Open Heaven 25 September 2026: God of Hope
OPEN HEAVEN 25 SEPTEMBER 2026 MEMORISE: Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Romans 15:13
OPEN HEAVEN 25 SEPTEMBER 2026 READ: John 21:1-14 (KJV)
1 After these things Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he himself.
2 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples.
3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and that night they caught nothing.
4 But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.
5 Then Jesus saith unto them, Children, have ye any meat? They answered him, No.
6 And he said unto them, Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find. They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes.
7 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat unto him, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into the sea.
8 And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes.
9 As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.
11 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, and hundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not the net broken.
12 Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
14 This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead.
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After Jesus died, His disciples became afraid and lost hope. John 21:3 tells us that Peter said to the other disciples, “I go a fishing.” He wasn’t going to fish for souls; instead, he was returning to his old job because he had lost hope. He must have thought to himself, “We thought Jesus Christ was going to rescue us from all those who are oppressing us. We thought that the age of miracles had come to stay, but now He has been crucified on a cross.” When Peter told the other disciples that he was going fishing, they joined him because they had also lost hope. They felt that the best thing they could do was to return to fishing. However, Jesus appeared to them that morning as they fished and restored their hope. As they struggled to catch fish, Jesus called out to them and showed them where to cast their net. He turned their hopelessness into joy. I declare that God will show up for you and turn every hopeless situation you may be experiencing around, in Jesus’ name.
Child of God, when all hope is lost and people have given up on you, do not give up on yourself. If, peradventure, you have given up on yourself, do not give up on God because He will always show up for the hopeless when they turn to Him. Today’s memory verse calls Him ‘the God of hope’.
Some years ago, a young man was travelling from Kaduna, a state in Northern Nigeria, to Lagos with some other people in a vehicle. While they were on their way, they had an accident and everyone in the vehicle died except the young man. He was taken to a hospital because he was still breathing, even though he was unconscious. He was in a coma for several days, and every once in a while, he would wake up and shout, “Jesus,” before returning to the coma. After a while, the doctors concluded that his case was hopeless, but they couldn’t bury him because he was still breathing. Then one day, he awoke, cried out lesus!’, opened his eyes, and never slipped back into the coma. That young man is still alive today.
Beloved, I pray that if there is any situation in your life that people around you have concluded to be hopeless, you will receive a new lease of life from the Almighty that will transform it into a testimony, in Jesus’ name.
KEY POINT
The Almighty God is a God of hope; therefore, you must never lose hope.
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