OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

DATE: TUESDAY JANUARY 17TH 2023

THEME: THE LIVING SACRIFICE

Open Heavens Daily Devotional 17/01/2023

Lord Jesus, I come to You with a deeply repentant heart, please, forgive me all my sins. I surrender my life to you, today, and, I accept You, as my personal Lord and Saviour. Please, come into my life and save my soul from eternal destruction in hell fire. In Jesus' name, I pray

DAY 7: TUE 17TH JAN
CHURCH GROWTH
BIBLE TEXT(S) Mat 28:19-20; Mat 4:19

INTRODUCTION :
In Luke 10:2, It is the desire of our Lord Jesus for the Church to grow because the harvest is great but many obstacles and factors are preventing this promise from coming to past. We need to stand against these obstacles in our prayers.

PRAYERS POINTS:
1. Father, we thank you for the early revival of the church, which brought about explosive church growth, in Jesus name. Acts 2:47

2. Father, we thank you for taking RCCG from 44 parishes in Nigeria to over 180 countries all over the world, in Jesus name. Genesis 9:19

3. Father, we thank you for the salvation of thousands of souls who were on their way to hell, but you have helped them to make a U-turn to heaven, using your church as an instrument of salvation. Mat 16:18

4. Father, we thank you for making several accesses to many unreached lands, in Jesus name. Exodus 14:21 - 22

5. Father, we thank you for all your missionaries who left their families and countries to dangerous parts of the world to preach boldly the message of salvation to perishing souls, in Jesus name. Mat 28:19-20, Mat 4:19

6. Father, we thank you for urgent interventions with which you delivered your missionaries in times of persecution and peril, in Jesus name. Acts 12:8

7. Father, let the power of the Holy Ghost manifest in your church like the days of old, in Jesus name. Acts 23: 6 - 7

8. Father cover your church and let the blood of Jesus, speak for your church, in Jesus name. Hebrew 12:24

9. Father, let your fire of deliverance be rekindled in your church, in Jesus name. Obadiah 1:17.

10.Father renew and refresh, your ministers so that they can flee from carnality in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities, in Jesus name. Ezekiel 36:27

11.Father, every seed you have not planted into your church uproot in Jesus name. Mat 15:13.

12.Father, every ungodly power that has penetrated to the position of authority in the church expose and disgrace them and if they fail to repent, uproot them, in Jesus name. Mat7:15

13.Father every ungodly power working against church growth be consumed by the fire of Holy Ghost, in Jesus name. Matthew 12:30

14.Lord give your church divine direction, in Jesus name. Psalm 23:2

15.Father, sow into our branches across the globe, ideas, knowledge, strategies, wisdom we need to move your church forward in Jesus name. Ephesians 1:17.

Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Tuesday, January 17, 2023 - The Living Sacrifice


Prayer Points

1.Thank You, my Father, for bringing me out of the darkness of this world, into Your marvelous light in Christ Jesus.

2.Thank You, Father, for the salvation of my soul, from eternal destruction in hell fire, in Jesus name.

3.Father, in anyway I have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me; let Your mercy prevail over any judgement of sin in my life, in Jesus name.

4.Father, please, empower me by Your mercy to present my body as a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto You, my God, which is my reasonable service, in Jesus name.

5.Father, as I have decided to come after You, release upon me the grace to deny myself, and take up my cross, and follow me You, in Jesus name.

*6.Father, You created me for Your purpose and pleasure, I belong You, please, make me a living sacrifice unto You, and be my eternal source and provider, in Jesus name.

7.Father, please, give me more grace to walk with You, and to do Your perfect will, in Jesus name.

8.Father, please, let my tomorrow be more glorious and better than my today, in Jesus name.

9.Father, when You shall come in Your glory, please, let me still be found in You, and be rewarded for all my labours of love, in Your vineyard, in Jesus name.

10.Father, bless your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye; and, bless his ministry, home, and family (biological and spiritual), forever, 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).

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