Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heaven 23 March 2019 – Fasting or Starving?

1.I worship and adore You, my Father, because Your foundation standeth sure, and the gates of hell will never prevail over Your church. (Click HERE for Open Heaven 23 March 2019)

2.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus’ name.

3.Father, please, help me to avoid any act that will foster or encourage sexual immorality in Your church, in Jesus’ name.

4.Father, let me never lower the standard of Your word, in order to accommodate the world, in Jesus’ name.

5.Father, arise, and terminate, every subtle move of Satan and his agents, to impose his will and ways, upon Your church and on ignorant Christians, in Jesus’ name.

6.Father, please, give me the grace to run away from iniquity, that I may not bring reproach to the name of Christ, that I have been called to preach, in Jesus’ name.

7.Father, let every spirit of sexual pervasion, lusts, formication and adultery, in the body of Christ, be consumed by Your fire, in Jesus’ name.

8.Father, let every plan of Satan to ensnare innocent souls into committing, adultery and formication, through immoral and indecent dressing, be scattered, in Jesus’ name.

9.Father, let evil arrows of quarrels, confusion, immorality, infidelity, separation, divorce, prayerlessness, etc, fired into my home and marriage, go back to sender, in Jesus’ name.

10.Father, let all the spiritual and biological children of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, excel in all their endeavours and be greater than him, in life’s accomplishments, in Jesus’ name.

11.Father, bless Your son, that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus’ name.

12.Father, let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus’ name.

13.Your Personal petitions. (Philippians 4:6)

14.In Jesus name I pray. (John 14:13-14; 15:16)

15.Thank you Father for answered prayers. (1 Thessalonians 5:18).

These prayers have no expiry date! Please, pray them, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus name.

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Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heaven 23 March 2019 – Fasting Or Starving?

Topic Leave That Place [Open Heavens for Teens 23 March 2019]

Memorise: “Blessed is the man that walketh in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.” – Psalm 1:1

Read: Proverbs 13:20

20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

Bible In One Year: Joshua 9-10, Luke 3

MESSAGE:

Teenagers always tend to underestimate the power of bad company. It is either they are thinking that they can’t be influenced by bad company or they are thinking that just sticking around bad company who isn’t really their friend will cause no damage. You need to realise that humans, especially teenagers, get influenced easily; they see something often enough and unknowingly start copying what they see. If you have good habits and hang around those with bad habits, you will soon find yourself developing bad habits.

You have to be very careful of the friends you keep. You have to be even more careful of those who you can’t necessarily call your friends, but you hang around often. The devil uses such people to put damaging ideas in the minds of God’s children. Those ideas eventually tear down the lives of many previously good children and it then takes the special grace of God to bring them back.

Action Point: Always deliberately leave location of bad company.

Also Read: Teen Open Heaven Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye

Hymn 7:

1. I am Thine 0 Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.

Chorus:
Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

2. Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.

3. Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!

4. There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

Daily Devotional for Teen’s guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.

The Daily Fountain Daily Devotional of the Church Of Nigeria (Anglican Communion) 23 March 2019 – The Black Bride and the ‘Beautiful’ Bridegroom

TOPIC: The Black Bride and the ‘Beautiful’ Bridegroom

READ: Songs of Solomon 1:1 -17 King James Version (KJV)

1 The song of songs, which is Solomon’s.

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots.

10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes.

16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

THE MESSAGE:

This book is usually accepted as an allegory between Christ (the King) and His Church (the bride). Today’s passage contains a beautiful illustration of God’s salvation plan and our expected response.

The original colour of the bride was thwarted by her angry stepbrothers who made her to work in the sun as a keeper of vineyards (verse 5). Similarly, God’s divine plan for us is to be righteous. Unfortunately through our inherited Adamic nature, the enemy made us keepers of vineyards of lies, theft, immorality, bribery, etc.

This changed our heavenly colour of righteousness just as the bride became black as a result of her activities. But thank God for our King and Lord, Jesus Christ who came to draw us away from sin into His chamber of love at Calvary (verse 4). He sees a beauty in us, worthy to be harnessed for His glory (verse 15). Like the bride in today’s passage, we are expected to respond positively by running after Him (verse 4)

Have you responded to His love or are you still satisfied with being a keeper of vineyards of sin? The King still calls today. Repent and accept Him into your life.

Dwell in contentment (verses 16-17) in His chamber through daily prayers, bible study, worship and commitment and it shall be well with you.

Prayer: I am tired of being a keeper of the vineyard of unrighteousness. I repent today and ask You Lord Jesus to take over my life as my King, Lord and Saviour.

