Open Heaven Recaps

It is possible for you to have absolutely no sorrow. (John 16:24)

The way to get all your sorrow turned to so much joy that you will be filled with it, is to 'ask Him'. (John 16:24) It may seem like a simple instruction, but it is a very powerful one.

Rather than spending time to worry, use that time to pray. (Philippians 4:6)

“When disturbing thought wake you up at night, get up and pray. As you pray and sing praises to God, the sorrows will be lifted from your heart and will be replaced with joy.”

Memorise: Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. (Psalm 16:11)

Do you know that you can get a miracle even when a minister of God is not praying for you? (Mark 5:21-24)
If you say to yourself just like the woman with the issue of blood, "If I can just touch the hem of His garment, I will receive my miracle," God will do it.

“You don't have to wait for a minister of God to pray for you (or have any personal contact). You can get a miracle through him or her with your faith.”

Do you have the kind of faith that draws miracles from God?

Memorise: Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth. (Mark 9:23)

God has a convoy that goes before Him that is made of fire. (Psalm 97:3) clearing everything that is evil.

Even if you are not the one that God is coming to see, as He is passing by your house, everything that is considered evil in your home will be dealt with. Genesis 18; Luke 7:11-15

You must abstain from sin because you don't want to become a victim of the Consuming Fire whenever He is moving around you.

“If you have a Christian neighbors, every now and then, God will come to visit them (thereby making you a beneficiary). This is why you should do something about the salvation of the people who live close to you, as well as everyone you interact with regularly. (Proverbs 14:34)”

Memorise: And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people. (Matthew 9:35)

God doesn’t just want you to be His child, He wants you to be so close to Him that He can consider you His friend.

While it is common for people to betray friendships because of selfish interests or terminate them because of disagreements, the friendship of Jesus Christ lasts forever.

We can become His friend by obeying His commandments. This goes beyond staying away from sin; it means that when He says, “Don’t eat, I want you to fast today,” you should do it.

“When God instructs you to do anything, you should make the necessary sacrifices and obey Him promptly. Obeying God’s commandments is the key to becoming His friend.”

MEMORISE: Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. (John 15:14)

As a child of God, whenever you have the opportunity to speak about homosexuality, don't beat around the bush. (Evil thrives when good people are too afraid to say the truth.)

Speak to them in love, but still show them from the Scriptures that what they are feeling is not from God because He clearly speaks against it. (Offer to pray with them to help them overcome the feeling.)

Don't stand by and do nothing while people are on their way to destruction; you have a responsibility to save as many as you can (Jude 1:17-23)

“I know that in some countries, the government has made it illegal to speak the truth as regards homosexuality. However, we have a greater government in Christ, and we must represent Him everywhere we go.”

Memorise: Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. (Ephesians 4:25)

Homosexuality might have been painted as normal in some societies, but anyone who engages in it is committing abomination.

The bible indicates that nations and places in which such acts are encouraged will be punished and will not know peace. (Leviticus 18:22-30)

Don't believe in the lie that some people are born homosexual. It is an abomination before God because it wasn't part of His original design; it is a devilish act that is intended to destroy the lives of people.

“If you have been engaging in homosexuality, pray to God for deliverance from the manipulationof the devil, and see a genuine minister of God to pray with you.”

Memorise: Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. (Leviticus 18:22)

“When someone says that she feels like she is a male trapped inside a female body for instance, I immediately know that the devil is at work and is trying to manipulate them to destroy their body which is God's masterpiece.”

God created us male and female (Genesis 1:27); anything outside this is not God's design, neither is it His will.

Every human being is God's masterpiece and is uniquely made. If someone decides to change something about a masterpiece, it immediately ceases to be a masterpiece.

Your body is the temple of God, and any advise to disfigure it is from the devil. A person cannot tamper with God's masterpiece and not suffer the consequences if he or she does not repent. (1 Corinthians 3:16-17)

“You are fearfully and wonderfully made by God; anyone who tells you otherwise is lying to you. God had a plan for you, even before you were formed in your mother's womb (Jeremiah 1:5)”

Memorise: So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. (Genesis 1:27)

If you are always lured by the things that give your flesh pleasure, it means that your flesh is ruling over your spirit. (1 Timothy 5:6) This also implies spiritual death.

The key to remaining in control of your life is to be disciplined. The price of discipline far outweighs the cost of indiscipline.

Bible warns you not to associate with people who only seek the pleasure of life. (2 Timothy 3:1-5) Nobody ever achieves anything great by giving in to pleasures all the time.

When some people talk about self-love, they are actually talking about selfishness. Anyone who is only living for him/her-self is already dying.

“The best way to impact those around you is to bring them out of darkness into the light of Christ. This is the true essence of living as a Christian, as you were chosen to bear fruits (Joh 15:16).”

Memorise: Whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is their shame, who mind earthly things. (Philippians 3:19)

Nothing touches fire and remains the same. Acts 9:3-6, Act 2:1-14

From the day a believer gets a kiss of fire, everything about him or her changes completely (Isaiah 6:6-7); the impact of the fire will abide with him or her forever.

When you are kissed by fire, you will begin to hear the heatbeat of God concerning nations of the world, and your response will be, "Lord, send me anywhere to do your work, and I will go."

“The reason many Christians find it difficult to do great exploits for God (even though they want to serve God in greater capacitities, but lack the required zeal) is that they have not been kissed by fire.”

Prayer Point: Father, please give me a kiss of fire doday, in Jesus' name.

Memorise: And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quacked greatly. (Exodus 19:18)

Jacob changed the DNA of the sheep by changing what they saw. (Genesis 30:25-43). As we keep looking at Jesus Christ, we are transformed into His image. (2 Corinthians 3:18)

Deliberately fix your attention on the things and people that will influence you to become what you intend to become in the future.

What you indulge in will also determine your destiny. Judges 16, 2 Kings 5:25-27

“What you see will determine what you will become. If you have a vision and you remain focused on it, you will become what you see in your vision.”

Memorise: Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endureth the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)

Your future depends on what you can see today. If you see a glorious future, you can have it (Genesis 13:15).

God has put so much power in your vision that it attracts whatever it is focused on. You must be very conscious about what you set your eyes on.

Even when flashy things surround you, your vision must remain glued to things above. (Colossians 3:2)

If all you see are perishable things, all you will get will be perishable. Don’t put your focus on earthly possessions and titles.

“Beloved, there is nothing better than setting your eyes on God because when you have Him, you have everything else. (Matthew 6:33)”

MEMORISE: Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth. Colossians 3:2