Open Heaven For Teens 3rd August 2021 – Familiarity With God?

Open Heaven For Teens 3rd August 2021 Tuesday Devotional Guide By Pastor E.A Adeboye

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Topic: Familiarity With God?

Memorise
God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.
John 4:24

Read: John 4:23-24

1. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.

2. God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

Open Heaven Teens 3rd August 2021 Devotional Message:

According to the Oxford Learners Dictionary,familiarity is the state of being extremely friendly. It could also be an instance of familiar behaviour or inappropriate informality. Being familiar with someone means you have personal knowledge about them.

A lot of Christians take God for granted due to the relationship they have with Him. It is a privilege to know God and have free access to Him. So, if you refuse to go to church or fellowship constantly because you feel youve read your Bible back to back and have more revelations than your pastor or leader, then, youre becoming too familiar with God.

If you take Christian meetings for granted by chatting, receiving calls, gisting with old friends, socializing with new ones et cetera while there, you have become too familiar with God. There is a saying that familiarity breeds contempt.

From now on, stop the contemptuous attitude; dont become carefree with spiritual matters, honour God and He will honour you too. 1 Samuel 2:30b says:

“for them that honour Me I will honour, and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.”

Prayer Point
Father, please have mercy on me if I have dishonoured You in any way.

Bible in One Year
Psalms 70:1-5 , Psalms 71:1-24 , Psalms 72:1-20 , Romans 4:1-25

Hymn – I am Thine, O Lord

1. I am Thine, O Lord,
   I have heard Thy voice,
   And it told Thy love to me;
   But I long to rise
   in the arms of faith
   And be closer drawn to Thee.

CHORUS
Draw me nearer,
nearer blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer,
nearer blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

1. Consecrate me now to Thy
   service, Lord,
   By the pow’r of grace divine;
   Let my soul look up with a
   steadfast hope,
   And my will be lost in Thine.

2. Oh, the pure delight
   of a single hour
   That before Thy throne I spend,
   When I kneel in prayer,
   and with Thee, my God
   I commune as friend
   with friend!

3. There are depths of love that I
   cannot know
   Till I cross the narrow sea;
   There are heights of joy
   that I may not reach
   Till I rest in peace with Thee.

Open Heaven Teens 3rd August 2021 Tuesday Devotional 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