Open Heavens 20 April 2026 Monday – Reversing Hopelessness – Open Heaven For Today, RCCG Devotional
Open Heavens 20 April 2026 Monday – Reversing Hopelessness
MEMORISE: But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. Psalm 3:3
READ: John 5:2-9 Open Heavens 20 April 2026
2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.
3 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water.
4 For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
5 And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
6 When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole?
7 The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.
8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.
Open Heavens 20 April 2026
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 6-8
MESSAGE: – Open Heavens 20 April 2026 Monday Daily Devotional
In today’s Bible reading, a certain man, who had suffered from an infirmity for 38 years, had an encounter with Jesus. From his response to Jesus Christ’s question, it was clear that he had lost all hope, but Jesus reversed his hopelessness when He commanded him to take up his bed and walk. In an instant, the 38-year infirmity disappeared, and his hopelessness vanished. I pray for you today that the Almighty God, who can reverse hopeless situations, will visit you today, and you shall receive a miracle, in Jesus’ name.
When God wants to turn a fellow whom the world seems to have forsaken into a living testimony, He will arrange a divine encounter for the fellow. He will work it out in such a way that everyone around him or her will know that He is definitely at work.
Several years ago, I was travelling to Ilesha, a town in South-West Nigeria. Along the way, I saw a car that seemed to have broken down. As I approached it, I saw that it had an RCCG sticker on it. On taking a closer look, I saw that the person standing beside the car was a church member whom I knew. I also saw that she was pregnant. I asked her, “What’s wrong with your car?” Immediately she saw me, she exclaimed, “Daddy! Is it really you l’m seeing? Oh God!” I asked her again, “Is there a problem with your car?”
She replied, “Sir, don’t worry about the car. I have a bigger problem.” She then went on to tell me that the baby in her womb had not moved for the past six days, and the doctors had told her that they were going to evacuate the baby. After listening to her, I said, “In that case, I decree, baby, come back to life, in Jesus’ name.” Immediately, the baby started moving again. A few years ago, I visited one of our parishes in Europe, and that same baby whom the doctors wanted to evacuate from the woman’s womb was the one playing the drums.
Beloved, I want you to know that nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37). If you are currently in the midst of a situation that seems hopeless, I want you to put your trust in the One who makes rivers in the desert (saiah 43:19). He will bring you out of that hopeless situation and give you victory where defeat seemed certain, in Jesus’ name.
Prayer Point – Open Heavens 20 April 2026
Father, please turn every hopeless situation in my life around for good, in Jesus’ name.
Open Heavens 20 April 2026 Monday Hymn
Hymn 21: My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less
1 My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus Christ, my righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Chorus:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
2 When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
3 His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
4 When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
In Him, my righteousness, alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
Prayer Points for Open Heavens 20 April 2026 – REVERSING HOPELESSNESS
1. Father, I thank You for being my shield, my glory, and the lifter up of my head. Thank You that no situation is too hopeless for You to reverse, in Jesus’ name.
2. Lord, I ask for mercy for every time I have allowed hopelessness to fill my heart, doubted Your power, or lost faith in Your ability to turn my situation around, in Jesus’ name.
3. Father, just as You reversed the 38-year infirmity of the man at Bethesda with a word, I command every hopeless situation in my life—sickness, poverty, barrenness, stagnation—to be reversed now, in Jesus’ name.
4. Lord, visit me today with a divine encounter that will turn my story around. Let the world see that You are at work in my life and that nothing is impossible for You, in Jesus’ name.
5. Father, I speak life into every dead area of my existence—dead dreams, dead relationships, dead businesses, dead hopes. Let them hear the voice of the Resurrection and come alive, in Jesus’ name.
6. Lord, like the baby that doctors wanted to evacuate but came back to life at Your word, let every pregnancy of purpose, every seed of destiny, and every promise that seemed dead be revived and brought to full term, in Jesus’ name.
7. Father, remove every hopeless thought from my mind. Fill me with the assurance that You make rivers in the desert and ways in the wilderness. Let my faith be stronger than my circumstances, in Jesus’ name.
8. Lord, I pray for everyone reading this who has lost hope in their marriage, health, finances, or ministry. Let them receive a fresh word from You today that will turn their despair into dancing, in Jesus’ name.
9. Father, according to Luke 1:37, nothing is impossible with You. I declare that my hopeless situation is an opportunity for Your glory to be revealed. Let victory come where defeat seemed certain, in Jesus’ name.
10. My personal prayer point: (Mention specific hopeless situations in your life—health, family, career, spiritual struggles—and declare God’s reversal over them).
11. Thank You, Father, for hearing my cry. I believe my testimony is on the way, and I will glorify Your name forever, in Jesus’ mighty name. Amen.
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