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Rhapsody of Realities 23 March 2019 By Pastor Chris Oyakhilome – The Divine Life In You

Topic: The Divine Life In You

These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life… (1 John 5:13).

As a Christian, what you have isn’t a combination of the divine and human life; you don’t have two lives, but one—the divine life. This divine life and nature of God in your spirit has an impact on your physical body. The human life is sustained by blood (Leviticus 17:11). That’s the reason blood diseases are very deadly, because they attack the whole body.

When Jesus died on the Cross, something interesting transpired. A Roman soldier thrust a spear through His side, and “blood and water gushed out.” His heart had ruptured, and all His blood drained out. His body was buried without blood. When He was raised from the dead, the resurrected body of Jesus had no blood.

Where then did the life of the body of Jesus come from? After all, He didn’t come back to life as a Ghost, He resurrected in flesh. The Bible tells us He was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father; that’s the Holy Ghost! The Holy Ghost overshadowed the dead body of Jesus, quickened it, and Jesus came back to life; His body being without blood.

Now that you’re born again, you have the same life with which Jesus was raised from the dead. Romans 8:11 says, “But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.” This has already happened! Your physical body, your hitherto death-doomed and death-prone body has been rejuvenated, reinvigorated, and vitalized by the Holy Ghost who lives in you.

This is the reason sickness, for the Christian, is estranged; it’s an anomaly; it’s not supposed to be, because the life in you is divine. Hallelujah! Meditate on this truth, and endorse it in your personal life and you’ll forever live above sickness, disease, defeat and all the depravities that affect the human nature.

CONFESSION
I’ve got the life of God in me; it’s in every fibre of my being, in every cell of my blood and in every bone of my body. I live above sickness, disease, defeat and all the depravities that affect the human nature, as a result of the divine life and nature of God in me. Hallelujah!

FURTHER STUDY:
1 Peter 1:23; 1 John 4:17; 1 John 5:11-13

1 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Luke 5:1-16 & Deuteronomy 25-27

2 YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN:
Matthew 25:1-13 & Exodus 32

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Rhapsody of Realities 23rd March 2019 Devotional was written by Pastor Pastor Chris Oyakhilome (D.Sc., D.D.). President of Loveworld Inc. aka Christ Embassy Int’l.

MFM Mountain Top Life Daily Devotional 23 March 2019 By Dr. D.K Olukoya – The God-Kind Personality (II)

TOPIC: The God-Kind Personality (II) (Mountain Of Fire and Miracle Ministries, MFM Daily Devotional 22 March 2019)

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 13-15; Luke 1:57-80

FIRE SCRIPTURE: Genesis 41:33-40

MEMORY VERSE: “My mouth shall speak of wisdom; and the meditation of my heart shall be of understanding.” – Psalms 49:3

The MESSAGE:

Great men and women of destiny are not determined by the type of materials they wear or the type of shoe they put on, but something inside them calls for attention.

Nebuchadnezzar saw the evidence of God in the life of Daniel, and he came to a conclusion that there was an aura different from what he had always encountered. Joseph’s life too called for attention. His life experienced a three-P transformation: from the Pit to the Prison and then to the Palace.

The presence of Joseph provoked Pharoah to say, “So it is possible to see somebody like this, someone who is an embodiment of God himself.” Without wasting time, the promotion of Joseph that was due was given to him. He soon took charge. Pharoah could not do anything without him. Even when his brothers came to him, they could not recognise him.

Joseph became a voice and an answer to the problem of the world in his time. Your life too must speak and no one would be able to shut it. I pray that the Lord will give you a mouth and wisdom that the enemy cannot resist nor gainsay, in Jesus’ name.

MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE:
NO ONE CAN LOOK DOWN ON YOU WHEN YOU ARE TALLER THAN THEY ARE.

PROPHETIC WORD:
May your life become the solution to world’s problems.

PRAYER POINTS:

MORNING

1. O God, baptise me with the Spirit of excellence, in the name of Jesus.
2. O Lord, make me a voice to be reckoned with, in the name of Jesus.
3. O Lord, make my life a divine solution, in the name of Jesus.
   EVENING
4. Holy Ghost, ignite Your fire of revival in my soul, in the name of Jesus.
5. O Lord, make my life a divine showroom, in the name of Jesus.
6. The eagle of my calling shall mount up by the power in the blood of Jesus, in the name of Jesus.
7. Power to prevail in the place of prayer, fall on me now, in the name of Jesus.

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Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

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Topic: Grossly Misunderstood! [DCLM Daily Manna 23 March 2019 Daily Devotional by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi]

Text: Matthew 11:1-15 (KJV)

Key Verse: “Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another” (Matthew 11:2,3).

