Open Heaven For Teens 23rd May 2025 Daily Devotional Message By Pastor E.A Adeboye And Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye
TOPIC: PRAY ON!
MEMORISE
Pray without ceasing.
1Thessalonians 5:17
READ: Luke 18:1-8
1 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. 2 He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. 3 And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’
4 “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, 5 yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”
6 And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. 7 And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off? 8 I tell you, he will see that they get justice, and quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?”
TODAY’S MESSAGE:
One of the lessons I learnt from my children while they were growing up was persistence in making requests. If they needed anything from me, they would sometimes send their youngest sibling to ask me, even during my prayer times. Initially, I would not budge, but his persistence would interrupt my prayer, and I would be forced to grant his request so that I could focus on my prayers.
Similarly, God responds to His children who depend on Him alone and have no alternative. The widow in today’s Bible reading moved the judge to rule in her favour simply because she was persistent in her request. Eventually, the judge avenged her of her enemies.
My dear child, don’t gamble with your prayer life. Have a journal where you list your requests and the answers you are expecting from God. As you ask fervently with supplication and thanksgiving, I decree that you will receive blessings beyond your wildest imaginations, in the mighty name of Jesus.
KEY POINT
Keep praying until something happens.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
2 Samuel 2:12-3:39, John 13:1-30
HYMN 22 – SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER
1. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
that calls me from a world of care,
and bids me at my Father’s throne
make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
my soul has often found relief,
and oft escaped the tempter’s snare
by thy return, sweet hour of prayer!
2. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
the joys I feel, the bliss I share
of those whose anxious spirits burn
with strong desires for thy return!
With such I hasten to the place
where God my Savior shows his face,
and gladly take my station there,
and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!
3. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
thy wings shall my petition bear
to him whose truth and faithfulness
engage the waiting soul to bless.
And since he bids me seek his face,
believe his word, and trust his grace,
I’ll cast on him my every care,
and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!
Open Heaven For Teens Devotional Guide written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye & Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical churches in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.