OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: SUNDAY 11TH JUNE 2017

THEME: ACCEPTED TIME

Memorise:

(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)
2 Corinthians 6:2

Read: 2 Corinthians 6:1-2

1 We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.

1:2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succoured thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.)

MESSAGE

God is never late for any appointment. He is always on time. Looking at the experiences of different people in the Bible, this has been shown to be true over and over again. For the man who had been sick for 38 years, when his appointed time finally came and the once-in-a-year miracle platform God had put in place could not meet his need, Jesus personally picked him out from the crowd and healed him by His own will (John 5:1-6). Also, when the appointed time came for the woman who had been bent over for 18 years, the Lord healed her without her asking for it (Luke 13:10-13). Habakkuk 2:3 says,
"For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry."

One thing you should learn from this is that God has a timetable, and His timetable may be completely different from yours. He has a set time for every event in the lives of His children. It is like setting an alarm clock to a particular time; when the alarm rings, God will address the issues at stake.

Another lesson worth learning is that until God's appointed time for a particular matter to be addressed dawns, God may appear silent on the issue, even when He has all the facts and figures of the situation at His disposal. lf He knows what an individual is going through, and He chooses to watch carefully and quietly, He may just be doing so in order to see how the fellow will respond to the situation. Would he stand in faith and resist the devil, or give up his faith and cling to doubt, fear and unbelief? Would he draw nearer to God or go further away from Him? Would he down tools and stop serving God, or would he continue serving God in the midst of no divine response to his problems? When God keeps quiet at such times, He may want to test your faith to see how elastic it is. lt may be very frustrating when God is silent on an issue, but never get to the point of thinking or believing that He does not know what you are going through. He knows it better than you do. He sees what you see and what you don't see within the circumstance. Just trust in Him and hold on to Him in faith. Love Him more, worship Him more, serve Him more and keep trusting Him more. In the end, you will be victorious.

Prayer Point:

Father, give me grace to endure till my appointed time, and when it dawns, let me see the manifestation of my good expectations.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Joshua 18-19
Jeremiah 47:1-48:8

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 4: THROUGH THE LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR

1. Through the love of God, our Saviour,
All will be well;
Free and changeless is His favour,
All will be well;
Precious is the blood that healed us,
Perfect is the grace that sealed us,
Strong the hand stretched out to shield us,
All will be well.

2. Though we pass through tribulation,
All will be well;
Ours is such a full salvation,
All will be well.
Happy when in God confiding,
Fruitful if in Christ abiding,
Holy through the Spirit's guiding,
All will be well.

3. We expect a bright tomorrow;
All will be well;
Faith can sing through days of sorrow,
All will be well;
On our Father's love relying,
Jesus every need supplying
In our living, in our dying,
All will be well.

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: ( Sunday, June 11, 2017) - ACCEPTED TIME

1.I worship you, Father, because, you are never too late or early, but always, arrive in the nick of time.

2.Thank you, Father, because l know you are aware of my problems and pains, and at the appropriate time, you will do something positive about them, in Jesus' name.

3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me.

4.Father, let your grace never be in vain in my life, please, help me to always obey and do your Will, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, give me grace to endure till my appointed time, and when it dawns, let me see the manifestation of my good expectations.

6.Father, when the time for the manifestation of my glory comes, let no power be able to stop it, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, no matter what l may pass through in life, let me never loose hope or give up, knowing that my appointed time will surely come, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, let every spirit of doubt and unbelief in my life, be consumed by your fire, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, give me the grace to overcome every trial of faith with patience and unshakeable faith in your promises, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, let every challenge that l may face in life, draw me closer to you, rather than draw me away from you, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, let my love, loyalty and commitment to you never diminish, inspite of the challenges that l face, which are but for a moment, in Jesus' name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus' name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).
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Good day sir,

Pls I need open heaven for June 18 2017.


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