OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: FRIDAY MARCH 20TH 2026
TOPIC: THE ROOT CURSE
MEMORISE:
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. - (2 Kings 2:21)
BIBLE READING: 2 KINGS 5:20-27 (KJV)
20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
MESSAGE:
In Mark 11:12-20, Jesus cursed a fig tree for not having fruit on it, and it dried up from its roots. I believe the detail that the tree dried up from its roots was added to let us know that curses attack roots; they always go root-deep.
Immediately after Jesus cursed the fig tree, the disciples could have looked behind them as they left the scene and discovered that its leaves were still green. I imagine that one of them could have said to himself, "Jesus missed this one because the leaves on the tree are still as green as ever." Little did they know that the curse was already taking effect from the tree's roots.
Beloved, be careful of curses, especially divine curses. If a man curses another man, it can be reversed by another man with a higher spiritual authority. However, when it is a divine curse, no one can reverse it, except God. There are several people who have been cursed but still look 'green'. For example, a fellow might break away from his or her local church in a malicious manner and still look fine on the outside; however, the fellow's roots might have been affected, and with time, the consequences will begin to manifest. If you remove a branch from a tree, it dies instantly; however, it is not immediately apparent. It is only after a while that it will start turning yellow before it eventually turns black. When it is yellow, people might think it is prosperous, only to discover later that it was actually dying.
In today's Bible reading, when Elisha pronounced a curse on Gehazi, he said that Naaman's leprosy would cleave to him and his seed forever. The curse went straight to the roots of his lineage such that any fellow who came from that lineage would carry the curse. In (2 Kings 2:19-22), the men of Jericho came to Elisha to tell him that their city looked beautiful, but they had severe problems. When they brought him the new cruse of salt he requested, he went straight to the source of their river so he could tackle the city's curse from its roots.
Child of God, are you experiencing the aftermath of a curse that you or someone in your lineage brought into the family? I speak to the roots of that curse now, and I decree that every inherited curse will cease to function in your life and family from this moment, in Jesus' name.
PRAYER POINT:
Lord, please remove any curse that might be operating in my family from its roots, in Jesus' name.
AUTHOR PASTOR E A ADEBOYE
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JUDGES 20-21
HYMNAL: 27 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS
1 What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!
2 Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
3 Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge--
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Do your friends despise, forsake you?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he'll take and shield you;
you will find a solace there.
Prayer Points on today's OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL, Friday 20th March, 2026-
THE ROOT CURSE
PRAYER POINTS
✓Father, You were made a curse on the Cross at Calvary that I may be blessed, and be free of all curses; thank You Jesus for paying the ultimate price for my deliverance.
✓Father, please send Your word to my life and destiny, and let every curse on me be destroyed to the very root, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, You are unlimited by space and time; no curse can escape Your consuming fire. Let no curse escape Your word today in my life and family, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please every curse still hanging around my life, limiting me from being my best, be destroyed to the very root today, in Jesus' name
✓Father, please have mercy on me, remove every curse on me by the power in the blood of Jesus; terminate and deliver me and my family from every divine curse, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please I don't want to wither off and dry up, establish me in Your will and may I not be detached from Jesus, the Vine, forever.
✓Father, please help me to avoid anything that will bring curses to my lineage. Let Your blessings rest upon my lineage and let everyone connected to me be eternally blessed, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please visit my nation today, destroy every root curse and heal every source of bitterness and hardship in our land, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please put to end every experience of curse that was brought into my family by anyone in my lineage, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, I decree that the operation of every inherited curse, cease to function in my life and family now, in Jesus' name.
✓Lord, please remove any curse that might be operating in my family from its roots, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, thank You for the life of Your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye.
Break every known and unknown curses over his family from its roots, in Jesus' name. Bless his children (biological and spiritual). Help him to continue to produce sons and daughters to Your glory, in Jesus name.
✓Father, bless Your son that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus name.
✓Father, please let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus name.
✓Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
✓..In Jesus name I pray.
(John
DATE: FRIDAY MARCH 20TH 2026
TOPIC: THE ROOT CURSE
MEMORISE:
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. - (2 Kings 2:21)
BIBLE READING: 2 KINGS 5:20-27 (KJV)
20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
MESSAGE:
In Mark 11:12-20, Jesus cursed a fig tree for not having fruit on it, and it dried up from its roots. I believe the detail that the tree dried up from its roots was added to let us know that curses attack roots; they always go root-deep.
