Open Heaven 4 October 2018 – Instant Restoration

Open Heaven 4 October 2018 Memorise
And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian. Luke 4:27

Open Heaven 4 October 2018 Bible Reading – 2 Kings 5:8-14

8 And it was so, when Elisha the man of God had heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.

9 So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha.

10 And Elisha sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean.

11 But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.

13 And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?

14 Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

Open Heaven 4 October 2018 Bible in one year – Isaiah 33-35,  Luke 1:57-80

Open Heaven 4 October 2018 Message With Hymn And Prayer Points

Please Click Here To Read – Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Thursday, October 4, 2018) – Instant Restoration

Instantaneous restoration is a miracle that occurs suddenly. Immediate resolutions of human problems and challenges like these are highly desired and sought after. The Bible contains several accounts of divine interventions that resulted in instant miracles, signs and wonders, one of which is the healing of Naaman.

Naaman had been a leper for many years, but after he dipped himself into River Jordan seven times, he was cleansed immediately and his skin became like that of a little child (2  Kings 5:14). Similarly, the woman with the issue of blood had suffered for twelve years before she met with Jesus ( Mark 5:25-29). Click To Read – Open Heaven 5 October 2018

As a matter of fact, she had exhausted all she had without any solution. However, immediately she touched the hem of Jesus’ garment , her issue of blood ceased. Another example of instant restoration is seen in 2 Kings 7:1.

After about three years of terrible famine, Elisha prophesied that there would be a food surplus in Samaria within 24 hours, and it happened as he said. In Matthew 8:3, the moment Jesus touched a leprous fellow who had been in that condition for years, the man became cleansed instantly.

Also, in John 5:1-9 , once the impotent man who had been at the pool of Bathesda for thirty- eight years heard the words of Jesus , he was completely made whole. Just as it happened in all these examples , I pray that whatever you are passing through at the moment will receive immediate attention of heaven, and you will get instant restoration in Jesus’ Name. Click To Read – Open Heaven 6 October 2018

Note however that behind every seemingly instantaneous miracle, there has been meticulous obedience, stubborn faith, perseverance, serious fasting and prayers, and sometimes prolonged pain, sorrow and shame.

Open Heaven 4 October 2018

What appeared on the surface as instant restoration did not exactly come easy for Naaman, Joseph, Hannah, and the people of Samaria, Zachariah and  Elisabeth, and several others.

Most of these people pair the price in perseverance, stubborn faith, fasting and prayers, etc. For example, the people of Samaria had to endure a situation where the dung of birds became an expensive delicacy and some women actually ate their own children. Click To Read – Open Heaven 7 October 2018

In the case of Zachariah and Elisabeth, they waited for so long that they completely lost any hope of bearing a child. The impotent man at the pool of Bathesda had no hope of restoration after thirty-eight years of waiting for am opportunity that kept eluding him.

One thing that kept all these people going was perseverance. Perseverance is maintaining your faith in God even in trying times. Every Christian is expected to faithfully endure hardship, persecution and trials.

Through consistent prayers, we are expected to remain steadfast in the face of opposition, attack and discouragement (James 5:13, Ephesians 6:18,). I pray that God will grant you the type of endurance that can withstand any of life’s storms without giving up in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heaven 4 October 2018 Prayer Point: Please Click Here To Read – Prayer Points on Today’s Open Heavens: (Thursday, October 4, 2018) – Instant Restoration
Father, please uphold me and see me through every storm of life in Jesus’ Name.

Open Heaven 4 October 2018 Hymn 4

TRUST AND OBEY

1. When we walk with the Lord
In the light of His word
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will,
He abides with us still,
And with all who will trust and obey

Chorus:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.

2. Not a shadow can rise,
Not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt nor a fear
Not a sigh nor a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.

3. Not a burden we bear,
Not a sorrow we share
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief nor a loss,
Not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest if we trust and obey.

4. But we never can prove
The delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favour He shows,
And the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

5. Then in fellowship sweet
We will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk by His side in the way;
What He says we will do
Where He sends we will go
Never fear, only trust and obey.