There is always a deeper place with God than the one you are standing in right now, and today’s Open Heaven devotional is a timely reminder of that truth. Pastor E.A. Adeboye draws our hearts toward the kind of holy restlessness that kept the apostle Paul pressing forward long after most people would have coasted. If you have ever felt tempted to settle for what God has already done instead of reaching for what He is still eager to give, this word is for you. Pull up a chair, open your Bible to Philippians 3, and let hunger lead you into today’s reading.
Open Heaven for July 2, 2026
Topic: More After More
Devotional: Open Heaven (RCCG)
Date: 2026-07-02
Bible reading: Philippians 3:5-14 (KJV)
Memory verse: He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away. – Luke 1:53 (KJV)
In today’s Bible reading, Paul recounted some of his great achievements. He stated that he was of the stock of Israel, a descendant of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews, circumcised on the eighth day, and a Pharisee. After listing his achievements and attributes, he went on to say that he counted them all as loss and dung for Christ.
Paul was clearly one of the most knowledgeable apostles in the Bible. He was a lawyer and a Pharisee who had studied under a renowned teacher, Gamaliel (Acts 22:3). For comparison, we can say that he attended the best university and studied under the most distinguished professor there. He had everything to boast of in terms of knowledge. However, when he gave his life to Jesus, he laid all his accomplishments at the Master’s feet and allowed the Lord to use them for the advancement of His Kingdom. He humbled himself and submitted to Ananias, a disciple of Christ in Damascus and went on missionary trips with Barnabas, a Levite. Paul didn’t allow his past achievements to stop him from pursuing the Lord wholeheartedly.
The secret to Paul’s achievements in his walk with God can be found in Philippians 3:13:
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Paul was always ready to learn more. He never allowed what he had learnt previously to rob him of the things that God wanted to show and teach him. This must be your disposition if you want to walk closely with God and achieve great things in His kingdom. Lamentations 3:23 says that God’s mercies are new every morning. If you keep holding on to yesterday’s mercies, how will you be able to receive today’s portion? There is always more beyond what you have, and God can always give you more than what you have received from Him already. However, it is only as you humble yourself to receive from the Lord that you can get more from Him. One of the greatest enemies of growth is an ‘arrival’ mentality. The moment people think that they have ‘arrived’ (gotten to the peak of success), they stop growing immediately.
Beloved, ask God to help you cultivate a heart that is ever hungry for Him and that constantly seeks to achieve greater exploits in His Kingdom. He will supply you with His grace in abundance so that you will keep soaring in Him.
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, expose every quiet corner of my heart where an 'arrival' mentality has taken root, and uproot it by the power of Your Spirit.
- Father, give me the kind of holy hunger that wakes up every morning expecting something fresh from You, a new mercy, a new assignment, a new dimension of Your glory.
- God, wherever past achievements, titles, or accolades have become a ceiling in my walk with You, I ask You to break through that ceiling and lead me higher.
- Teach me the grace of submission, Lord. When You send help through someone younger, less credentialed, or unexpected, keep my pride from shutting the door on Your instruction.
- Holy Spirit, make me a perpetual learner at Your feet. Let the lessons of yesterday sharpen my appetite for today rather than satisfy it.
- Father, I release every spiritual trophy I have been clutching too tightly. Use my story, my gifting, and my history entirely for the advancement of Your Kingdom.
- Lord, sustain in me a daily discipline of pressing forward, forgetting what lies behind not out of ingratitude, but out of eagerness for all that You have prepared ahead.
- God, let the freshness of Your mercies this morning be the fuel that carries me through every challenge today, and may I never be too full of yesterday to receive what You offer now.
Declarations
- I am a lifelong learner in the school of the Holy Spirit, and no past accomplishment will ever substitute for a present walk with God.
- I refuse the illusion of arrival; my ceiling is someone else's floor, and I am always pressing toward what God has next.
- The mercies of God are new over my life this morning, and I position myself to receive every fresh portion He has prepared for me.
- I lay down my résumé before the Lord and pick up His purpose instead, my credentials serve His Kingdom, not my comfort.
- Hunger for God is my inheritance, and I walk in it daily; I am never too full of blessing to ask for more of the Blesser Himself.
Reflection
Take a moment today to honestly name one area, a skill, a title, a spiritual experience, a season of breakthrough, that you may have unconsciously been using as a resting place instead of a launching pad. Write it down, hold it open-handed before God in prayer, and then ask Him what the very next step of growth looks like from exactly where you are standing. Hunger is not a sign that God has withheld something; it is an invitation to discover that there is always more of Him to find.
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