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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY 31ST 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 Egyptia...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: THURSDAY 30TH 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 blessed them, an...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: WEDNESDAY 29TH MARCH 2017 THEME: THE MIX MEMORISE: My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: John 10:27 READ: MATTHEW 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 an hungred...

OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: TUESDAY 28TH MARCH 2017 THEME: INFLUENCING CITIES MEMORISE: Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them. Acts 8:5 READ: John 4:5-39 5 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 6 Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the sixth hour. 7 There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her, Give me to drink. 8 (For his disciples were gone away unto the city to buy meat.) 9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans. 10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living wat...

You got angry in church and stopped the choir membership, left ushering, stopped sanctuary cleaning and every other work you were doing in church. Eventually you've stopped the church because someone spoke to you in a way you didn't like ... Most of the messages from the pulpit was against you from your opinion... Nobody called you when you were sick because according to you they did not love or care in the church... But pls excuse me... You've not stopped working for the boss who insults you most of the time, neither have you stopped work because your colleagues spoke ill of you... (Money was the reason) When you were sick, you didn't wait for your boss to call you or look for you at work. Rather, you called and told him about your present condition. No complaint about him not visiting you (Fear of query or loss of the job) Do you remember that at school, your teachers, your schoolmates and or even your best friends offended you, yet you didn't stop schoolin...

Published  March 27, 2017 Tragedy has stuck at the Moremi Hall of the University of Lagos after a Chemistry Education student, identified simply as Tope, slumped and died at the institution’s medical centre. Sources in UNILAG said the student, who was squatting in the hostel, died shortly after returning from an outing with a man. They added that Tope could have been saved if she was promptly attended to at the centre. One of them said, “Tope was squatting here. She went to a club and returned around midnight on Thursday. It was not long afterwards that she started gasping. We rushed her to the UNILAG Medical Centre, but they blamed the student who allowed her to squat in her room. Tope eventually died, while the other student is being threatened with eviction.’’ However, the management of the university said no student died at the centre. A statement from the school’s Deputy Registrar, Information Unit, Mr. Toyin Adebule, said Tope died before s...

Published  March 27, 2017 Share   Tweet Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Ramon Oladimeji Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday narrated his prisons experience and declared that he did three things while he was in Yola and Kirikiri prisons serving a jail term for a phantom coup charges by the late military dictator, Sani Abacha. He also said there should be no position that a man should  find himself in life where he should not be useful to God. He also posited that the major challenge in life was not how to stay alive but “what to live for and what to live with.” Obasanjo said this while recalling his experience as an inmate in Yola Prison where he said he met a hardened armed robber and serial murderer, Baba Ali, who he preached to and later sent to the bible school and who has today become a pastor over a Baptist Church. The ex-President spoke at Shepherdhill Baptist Church, Obanikoro, Lagos, where the Lagos State Baptist Conference held a ...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: 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 in ev...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: 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 brake. 7 ...

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, which is ...

NEWS Published  March 23, 2017 Share   Tweet The SUV on Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday. Afeez Hanafi The driver and a brother of Allwell Orji have confirmed the recovery of his remains. Allwell, a medical doctor, had jumped into the Lagos Lagoon on the Third Mainland Bridge on Sunday. This is just as the state police command said an analysis would be conducted on the mobile phone of the late doctor to unravel the circumstances surrounding his suicide. Orji was being driven in his Sport Utility Vehicle with number plate, LND 476 EE, en route to Lagos Island at about 4pm on Sunday when he told the driver to stop after receiving a call. The unmarried doctor disembarked from the vehicle, headed for the railings on the edge of the bridge, and jumped into the lagoon. The family on Tuesday rejected a corpse found by the police, saying it was not the remains of their late member. Twenty four hours after the rejection, Allwell’s brother, Austin and his driver, identifie...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: 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 17:4 As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. 17:5 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. 17:6 And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 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 areas of life. Do you know that it takes just an i...

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 A. If there is any singl...

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, lie 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 not to b...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: SATURDAY 18TH MARCH 2017 THEME: GUARD YOUR FAITH! Memorise: But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, Jude 1:20 Read: 1 John 5:4-5 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcome the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the World, even our faith. 5:5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God? MESSAGE As you go through life, the winds, waves and storms of life will work against your progress, but be encouraged by the testimony of those who have successfully gone ahead of you in the Christian race. They serve as witnesses of God's ability to keep His children from falling (Hebrews 12:1). God not only calls, He also keeps and sustains the called. Jude 1:24 says, "Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy," Be assured that God can keep you f...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY 17TH MARCH 2017 THEME: HOSTS AT HEAVEN'S GATE MEMORISE: Set your affection on things above, not onthings on the earth. Colossians 3:2 READ :COLOSSIANS 3:1-4 1 If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. 3 For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God. 4 When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory. MESSAGE In the world we live in today, a lot of people are overwhelmed by sorrow and are living in depression. It is therefore no accident that one of the crucial assignments of the Holy Spirit is the work of comforting the sorrowful and uplifting the depressed (John 16:6-7). His comfort shifts your focus away from your fears, wipes away your tears, sets your mind on the bigger picture you should see, gives you peace in the midst of the storm and ...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL. DATE: THURSDAY 16TH MARCH, 2017. THEME: OBEDIENCE AND MIRACLES . MEMORISE: His mother saith unto the servants, whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. John 2:5 READ: JOHN 2:1-12 (KJV) 1 And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there: 2 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. 3 And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine. 4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come. 5 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 6 And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. 7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 8 And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it. 9 When the ruler of the feast had tas...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: WEDNESDAY 15TH MARCH 2017 THEME: DAVID: A RARE GIVER Memorise : If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Peter 4:11 Read : 1 Chronicles 22:14-16 14 Now, behold, in my trouble I have prepared for the house of the LORD an hundred thousand talents of gold, and a thousand thousand talents of silver; and of brass and iron without weight; for it is in abundance: timber also and stone have I prepared; and thou mayest add thereto. 15 Moreover there are workmen with thee in abundance, hewers and workers of stone and timber, and all manner of cunning men for every manner of work. 16 Of the gold, the silver, and the brass, and the iron, there is no number. Arise therefore, and be doing, and the LORD be with thee. MESSAGE Some people make all kinds of...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: TUESDAY 14TH MARCH, 2017 THEME: STILL KEEPING OLD PALS? MEMORISE: And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. Ephesians 4:24 READ: EPHESIANS 4:17-24 (KJV) 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. 20 But ye have not so learned Christ; 21 If so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; 24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God ...

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: MONDAY 13th MARCH 2017 THEME: CONSPIRACY & FORNICATION Memorise: Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Read: Job 5:12-14, 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (KJV) 12 He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 14 They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night. 1 Corinthians 6:18-20 (KJV) 18 Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body. 19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God...