Open Heaven Friday 4th July 2025 Daily Devotional Message Written By Pastor E.A Adeboye
TOPIC: PRAYERS FOR ELDERS
MEMORISE
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 19:32
READ: 1 Timothy 5:17-19
17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.” 19 Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses.
Open Heaven Friday 4th July 2025 – PRAYERS
1. Thank You, Lord, for all the elders around me. Thank You for preserving their lives and for giving me the opportunity to learn from them.
2. Father, please give all the elders around me sound health, physically and mentally. Keep sicknesses and diseases far from them, in Jesus’ name.
3. Father, please surround the elders with love. Do not let them be sad and lonely, in Jesus’ name.
4. Father, please give all the elders in the body of Christ the wisdom to lead and guide the younger generations aright. Let all their counsel come from the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus’ name.
5. Father, please help the elders to influence the younger generations with the gospel. Let their words, prayers, and actions carry fire so that souls will be won to Your kingdom, in Jesus’ name.
6. Father, please give the elders the grace to teach the younger generations the good wisdom that they have learnt from their experiences and from You. Let none of their wisdom be lost after You call them to glory, in Jesus’ name.
7. Father, please forgive the past mistakes of the elders, in Jesus’ name. Have mercy on them and the generations after them.
8. Father, please give the elders who are not yet born again an encounter that will reveal Your perfect love and salvation. Help them to give their lives completely to You, in Jesus’ name.
9. Father, please preserve the lives of the elders; let them enjoy the fruits of their good deeds in peace and joy until You call them home, in Jesus’ name.
10. Lord, please preserve the good legacy of the elders. Help them to raise younger people who will continue with their good works when they are gone.
11. Father, please give me the resources to take care of the elders around me. Help me to be a blessing to them, in Jesus’ name.
12. Your personal prayer points for the elders around you, in your local assembly, and across the world.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
1 Timothy 5:17-19
HYMN 22
SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER
1 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
that calls me from a world of care,
and bids me at my Father’s throne
make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
my soul has often found relief,
and oft escaped the tempter’s snare
by thy return, sweet hour of prayer!
2 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
the joys I feel, the bliss I share
of those whose anxious spirits burn
with strong desires for thy return!
With such I hasten to the place
where God my Savior shows his face,
and gladly take my station there,
and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!
3 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
thy wings shall my petition bear
to him whose truth and faithfulness
engage the waiting soul to bless.
And since he bids me seek his face,
believe his word, and trust his grace,
I’ll cast on him my every care,
and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!
RCCG Open Heaven Devotional Friday 4 July 2025 Reading guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.