Open Heaven 12 November 2021
MEMORISE: John 16:24 – “Hitherto have ye requested nothing in my identify: ask, and ye shall obtain, that your pleasure could also be full.”
BIBLE READING: John 16:24-27 (KJV)
24 Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.
25 “These things I have spoken to you in figurative language; but the time is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figurative language, but I will tell you plainly about the Father. 26 In that day you will ask in My name, and I do not say to you that I shall pray the Father for you; 27 for the Father Himself loves you, because you have loved Me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
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Each baby of God should domesticate the behavior of praying with out ceasing, in accordance with (1 Thessalonians 5:17). The significance of prayer can’t be overemphasised once we think about what those that took time to wish gained by so doing. James 5:17-18 says: Elias was a person topic to love passions as we’re, and he prayed earnestly that it won’t rain; and it rained not on the earth by the house of three years and 6 months. And he prayed once more, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth introduced forth her fruit.
I keep in mind after I was asking God for a small condominium within the suburbs of Lagos shortly after turning into the Basic Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. The Lord forbade me to ask for simply an condominium home as a result of He was getting ready a metropolis for me. In different phrases, the Lord was saying that I shouldn’t ask for peanuts. At this time, the town is within the making. As a matter of reality, what’s already on floor is similar to a modest metropolis and I’m nonetheless trusting Him for the complete actualization of His promise. Reward the Lord! All we’d like is to maintain on asking Him so our pleasure could also be full. The prayer of Elijah that introduced in regards to the rain was not only a five-minute one.
He prayed and prayed once more earlier than the rain fell; When a person of God prays for a couple of minutes in public and miracles start to occur, one shouldn’t be deceived to think about that every one we’d like too are temporary prayers. The actual fact is that the person of God would have really prayed lengthy hours earlier than the general public present of God’s miraculous deeds. Our Lord Jesus Christ in as we speak’s reminiscence verse says “… ask, and ye shall obtain, that your pleasure could also be full”. In different phrases, we should not cease asking till we obtain solutions to our prayers so our pleasure could also be full. Hannah prayed till one thing occurred in her life to verify that she would get her blessing, in accordance with (1 Samuel 1:13-18). Jabez additionally prayed and God granted him his request (1 Chronicles four:10).
David mentioned that when he cried to the Lord, He healed him (Psalm 30:2). Cry unto the Lord as we speak, and He’ll reply you as He answered Hannah, Jabez and Elijah, to say just some, in Jesus’ identify.
PRAYER POINT: Make out time to wish earnestly as we speak and you’ll obtain unprecedented solutions to your requests, in Jesus’ identify.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Isaiah 40-44
Thank you for studying today’s Open Heaven – Ask Until You Receive – written by Pastor Enoch A.
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Open Heaven 12 November 2021