OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2025 THURSDAY

 

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2025 THURSDAY: DELIVERING GOD’S MESSAGES

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2025 MEMORISE: Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Ephesians 4:29

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2025 READ: 2 Samuel 12:1-14:

1 And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds:

3 But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

4 And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

5 And David’s anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die:

6 And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

8 And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said unto David, The Lord also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2025 MESSAGE

When you get sufficiently close to God and begin to intercede for other people, God will tell you things about them.

Sometimes, you will not need to tell the people you are praying for the things God tells you about them; you can just give them instructions to guide them into God’s will.

However, if God leads you to share some things with them, then you must apply wisdom, especially when the messages are negative.

You must take a cue from the way Nathan delivered God’s message to David, as we read in today’s Bible reading.

If Nathan had just told David, “Thus saith the Lord, because you have taken another man’s wife and killed the man, evil will befall you,” he could have lost his head that day.

However, due to the way he presented the message, David got on his knees in repentance.

The purpose of prophecy is for edification, exhortation, and comfort (1 Corinthians 14:3), not to condemn or show everyone that you can hear from God.

If your prophecy does not edify, exhort, or comfort the one you are prophesying to, you are likely delivering the message wrongly.

Even when Elijah was direct in passing judgment on Ahab because God specifically told him what to say (1 Kings 21:17-29), Ahab repented because the purpose of the prophecy was not to condemn him, but to bring him to repentance, as God has no pleasure in the death of the wicked (Ezekiel 33:11).

Note that there will be times when, even though you deliver God’s message in the right manner, the people who receive the message might still not do the will of God.

You can’t force people to do God’s will; your major responsibility is to deliver God’s message. It is up to the recipients of the message to either believe God’s prophet and prosper or not (2 Chronicles 20:20).

Sometimes, God might even allow the hearts of the recipients to be hardened as He did with Pharaoh (Exodus 9:12) so that in future, others will take His word more seriously.

Beloved, Ephesians 4:15 tells us to speak the truth in love. This means that if God wants you to give others a message, you must allow His love to guide whatever you say.

It is best to ask God to fill your heart with wisdom and love before you speak so that your words will not do more harm than good.

At all times, especially when delivering God’s message, let your words always be gracious and edifying.

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2025 HYMN 33:

GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH!

1 Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah,

Pilgrim through this barren land.

I am weak, but Thou art mighty;

Hold me with Thy powerful hand.

Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven!

Feed me now and evermore;

Bread of heaven, Bread of heaven!

Feed me now and evermore.

2 Open now the crystal fountain,

Whence the healing stream doth flow;

Let the fiery, cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through.

Strong Deliverer! Strong Deliverer!

Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.

Strong Deliverer! Strong Deliverer!

Be Thou still my Strength and Shield.

3 If I tread the verge of Jordan,

Bid my anxious fears subside;

Bear me through the swelling torrent,

Land me safe on Canaan’s side:

Songs of praises! Songs of praises!

I will ever give to Thee.

Songs of praises! Songs of praises!

I will ever give to Thee.

4 Saviour, come! We long to see Thee,

Long to dwell with Thee above;

And to know in full communion,

All the sweetness of Thy love,

Come, Lord Jesus! Come, Lord Jesus!

Take Thy waiting people home

Come, Lord Jesus! Come, Lord Jesus!

Take Thy waiting people home.

OPEN HEAVEN 4 DECEMBER 2025 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Corinthians 5-9