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dallyemmy:
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: TUESDAY 9TH JANUARY 2018

THEME: DO YOU DESIRE TO BE HEALED?


MEMORISE:
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. 1 Peter 2:24


READ: James 5:14-16

14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.

16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much.


MESSAGE

It is unfortunate that many children of God are ignorant of the truth that healing is part of the package of redemption. Neglecting what is their inheritance in Christ, such people seek after inferior channels for relief. My prayer is that God will open your eyes to comprehend in your spirit the reality of healing through the stripes of Jesus. I thank God that the realisation of this truth was one of the earliest testimonies I experienced in my Christian walk. Before I met Jesus Christ and received Him as my personal Lord and Saviour, there was no month when I would not be attacked by fever. Any month I managed to escape breaking down as a result of fever, I would celebrate. However, when I met the Lord and He opened my eyes to His provision for healing, I grabbed it with both hands, and for many decades since, He has been my Healer.


What should you do if you desire to be healed? The Holy Spirit gives the answer in James 5:14:

“Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:”

Prayer is the key here. Due to unbelief and unwillingness to pray, most people prefer other channels of healing, though very costly, to the healing that is freely provided through the stripes of Jesus. Beloved, if you desire to be healed of those sicknesses that have defied traditional and orthodox medicine, you must be ready to pray. Moreover, the truth is that more often than not, sickness is brought about by the sin of disobedience. For this reason, James 5:15 says,

“And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.”

Disobedience to simple laws of hygiene can bring about sickness. Furthermore, failure to sleep properly, or working round the clock because you want more money, is disobeying the law of Sabbath (the law that governs taking a day of rest). In addition, according to James 5:16, if you desire healing, you must confess your faults to and pray for one another. There are lots of sicknesses and the diseases in the Body of Christ that have defied all manner of prayers and medication. This could be the result of holding grudges against anyone. We refuse to forgive each other because we don’t want to admit our faults against one another. Beloved, if you want to be healed, take note of what the Lord is telling today, and the healing virtue of His stripes shall flow through your body to make you whole.


PRAYER POINT:
Father, please let the stripes of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, heal all my infirmities without exception today.


BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 21-23 and Revelation 8:1-12

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 8: THE GREAT PHYSICIAN

1. The Great Physician now is near,
The sympathizing Jesus;
He speaks the drooping heart to cheer,
Oh, hear the voice of Jesus!

Chorus:
Sweetest note in seraph song,
Sweetest Name on mortal tongue;
Sweetest carol ever sung,
Jesus, blessed Jesus.

2. Your many sins are all forgiv’n,
Oh, hear the voice of Jesus;
Go on your way in peace to heav’n,
And wear a crown with Jesus.

3. All glory to the dying Lamb!
I now believe in Jesus;
I love the blessed Saviour’s Name,
I love the Name of Jesus.

4. His Name dispels my guilt and fear,
No other name but Jesus;
Oh, how my soul delights to hear
The precious Name of Jesus!

Hello dallyemmy. Happy new year to you. Your contributions on this forum by your daily posting of the open heavens devotional has been a blessing to me and I think to so many others. There has been a recent development by the authority of the RCCG to stop the publication and sharing of the devotional through online contacts and forums like ours saying it's illegal or not allowed, that it's consumption is for Sunday school teachers and RCCG pastors. I thought the open heavens has an online copy that's available for purchase by willing individuals at a cost and if someone who has purchased is willing to share to others should not be criticized for wrong doing.
Kindly react to this directive and how would they think your sharing of the devotional is a wrongdoing and a violation of the RCCG. God bless you.


Hello, did you just decided to ignore my mention and quote about your post? It was a harmless question I asked and if you felt offended by it, sorry. Your response would have helped my decision on following you as my family uses your daily post of this devotional in our morning prayers. We have stopped therefore. Thanks for your previous efforts.

