LIVING STREAMS DEVOTIONAL
By Pst. Ezekiel Atang
JUNE 2025
BREAKTHROUGH BY PRAYER
(James 5:16 NIV)
Friday, 27th June
KEEPING YOUR HEAVENS OPEN
(Luke 3:21 KJV)
“Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened”.
Even though we do not see any physical window or door that closes the heavens, it is still crucial to know that the heavens do close and they also open. Not everyone enjoys open heavens, just like rain sometimes doesn’t fall everywhere within the same locality. It’s amazing how it can rain in one street while the next street is dry, so is it with our lives.
The heavens cannot open where there is no prayer. Jesus didn’t enjoy open heavens that day because He was the son of God, it was because He engaged heaven in prayer. Since He was the only one praying among those who went to be baptized, the heavens therefore opened to Him alone. So people may go through all kinds of mishaps around you, and it would not affect you because your heavens are opened. It is the secret of divine exemptions in life.
The benefits of open heavens are enormous, one of which is that you will hear God clearly. Jesus was the only one who heard the Father declare His sonship publicly. There are things you get to hear when your heavens are opened via prayer that no one else can hear. The next benefit was divine direction. Your heavens can’t be open and you lack direction on what to do, where to go and how to go about it. Sometimes the lack of direction can be as bad as the lack of life itself. All these happen by open heavens, and the heavens open by strong and consistent praying. Receive grace to keep your heavens open in Jesus Name.
Action Points/Prayer
i. Ask the Lord to fill you with grace to keep your heavens open at all times.
ii. Ask the Lord to take away all forms of laziness in prayer from your life.
Nugget
The heavens open by strong and consistent praying.
For Further Reading and Meditation
MORNING
Exodus 10; John 6
EVENING
Isaiah 10
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