 4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. 5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. 6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net bra

LESSON 30: FULFILLING PURPOSE - MARCH 26th ,2017 OPENING PRAYER: My father, help me to fulfill the purpose for which I was born. BIBLE PASSAGE: PHILLIP3:12-14 12: I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: everywhere and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need. 13: I can do all things through Christ which strengthened me. 14: Notwithstanding ye have well done, that ye did communicate with my affliction. MEMORY VERSE:- John:18:37: Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. LESSON INTRODUCTION: In the previous lesson, we discovered that the purpose of living for the natural man is for himself{Luke12:15}, while the purpose of living for the regenerated man is to live for Christ[2Conrinth5:15}.It is i

Prayer Points On Today's Open Heavens, (Saturday, March 25th, 2017) - ARE YOU GROWING? 1.Thank you Father, for being the Author and the Finisher, of my faith and for all the good things you have started, in my life. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, whatever, is slowing down or impeding the pace of my spiritual growth, uproot, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, please, grant me accelerated spiritual growth and promotion, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, release, upon my life the gift of discernment of spirits, to enable me identify and avoid fake prophets and churches. 6.Father, quicken all areas of my life, by the power of your Holy Spirit. 7.Father, give me the grace, to live holy and to do your Will, that, l may be able to retain your presence, in my life. 8.Father, help me to be totally yielded unto you and to pray, regularly, without ceasing, in Jesus' name. 9.Father, help me to study and meditat

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SATURDAY 25 MARCH 2017 THEME: ARE YOU GROWING? Memorise: For every one that useth milk is unskilful in The Word of Righteousness: for he is a babe." Hebrews 5:13 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: A. Attaining maturity in The Kingdom of God is a process that occurs in stages, the first of which is babyhood. 1. When a person becomes Born Again, he or she has to first learn the basic principl

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Friday, March 24th, 2017) - REOPENING CLOSED CASES 1.I worship you, faithful, reliable and trustworthy God. 2.Thank you Father, because, you are never too late or too early, but always intervene to save and deliver those who trust in you, in the nick of time. 3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 4.Father, upturn every case the enemy has judged and concluded against me, my loved ones and members of my local assembly in Jesus’ Name. 5.Father, give me a faith, that will not compromise your word and will not be afraid of what the enemies can do. 6.Father, empower me to believe and trust you, till the very end, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, let every plot and conspiracy of the enemies against me, boomerang upon them, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, give me testimonies, that will bring glory and honour unto your name, and compel many to recognise and worship you, in Jesus' nam

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY 24TH MARCH 2017 THEME: REOPENING CLOSED CASES Memorise: He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the Lord shall have them in derision. Psalm 2:4 Read: Daniel 6:10-17 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. 11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. 13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel,

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Thursday, March 23rd, 2017) - FRUITFULNESS : A MUST! 1.Thank you Father, for your covenant of prosperity and fruitfulness, over my life. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, come and fulfill your promises and covenant of fruitfulness, in my life and destiny, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, let everything standing against my fruitfulness be uprooted and destroyed, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, let every spiritual embargo hindering me from receiving workable, lucrative, life changing ideas, be destroyed, in my life, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, give me an idea that will turn my financial situation around for good, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, let every obstacle against the activation of my God given ideas be removed, in Jesus' name 8.Father, as many who are looking up to you for the fruits of the womb, answer them today, in Jesus' name. (name those that y

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL THURSDAY 23RD MARCH 2017 THEME: FRUITFULNESS: A MUST! MEMORISE: And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. Genesis 17:6 READ: Genesis 17:4-6 4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 5 Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. 6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 24-25 & Isa. 66:15-24 MESSAGE The very first mandate of God to mankind is to be fruitful (Genesis 1:28). This tells you how important your fruitfulness is to God. I declare that this is your season of fruitfulness! Today, everything standing in your way to fruitfulness shall be uprooted and destroyed in Jesus' Name. Speaking of fruitfulness, you can be fruitful in different

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Wednesday, March 22nd, 2017) - ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGE? 1.Thank you Father, for taking away my old nature of sin and for making all things new, in my life. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, let any natural law, hindering my breakthrough give way to the supernatural, and let the miracles, that l have been waiting for, manifest, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, as many, who are waiting on you for the fruits of the womb, answer them now, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, transform me to reflect your true image, and also, make me an agent of transformation, anywhere, l go, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, let every power, that makes men to rise and fall, in my family, be consumed by your fire, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, release upon my life, the grace to diligently hearken unto your voice and to obey all your commandments, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, let every satanic embargo,

