Open Heaven For Teens 1st April 2024 By Pastor E.A Adeboye And Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye
TOPIC: It’s Your Choice
MEMORISE: I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: Deuteronomy 30:19
READ: Genesis 13:5-18
[5]And Lot also, which went with Abram, had flocks, and herds, and tents.
[6]And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
[7]And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.
[8]And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
[9]Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
[10]And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
[11]Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one from the other.
[12]Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward Sodom.
[13]But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
[14]And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
[15]For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
[16]And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
[17]Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it; for I will give it unto thee.
[18]Then Abram removed his tent, and came and dwelt in the plain of Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built there an altar unto the LORD.
TODAY’S MESSAGE
Several years ago, I suddenly started feeling feverish with pains all over my body, so I lay in bed. Then, I started listening to a recorded message on healing. The preacher said, “All you need to do now is to claim your healing.” I was not convinced enough, but the Holy Spirit spoke to me and said, “It is because you want to be sick.” So, I struggled to get dressed and go to Church because my body was not willing. When I got to the Church, the pastor said we should all stand up and dance, then I told myself, “This man wants to kill me today.” I held on to the bench and danced.
After a while, I felt the urge to use the toilet; by the time I walked from the toilet back to the church, all the symptoms had disappeared. On my way back, the Holy Spirit said, “You are what you decide to be.” Since that day, I decided the devil would never knock me down again.
My child, what you have today is dependent on what you decided yesterday. The free will God has given you has tremendous power over your life. Therefore, choose wisely because whatever you decide is what you will be.
KEY POINT
Make wise decisions
HYMN 8 – LEAD US HEAVENLY FATHER, LEAD US
1. Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
O’er the world’s tempestuous sea;
Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but Thee,
Yet possessing every blessing
If our God our Father be.
2. Saviour, breathe forgiveness o’er us;
All our weakness Thou dost know;
Thou didst tread this earth before us,
Thou didst feel its keenest woe;
Lone and dreary, faint and weary,
Through the desert Thou didst go.
3. Spirit of our God, descending,
Fill our hearts with heavenly joy,
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure that can never cloy;
Thus provided, pardoned, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Deuteronomy 18:1-20:20 Luke 9:28-50
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Daily Devotional for Teen’s guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries.