MESSAGE:

Sometime ago, a village lacked good drinking water. The villagers would go miles just to get clean water in a faraway stream. There was a cabinet maker in the village, who though could have been wealthy through his vocation, yet chose a parsimonious path. He neither married nor raised children. He was a laughing stock amongst the villagers. Then, a tragic thing happened; the man died! The people decided to bury him in his rather modest apartment. After his burial and while going through his belongings, they found a Will written and a note directing them to a chest full of money and some precious pearls he had kept from his youth. He had willed his entire life savings to the village to enable them build a water reservoir to solve their water problem. He had been living for them to have more comfort.

No other person is the history of mankind had been greatly misunderstood like Jesus. He came to live and die to give man the greatest of all comfort – eternal bliss with Him in heaven. Yet, He was grossly misrepresented by the very people He came to save.

John the Baptist, who had earlier announced the coming of ‘the Lamb of God’, also briefly misinterpreted the ministry of Christ and what He was to accomplish. Being in prison, he sent his disciples to know if Jesus was truly the expected Messiah. The Jewish nation had thought the Messiah would raise a political crusade against the Roman government occupying their land at that time.

Today, Christ is still being misunderstood. When we hear His words and turn a deaf ear, we misunderstand His love and patience. When we need His miracles more than His mercies, we also misunderstand Him. How we need to have a balanced appreciation of He who came to save!

Thought For The Day: Grace misapplied turns into sinful disgrace.

The Bible In One Year: Deuteronomy 7-9

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Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

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Topic: Break Free

Dearly beloved, I bring you greetings in the name that is above every other name, Jesus Christ the Son of the living God and our soon coming King. Thank God for His keeping grace, His everlasting mercies towards us. This morning, I’ve come to challenge you out of your comfort zone. I know that God has truly been faithful in your life but the question is do you think this is the best you can ever be? Do you like where you are right now? Are you in the best place you desire? Do you think you have attained God’s height for you? Beloved until you get fed up of Satan’s maneuvers against you, you will never be free. You will remain under his control for as long as you are comfortable where he has kept you.

I believe without any shadow of doubt in my mind, that God has a better place in store for you. Beloved, God has a greater purpose for your life. No matter how high you have climbed on the ladder of life, there is a higher place and no matter how low down the ladder you are, God is ready to bring you out, in-spite of the challenges you may be going through.

Let us look at the story in Genesis 27:30-40, and draw some lessons from it. We are told that Esau lost the blessing, but notice that before this he had sold his birthright out of fatigue. When it came to the time of blessing, Jacob got the blessing. Please realize that the birthright always goes before the blessing. When you lose your heritage, don’t expect the blessing that goes with it. When you disregard the ancient landmark, please notice that the blessing will certainly go with it. Having lost all, the father said to him that his way was not going to be an easy one. He was going to live by the sword and serve his younger brother.

Also Read: The Blessing and Supernatural Abundance by Pastor Paul Enenche

“…You will live by your sword, hand to mouth, and you will serve your brother. But when you can’t take it any more you will break loose and run free.’’ Genesis 27: 40(MSG)

The New International version says “When you become restless…” Today we see Christians who just accept the challenges of their life as their lot rather than grow restless and break off the yoke. They sit contentedly in that position and just give excuses “this/that is my lot”. Beloved poverty is not your lot, childlessness is not your lot, sickness and disease is not your lot. You can break free from it today, but only when you become restless.

You need to get fed up and angry in the spirit. You need to get fed up of the devil robbing you of what rightly belongs to you and when you do you will rise up in anger and throw off his yoke from your neck. All truth is parallel, when people get fed up of something, they become creative and do something about it. The Living Bible version of that same scripture says “but you shall hew your way with your sword. For a time you will serve your brother, but you will finally shake loose from him and be free.”

Child of God, I have come to challenge you today to get fed up with that ugly situation in your life. No matter the lies of the devil, God wants you free. God has not given us the spirit of bondage to fear, but He has given us the spirit of love power and of a sound mind. He expects you to be fruitful in all your ways and He expects that you will overcome whatever stumbling block or hindrance the enemy may have placed on your pathway. He expects you to take the bull by the horn and go to war with the various prophecies that have gone ahead of you. God wants you to rise above the situation, challenge and give the devil a black eye.

Don’t wait until a general fast is called before you push the table aside and let the devil know that you are not going to take ‘no’ for an answer. The devil is a liar, he never gives up easily, but you have all that it takes to bring him to submission. All you need to do is enforce the victory of the cross. When Jesus rose up He declared “all authority in heaven and on earth has been given unto me, go therefore…’’ In other words, go in the strength of the authority that has been delegated to you. You have the name of Jesus, you have the blood, you have the word, you have everything that you need to enforce the defeat of the devil. I encourage you to arise, get fed up and walk into liberty. I will see you at the top. I bless you.