Immediately after Jesus cursed the fig tree, the disciples could have looked behind them as they left the scene and discovered that its leaves were still green. I imagine that one of them could have said to himself, "Jesus missed this one because the leaves on the tree are still as green as ever." Little did they know that the curse was already taking effect from the tree's roots.
Beloved, be careful of curses, especially divine curses. If a man curses another man, it can be reversed by another man with a higher spiritual authority. However, when it is a divine curse, no one can reverse it, except God. There are several people who have been cursed but still look 'green'. For example, a fellow might break away from his or her local church in a malicious manner and still look fine on the outside; however, the fellow's roots might have been affected, and with time, the consequences will begin to manifest. If you remove a branch from a tree, it dies instantly; however, it is not immediately apparent. It is only after a while that it will start turning yellow before it eventually turns black. When it is yellow, people might think it is prosperous, only to discover later that it was actually dying.
In today's Bible reading, when Elisha pronounced a curse on Gehazi, he said that Naaman's leprosy would cleave to him and his seed forever. The curse went straight to the roots of his lineage such that any fellow who came from that lineage would carry the curse. In (2 Kings 2:19-22), the men of Jericho came to Elisha to tell him that their city looked beautiful, but they had severe problems. When they brought him the new cruse of salt he requested, he went straight to the source of their river so he could tackle the city's curse from its roots.
Child of God, are you experiencing the aftermath of a curse that you or someone in your lineage brought into the family? I speak to the roots of that curse now, and I decree that every inherited curse will cease to function in your life and family from this moment, in Jesus' name.
PRAYER POINT:
Lord, please remove any curse that might be operating in my family from its roots, in Jesus' name.
AUTHOR PASTOR E A ADEBOYE
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JUDGES 20-21
HYMNAL: 27 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS
1 What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!
2 Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
3 Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge--
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Do your friends despise, forsake you?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he'll take and shield you;
you will find a solace there.
Prayer Points on today's OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL, Friday 20th March, 2026-
THE ROOT CURSE
PRAYER POINTS
✓Father, You were made a curse on the Cross at Calvary that I may be blessed, and be free of all curses; thank You Jesus for paying the ultimate price for my deliverance.
✓Father, please send Your word to my life and destiny, and let every curse on me be destroyed to the very root, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, You are unlimited by space and time; no curse can escape Your consuming fire. Let no curse escape Your word today in my life and family, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please every curse still hanging around my life, limiting me from being my best, be destroyed to the very root today, in Jesus' name
✓Father, please have mercy on me, remove every curse on me by the power in the blood of Jesus; terminate and deliver me and my family from every divine curse, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please I don't want to wither off and dry up, establish me in Your will and may I not be detached from Jesus, the Vine, forever.
✓Father, please help me to avoid anything that will bring curses to my lineage. Let Your blessings rest upon my lineage and let everyone connected to me be eternally blessed, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please visit my nation today, destroy every root curse and heal every source of bitterness and hardship in our land, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please put to end every experience of curse that was brought into my family by anyone in my lineage, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, I decree that the operation of every inherited curse, cease to function in my life and family now, in Jesus' name.
✓Lord, please remove any curse that might be operating in my family from its roots, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, thank You for the life of Your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye.
Break every known and unknown curses over his family from its roots, in Jesus' name. Bless his children (biological and spiritual). Help him to continue to produce sons and daughters to Your glory, in Jesus name.
✓Father, bless Your son that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus name.
✓Father, please let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus name.
✓Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
✓..In Jesus name I pray.
(John
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: FRIDAY MARCH 20TH 2026
TOPIC: THE ROOT CURSE
MEMORISE:
And he went forth unto the spring of the waters, and cast the salt in there, and said, Thus saith the LORD, I have healed these waters; there shall not be from thence any more death or barren land. - (2 Kings 2:21)
BIBLE READING: 2 KINGS 5:20-27 (KJV)
20 But Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared Naaman this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: but, as the LORD liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
21 So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he lighted down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
22 And he said, All is well. My master hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there be come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets: give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of garments.
23 And Naaman said, Be content, take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of garments, and laid them upon two of his servants; and they bare them before him.
24 And when he came to the tower, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in the house: and he let the men go, and they departed.
25 But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
26 And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants?
27 The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
MESSAGE:
In Mark 11:12-20, Jesus cursed a fig tree for not having fruit on it, and it dried up from its roots. I believe the detail that the tree dried up from its roots was added to let us know that curses attack roots; they always go root-deep.
