Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost, descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
Luke 3:21-22
I welcome you to this second half of this year which is our month of open heaven. Elijah, Moses and Jacob experienced open Heaven because God caused the Heaven to open over their life; likewise God is also committed to opening the Heaven over your life.
When the Heavens Opens over your life and God’s glory falls upon you, all that you need to do is to position yourself to receive him and soak yourself completely in His presence. As God opens up the Heaven over your life this month, He will do the impossible in our lives.
WHAT IS AN OPEN HEAVEN?
When Heavens are open, we mean having free access to everything in Heavenly realm, a free flow of God’s abundant grace in our life. When Heaven opens over our life, we mean God will be nearer to you and Heaven’s will be manifested naturally as it is in heaven,
And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God and Jesus answered and said unto him, blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven
And I say also unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven:
And whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
Matthew 16: 16-19
Apostle Peter had an open Heaven experience whereby he had free access to Heaven to receive a revelation of who Jesus is. The keys to the Kingdom of Heaven have been given to all believers and this is the free access to the Kingdom of Heaven which is the Open Heaven experience.
In Isaiah 64: 1-3,
Oh that thou wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that the mountains might flow down at thy presence.As when the meltiing 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! When thou didst terrible things which we looked not for, thou camest down, the mountains flowed down at thy presence.
Isaiah the prophet prayed for an open heaven and God answered him. God rend (tear down) the heavens over the Life of Isaiah the Prophet and, He had free access ( Revelations, Insights, Inspiration) to Heaven. He experienced open heaven over his life and this caused God’s presence to come down upon his life.
When God’s presence comes down upon your life, the mountains flow at His presence. Every obstacle is turned into miracles. A repeat of the manifestation of
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Judah was his sanctuary, and Israel his dominion. The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs. What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? Thou Jordan, that thou wastn’t driven back?Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; which turned the rock into a standing water, the Flint into a fountain of waters.
Psalm 114:1-8
Psalm 114:1—8 over the life of the Children of Israel was what Isaiah the Prophet wanted to experience in His life, and he prayed for God’s presence in His Life and God answered him. God’s presence is the answer to all the obstacles of life
When the heaven opens for Jesus in Luke 3: 21-22 being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
Jesus lived under an open heaven and carried it wherever He went. If Jesus could not fulfil his messianic mandate until the heaven open, It means that we cannot fulfil our heavenly mandate without open heaven over our life.
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Matthew 3:16-17
The moment the heaven opened over Jesus, the power of God came down upon Jesus and begins to function in His life and ministry. This leads to show that for the power of God to function in our life, our heavens must be opened. The power of God is one of the fruits of an open heaven.
Jesus ministered in one of the hardest atmosphere in History, He battled constantly with tough spiritual climate affected by religious spirit and contaminated mind set. He needed an Open Heaven experience to fulfil the divine mandate over His life, Likewise us, we must operate under an open Heaven to fulfil the divine mandate over our life
HOW DID HE OVER COME THIS?
It was the open heaven experience that released the power of God over the life and ministry of Jesus. Without the power of God that comes from an open heaven, we cannot over come demonic hostility against our destinies.
So we need an open heaven experience in this second half of this year to over come all obstacles on our way to a fulfil destiny, just as Isaiah and Jesus did.
It is time to pursue our open heaven in this second half of the year, so that we can receive the power to fulfil our destiny this year.
WHAT ARE THE KEYS TO THE OPEN HEAVEN
- Pray for Holy hunger….., Luke 6:21
- Repentance and Obedience….., Matthew 3: 16—17, Deuteronomy 28 :1
- Prayer and Fasting….., 2 Chronicles 7 :14
- Tithe and Offering…., Malachi 3: 10—12
If you pursue these four keys, I am sure we will arrive at our open heaven. May the fruit of Open heaven manifest in your life throughout this second half of the year
Remain blessed
Pastor Adebo Tomomewo
Snr Pastor
Recovery Chapel International
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