Today’s Open Heaven devotional, written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, invites us to pause and reconsider how many quiet mercies we walk past every single day without a second glance. If you have been feeling weighed down by what you lack or what has not yet come through, this message is a timely word for you. Gratitude is not a spiritual platitude — it is a posture that repositions your heart to receive what God is already doing. Settle in, open your hands, and let today’s reading stir something real in your spirit.
Open Heaven for June 18, 2026
Topic: Always Thank God
Devotional: Open Heaven (RCCG)
Date: 2026-06-18
Bible reading: Matthew 15:30-38 (KJV)
Memory verse: It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, and to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High: – Psalm 92:1 (KJV)
Years ago, a very wealthy man came to see me and said that he was having trouble sleeping. He also said he was told that if I prayed for him, the problem would be solved. He added that he would give me 14 houses if I prayed for him, and the problem was solved. Of course, he didn’t need to offer me his houses for me to pray for him, but his desperation to be able to sleep made him say so. Being able to sleep is one of the many divine blessings that are often taken for granted until one can no longer sleep or sees people who can’t.
Beloved, you have a lot to thank God for, and living a life of thanksgiving makes you quick to recognise God’s goodness in your life. Even amid challenges, when you are thankful, you will find many reasons to praise God. You will be quick to acknowledge that God is the reason things are not worse. You will also be confident that God is working things out in your favour (Romans 8:28).
When people thank God, He opens the windows of heaven to pour out His blessings upon them. In today’s Bible reading, there were 4,000 hungry men, besides women and children, with Jesus and His disciples. Jesus had compassion on them and wanted to feed them; so, He asked His disciples to tell Him how much food they had. They replied that they had only seven loaves of bread and a few fishes. Despite the obvious inadequacy of the food to feed thousands of people, Jesus gave thanks, broke the bread, and handed them to His disciples to share among the multitude. His first response to the scarcity of resources was to give thanks. Jesus’ heart of gratitude opened the windows of heaven for multiplication, and suddenly, the food that was too little to feed the multitude multiplied so much that everyone was filled, and they were left with seven baskets of leftovers.
Beloved, are you facing any difficult situation? Are you in dire need of resources, help, or a change in the circumstances surrounding your life? Do not despair or complain; rather, give God thanks. Despair or complaints will not multiply the little you have; however, thanksgiving will give you access to the miraculous. I pray that the Lord will open your eyes to see His grace at work in every facet of your life and help you to cultivate a heart of genuine gratitude, 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, open my eyes to the blessings I have normalized — the ones I only notice when they are absent — and let my heart overflow with fresh gratitude for each of them.
- Father, where I have allowed complaint to become my default response to difficulty, forgive me and replace that habit with a spirit of praise that trusts Your hand at work.
- God, just as Jesus gave thanks over seven loaves and multiplied them for thousands, I ask You to take whatever feels painfully insufficient in my life right now and multiply it by Your miraculous grace.
- Lord, cultivate in me a gratitude that is not dependent on circumstances — one that praises You in the valley with the same sincerity as on the mountaintop.
- Father, I pray for everyone facing sleepless nights, chronic worry, or quiet desperation today. Let them encounter You as the source of every good and perfect gift they may have overlooked.
- God, help me to recognize Romans 8:28 not as a comforting cliché but as a living promise I stake my confidence on every morning I wake up.
- Lord, let a lifestyle of thanksgiving become the lens through which I interpret every trial, turning my struggles into altars of praise rather than monuments of complaint.
- Father, as I practice gratitude today, let it become the key that unlocks the windows of heaven over my family, my work, and every area where I am trusting You for a breakthrough.
Declarations
- I declare that I am a person of praise — I choose to thank God before I see the answer, trusting that my gratitude is an act of faith that moves mountains.
- I declare that lack does not have the final word over my life; the same God who multiplied loaves and fish is actively multiplying provision in my situation right now.
- I declare that my heart is being renewed from the inside out, and complaint no longer has a home in me — gratitude is my native language.
- I declare that in every season, whether abundant or lean, I will acknowledge God's goodness and remain confident that He is working all things together for my good.
- I declare that thanksgiving is my gateway to the miraculous — as I lift my voice in genuine praise today, heaven's windows open wide over every need I bring before God.
Reflection
Take sixty seconds today — before your next meal, your next task, or even your next breath — to name three things you have genuinely stopped appreciating. Write them down if you can. Then speak a word of thanks over each one, not because your problems have disappeared, but because gratitude is a discipline that rewires how you see God’s presence in ordinary moments. This small act, practiced consistently, is how a heart of thanksgiving is actually built.
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