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Sunday 5 May 2013

Your heaven is opened (Matthew 3:1-17)

Your heaven is opened (Matthew 3:1-17)
Isaiah 64:1
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 2 As when the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations may tremble at thy presence!
Both Isaiah and David knew the importance of opened heavens. David earnestly prayed that the Lord would open the heavens. In fact he wanted the doors and windows of heaven removed to permanently have it opened and unlocked. He got the answer to his prayer. The heaven remain permanently opened over David. Even God said that no matter what happens, David had an everlasting opened heavens.
Jeremiah 33:20 Thus saith the LORD; If ye can break my covenant of the day, and my covenant of the night, and that there should not be day and night in their season; 21 Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
I declare and decree that your heavens will be opened in the name of Jesus. In fact may you have an everlasting opened heaven.
Several years later, when David has gone, his son inherited the opened heaven after him. Solomon continued to thrive under the opened heaven. One day after he finished dedicating the house of God with a great worship service, God’s fire tumbled down. Why? Because the heaven was opened and has remained opened since the time of his father tore off the hinges.
2Chronicles 7:1
Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house. 2 And the priests could not enter into the house of the LORD, because the glory of the LORD had filled the LORD'S house.
Then it became the turn of Jesus Christ. John the Baptist really described what he saw, an opened heaven. The Holy Spirit came down upon Jesus in the form of a dove, and God the father spoke from heaven. From then onward, Jesus moved from one exploit to another super exploit.. His breathtaking miracles came one after another without a break until he literally suspended the law of gravity and ascended in to the opened heaven.
Acts 1:9
And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight.
What about Peter and Paul? They all experienced opened heavens at different levels.
Acts 10:10
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 2Corinthians 12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
What do you think opened heavens did for them? A lot. All kinds of blessings, exploit, fulfilment, miracles, signs and wonders. In fact the whole world has never recovered and can never recover from the effect of their opened heavens. And now I am saying it is your turn for opened heavens. May your heaven be opened. And may it remain opened until you fulfilled your God given destiny.
A few things as a matter of course to allow heaven open. You must cooperate with God and this I mean on different and various levels. All of the people I mentioned above except Jesus started with repentance. They repented of their sins. They sought to know more about God. They love God and did services unto him. They continued as followers of God in prayers, praises and worship. Would you like your heaven to be opened? Follow the steps of these people who had their heavens opened and the world will soon notice its positive impact. God bless you.

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