Devotional: When Revival Comes Part 1&2

MEMORISE : Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? PSALM 85 : 6.

READ : PSALM 85 : 4 - 7.

4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations?

6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee?

7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : JOHN 5 : 19 -6 : 59 & JOB 30 : 24 - 31 : 4.

In spiritual parlance, revival presupposes that backsliding has hitherto taken place. In other words, it is when people abandon their spiritual fervency that the need for revival becomes inevitable. In Christianity, revival is a term that generally refers to an increased spiritual interest or renewal in the life of a congregation or church, either regionally or globally. This should not be misconstrued with evangelistic meetings that churches conduct to bring about salvation of lost souls. May the Lord revive His church in Jesus’ Name. What happens when revival comes? According to our Bible reading today, people turn away from their wickedness when revival

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: WHAT SEEK YE?

MEMORISE : But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.
MATTHEW 6 : 33.

READ : LukE 12 : 29 - 31.
29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.
30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

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Daily Devotional: DIVINE ENCOUNTER

 MEMORISE : But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
JOHN 1 : 12.

READ : John 1 : 11 - 13.

11 He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

12 But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:

13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : LUKE 9 : 21 -10 : 42 & JOB 24 : 9 - 20.

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: DEPART FROM EVIL.

 

MEMORISE : For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 1PETER 3 : 10.
READ : 1 PETER 3 : 10 - 13.
10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile:
11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: DRIVING FORCE BEHIND GREATNESS.

MEMORISE : Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. MARK 11 : 24.

READ : HEBREWS 11 : 1 - 6
1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4 By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
5 By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SURE PATHS TO GREATNESS.

MEMORISE : Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness. PSALM 48 : 1.
READ : EPHESIANS 1 : 17 - 21.
17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:
18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SUCCESSFUL THROUGH MEDITATION.

MEMORISE : This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. JOSHUA : 8.

READ : PSALM 1 : 1 - 6.

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

2 But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: SUCCESSFUL THROUGH MEDITATION.

MEMORISE : This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success. JOSHUA : 8.

READ : PSALM 1 : 1 - 6.

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

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Have Faith.

MEMORISE : For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. MARK 11 : 23.

READ : NUMBERS 23 : 19 - 21.
19 God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
20 Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: ACTIVATE YOUR FAITH.

MEMORISE : The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
EXODUS 14 : 14.

READ : EXODUS 14 : 13 - 14.

13 And Moses said unto the people, Fear ye not, stand still, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will shew to you to day: for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day, ye shall see them again no more for ever.

14 The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: RETURN!

MEMORISE : A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
EZEKIEL 36 : 26.

READ : 1 SAMUEL 7 : 3 - 4.

3 And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the LORD, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

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THEME : BEFORE YOU ASK.

MEMORISE : And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. ISAIAH 65 : 24.

READ : ISAIAH 65 : 23 - 24.
23 They shall not labour in vain, nor bring forth for trouble; for they are the seed of the blessed of the LORD, and their offspring with them.

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CONFRONT, DON’T RUN!

 

The Memory Verse : The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? PSALM 27 : 1.
Our Bible Reading: PSALM 27 : 1 - 3.
1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL: PRAYERS MAKE THINGS HAPPEN

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MEMORISE : And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8 : 28.

READ : ACTS 9:1-11
1 And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,
2 And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
3 And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

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PEACE LIKE A RIVER.

MEMORISE : O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: ISAIAH 48 : 18.
READ : ISAIAH 48 : 18 - 19.
18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?

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SEE YOURSELF IN A POSITIVE LIGHT.

MEMORISE : For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee. Proverbs 23 : 7.

READ : JUDGES 6 : 11 - 16.
11 And there came an angel of the LORD, and sat under an oak which was in Ophrah, that pertained unto Joash the Abiezrite: and his son Gideon threshed wheat by the winepress, to hide it from the Midianites.
12 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him, and said unto him, The LORD is with thee, thou mighty man of valour.

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COMMANDED TO SHINE.

MEMORISE : Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5 : 16.

READ : EPHESIANS 5 : 8 - 14.

8 For ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light:

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)

10 Proving what is acceptable unto the Lord.

11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.

13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : NUMBERS 7 : 84 - 10 : 10 & PSALM 140.

Light and darkness are antithetical. While light is welcome by everyone, darkness is shunned and rejected.

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DIVINE COMPENSATION.

MEMORISE : But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you. 1 Peter 5 : 10.
READ : Genesis 41:37-45
37 And the thing was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of all his servants.
38 And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this is, a man in whom the Spirit of God is?
39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath
shewed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
40 Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
42 And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
43 And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's name Zaphnathpaaneah; and he gave him to wife Asenath the daughter of

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DIVINE SPECIFICATIONS FOR GOOD SUCCESS.

MEMORISE : Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again. Luke 6 : 38.
READ : 1 CHRONICLES 4 : 9 - 10.
9 And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : NUMBERS 5 - 6 & PSALM 139 : 1 - 16.
Virtually everything on earth is guided by principles, rules and regulations. There are divine specifications (Biblical principles and rules) for whoever wishes to be successful in any area of life. It has been rightly pointed out by those who claim to be experts that one in every three

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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL.THEME : FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERS.

 

MEMORISE : Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6 : 14. READ : ACTS 2 : 46 - 47.
46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did

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