Jonwesley:
Hello dallyemmy. Happy new year to you. Your contributions on this forum by your daily posting of the open heavens devotional has been a blessing to me and I think to so many others. There has been a recent development by the authority of the RCCG to stop the publication and sharing of the devotional through online contacts and forums like ours saying it's illegal or not allowed, that it's consumption is for Sunday school teachers and RCCG pastors. I thought the open heavens has an online copy that's available for purchase by willing individuals at a cost and if someone who has purchased is willing to share to others should not be criticized for wrong doing.
Kindly react to this directive and how would they think your sharing of the devotional is a wrongdoing and a violation of the RCCG. God bless you.

Hello, did you just decided to ignore my mention and quote about your post? It was a harmless question I asked and if you felt offended by it, sorry. Your response would have helped my decision on following you as my family uses your daily post of this devotional in our morning prayers. We have stopped therefore. Thanks for your previous efforts.

dallyemmy:
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: MONDAY 8TH JANUARY 2018

THEME: PREACH THE WORD


MEMORISE:
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Matthew 28:19


READ: 2 Timothy 4:1-5

1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom;

2 Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

3 For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

5 But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.


MESSAGE

You will observe that parents often pass across their most important instructions to their children at the time they about to leave the world. In like-manner, our Lord Jesus Christ, when He was about to leave this world, gave us the instructions contained in our memory verse today. The Body of Christ refers to this set of instructions as The Great Commission. Due to the place of this mandate in the heart of God, I always encourage my spiritual children to be guilty of the error of neglecting to act upon it. Not only must we do the work of The Great Commission, we must also do it right. We must be like a certain torch bearer at a railway crossing, whose responsibility was to warn people from crossing the rail lines whenever a train was approaching. He indeed waived the torch at the sight of an approaching train, but alas, the torch had no light in it. You can be sure the result of such error of omission would be catastrophic. It is terrible to not engage in evangelism, but it is much kore terrible to engage in it as an empty routine. On the other hand, it is life-giving when we engage in it with all due diligence.


In 2 Timothy 4:2, the Holy Spirit gave us a template for what the mode of our evangelism and content of our message should be:

“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.”

From this scripture, we understand that the gospel should be preached when it is convenient (in season), and also when it sounds offensive to the society we live in (out of season). We also understand from this scripture that our gospel message should contain reproof, rebuke, exhortation and doctrine. Many preachers today chose not to dabble into doctrinal issues because they would not want to be caught in controversies. You hear them saying, “I am sent to preach prosperity or deliverance and not doctrine!” One wonders whether they preaching the same message given by the Holy Spirit to the early disciples, which put Stephen and James to death. Are they preaching the same gospel that landed and Paul and Silas in the midst of controversies and ultimately in jail? Should we, because of the fear of controversies, imprisonment or even death, fail to preach the word as we ought to? God forbid (Revelation 2:10)! I encourage you, if you have encountered the saving grace of Jesus Christ, to rise up for the salvation of others, in season and out of season, by preaching the unadulterated word of God to them.


ACTION POINT:
Organise a line of action on evangelism in your local assembly and ensure that the undiluted word of God is preached regularly through it.


BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 19-20 and Revelation 7

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 7: WONDERFUL STORY OF LOVE

1. Wonderful story of love;
Tell it to me again;
Wonderful story of love;
Wake the immortal strain!
Angels with rapture announce it,
Shepherds with wonder receive it;
Sinner, oh, won’t you believe it?
Wonderful story of love.

Chorus:
Wonderful! Wonderful!
Wonderful, wonderful story of love.

2. Wonderful story of love;
Though you are far away;
Wonderful story of love;
Still He doth call today;
Calling from Calvary’s mountain,
Down from the crystal-bright fountain,
E’en from the dawn of creation,
Wonderful story of love.

3. Wonderful story of love;
Jesus provides a rest;
Wonderful story of love;
For all the pure and blest,
Rest in those mansions above us,
With those who’ve gone on before us,
Singing the rapturous chorus,
Wonderful story of love.

