OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24TH, 2026
MEMORISE:
But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
-1 Corinthians 15:57
READ: Romans 8:31-37
31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
MESSAGE:
There was a man who always faced setbacks every time he was close to having a breakthrough.
Each time a breakthrough was about to happen in his life, something would truncate it.
One day, he was informed that he had won a big contract and was instructed to collect his award letter in Abuja.
He was so excited about this that he boarded a plane immediately and headed to Abuja.
Unknown to him, the person in charge of the contract had changed his mind and given the contract to someone else.
After receiving this news upon his arrival in Abuja, the man decided that he couldn’t bear it anymore.
He surrendered his life to Jesus, and I prayed for him. The Lord had mercy on him, broke the yoke of failure in his life, and from then on, he began to record one breakthrough after another.
Beloved, God wants you to live in victory in all areas of your life. He also wants you to move from one level of success to another.
Proverbs 4:18 says, “But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.”
While following Jesus doesn’t exempt you from challenges, God’s plan is not for you to live under the shadow of defeat and failure.
I once met a boy who consistently failed all his exams, despite his parents being professors.
If he moved from a class of 30 pupils to a class of 35 pupils, his position would move from 30th to 35th; he just couldn’t help it.
His parents got him the best private tutors, yet he continued to fail.
One day, his parents brought him to me, and we prayed together. In the next examination he wrote, he came first among his peers.
The teachers were shocked, so he was asked to retake the examination. Surprisingly, he scored even higher than he did in his first attempt. Since then, failure has been banished from his life.
Beloved, are you experiencing recurring failure? If you are already born again or if you surrender your life to Jesus right now, I have good news for you: the Lord is more than able to deliver you from the cycle of failure.
Call on Him for help today, and He will deliver you. He will show you what you must do to start succeeding, and as you do it, you will never know failure again.
PRAYER POINT:
I decree that I will no longer experience failure and defeat in any area of my life, in Jesus’ name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Luke 7-8
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN: Yield not to temptation
1.Yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin;
Each victory will help you some other to win;
Fight manfully onward, dark passions subdue;
Look ever to Jesus, He’ll carry you through.
Chorus:
Ask the Savior to help you,
Comfort, strengthen, and keep you;
He is willing to aid you,
He will carry you through.
2. Shun evil companions, bad language disdain;
God’s name hold in reverence, nor take it in vain;
Be thoughtful and earnest, kindhearted and true;
Look ever to Jesus, He’ll carry you through.
(Chorus)
3. To him that o’ercometh, God giveth a crown;
Through faith we shall conquer, though often cast down;
He who is our Savior, our strength will renew;
Look ever to Jesus, He’ll carry you through.
(Chorus)
