Open Heaven July 9 2026 Devotional Urges Christians to Witness to the “City of the Dead”

The “Open Heaven” devotional for 9 July 2026, titled “The City of the Dead,” was presented by Pastor E. A. Adeboye. It cites biblical passages such as Colossians 2:13 and Ephesians 2:1‑6, describing believers as once dead in sin and now made alive through Christ. The sermon stresses that Christians have a responsibility to share the gospel with those who are spiritually “living in the city of the dead,” likening the phrase to both a literal cemetery and a metaphor for unredeemed lives.

An anecdote recounts a convert who proposed marriage to a fellow believer after being led to faith, illustrating the personal impact of evangelism. The devotional concludes with a hymn urging believers to “work” for God and a biblical reading from Proverbs 30‑31.

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