Hello dallyemmy. Happy new year to you. Your contributions on this forum by your daily posting of the open heavens devotional has been a blessing to me and I think to so many others. There has been a recent development by the authority of the RCCG to stop the publication and sharing of the devotional through online contacts and forums like ours saying it's illegal or not allowed, that it's consumption is for Sunday school teachers and RCCG pastors. I thought the open heavens has an online copy that's available for purchase by willing individuals at a cost and if someone who has purchased is willing to share to others should not be criticized for wrong doing.
Kindly react to this directive and how would they think your sharing of the devotional is a wrongdoing and a violation of the RCCG. God bless you.

Viper is what it is and it's deadly. Adder, Gaboon are other types of this family. They are up to 200/species

MensesDoctor:
How does my post not have bearing with Jesus?

If I understand you, the gynaecologist will preach Christ, the hope of glory to your referrals rather than their menstrual challenges.

MensesDoctor:
I mean they have something to tell you about your health that you cannot tell yourself, and that can make or mar you.


How does my post not have bearing with Jesus?

That's an ambiguity straight away. No health status can ever equate to eternal life please even with divine health. Don't mix your knowledge of science to spiritual things to promote or make any point.

@Mensesdoctor, what do you mean the gynaecologist has a message of eternal life? When your thread has no bearing to Jesus Christ who is the one that makes the way.

KanfixAlcatel:
Note to all

There are two versions of most spare parts, the authentic one directly from the OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and the common one in the market usually from china

Please be careful of where you get your valuable devices repaired!!!

Can I get a spare battery for my Alcatel popstar? I'm in Abuja. My battery hardly lasts me for an hour even after a full charge, except I don't browse with it or WhatsApp at all. Please help me with information on how to manage this wahala.

OP, abortion is definitely not advised. And I bet with you, if you tow that way, your sister will rather become a harlot tomorrow and an expert in uncontrollable sex activities. It will not stop the relationship with the guy, and I'm sure the guy will be happy for the relieve of the burden

Good, the parent did well given benefit of doubts. The same reason her picture got to an Instagram user, and reaching Nairaland is sufficient that it's a boy friend issue and she is likely a teenager.

The reappearance of Abdulrasheed Maina is a joker being played by PMB to further dent the former administration of Goodluck Jonathan. You will soon hear the koko of what all these is about. This man ran for his life for exposing serious and massive theft by a few police people, a highly organized and powerful set of people. Watch as the mess will be exposed. Buhari is climbing on this for his re election bid. Quote me.

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So what are u thinking, wetin carry ur eyes there? U never see an be4?

priscaoge:
Lovely couple

Is that you on DP pls?

FRSC has stated that their personnel should not chase any driver, but record the culprit with vital information and wait or watch out for the car any other time.

Nbote:
Aaaaaarrrrgghhh!!! Dey want to kill our Matilda Duncan of Rhythm 94,7fm.. One of my favourite voices on radio. Victor Iroele oya call dem out in it morning show



So why she was running was enough justification to abandon d accident scene abi?? Shldnt it b more reason why dey rescued her and den charge her for dangerous driving if she was wrong??

Supposed they met her dead at the scene, would they charge a dead woman for dangerous driving? Think first.

Yet a whole plane vanished for almost three years now, that Malaysian plane with over 232 persons on board, can't remember exactly and it hasn't been found. Even a debris of it. We cannot know all about a plane. Good information though.

The question begging for answer is why don't pythons come out when they are in smaller sizes, for men to kill them but when they become monstrous, they become cheap prey and with just a stick it's killed for Nairaland front page?

Where is loud mouthed South Africa please?

https://web.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1631049340303173&set=a.1126568897417889.1073741828.100001943677228&type=3

Take a look and grab yours.

So all these 9 months, they kept him why didn't they annouce this and waiting until now. The relatives might have thought him dead by now since they lost contacts with him. Too bad for him and his family. May God heal him and us all. You can't tell what happens to you next.

He's fixated and ignorantly obsessive. You lady, you don't love the guy, only having no alternatives now and aging made u accept him. This kind of marriage won't last.

