Today’s Open Heaven devotional, written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, carries a timely reminder that praise is never a season we graduate from, it is a lifestyle that keeps us anchored in God’s presence. Whether you’ve walked with God for decades or are just beginning your faith journey, this message is for every believer who has ever been tempted to treat worship as optional. Pull up a chair, open your heart, and let today’s word stir something fresh in your spirit.
Open Heaven for July 11, 2026
Topic: Never Outgrow Praise
Devotional: Open Heaven (RCCG)
Date: 2026-07-11
Bible reading: Psalm 63:3-5 (KJV)
Memory verse: By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name. – Hebrews 13:15 (KJV)
One way the enemy cheats many believers is by making them look down on the praise and worship sessions in their churches. Such believers either do not participate in the sessions or wait until they are over before they enter their churches. They think that praising God and dancing before Him is childish, or that they are too spiritually mature to dance and praise Him. In God’s sight, however, we are all children because a thousand years is as a day before Him (2 Peter 3:8). This means that in God’s eyes, nobody on earth today is up to a day old.
Praise is one of the most potent weapons Christians have. Psalm 22:3 says, “But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel” This means that your praise attracts God’s presence, and when God visits a place, He does not come empty-handed. He comes bearing gifts, healings, and blessings. When Jehoshaphat and the people of Judah used praise as their weapon, their enemies turned against one another and killed themselves until they were utterly destroyed (2 Chronicles 20:22-24). Some battles can only be conquered when you praise and dance recklessly before God.
And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them. And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one’s bands were loosed. – Acts 16:25-26
In the Scripture above, Paul and Silas offered a sacrifice of praise to God in prison. God responded by causing a great earthquake that shook the foundations of the prison, opened all its doors, and loosed every prisoner’s chains. No one can praise God wholeheartedly and remain bound. When you praise God with your whole heart, He will arise in His might to help you and bless you.
Beloved, you must never allow yourself to get to a point where you think you have outgrown praise. Michal thought that praising God was beneath her royal status; as a result, she remained childless throughout her life (2 Samuel 6:16-23). Always come before your Father as a child and praise Him with all your heart. In Psalm 50:23, He said that whoever offers praise to Him glorifies Him, and when God is glorified in your life, His beauty will radiate through you and everything that concerns you. I pray that as you praise God, His glory will keep manifesting in your life, in Jesus’ name.
Source: Open Heaven (RCCG), official devotional
Open Heaven Prayer Points for Today
These Open Heaven prayer points for today are original PrayerPrompt content, declarations and a reflection to turn today’s message into prayer.
Prayer Points
- Lord, uproot every seed of pride that would cause me to undervalue the gift of praise and worship in my life.
- Father, let Your tangible presence fill every space where I lift Your name, my home, my workplace, and my church.
- God, teach me to praise You not only when life is comfortable, but especially in the midnight seasons when it costs me something.
- I pray for every chain, spiritual, emotional, financial, or physical, that praise-filled faith will shake loose from my life right now, in Jesus' name.
- Lord, break the spirit of religious pride that convinces believers they are too mature to dance and shout before You.
- Father, let the battles surrounding my family and destiny be routed by the weapon of Spirit-led praise, just as Jehoshaphat's enemies were.
- God, make my mouth a perpetual instrument of thanksgiving, so that Your glory radiates through every area of my life.
- I ask, Lord, that You restore a childlike wonder and delight in worship to every person reading today's devotional who has grown cold or indifferent in praise.
Declarations
- I am a worshipper at heart, and I will never allow spiritual pride to rob me of the power that flows through wholehearted praise.
- God inhabits my praises, and because He dwells where I lift His name, I carry His presence and His blessings wherever I go.
- Every prison door that stands against my destiny is shaking and falling right now as I offer God the sacrifice of praise.
- I come before my Father as His beloved child, and I will never consider praise beneath me, it is my greatest privilege and my mightiest weapon.
- The glory of God is radiating through my life, my family, and everything that concerns me because I choose to honor Him with my lips and my life.
Reflection
Take a moment today to examine your posture toward praise, not just in Sunday service, but in the ordinary rhythm of your week. Is thanksgiving the first language your heart reaches for when pressure builds, or has it become an afterthought? Consider setting a simple practice this week: before you scroll your phone in the morning or rehearse your to-do list, give God sixty seconds of unscripted, unpolished gratitude. You may be surprised how quickly a grateful mouth reshapes a heavy heart.
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