The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Lagos Province 6, Heaven's Gate Parish, Owode-Ogombo, Ajah

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Wednesday, May 31, 2017) - WHOSE WILL? 1.I worship you, my Father, because, you are a God of purpose and plan. 2.Thank you, Father, for creating me with a very high, noble and honourable purpose, in mind. 3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 4.Father, let every spirit of rebellion and self Will, in my life, be consumed by your fire, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, give me the grace, to renew and sanctify my mind daily; let me never yield or conform to the ways of this world, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, cause me to know Your plans and purpose for my life and give me the grace to walk in them, in Jesus' Name. 7.Father, teach me to do your will with all my heart and, lead me into the land of uprightness, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, let your Will and your Will, alone, be done in my life and in this world, as it is done in heaven, in Jesus' name. 9.Father, you creat

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: WEDNESDAY MAY 31ST 2017 THEME: WHOSE WILL? Memorise: Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10 Read: Matthew 6:9-13 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 6:10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 6:11 Give us this day our daily bread. 6:12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 6:13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. Message: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Romans 12:2 God is a God of purpose, and He is highly organized. He plans far ahead of His deeds. For instance, Ephesians 1:4 says that long before God laid the foundations of the earth, He had already

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Tuesday, May 30, 2017) - THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION 1.Thank you, Father, for leading me to the narrow way; the path of life and righteousness. 2.Thank you, Jesus, for your precious blood that was shed at the cross, for the remission of my sin. 3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 4.Father, order my steps in your word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, let every work and property of hell in my life be consumed by your fire, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, arise and cancel every plan of Satan to take me back to the path of sin and hell, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, uphold me till the end, by your right hand of righteousness, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, please, write my name in the book of life and grant me eternal life, in Jesus' name 9.Father, as many, who are yet to know and accept you as the true and only God, please, reveal yoursel

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: TUESDAY MAY 30TH 2017 THEME: THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION Memorise: Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Matthew 7:13 Read: Matthew 7:13-14 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Message: God wants to change your life, but beyond this, He wants to change your final destination. Over the ages, many people have had to move from one location to another within the same country. Others have had to relocate to other countries for one reason or the other. However, at the end of the day, irrespective of where we live, we shall all arrive at a final destination. That destination is eternal and cannot be changed after we die. There

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Monday, May 29, 2017) - BREAD OR CRUMBS? 1.Thank you Father, for your covenant of blessings and prosperity over my life. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, by the power of the Holy Ghost, let every satanic yoke and limitation, upon my life and destiny, be destroyed, this moment, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, remove from me, today, by your mercy, every garment of impossibility, affliction, lack, reproach and shame, and burn them to ashes, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, where l am supposed to have reached in life, that the wicked powers have delayed, take me there, today, by your mercy, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, as your child, your desire for me is to sit with you at your table to eat; today, l reject crumbs falling from the table and demand my right to sit and eat directly from your table, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, release upon me today, the prosperity and

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: MONDAY 29TH 2017 THEME: BREAD OR CRUMBS? Memorise: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Proverb 30:8 Read: Proverb 30:7-9 3:7 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: 3:8 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: 3:9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Message: What you get from God depends on how contented or dissatisfied you are. While some people ask nothing from the Almighty God who has all things and who can do all things, some others ask for crumbs. Your desire and request go a long way in determining what you get in life. In Matthew 15:21-28, when the woman whose daughter was tormented by demons met the Lord, all she asked for was crumbs: “And she said, Truth, Lord:

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Sunday, May 28, 2017) - ANY FRUIT OF REPENTANCE? 1.I worship you, Father, because you do not desire the death of a sinner, but that the sinner, should come to repentance. 2.Thank you, Father, for the salvation of my soul and for the precious blood of Jesus, that was shed at Calvary for the remission of my sins. 3.Father, l come before you, today, with a deeply repentant heart; l am sorry for all my sins; please, forgive me, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, let the blood of Jesus, wipe away and blot out all my sins, and every negative hand writing that is against me, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, let your mercy override, every judgement of sin, in my life, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, give me the grace, to bring forth fruits, meet for repentance, by showing genuine remorse for my sins and humbling myself before you, in fasting. 7.Father, empower me to turn away from evil completely and to turn to you, in total repentance and subm

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SUNDAY MAY 28TH 2017 THEME: ANY FRUIT OF REPENTANCE? Memorise: Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance. Matthew 3:8 Read: Matthew 3:1-10 3:1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, 3:2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3:3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 3:5Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, 3:6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 3:8 Bri

