Open Heaven For Teens – 20th August 2025 Daily Devotional Message By Pastor E.A Adeboye And Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye
TOPIC: Stay Alone, Sometimes.
MEMORISE
And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. – Matthew 14:23
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SCRIPTURE READING
Genesis 32:23-30
23 He took them and everything that belonged to him, and he helped them cross the river. 24 But Jacob stayed apart by himself, and a man wrestled with him until dawn broke. 25 When the man saw that he couldn’t defeat Jacob, he grabbed Jacob’s thigh and tore a muscle in Jacob’s thigh as he wrestled with him. 26 The man said, “Let me go because the dawn is breaking.”
But Jacob said, “I won’t let you go until you bless me.”
27 He said to Jacob, “What’s your name?” and he said, “Jacob.” 28 Then he said, “Your name won’t be Jacob any longer, but Israel,[a] because you struggled with God and with men and won.”
29 Jacob also asked and said, “Tell me your name.”
But he said, “Why do you ask for my name?” and he blessed Jacob there. 30 Jacob named the place Peniel,[b] “because I’ve seen God face-to-face, and my life has been saved.”
Open Heaven For Teens – 20th August 2025 MESSAGE
Being able to stay alone sometimes is a strength in itself. I once taught some people at the School of Disciples programme about eagles, which usually fly alone. They usually have their nests in high mountains that many other birds cannot ascend to. The eagle is a bird that is in a class of its own, and it does not struggle with other birds.
A person who wants to be distinct in all aspects of his or her life must learn to be alone sometimes. This way, he or she can think of, meditate on, and journal some of the ideas that come to his or her heart. Jesus Christ did this often while He was on earth; He would leave His disciples and go to a separate place to pray. No wonder He performed signs and wonders wherever He went.
My dear child, for you to be distinct amongst your peers, you must know when to separate yourself from the crowd. You must learn how to shun distractions and stay alone so you can understand the things you are learning better, develop your ideas, and hear from God more clearly.
KEY POINT
You must learn how to stay alone sometimes and avoid distractions.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Esther 8:1-10:3 1 Corinthians 12:27-13:13
HYMN 4
BE GLAD IN THE LORD AND REJOICE
1 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice,
All ye that are upright in heart;
And ye that have made him your choice,
Bid sadness and sorrow depart.
Refrain:
Rejoice, rejoice! Be glad in the Lord and rejoice!
2 What though in the conflict for right
Your enemies almost prevail,
God’s armies, just hid from your sight,
Are more than the foes which assail.
3 Though darkness surround you by day,
Your sky by the night be o’ercast,
Let nothing your spirit dismay,
But trust till the danger is past.
4 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice,
His praises proclaiming in song;
Acclaim him with trumpet and voice,
The loud hallelujahs prolong.
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
