Open Heaven For Teens – 16th August 2025 Daily Devotional Message By Pastor E.A Adeboye And Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye
TOPIC: Solomon Gave
MEMORISE
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
1 Kings 8:22
SCRIPTURE READING
1 Kings 3:5-10
Open Heaven For Teens – 16th August 2025 MESSAGE
Solomon’s story is an example of Show sacrificial giving can give way to effective prayers. His offering paved the way for an encounter with the Almighty God, as seen in today’s Bible reading. It was amid the beautiful aroma of burnt offerings to the Lord that Solomon’s heart poured forth its deepest longings. In response to his sacrificial giving, God granted him his request – a discerning heart endowed with divine wisdom.
Solomon’s story proves that your prayers can be amplified before God by your sacrificial living. As you genuinely sow seeds of your time, resources, efforts, et cetera, you will make more room for heavenly abundance to flow because your prayers will ascend to God’s throne as sweet incense.
My dear child, I once prayed for an earthshaking miracle to happen towards the building of our first auditorium, but I did not receive an answer from God until He told me to give Him a ‘violent’ offering first. God might not request a ‘violent’ offering from you before He blesses you, but He desires that you present yourself as a living sacrifice to Him every day (Romans 12:1-2).
KEY POINT
Be a living sacrifice unto God.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Nehemiah 11:1-12:26 1 Corinthians 10:14-33
HYMN 35
‘TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS
1. ’Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take Him at His Word;
Just to rest upon His promise;
Just to know, “Thus saith the Lord.”
Refrain: Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I’ve proved Him o’er and o’er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust Him more!
2. O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to trust His cleansing blood;
And in simple faith to plunge me
’Neath the healing, cleansing flood!
3. Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just from sin and self to cease;
Just from Jesus simply taking
Life and rest, and joy and peace.
4. I’m so glad I learn’d to trust Thee,
Precious Jesus, Savior, Friend,
And I know that Thou art with me,
Wilt be with me to the end.
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