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Saturday, May 27, 2017) - SOUL - WINNING: A MARK OF LIFE 1.Thank you, Father, for the salvation of my soul and for ordaining me for fruitfulness, in your vineyard. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, forgive my lukewarmness and non- challant attitude to soul winning, please, don't cut me off from you but, give me another chance. 4.Father, let your fire consume anything in my life that is responsible for fruitlessness, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, let me abide in you, and you in me, forever, that I may be able to bear fruits, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, please, prune and purge me, to enable me to bring more fruits, into your kingdom, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, give me the grace to make soul winning, a daily life style, and a regular activity in my life, from now on, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, please, make me a compulsive and an addictive soul winner

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SATURDAY MAY 27TH 2017 THEME: SOUL-WINNING: A MARK OF LIFE Memorise: Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.John 15:2 Read: john 15:1-6 15:1 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 15:2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 15:3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 15:4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 15:5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 15:6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fir

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Friday, May 26, 2017 ) - Stand Up For Something 1.Thank you, Father, for your mercies that endureth forever over my life and destiny. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 3.I bind and cast out of my life, every spirit of complacency and lukewarmness, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, let the blood of Jesus cleanse me from all unrighteousness, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, let every power behind the spirit of lukewarmness in my life be paralysed, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, let every spirit of pretence, false life and eye service in my life and in the body of Christ, be consumed by your fire. 7.Father, rekindle the fire of your revival in my life and ministry, and give me a new zeal to serve you, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, do not give up on me, nor spue me out of your mouth; please, give me another chance to prove my worth, to you. 9.Father, restore unto me the joy of yo

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY MAY 26TH 2017 THEME: STAND UP FOR SOMETHING Memorise: So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Revelation 3:16 Read: Revelation 3:15-16 3:15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 3:16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Message: “I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.” Revelation 3:15 If there is one state that God never wants His children to be in, it is the state of lukewarmness. As seen in the above scripture passage, the Lord speaks His mind on this issue in very strong terms. He says if you want to be hot, be hot, and if you want to be cold, be cold; if you are neither cold nor hot, He will spit you out of His mouth. God has zero tolerance for lukewarmness. As foretold by the Holy Spirit long ago, many Christia

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Thursday, May 25, 2017) - FOR THE GLORY 1.I worship you, my Father, because, you are the God, who can do what no one else, can do. 2.Father, take all the glory, take all the honour, take all the adoration, for my life and destiny, in Jesus' name. 3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 4.Father, in anyway l have shared your glory with you, knowingly or unknowingly, please, forgive me, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, harden the heart of every stubborn pursuer of my life and destiny, against his own destruction, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, please, go ahead of me and straighten every crooked path, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, where there seems to be no way at all for me, financially, materially, even, physically, please, create a way, as you did at the red sea, to the glory of your name, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, let every Pharaoh, intimidating, harassing and oppressin

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: THURSDAY MAY 25TH 2017 THEME: FOR THE GLORY Memorise: And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. Exodus 14:17 Read: Exodus 14:15-17 14:15 And the Lord said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward: 14:16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea. 14:17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them: and I will get me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host, upon his chariots, and upon his horsemen. Message: Do you know that every time God moves to deliver a helpless individual, He gets some form of glory from it? After God led the children

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Wednesday, May 24, 2017.) - TRYING TO CORNER GOD? 1.I worship you, my Father, because, you are a covenant keeping God; the Alpha and the Omega; and there is no one like you. 2.Thank you, Father, for your thoughts toward me, which are thoughts of good and not evil, to bring me to an expected end. 3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 4.Father, arise, and scatter, every satanic agenda and plan, for my life and destiny, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, let your Will and your Will alone, be done, in my life, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, let your plans take precedent and priority, over my own personal plans, no matter, how perfect my own plans may appear, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, no matter how long the delay may be, please, give me the grace to wait for your perfect timing, for my expectations, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, give me the grace to resist every temptation to jett

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: WEDNESDAY MAY 24TH 2017 THEME: TRYING TO CORNER GOD? Memorise: But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year. Genesis 17:21 Read: Genesis 17:15-21 17:15 And God said unto Abraham, As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall her name be. 17:16 And I will bless her, and give thee a son also of her: yea, I will bless her, and she shall be a mother of nations; kings of people shall be of her. 17:17 Then Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed, and said in his heart, Shall a child be born unto him that is an hundred years old? and shall Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear? 17:18 And Abraham said unto God, O that Ishmael might live before thee! 17:19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after hi