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: WEDNESDAY 22ND MARCH 2017 THEME: ASSOCIATED WITH CHANGE? Memorise: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new. 2 Corinthians 5:17 Read: Deuteronomy 28:11-13 28:11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 28:12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 28:13 And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them. MESSAGE If there is any single word

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Tuesday, March 21st, 2017) - IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE 1.I worship you my Father, because, your ways are not our ways; for, you choose the foolish things of this world to confound the wise. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, let every spirit of disobedience, excuses and grumbling, in my life, be consumed by your fire, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, you are the miracle working God, please, come and perform your miracles, in my life, today, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, give me the grace to obey all your instructions, even, when they do not make any sense to me, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, whenever, you give me any instruction, please, empower me to obey straight away, instead of conferring with flesh and blood again. 7.Father, give me an instruction, today, that will turn every hopeless situation, in my life around, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, let my enemies hear terrify

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL TUESDAY 21ST MARCH 2017 THEME: IT MAY NOT MAKE SENSE MEMORISE: For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the LORD. Isaiah 55:8 READ: 2 Kings 4:1-7 1 Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen. 2 And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee? tell me, what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thine handmaid hath not any thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels: borrow not a few. 4 And when thou art come in, thou shalt shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and shalt pour out into all those vessels, and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5 So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her s

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Monday, March 20th, 2017) - ANY PRICKS? 1.I worship you Father, because, you are immortal, invincible, eternal; the only wise God; unto you be glory and honour, forever. 2.Thank you Father, for the gift of the Holy Spirit. 3.Father, l come to you with a heart of repentance, please, forgive all my sins, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 5.Father, by your mercy, show forth the virtue of long suffering, in me, for a pattern to those who will believe in Jesus', to life everlasting. 6.Father, please, uphold me in faith, till the end; don't allow me to make a shipwreck of my calling, in Jesus' name. 7.Holy Spirit of God, give me the grace, never to grieve or blaspheme you, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, please, help me to bring forth fruits, meet for repentance, in Jesus' name. 9.Father, give me a conscience that is purged by the blood of Jesus a

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL... DATE: MONDAY 20TH MARCH 2017 THEME: ANY PRICKS? Memorise: Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron; 1 Timothy 4:2 Read: Romans 9:1 & 1 Timothy 1:16-20 9:1 I say the truth in Christ, llie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost. 1:16 Howbeit for this cause l obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting. 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1:18 This charge l commit unto thee, son Timothy, according to the prophecies which went before on thee, that thou by them mightest war a good warfare: 1:19 Holding faith, and a good conscience; which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwreck: 1:20 Of whom is Hymenaeus and Alexander; whom I have delivered unto Satan, that they may learn no

RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL MANUAL LESSON TWENTY-NINE SUNDAY, 19TH MARCH 2017 TOPIC: THE PURPOSE OF LIVING MEMORY VERSE: ‘’And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again." - 2Corinthians 5:15 BIBLE PASSAGE: Luke 12:13-21 INTRODUCTION: We see from the scriptures that our God is a God of purpose (Ephesians 1:11). He has a purpose for your life right from when you were conceived in your mother's womb (Jeremiah 1:4-5). However, since the fall of Adam, survival and preservation became the strongest instincts of the natural man. At the same time, the natural man wants to make a name for himself (Genesis 11:4). These tendencies manifest in the desire to possess. It shows that the natural man is living for himself. However, there is the need for us to discover the purpose of living now that Christ has come. LESSON OUTLINES 1. The purpose of living by the natural man 2. The purpose of living f

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Sunday, March 19th, 2017) - LIFTING SPIRITUAL LOADS 1.Thank you Father, for the salvation of my soul and for all the spiritual battles you have fought and won on my behalf. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, let every spiritual challenge, in my life, be terminated today, by your mercy, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, let every power behind any storm or spiritual challenge, in my life and family, be paralysed, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, restore your peace and harmony, in my life, home and marriage, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, let every arrow of quarrel, misunderstanding, unnecessary arguments, separation, divorce, fired into my home and marriage, go back to sender, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, let every yoke of delay in academics, employment, marriage, conception, child birth, etc, in my life and family be terminated, today, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, let every p

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SUNDAY 19TH MARCH 2017 THEME: LIFTING SPIRITUAL LOADS Memorise: Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. Philippians 4:6 Read: Mark 1:23-27 1:23 And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 1:24 Saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 1:25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 1:26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. 1:27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. MESSAGE Besides physical and material burdens, the devil also weighs people's li