OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL DATE: THURSDAY, APRIL 23RD, 2026 THEME: DIVINE VISITATION I AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE MEMORISE: "Thou hast granted me life and favour, and thy visitation hath preserved my spirit". Job 10:12 READ: 1 Samuel 16:1-13 1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons. 2 And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take an heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the LORD. 3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee. 4 And Samuel did that which the LORD spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? 5 And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice. 6 And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the LORD'S anointed is before him. 7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the LORD seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. 8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 9 Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this. 10 Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these. 11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither. 12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he. 13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah. MESSAGE: Today's memory verse shows that God's visitation brings life and preservation. When God visits a fellow, things begin to change positively in his or her life. His visitation always leaves a lasting mark in the lives of those He visits. In today's Bible reading, God told Samuel to go to Jesse's house to anoint the next king. When he got there, Jesse presented all his sons to him, except David. This shows the extent to which David was disregarded by his own family. However, the Almighty God had arranged a divine visitation for David while he was busy looking after his father's sheep. God instructed Samuel to anoint him in the presence of his family members, and from that day on, things began to change positively in his life. "And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed". Genesis 28:13-14 In the Scripture above, the Almighty God visited Jacob, and from that day on, the blessings of the Lord became evident in his life. He became prosperous and continued to find favour in the sight of God and man. When God visited Sarah, she laughed for joy, and those who heard her story rejoiced with her (Genesis 21:1-6). God also visited Hannah, and her years of barrenness and sorrow vanished (1 Samuel 1:19-20). Likewise, when He visited Joseph, his years of suffering, slavery, and hardship vanished overnight; he woke up as a prisoner but ended the day as Pharaoh's second-in-command (Genesis 41:14, 41-44). The day God visited the man at the pool of Bethesda was the day he walked. Before then, he had been paralysed for 38 years (John 5:1-9). Beloved, my Daddy specialises in making the impossible possible. If you are stuck in what seems like a hopeless situation, cry out to Him today and ask for a divine visitation. Inasmuch as you are His child, He will heed your cry and cause a positive turnaround in your life. I pray that God will visit you today, and every impossibility in your life will become possible, in Jesus' name. PRAYER POINT: Father, please visit me and everything that concerns me, in Jesus' name. BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Kings 14-16 HYMN 15: PASS ME NOT O GENTLE SAVIOUR 1 Pass me not, O gentle Saviour, Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by. Chorus: Saviour, Saviour, Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by. 2 Let me at Thy throne office mercy Find a sweet relief; Kneeling there in deep contrition, Help my unbelief. 3 Trusting only in Thy merit, Would I seek Thy face; Heal my wounded, broken spirit, Save me by Thy grace. 4 Thou, the spring of all my comfort, More than life to me; Whom have I on earth beside Thee? Whom in heaven but Thee. PRAYER POINTS ON TODAY'S OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL THURSDAY, 23RD APRIL, 2026 *DIVINE VISITATION I* ‎ ‎✓Father, thank You for visiting me every morning with Your goodness and mercies. Thank You for the visitation of the Holy Spirit to teach and to remind me of all things. ‎ ‎✓Father, please have mercy on me and do not reject me. Do not take Your Holy Spirit from me, so I won't be replaced or substituted, in Jesus' name. ‎ ‎✓Father, please visit me today, and let things begin to change positively in my life. Let me enjoy a new life and divine preservation, in Jesus' name. ‎ ‎✓Father, please visit my family today and let there be a long-lasting positive turnaround over every every member of my household, in Jesus' name ‎ ‎✓Father, wherever I had been disregarded and relegated to the back, please grant me a divine visitation today, and let there be a divine arrangement for my lifting amidst the crowd, in Jesus' name. ‎ ‎✓Father, please help me to stay committed to serving You with all my strength, with all my heart and with all my might, so I won't miss my divine visitation, in Jesus' name. ‎ ‎✓Father, please visit me today and let it be evident that I have found favour in Your sight and before men, in Jesus' name. ‎ ‎✓Father, please visit every family waiting on You for the fruits of the womb, and let them laugh for joy. Let everyone that hear their story again rejoice with them, in Jesus' name. ‎ ‎✓Father, please visit my family today and let barrenness, sorrow, suffering, slavery and hardship varnish, ‎in Jesus' name. ‎ ‎✓Father, please visit me today and reverse any hopeless situation I am stuck in; make every impossibility possible in my life, in Jesus' name. ‎ ‎✓Father, please visit me and everything that concerns me, in Jesus' name ‎ ‎✓Father, thank You for the life of Your son, Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye. ‎ ‎Visit him and turn every situation around, 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 measure, 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 14:13-14; 15:16) ‎ #GodBlessOurNation *These prayers have no expiry date! Please join us in prayer, irrespective of the time they get to you. Remain blessed, in Jesus’ name.