OPEN HEAVEN DEVOTIONAL DATE: THURSDAY JULY 28TH 2022

OPEN HEAVEN DEVOTIONAL

DATE: THURSDAY JULY 28TH 2022

THEME: PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH

MEMORISE:
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. Acts 2:42

READ:
Acts 2:42 -47
42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
46 And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
47 Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved.

MESSAGE
1. Father, thank You for building Your Church and ensuring that the gates of hell cannot prevail against it.

2. Father, please flush out every impurity that exists in the Church today and let everyone who claims to be Your child begin to live holy indeed, in Jesus’ name.

3. Father, let the Church become aware of its primary purpose of winning souls into Your Kingdom and let us pursue it vigorously until You return.

4. My Lord and my God, please give all genuine men and women of God all over the world the spirit of diligence in prayer, fasting and study of Your word.

5. Lord, please raise more committed soulwinners, in the mighty name of Jesus.

6. Father, please raise more servant-leaders in the Church – people who will be more interested in service than glamour of leadership, in the name of Jesus’ name.

7. Father, please raise great role models from the Church and let them have great influence on people than worldly ones in Jesus’ name.

8. Lord, Your word says in Proverbs29:2 that when the righteous rule, the people rejoice. Please, begin to raise great political leaders from the Church in Jesus’ name – leaders who will create policies in line with Your word and lead the people in the fear of the Lord, in Jesus’ name.

9. Father, please promote every genuine evangelistic move, revival, or project that You have started in the body of Christ, in Jesus’ name.

10. Father, please provide abundantly all resources – whether human or material, needed for Your Church to grow stronger and bigger, in Jesus’ name.

11. Father, please let Your Church become, more compassionate towards the society. Let your Church care, more than ever before, for the sick, the poor, the imprisoned, the rejected, and those who have been hurt in one way or the other, in Jesus’ name.

12. Your personal prayer points for the local Church you belong to.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Proverbs 9-11

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE

HYMN 22: SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER
1. God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home.

2 Under the shadow of Thy throne
Thy saints have dwelt secure;
Sufficient is Thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.

3 Before the hills in order stood,
Or earth received her frame,
From everlasting Thou art God,
To endless years the same.

4 A thousand ages in Thy sight
Are like an evening gone;
Short as the watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.

5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
Bears all its sons away;
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.

6 O God, our help in ages past,
Our hope for years to come,
Be Thou our guard while life shall last,
And our eternal home.