OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL  DATE: SUNDAY MAY 12TH 2024 TOPIC: ACCESSING TRUE HOPE MEMORISE: “And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” - (Romans 5:5) READ: ROMANS 5:1-9 (KJV) 1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3 And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4 And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5 And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. 6 For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while w...

  SINCERE MILK SUNDAY MAY 12, 2024 TO MY MOM KEY VERSE: “Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)” Ephesians 6:2 TEXT: EPHESIANS 6:1-4 Your hands held me gently from the day I took my first breath. Your hands helped to guide me as I took my first step. Your hands held me close when the tears would start to fall. Your hands were quick to show me that she would take care of it all. Your hands were there to brush my hair, or straighten a wayward bow. Your hands were often there to comfort the hurts that didn't always show. Your hands would also push me, though not down or in harm's way. Your hands would punctuate the words, just do what I say. Your hands sometimes had to discipline, to help bend this young tree. Your hands would shape and mould me into all she knew I could be. Your hands are now twisting with age and year of work. Your hand now needs my gentle touch to rub away the hurt. Your hands are more beautiful than anything can be. Your h...

  HIGHER EVERYDAY SUNDAY MAY 12, 2024 DO NOT WORRY MEMORY VERSE: “Be careful for nothing; but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God” TEXT: PHILIPPIANS 4: 4-7 We may define worry as the state of mind that shows a lack of poise or confidence in oneself, leading to fear and emotional imbalance. Hence S. T. Ludwig clarifies, “Worry and faith are incompatible. If your faith is strong, you need not worry. If it was weak, worrying won't help.” Moreover, Jesus said, “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat and the body more than raiment?”Since God cannot lie, worrying about the necessities of life is worthless. Worrying makes you an unbeliever and hinders you from receiving and enjoying the promises of God (See James 1:6-8). God who provides for birds and clothes the lilies will take care of you. ...

  HOUSE FELLOWSHIP MEMBER'S MANUAL SUNDAY 12TH OF MAY, 2024 LESSON THIRTY SEVEN (37) TOPIC: DEPENDABLE GOD HOUSE FELLOWSHIP ANTHEM 1. I love this family of God, So closely knitted into one,  They have taken me into their arms And am so glad to be A part of this great family  2. I bless this family of God, So greatly prospered by the Lord, They have taken me into their arms And am so glad to be A part of this great family 3. I know this family of God, So deeply rooted in the word, They have taken me into their arms And am so glad to be A part of this great family 4. I see this family of God, So highly lifted above all, They have taken me into their arms And am so glad to be A part of this great family 5. Come, join this family of God, So highly favoured by the Lord, They have taken me into their arms And am so glad to be A part of this great family. MEMORY VERSE: "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto your own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge H...

ADULT STS LESSON 110 ISRAEL'S WHOREDOM AND THE ZEAL OF PHINEHAS MEMORY VERSE: “Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of Israel, while he was zealous for my sake among them, that I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy" (Numbers 25.11) TEXT: NUMBERS 25:1-18 In the preceding chapters, Israel was portrayed as an invulnerable and invincible army of the Lord. The divination and curses targeted at them by Balak and Balaam had proved abortive in the face of divine protection (Numbers 23:23). Unfortunately, what the enchantments of Balaam could not achieve, the charm of Baal-worshipping women of Moab accomplished with ease. Against the warnings they had received, Israel succumbed to the grievous temptation of the flesh. They went into the twin evils of immorality and idolatry with the daughters of Moab. By committing immorality, they became spiritually weak and vulnerable to the enemy. "And Israel joine...

  CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH Nigeria And Overseas 2024 SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON UNIT 2: GOD GIVES GIFTS PURPOSEFULLY  THEME: SPIRITUAL POWER AND GIFTS FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST LESSON Seventeen  May 12th, 2024 TOPIC: GIFT OF DIVERSE TONGUES MEMORY SCRIPTURE  And these signs will follow those who believe: In My name they will cast out demons; they will speak with new tongues (Mark 16:17).  The gift of diverse tongues is another way by which the Holy Spirit shows His power, presence and purpose among us. BRIEF COMMENT  It is a tremendous blessing that Christ Jesus didn't abandon His disciples but continuously guided, taught, corrected and prepared them for their future mission. He empowered them with authority and prayer, promising them the ability to speak in new tongues, signifying a fresh way of communicating, not an entirely new language. At His ascension, He assured them that the Holy Spirit would empower them, and this promise came to fruition at Pentecost. These...

  CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH  THE LIVING WATER (January-December, 2024) DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE  DATE  Sunday, May 12, 2024 TOPIC: KEYS TO ANSWERED PRAYER (IV) MEMORISE      Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be to you as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that very hour (Matthew 15:28). READ: Hebrews 11:1-6 [1]. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.  [2]. For by it the elders obtained a good testimony. [3]. By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible. [4]. By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he being dead still speaks. [5]. By faith Enoch was taken away so that he did not see death, “and was not found, because God ha...

𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐎𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 Saturday, 11 May, 2024 *𝔹𝕀𝔹𝕃𝔼 𝕀ℕ 𝕆ℕ𝔼 𝕐𝔼𝔸ℝ:* 2 Chronicles 27, 2 Chronicles 28, 2 Chronicles 29, Luke 9, Luke 10 𝕋𝕆ℙ𝕀ℂ: *𝐋𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐉𝐎𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐁𝐄𝐃 (𝐈)* *𝔽𝕀ℝ𝔼 𝕊ℂℝ𝕀ℙ𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔼:* Exodus 2:1-2 *𝕄𝔼𝕄𝕆ℝ𝕐 𝕍𝔼ℝ𝕊𝔼:* *Galatians 5:16 -* ```"This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh."``` 𝕄𝕆𝕋𝕀𝕍𝔸𝕋𝕀𝕆ℕ𝔸𝕃 ℚ𝕌𝕆𝕋𝔼𝕊: *You can never go wrong with the Spirit of God, be sensitive to Him!* *ℙℝ𝔸𝕀𝕊𝔼 & 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝕊ℍ𝕀ℙ*   ℙℝ𝕆ℙℍ𝔼𝕋𝕀ℂ 𝕎𝕆ℝ𝔻 𝔽𝕆ℝ 𝕋𝕆𝔻𝔸𝕐: 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗘𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗕𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗛𝗢𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗣𝗜𝗥𝗜𝗧, 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗡𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗝𝗘𝗦𝗨𝗦. *𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕄𝔼𝕊𝕊𝔸𝔾𝔼:* Today, we will begin to look at the life of another Bible character, Jochebed, whose life's lessons have lots to teach us. Jochebed was the daughter of Levi, the wife of Amram and the mother of the three g...

  Foursquare Gospel Church in Nigeria  Grace for Living Devotional  Saturday May 11, 2024 TOPIC: RISK OF IGNORING PARENTAL COUNSEL BIBLE READING: JUDGES 14:1-3 1 And Samson went down to Timnath, and saw a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines. 2 And he came up, and told his father and his mother, and said, I have seen a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines: now therefore get her for me to wife. 3 Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well.   KEY VERSE: Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old. Proverbs 23:22   MEDITATION: The birth of Samson was divinely orchestrated for the purpose of delivering Israel from the Philistines (Judges 13:1-5). Samson had godl...

  CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH  THE LIVING WATER (January-December, 2024) DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE  DATE: Saturday, May 11, 2024 TOPIC: KEYS TO ANSWERED PRAYER (III) MEMORISE       You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures (James 4:3). READ  James 4:1-6 [1]. Where do wars and fights come from among you? Do they not come from your desires for pleasure that war in your members?  [2]. You lust and do not have. You murder and covet and cannot obtain. You fight and war. Yet you do not have because you do not ask.  [3]. You ask and do not receive, because you ask amiss, that you may spend it on your pleasures.  [4]. Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.  [5]. Or do you think that the Scripture says in vain, “The Spirit who dwells in us yearns jealous...