Maranatha!

In His Royal Service
Dr Mike Okonkwo
The Presiding Bishop

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Topic: Coming Together [Kenneth Copeland Devotional 23 March 2019]

Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ. – Ephesians 4:13

If you know how to listen to the voice of God, you can hear Him calling throughout the Body of Christ today. He is calling for unity. He is calling us to lay down our disagreements and come together in preparation for Jesus’ return.

Just the thought of that scares some believers. “How can I unify with someone from another denomination?” they say. “I’m not going to give up my doctrines and agree with theirs just for unity’s sake!”

What they don’t realize is this: scriptural unity isn’t based on doctrine.

Winds of doctrine, according to Ephesians 4:14, are childish. Winds of doctrine don’t unify. They divide and blow people in every direction. The Word doesn’t say anything about us coming into the unity of our doctrines. It says we’ll come into the unity of the faith.

In the past, we’ve failed to understand that and tried to demand doctrinal unity from each other anyway.

“If you don’t agree with me on the issue of tongues,” we’ve said, “or on the timing of the Rapture…or on the proper depth for baptismal waters, I won’t accept you as a brother in the Lord. I’ll break fellowship with you.”

But that’s not God’s way of doing things. He doesn’t have a long list of doctrinal demands for us to meet. His requirements are simple. First John 3:23 tells us what they are: to believe on the Name of His Son, Jesus Christ, and love one another.

Once you and I come to a place where we keep those requirements and quit worrying about the rest, we’ll be able to forget our denominational squabbles and come together in the unity of faith. We’ll grow so strong together that the winds of doctrine won’t be able to drive us apart.

When that happens, the devil’s going to panic because the unity of the faith of God’s people is a staggering thing. It’s the most unlimited, powerful thing on earth.

Right now all over the world, the Spirit is calling the Church of the living God to unite. Hear Him and obey, and you can be a part of one of the most magnificent moves of God this world has ever seen.

Scripture Reading: Psalms 132:13-18, 133

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Topic: God or Man Pleasers [Andrew Wommack Devotional 23 March 2019]

John 5:43-44, “I am come in my Father’s name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?”

Text: John 5:28-47

This is in reference to the fact that Jesus came in the power and authority of His father to point men to Father God. Jesus existed before His advent on this earth in the form of God and was equal with God. Yet, He humbled Himself and became a servant while here on earth (Phil. 2:6-8).

He did not come to promote Himself but to give His life to provide the way to the Father (Jn. 14:6). In the same way, the Holy Spirit does not exalt Himself, but points all men unto Jesus. Jesus came, meek and lowly, totally submitted unto and seeking only to please the Father.

This is radically different from the way so called “great men” present themselves. The Roman Caesar of Jesus’ day proclaimed that he was God and demanded worship. Lesser leaders ruled by exalting themselves over the people they governed; but, Jesus showed us that “whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many” (Mt. 20:26-28).

If we are concerned about what people think in an attempt to gain their approval (or honor), we will never take a stand in faith for anything that might be criticized. This one thing has probably stopped as many people from receiving from God as anything else. You cannot be a “man-pleaser” and please God at the same time. Commit your all to Him – every thought, word, and deed.

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Topic: Jesus Never Changes [Billy Graham Devotional 23 March 2019]

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and today, and forever. — Hebrews 13:8

The Bible says, “It is appointed unto men once to die,” and to the average person this seems a stark and hopeless situation. Hundreds of philosophies and scores of religions have been invented to circumvent the Word of God. Modern philosophers and psychologists are still trying to make it appear that there is some way out other than the path of Jesus. But people have tried them all, and none of them leads anywhere but down. Christ came to give us the answers to the three enduring problems of sin, sorrow, and death. It is Jesus Christ, and He alone, who is also enduring and unchanging, “the same yesterday, today, and forever.” All other things may change, but Christ remains unchangeable.

In the restless sea of human passions Christ stands steadfast and calm, ready to welcome all who will turn to Him and accept the blessings of safety and peace. For we are living in an age of grace, in which God promises that “whosoever will” may come and receive His Son. But this period of grace will not go on indefinitely. We are even now living on borrowed time.

Prayer for the day: Jesus, even if loved ones, friends, acquaintances change, You are always the same. Thank You for Your unchanging love.

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Written by Billy Graham, Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association(BGEA). BGEA exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means and to equip the church and others to do the same.