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Tuesday, May 23, 2017.) - BE FULL OF FAITH 1.Thank you, Father, for all the provisions, that, you have made, for my spiritual growth, in you. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, fill me to the brim with your Holy Spirit, and let me begin to operate in the realms of the miraculous, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, give me an excellent spirit and a superior wisdom that my enemies cannot match or resist, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, please, give me a faith in you, that could move mountains and make the impossible possible, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, let miracles, signs and wonders, become a daily occurrence in my life and ministry, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, when people see me, let them see your glory and beauty in my life; and let there be no doubt or argument, that, l am a true child of God. 8.Father, give me the grace to always seek first your kingdom and ri

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: TUESDAY MAY 23RD 2017 THEME: BE FULL OF FAITH Memorise: But you, beloved, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, Jude1:20 Read: Acts 6:3-10 6:3 Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; 6:4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” 6:5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch, 6:6 Whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them. 6:7 Then the word of God spread,

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Monday, May 22nd, 2017.) - ASKING FOR NOTHING? 1.I worship you, Father, because, you are the Almighty, and nothing is too difficult nor impossible for you to do. 2.Thank you, Father, for your compassion and love, for not desiring the death of a sinner, but, that a sinner comes to repentance. 3.Thank you, Father, for giving us a name, that unlocks the doors to heavenly resources, which is the precious and powerful name of Jesus. 4.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 5.Father, have compassion upon me and grant all my heart's desires and requests, today, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, let every spirit of doubt, fear and unbelief, that challenges of life have created in my heart, be neutralised and destroyed by the blood of Jesus. 7.Father, give me a faith that recognises and believes that, delay is not denial; that though, it may tarry, but, it shall surely come, in Jesus'

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Monday, May 22nd, 2017.) - ASKING FOR NOTHING? 1.I worship you, Father, because, you are the Almighty, and nothing is too difficult nor impossible for you to do. 2.Thank you, Father, for your compassion and love, for not desiring the death of a sinner, but, that a sinner comes to repentance. 3.Thank you, Father, for giving us a name, that unlocks the doors to heavenly resources, which is the precious and powerful name of Jesus. 4.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 5.Father, have compassion upon me and grant all my heart's desires and requests, today, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, let every spirit of doubt, fear and unbelief, that challenges of life have created in my heart, be neutralised and destroyed by the blood of Jesus. 7.Father, give me a faith that recognises and believes that, delay is not denial; that though, it may tarry, but, it shall surely come, in Jesus'

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: MONDAY MAY 22ND 2017 THEME: ASKING FOR NOTHING? Memorise: Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.John 16:24 Read: Luke 15:25-32 15:25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing. 15:26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. 15:27And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. 15:28 And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and intreated him. 15:29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: 15:30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Sunday, May 21st, 2017) - SAUL BROKE THE PRIDE BARRIER 1.Thank you, Father, for your promise to build your church and the gates of hell will not prevail against it. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, let every fence of iniquity and pride, that l have built around myself, that is preventing your hand of deliverance and salvation, from reaching me, begin to collapse today, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, let every spirit of pride in my life be consumed by your fire, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, break me, remould me and refill me, by the power of your Holy Spirit, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, you created me in your image; let anything that does not represent your image in my life, be uprooted, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, let every member of my immediate and extended family, that is yet to know you be brought under the saving grace of the gospel of Christ, In Jesus

*RCCG SUNDAY SCHOOL MANUAL LESSON THIRTY-EIGHT* SUNDAY, 21ST MAY 2017 *TOPIC: RAISING GODLY CHILDREN* MEMORY VERSE: ‘’Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old, he will not depart from it." - Proverbs 22:6 BIBLE PASSAGE: Deuteronomy 6:6-9 *INTRODUCTION:* Raising a godly generation in the midst of a godless society is a challenging task. While the responsibilihty of nurturing godly children falls primarily on parents, it is not confined to them only but to the entire believers' community. Notice the sequence according to Deuteronomy 6:6-9. God's commandments must be central in the lives of fathers and mothers first before they are taught to the children. *LESSON OUTLINES* 1. Good and godly children 2. Examples of godly children raised in the bible *GOOD AND GODLY CHILDREN* Too often, if a father spends any time with his children it is on things like sports and other technicalities. His principal concern is that the children get goo

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SUNDAY MAY 21ST 2017 THEME: SAUL BROKE THE PRIDE BARRIER Memorise: The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. Psalm10:4 Read: Acts 9:1-11 9:1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, 9:2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem. 9:3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven: 9:4 And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? 9:5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord?

