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OPEN HEAVEN 17 DECEMBER 2025 WEDNESDAY

 


OPEN HEAVEN 17 DECEMBER 2025 WEDNESDAY: DON’T BECOME AN EX-CHAMPION

OPEN HEAVEN 17 DECEMBER 2025 MEMORISE: The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the LORD of hosts: and in this place will l give peace, saith the LORD of hosts. Haggai 2:9

OPEN HEAVEN 17 DECEMBER 2025 READ: 1 Samuel 13:13-14:

13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly: thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded thee: for now would the Lord have established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever.

14 But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which the Lord commanded thee.

OPEN HEAVEN 17 DECEMBER 2025 MESSAGE

There are people who used to be wealthy or influential but have little or nothing to show for it today.

There is nothing as terrible as being a fellow who used to be wealthy or influential.

For example, when those who have never had a car struggle to enter a public bus and someone steps on them, they would see it as something normal.

However, people who used to have their own cars might find it difficult to adapt when they find themselves in a similar situation.

Also, if they complain about getting stepped on while struggling to enter a public bus, they might feel really insulted when people say, “If you don’t want to be stepped on, why not get your own car?” May you never be a has-been, in Jesus’ name.

There is nothing as terrible as being an ex-champion. Boxers will tell you that the moment you become a champion, other boxers in your category will want to challenge you to a fight.

If you want to remain a champion, it means that you need to work harder than you used to before you became a champion.

If you relax after becoming successful, saying, “I am the best; everybody already sees how good I am,” you might soon lose your edge and become irrelevant.

Instead, you must start working harder on becoming more excellent. The things you need to do to remain at the top are even more rigorous than what you must do to get there.

When God called me to become a pastor, I prayed that I would become so influential for the kingdom, and I can tell you with all confidence that the way I used to pray before l got to the level I am now is nothing compared to how I pray now.

As God has continued to take me higher, I have been fasting more, studying my Bible more, preaching more sermons, and working harder generally.

This is how I have been able to maintain an upward trajectory.

Beloved, if you want to be the best in your field, you must be ready to put in all the necessary efforts.

Most importantly, to remain at the top, you must be ready to put in even more efforts by acquiring more and more knowledge, networking more with other experts in your field, and generally working harder.

I pray that you will get to the top and remain there, in Jesus’ name.

It takes more effort to remain at the top than to get there.

OPEN HEAVEN 17 DECEMBER 2025 HYMN 12:

ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS

1 Onward, Christian soldiers,

Marching as to war,

Looking unto Jesus,

Who is gone before!

Christ, the Royal Master,

Leads against the foe;

Forward into battle,

See His banner go!

Refrain:

Onward, Christian soldiers,

Marching as to war,

Looking unto Jesus

Who is gone before!

2 At the name of Jesus

Satan’s host doth flee;

On, then, Christian soldiers,

On to victory!

Hell’s foundations quiver

At the shout of praise;

Brothers, lift your voices,

loud your anthems raise!

3 Like a mighty army

Moves the Church of God;

Brothers, we are treading

Where the saints have trod;

We are not divided;

All one body we,

One in hope and doctrine,

One in charity.

4 Crowns and thrones may perish,

Kingdoms rise and wane;

But the Church of Jesus,

Constant will remain,

Gates of hell can never,

‘Gainst the Church prevail;

We have Christ’s own promise,

And that cannot fail.

5 Onward, then, ye people,

Join our happy throng,

Blend with ours your voices

In the triumph song;

“Glory, praise and honour,

Unto Christ the King”,

This, thro’ countless ages,

Men and angels sing.

OPEN HEAVEN 17 DECEMBER 2025 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Hebrews 1-4

 

 

 

 

 

   

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