OPEN HEAVENS AND OTHER DEVOTIONALS

MEMORISE: Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.  Revelation 2:5 READ: Esther 2:1-4 1After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her. 2 Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king: 3 And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king's chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them: 4 And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so. See Also:  Open Heavens for 16 April 2021 MESSAGE: From today's Scr...

MEMORISE: And I will give this people favour in the sight of the Egyptians: and it shall come to pass, that, when ye go, ye shall not go empty. Exodus 3:21 READ: Exodus 3:7-8 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; 8 And I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. See Also:  Open Heavens for 15 April 2021 MESSAGE: Divine intervention simply means the participation of God in any matter. When the Almighty God gets involved in your affairs, you will be wise and powerful. Nothing will be impossible to you and your challenges will become history.  We see this from the Scripture reading of today; the...

OUR WEAPONS OF WAR  By Pastor Chris  _*(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal*_ (man-made) _*, but mighty THROUGH GOD to the pulling down of strong holds (2 Corinthians 10:4).*_   The weapons of our warfare are mighty through the Holy Spirit to the pulling down of fortresses of darkness: mental, physical, intellectual, or financial fortresses. When fortresses are built against God’s work, God’s house, or the ministry of the Gospel, we deploy our weapons!  Not many Christians realize that we’re at war; the Bible tells us to “war a good warfare” (1 Timothy 1:18). Our theme verse isn’t talking about the weapons of Jesus’ warfare, but “our warfare.” Thanks be unto God we have weapons! One of them is what the Apostle Paul called _*“...the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God”*_ (Ephesians 6:17).  That sword of the Spirit is the same thing Daniel referred to when he said _*“A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him...”*_ (Daniel 7:10)....

Psalm 139:14 "I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made: marvellous [are] thy works; and [that] my soul knoweth right well." Glory. The LORD is reminding you this morning that you are FEARFULLY AND WONDERFULLY CREATED. This means YOU WERE NOT CREATED IN ERROR BUT FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE, PART OF THE MARVELOUS DESIGN AND WORK OF GOD. This means everything about you is WONDERFUL AND MARVELOUS, HAVING BEEN CREATED BY AN ERROR-FREE GOD TO MAKE IMPACT IN YOUR ENVIRONMENT. SO AS YOU LAUNCH OUT TODAY,  DETERMINE TO  MAKE IMPACT AND POSITIVELY AFFECT YOUR GENERATION AND SO SHALL IT BE IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.  Always remember, to stay safe and be saved genuinely as you DWELL IN THE LORD AND LET THE LORD DWELL IN YOU.  Good morning and blessed day ahead.

MEMORISE: For thou, LORD, wilt bless the righteous; with favour wilt thou compass him as with a shield.        Psalm 5:12 READ:  Esther 5:1-3 1Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house. 2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre. 3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. See Also:  Open Heavens for 14 April 2021 MESSAGE: Queen Esther found favor in the sight of her husband the king, and thus was promised blessings up to one-half of the kingdom, as we see in ...

TODAY'S SCRIPTURE Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you. (1 Peter 4:12, NKJV) *FAITH IN THE MIDDLE* It’s easy to have faith at the start—when your baby is born, or you marry that beautiful girl, or you start a business, it’s exciting. It’s also easy to have faith at the end—when you can see the finish line, you’ve fought the good fight, and now the dream is in sight. The challenge is having faith in the middle—when it’s taking longer than you thought, when you don’t have the funds, and when it’s dark and difficult. In the middle is where most people are tempted to give up. But God never promised that we would reach our destiny without opposition, without disappointments, without things we don’t understand. Instead He says not to think it strange when these things come against us. That means to not get upset because somebody did you wrong, or because the business slowed, or because your child takes a wrong turn. God is still on the throne. S...

Judges 11:1 NKJV Jephthah was the illegitimate son of a man called Gilead. His mother was a prostitute. He grew up in the household of Gilead's other legitimate sons who later chased him away. "'You will not get any of our father's inheritance,' they said" (v. 2 NLT). So he ended up living in a cave. While there, he took a band of misfits and rebels and developed them into a great army. When the Ammonites threatened Israel, the elders turned to him for help. "But Jephthah said to them: 'Aren't you the ones who hated me and drove me from my father's house? Why do you come to me now when you're in trouble?' 'Because we need you,' the elders replied. 'If you lead us in battle against the Ammonites, we will make you ruler over all the people of Gilead'" (vv.7-8 NLT). Not only did Jephthah lead them to victory, he's named with honour in the Bible along with people like Abraham, Moses, and David. His life is rich wit...