OPEN HEAVEN 14 APRIL 2023 FRIDAY

OPEN HEAVEN 14 APRIL 2023 FRIDAY: DESTINY DESTROYERS: FOOD I

OPEN HEAVEN 14 APRIL 2023 MEMORIZE: And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite. Proverbs 23:2

OPEN HEAVEN 14 APRIL 2023 BIBLE READING ECCLESIASTES 10:16-17

16 Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!

17 Blessed art thou, O land, when thy king is the son of nobles, and thy princes eat in due season, for strength, and not for drunkenness!

 

Happy weekend beloved, Today, we will look into another Destiny Destroyer: FOOD, are you wondering how? Read more below.

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Today’s Powerful Confession: I confess today that I am called with a holy calling, not according to works but according to God’s own purpose and grace which was given to me in Christ Jesus before the world began. I function in my place of destiny in Christ and I do not let earthly desires ad appetites rule me. I put my flesh under subjection and I grow my spirit by the power of God in the mighty name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Hallelujah!

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OPEN HEAVEN 14 APRIL 2023 MESSAGE

It may surprise you that food can also be a destiny destroyer. Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things. (Philippians 3:19)

Some people have turned food to their god. Such persons are so mindful of food that it is the most important thing to them. There are many Christians who cannot go one day without food. If food controls you, then it is your god and it can destroy you.

Esau was one man who food controlled. He was so controlled by food that he sold his birthright for a plate of porridge. Jacob on the other hand was willing to stay without the porridge he had cooked in order to get something valuable for the fulfilment of his destiny (Genesis 25:29-34). If you check that Scripture closely, you will see that Jacob even added bread to the porridge he gave to Esau.

He knew that the moment was a destiny-defining one, so he declared a fast for himself. Because of that seemingly simple transaction, Esau lost the blessing of his father and missed the chance to have the Israelites as his children. You may not know it, but sometimes when God asks you to fast, it is because He wants to give you a destiny-fulfilling encounter.

The primary purpose of food is just to give you strength. You are to eat to live, not live to eat. The Bible says that there is a due season to eat (Psalm 145:15). In other words, there are seasons when you should not be eating at all – when you should be fasting.

Do you have such seasons planned into your year? Apostle Paul said he fasted often (2 Corinthians 11:27). Your fasting must be often. I have heard some preachers say that Jesus had already fasted for us when He was on earth so we don’t need to fast again.

That is a big lie; read the Bible for yourself. Jesus said in Mark 2:19 that after His ascension, His disciples would fast. He has ascended, so we must fast. Don’t let food rob you of your God-ordained destiny.

OPEN HEAVEN 14 APRIL 2023 PRAYER POINT: Prayer Points For Open Heavens 14 April 2023

Father, please help me to control my appetite. Give me the grace to fast often.

Thank you for joining millions of believers across for today’s devotion, see you tomorrow. Drop your comments and say a prayer for you and your family. God bless you!

 

OPEN HEAVEN 14 APRIL 2023 HYMN

I AM THINE O LORD

1. I am Thine O Lord
I have heard Thy voice
And it told Thy love to me
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.

CHORUS:
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

2. Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord
By the pow’r of grace divine
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope
And my will be lost in Thine.

3. Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend.

4. There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

OPEN HEAVEN 14 APRIL 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 1 KINGS 13-15

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

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Christianah Oluwaferanmi Adeboye
Christianah Oluwaferanmi Adeboye
1 year ago

We pray that we will not be gluttonous in Jesus name. Amen

Chinasa Okafor
Chinasa Okafor
1 year ago

God help me to continually be in charge of my appetite .

Akeredolu Festis Temotope
Akeredolu Festis Temotope
1 year ago

Thank you, Lord God Almighty for your words this day and please, Lord God Almighty give me, my wife, my children, grandma and my entire household the grace and enablement to control our appetite and to fast often in Jesus Mighty Name, amen.

Yimika
Yimika
1 year ago

Thanks for the early upload

Mary Adetutu
Mary Adetutu
1 year ago

Father, give me the grace to control my appetite and fast often in Jesus Mighty Name. Amen 🙏.

Bunmi Matthew-Olusoji
Bunmi Matthew-Olusoji
1 year ago

Help us Lord Jesus to eat to live, so that we can fulfill our God given destinies in Jesus name. Amen!

Ajibola
Ajibola
1 year ago

May I always control my appetite in Jesus Name. May my family live a life that pleases Christ in Jesus Name and may I and my house fast often in the way that God wants in Jesus Name. AMEN.

Temitayo
Temitayo
1 year ago

Father, please help us to control our appetite in my family. Give us the grace to fast often to fulfill destiny in Jesus mighty name i pray, Amen.

Nwabueze Chioma Blessing
Nwabueze Chioma Blessing
1 year ago

I receive the blessing of today

Favor Douglas
Favor Douglas
1 year ago

My father and my God, please Lord forgive my family of any glothony we did in the past, and save us from the consequences in Jesus Name. I pray Lord, please help my family not to indulge in glothony again in our entire glorious life, but to pursue things of great value, especially in your Kingdom in Jesus Name, Amen. Thank you Lord.

Samuel
Samuel
1 year ago

I am actually blessed by today message glory be to our God

Nancy Agbi Kuje
Nancy Agbi Kuje
1 year ago

AMEN 🙏🙏🙏 Hallelujah

Juliey M
Juliey M
1 year ago

Draw me nearer blessed Lord!!

ujahladipeac
ujahladipeac
1 year ago

I receive the grace not to live for my stomach ijn. More grace to fast and pray ijn

Tyty muteb
Tyty muteb
1 year ago

Amen,yes ,thank you Jesus 👏👏👏

Chukwudi Esther
Chukwudi Esther
1 year ago

Amen!!!!

Adunola
Adunola
1 year ago

Hallelujah

Doris
Doris
1 year ago

Father Thank You for Your words this day
Please Father collide with anything that want to stop me from fasting as often as I want to In Jesus Most Powerful Name Amen 🙏

Patience O
Patience O
1 year ago

Good will not take away my glory in Jesus Christ name. Amen 🙏

AFOLAKE .
AFOLAKE .
1 year ago

AMEN 🙏 IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME 🙏.

Mopelola Adeogun,
Mopelola Adeogun,
1 year ago

Thank you Lord! My Father please, give me the grace to fast when l needed to fast and grace to be able to do it at the right time with the right purpose for the right reasons in Jesus’s mighty Name Amennnn.
And back it up with prayer and Thanksgiving by the power in the blood of Jesus’s Amennnn .

Luz
Luz
1 year ago

FatherAlmighty, let me hunger and thirst more of Your life giving words.Holy Spirit of God teach me how to live not by bread alone but by every promises of God The Father. In Jesus Name I pray. Amen 🙏