OPEN HEAVEN 15 MARCH 2024 FRIDAY

OPEN HEAVEN 15 MARCH 2024 FRIDAY: THE MORE THE MERRIER

OPEN HEAVEN 15 MARCH 2024 MEMORIZE: How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up? Deuteronomy 32:30

OPEN HEAVEN 15 MARCH 2024 BIBLE READING Ecclesiastes 4:9-12

⁹ Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour.

¹⁰ For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up.

¹¹ Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone?

¹² And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken.

OPEN HEAVEN 15 MARCH 2024 MESSAGE

The more we are in our local assemblies, the merrier our services will be.

If we are not many, how can we make a joyful noise?

The more we are, the louder the noise we can make, and the merrier it will be to praise God together.

Let me tell you what I believe to be the origin of clapping.

One day, the fingers woke up and heard the birds singing, and they said, “O God, we also want to praise You.” They tried to make a sound individually, but no sound came.

Suddenly, they said, “If two of us should cooperate, maybe we can produce some sound.” So, one finger cooperated with another finger, and they discovered that there was a little snapping sound.

They took it further, and one finger cooperated with the other palm.

They made a better sound, and then another finger decided to join in. The sound improved, and yet another finger joined in.

Before long, all the fingers were jamming together in praise, making a joyful noise to the Lord.

In the same token, the more we are, the greater our impact will be in the world.

When we are many, the impact we will make cannot be ignored because it will be significant.

When ten people come together against a policy of the government, the government can easily ignore them.

However, when 10,000 people come together to speak against the same policy, it will be very difficult for the government to ignore them.

The governing powers in the environment where your local assembly is situated will take you more seriously when you are many.

As a result, your local assembly can influence the culture and policies in that environment.

When we are many, projects become easier to accomplish.

When ten people come together to do something, they will have to put in a lot of effort and personal resources to get it done.

However, if 100 people come together to do the same thing, they obviously will need less individual effort and personal resources to get that thing done.

Therefore, projects are done faster and easier when we are many.

Beloved, if truly God is your father, you should be committed to the expansion of His kingdom.

Preach the gospel anywhere you find yourself and set a personal target to win at least one soul to Christ per day.

If you cannot go to the mission field, support missionaries with your prayers and your personal resources.

The more Christians we have around the world, the greater our impact will be.

Make it a point of duty to preach the gospel to at least one person every day.

OPEN HEAVEN 15 MARCH 2024 HYMN

RCCG HYMN 1: ALL HAIL THE POWER OF JESUS’ NAME

¹ All hail the power of Jesus’ name!
Let angels prostrate fall.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown him Lord of all!

² Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre,
and as they tune it, fall
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
and crown Him Lord of all.

³ Crown Him, ye morning stars of light,
Who fixed this floating ball;
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Now hail the strength of Israel’s might,
and crown Him Lord of all.

⁴ Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God,
Who from His altar call;
Extol the stem of Jesse’s Rod,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Extol the stem of Jesse’s Rod,
and crown Him Lord of all.

⁵ Ye seed of Israel’s chosen race,
ye ransomed from the fall,
Hail Him who saves you by his grace,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Hail Him who saves you by his grace,
and crown Him Lord of all!

⁶ Hail Him, ye heirs of David’s line,
Whom David Lord did call,
The God incarnate, Man divine,
and crown Him Lord of all.
The God incarnate, Man divine,
and crown Him Lord of all.

⁷ Sinners, whose love can ne’er forget
the wormwood and the gall,
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Go spread your trophies at His feet,
and crown Him Lord of all.

⁸ Let every tribe and every tongue
before Him prostrate fall,
And shout in universal song,
and crown him Lord of all.
And shout in universal song,
and crown him Lord of all.

OPEN HEAVEN 15 MARCH 2024 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: Judges 9-10

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE