Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens:
(Monday, November 20th, 2017) - FASTING
BOOSTS FAITH
1.I worship you my Father because, I know,
I am serving a living God, who specialises in
doing the impossible.
2.Thank you, Father, for the salvation of my
soul and the grace to be counted among the
living today.
3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of
your glory, please, have mercy and forgive
me, in Jesus' name.
4.Father, come and destroy all the works of
the devil in my
life, family, church and ministry, in Jesus'
name.
5.Father, let every spirit of doubt and
unbelief, in my life, be consumed by your
fire, in Jesus' name.
6.Father, let every weapon of affliction,
targeted against me or any of my loved
ones, backfire, in Jesus' name.
7.Father, let every difficult and hopeless,
health challenge in my life and in the body of
Christ, receive your divine attention and
touch today, in Jesus' name.
8.Father, give me abundant grace for fasting
and prayer; and let nothing be difficult or
impossible for me to accomplish for you, in
Jesus' name.
9.Father, give me a faith, big enough, and
commensurate, to overcome and
accomplish, any ministerial assignment and
challenge, that I may face, in Jesus' name.
10.Father, as I engage more in fasting by
your grace, let my prayer life be given a
supernatural boost and let my faith, be
strengthened, in Jesus' name.
11.Father, bless, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the
author of the Open Heavens daily devotional
and general overseer of RCCG; strengthen
him, and use him to accomplish greater
works, in your vineyard, 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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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: MONDAY NOVEMBER 20TH 2017
THEME: FASTING BOOSTS FAITH
Memorise:
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by
prayer and fasting. Matthew 17:21
Read: Matthew 17:15-21
17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is
lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he
falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.
17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples,
and they could not cure him.
17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O
faithless and perverse generation, how long
shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer
you? bring him hither to me.
17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he
departed out of him: and the child was
cured from that very hour.
17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus
apart, and said, Why could not we cast him
out?
17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of
your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye
have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye
shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence
to yonder place; and it shall remove; and
nothing shall be impossible unto you.
17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but
by prayer and fasting.
Message:
“For this purpose the Son of God was
manifested, that he might destroy the works
of the devil.” 1 John 3:8b
From the above scripture, we understand
that since we are expected to do the works
of our Master, we as true disciples of Jesus
Christ are here not only to advance the
Kingdom of God on earth, but also to
destroy the works of Satan in lives, home
and circumstances of people (John 14:12).
To be effective in this assignment, you
cannot approach the battle physically;
rather, you need both divine revelation and
spiritual backup from God. Let us take the
disciples of Jesus Christ as a case in point.
Matthew 10:1 says,
“And when he had called unto him his
twelve disciples, he gave them power
against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and
to heal all manner of sickness and all
manner of disease.”
At this point, the disciples were empowered
by the Lord to heal all manner of sicknesses
and diseases, and to cast out demons. Not
too long after they were empowered, a
demonized boy was brought to them for
deliverance. They struggled for so long to
cast out the demon, but they just could not
deliver him. Finally, this case was referred to
Jesus and He delivered the boy. The disciples
thereafter went back to Jesus to find out
what was amiss, and why they could not
deliver the boy. In response to their enquiry,
the Lord told them that they had manifested
some unbelief, and that their prayer was not
backed up with fasting (Matthew 17:20-21).
This experience of the disciples goes to
show that when you are having doubts or
even unbelief, and you decided to truly seek
God’s face in prayer and fasting, such
doubts, fears and unbelief would give way
to faith. When you fast, it strengthens your
faith and your prayer life is given a boost.
We often attempt certain assignments
without the backup of a commensurate level
of faith, and hence we experience failures in
such assignments. You can actually add fire
to your faith and shut doors against
unbelief and doubt by spending time with
God through fasting and prayer. Do you still
harbour doubts, fears and unbelief in your
heart about any assignment God has given
you? Discard them now! God wants you to
operate in the realm of faith and not doubt.
Feed your faith with God’s word, prayer and
fasting, testimonies of what God has done,
and shun all remarks contrary to the
advancement of your assignment.
Action Point:
Always ask questions! If you can ask the
Lord questions on things you do not
understand, He will provide the answers.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Psalm 22-27
Obadiah 1
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 1: MY FAITH LOOKS UP TO THEE
1. My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine!
Now hear me while I pray,
Take all my guilt away,
Oh, let me from this day
Be wholly Thine!
2. May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire!
As Thou hast died for me,
Oh, may my love to Thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be,
A living fire!
3. While life’s dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.
4. When ends life’s transient dream,
When death’s cold, sullen stream
Shall o’er me roll;
Blest Savior, then in love,
Fear and distrust remove;
Oh, bear me safe above,
A ransomed soul!