Haba, where is Wike now? The Governor of the state absent? Wicked!

Nbote:
Yea its one gig u bought becos d review is a recent one. My offer is actually true and real. U can add me up on whatsapp and see evidences for urself. My number is on my signature.

Thanks. Nbote has given an offer like this too. I guess I'm dumbing MTN next jare. I will do certainly after I check with somebody whom I knew be4 that sells too.

waleyp:
BRO DONT LET MTN STRESS YOU UP O. WHY NOT BUY FROM REAL DATA RESELLERS LIKE I USED TO AND IT LAST FOR 90 DAYS. 1200NAIRA FOR 2 GIG. JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU ARE IN

Thanks. Nbote has given an offer like this too. I guess I'm dumbing MTN next jare. I will do certainly after I check with somebody whom I knew be4 that sells too.

Mynd44:
We as a people have to stop body shamming. Itsis just silly.

Just because someone is not appealing to us does not give us the right to bully the person.

This is why sapio-sexualism is the truth. No time for nonsense headaches

Please read this post I made recently on why boobs sagg and it's inevitability. Read below the link.....
https://www.nairaland.com/4043837/boobs-attraction-flaunt-ladies-photos

Nbote:
Check d data usage under ur Fone connection to see what used up d data... Hope u do know Mtn reviewed d data and now gives 1gb and 500mb bonus to b used at nite. Though I can offer u 2gb for 1200

Thanks, for your response. Wao, meaning it's only 1g I'm buying for #1k because I don't do night browsing. But your offer, ......looks too good to be true.

IamHopeful:
What's cute about this picture . He would have looked cuter without his bushy beards. I just don't like beards, especially bushy ones.


#TeamNoBushyBeards#

So what's the man depicted in the picture in ur DP carrying? Bushy beard! Lie lie geh

Y'ello, Your data balance;Monthly: 1024.64MB expires: 02/Nov/2017,Bonus: 500.0MB expires: 02/Nov/2017,


Pls help me. What's happening here, when I hardly use my phone, just checking my yahoo mails, Facebook, WhatsApp and Front page stories on Nairaland.

Can somebody explain to me what is going on with MTN. I suspected foul play, because it used to last me up to a month before. These days not even up to a fortnight, and that bonus cannot be checked.

OboOlora:
why

Read it this way, quoting ur earlier post....

WOW, u re cute like Tagbo, while you put Porn woman's pix as ur dp.

It's like a comparative statement pls.

OboOlora:
why

I maintain, 'while' pls.

Read from your sentence on the earlier post pls.

OboOlora:
WOW, u r cute just like Tagbo

While you put porn woman's pix as ur dp

jesus500:
You disrespectful punk, how dare you utter such demeaning words against Igede! Let's see if the statuesque will remain, what is idoma's population compared to igede? Maybe slightly higher, we have been cheated politically at both the state and federal level since the creation of the state because you idoma people are selfish and hateful, you don't want an igede man to become a senator and control you, we have woken up, we are wiser now, its just a matter of time, just watch out, I'm repulsed by your insolence.

Thank you. You know history. That is what omenka and the writer have turned to another thing. My earlier reply to omenka and his mention was also misunderstood. In the real sense I have a lot of respects for him for rising to the occasion to explain things about Benue and particularly the Idomas on this forum. Meaning he has shown he was Idoma and maybe an ardent lover of the Idomas.Hence it wld be a total denial for him to join the OP to posit that.

My grouse is why appear like a mole. I'm not in any way stopping anyone from having allegiance to his tribe or race. No, but a clandestine act and disparage for hatred of the idomas whom Omenka had defended when his real tribe came up made me write those things. Yes, there is lot out there that needs to be corrected, and political imbalance et all.

Really sincerely I'm sorry to have said some things just that those points behind the OP motivations for the write up were malignly thought out. Omenka I'm sorry by my earlier direct attack on ur mention.. I'm not a kid though and far your senior by age most likely.

Cc Omenka.