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Saturday, May 20th, 2017.) - HOW OFTEN DO YOU FAST? 1.Thank you, Father, for the powerful weapon of fasting and prayer, that you have given to your church. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, let every spirit of hypocrisy and vain glory, in your church be consumed, by your fire, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, give me the grace to fast often, and to pray, without ceasing, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, let every anti-fasting demon, in my life be consumed by your fire, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, empower me to overcome, every temptation to break my fast, before the end of the fasting period, in Jesus' name. 7.I decree that my belly will not become my god, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, empower me to engage the weapons of fasting, to subdue the domination and controlling powers of the flesh, over my life, in Jesus' name. 9.Father, help me to discipline and

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SATURDAY MAY 20TH 2017 THEME: HOW OFTEN DO YOU FAST? Memorise: In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 2 Corinthians 11:27 Read: Matthew 6:16-18 16:16 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 16:17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 16:18 That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Message: One of my sons was travelling with me for the very first time sometime ago, and after we had been together for two days he asked me, “Daddy, why do you pray so much?” he said he observed that before we left the room, we prayed; when we got into the car, we prayed; on arrival at our destination

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: (Friday, May 19th, 2017.) - SACRIFICE OVERTURNS WRATH 1.Thank you, Father, for your mercies, that endureth forever over my life, and family. 2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 3.Father, grant unto me the grace, to always give, sacrificially, my time and substance, to you and unto your kingdom, in Jesus' name. 4.Father, as a leader and head, please, do not allow me to make decisions that will bring your wrath upon my family, Nation or church, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, whenever, l come into your presence for worship, please, do not allow me to come empty handed, without an offering or sacrifice. 6.Father, you have invested so much in me, please, don't let me ever give you an offering or sacrifice that costs me nothing, in Jesus' name. 7.Father, have mercy on me, and let your mercy, override every judgement of sin, in my life and family, in Jesus' name. 8.

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY MAY 19TH 2017 THEME: SACRIFICE OVERTURNS WRATH Memorise: And the king said unto Araunah, Nay; but I will surely buy it of thee at a price: neither will I offer burnt offerings unto the LORD my God of that which doth cost me nothing. So David bought the threshingfloor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 2 Samuel 24:24 Read: 2 Samuel 24:16-25 24:16 And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the Lord repented him of the evil, and said to the angel that destroyed the people, It is enough: stay now thine hand. And the angel of the Lord was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. 24:17 And David spake unto the Lord when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? letthine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house. 24:18 And Gad came that day to David, and said unto him, Go up,

PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL (Thursday, May 18th, 2017.) - DEFENDING HIS NAME! 1.I worship and adore you my Father; and, l lift up your name above every other name. 2.Thank you, Father, for your commitment, to upholding your promises and covenants, over my life, for your name's sake. 3.Thank you, Father, for Your Mighty name, and for all, that, Your name has accomplished for me, in life. 4.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 5.Father, let your name, and your name alone, be glorified, in my life, in Jesus' name. 6.Father, in this present situation I find myself, arise and defend your matchless Name. 7.Father, show forth your Mighty power, in my life and situations, that all flesh may know, that you are my Saviour and Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob. 8.Father, come and turn every hopeless situation in my life around, today, to the glory of your holy name. 9.Father, silence every

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: THURSDAY MAY 18TH 2017 THEME: DEFENDING HIS NAME Memorise: Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. Psalm 106:8 Read: Psalm 106:7-9 106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea. 106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. 106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. MESSAGE: The Bible declares that our God is a very present help in time of trouble (Psalm 46:1). This means that He is ever-present or always ready to help in the time of trouble. There are several reasons why God makes His help available to a person. Understanding these reasons and applying them to your life will go a long way in helping you experience God as an eve

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: (Wednesday, May 17th, 2017) - BLESSINGS WITH SORROW 1.I worship and adore you, Father, because, good and perfect gifts, come from you. 2.I appreciate you, Father, because, you are the only One, that gives, without adding sorrow. 3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me. 4.Father, please, let your Will and your Will alone, be done in my life and destiny, in Jesus' name. 5.Father, give me the grace to keep waiting on you, until your promises, come to pass in my life, in Jesus' name. 6.Father help me to trust and believe you till the end and not to lean on my own understanding. 7.Father, do not allow my happiness to be short lived, please, give me everlasting joy and happiness, in Jesus' name. 8.Father, remove from me shame and reproach, that the heathens, will not begin to ask, where is my God? 9.Father, do not allow the rod of the wicked to rest upon my life , lest l