Immediately after Jesus cursed the fig tree, the disciples could have looked behind them as they left the scene and discovered that its leaves were still green. I imagine that one of them could have said to himself, "Jesus missed this one because the leaves on the tree are still as green as ever." Little did they know that the curse was already taking effect from the tree's roots.
Beloved, be careful of curses, especially divine curses. If a man curses another man, it can be reversed by another man with a higher spiritual authority. However, when it is a divine curse, no one can reverse it, except God. There are several people who have been cursed but still look 'green'. For example, a fellow might break away from his or her local church in a malicious manner and still look fine on the outside; however, the fellow's roots might have been affected, and with time, the consequences will begin to manifest. If you remove a branch from a tree, it dies instantly; however, it is not immediately apparent. It is only after a while that it will start turning yellow before it eventually turns black. When it is yellow, people might think it is prosperous, only to discover later that it was actually dying.
In today's Bible reading, when Elisha pronounced a curse on Gehazi, he said that Naaman's leprosy would cleave to him and his seed forever. The curse went straight to the roots of his lineage such that any fellow who came from that lineage would carry the curse. In (2 Kings 2:19-22), the men of Jericho came to Elisha to tell him that their city looked beautiful, but they had severe problems. When they brought him the new cruse of salt he requested, he went straight to the source of their river so he could tackle the city's curse from its roots.
Child of God, are you experiencing the aftermath of a curse that you or someone in your lineage brought into the family? I speak to the roots of that curse now, and I decree that every inherited curse will cease to function in your life and family from this moment, in Jesus' name.
PRAYER POINT:
Lord, please remove any curse that might be operating in my family from its roots, in Jesus' name.
AUTHOR PASTOR E A ADEBOYE
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JUDGES 20-21
HYMNAL: 27 WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS
1 What a friend we have in Jesus,
all our sins and griefs to bear!
What a privilege to carry
everything to God in prayer!
O what peace we often forfeit,
O what needless pain we bear,
all because we do not carry
everything to God in prayer!
2 Have we trials and temptations?
Is there trouble anywhere?
We should never be discouraged;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Can we find a friend so faithful
who will all our sorrows share?
Jesus knows our every weakness;
take it to the Lord in prayer!
3 Are we weak and heavy laden,
cumbered with a load of care?
Precious Savior, still our refuge--
take it to the Lord in prayer!
Do your friends despise, forsake you?
Take it to the Lord in prayer!
In his arms he'll take and shield you;
you will find a solace there.
Prayer Points on today's OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL, Friday 20th March, 2026-
THE ROOT CURSE
PRAYER POINTS
✓Father, You were made a curse on the Cross at Calvary that I may be blessed, and be free of all curses; thank You Jesus for paying the ultimate price for my deliverance.
✓Father, please send Your word to my life and destiny, and let every curse on me be destroyed to the very root, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, You are unlimited by space and time; no curse can escape Your consuming fire. Let no curse escape Your word today in my life and family, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please every curse still hanging around my life, limiting me from being my best, be destroyed to the very root today, in Jesus' name
✓Father, please have mercy on me, remove every curse on me by the power in the blood of Jesus; terminate and deliver me and my family from every divine curse, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please I don't want to wither off and dry up, establish me in Your will and may I not be detached from Jesus, the Vine, forever.
✓Father, please help me to avoid anything that will bring curses to my lineage. Let Your blessings rest upon my lineage and let everyone connected to me be eternally blessed, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please visit my nation today, destroy every root curse and heal every source of bitterness and hardship in our land, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, please put to end every experience of curse that was brought into my family by anyone in my lineage, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, I decree that the operation of every inherited curse, cease to function in my life and family now, in Jesus' name.
✓Lord, please remove any curse that might be operating in my family from its roots, in Jesus' name.
✓Father, thank You for the life of Your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye.
Break every known and unknown curses over his family from its roots, in Jesus' name. Bless his children (biological and spiritual). Help him to continue to produce sons and daughters to Your glory, in Jesus name.
✓Father, bless Your son that You have been using to prepare these prayer points, beyond measures, and all those who have been rebroadcasting them, in Jesus name.
✓Father, please let every challenge, hindrance and obstacle of getting these prayer points across to Your children, timely, and on daily basis be removed, in Jesus name.
✓Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
✓..In Jesus name I pray.
(John
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