Open Heaven 29 October 2023 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – FASTING IS A WEAPON OF WAR
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Open Heavens 2023
Date: 2023-10-29
Topic: FASTING IS A WEAPON OF WAR
Memory Verse: 2 Chronicles 20:3 – And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
Bible Reading: Esther 4:16-53
Message: There was this man called Mordecai — Esther’s uncle. There was also Haman – an officer of the king, who hated Mordecai. Haman expected everybody to bow to him, but Mordecai wouldn’t bow to anybody except God. Haman decided to hang him and destroy his people completely. Haman got the king to sign the death warrant of all the Israelites.
When Mordecai heard of the decree from the king, he went to Esther, who was then the queen, for help. Esther replied in Esther 4:1-17 that they should all fast, and then she would go and see the king. They fasted for just three days and things began to change from that point. By the time we got to Esther 5:1-6, Esther appeared before the king without being summoned and the first result of the fasting was that instead of the king asking her to be killed, he spared her life. Fasting can change death to life.
The next thing that happened is that Esther found unusual favour before the king. The king told Esther that though he is yet to know what she wants, but she should consider it granted already, even up to half of his kingdom. When you fast, you get more than you ask for. By the time we get to Esther 6, the king couldn’t sleep until he honoured Mordecai. A good deed that Mordecai did many years previously, which had been forgotten, made the king restless until it was repaid. When you take fasting seriously, all your past benefits that you have been denied can be brought forward and handed over to you.
In Esther 7, the enemy of the entire nation became completely uprooted, and then in Esther 8, the house of Haman was given over to Esther. Proverbs 13:22 says that the wealth of the wicked is laid up for the just; do you think the wicked will let go of his wealth easily? You get it by fasting and praying. Wealth changes hands when you fast. Mordecai also got promoted because promotion comes from God (Psalm 75:6-7), and since fasting draws you closer to God, it leads to promotion.
Also Read: Open Heaven 28 October 2023 – FASTING TAKES YOU HIGHER
Finally, in Esther 8:3-17, the Jews were saved from destruction, and the Bible also says all the people around became Jews because they were afraid of the Jews. Fasting is a powerful weapon of warfare. Begin to use this weapon from today.
Hymn: Ancient Words
Points: Fasting is a powerful weapon of warfare and vehicle of promotion.
Bible in one year: Luke 19, Luke 20
Title: Ancient Words.
Chorus: Ancient words ever true
Changing me, and changing you.
We have come with open hearts
Oh let the ancient words impart..
1. Holy words long preservedfor our walk in this world,
They resound with God’s own heart
Oh, let the Ancient words impart.
2. Words of Life, words of HopeGive us strength, help us cope
In this world, where e’er we roam
Ancient words will guide us Home.
3. Holy words of our Faith 4. Holy words long preservedFor our walk in this world.
They resound with God’s own heart
Oh let the ancient words impart.
Open Heavens 2023 Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.
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