Open Heaven For Teens 6th June 2025 Daily Devotional Message By Pastor E.A Adeboye And Pastor (Mrs) Folu Adeboye
TOPIC: Afraid?
MEMORISE
Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Joshua 1:9
READ: Mark 6:45-51
45 Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, while he dismissed the crowd. 46 After leaving them, he went up on a mountainside to pray.
47 Later that night, the boat was in the middle of the lake, and he was alone on land. 48 He saw the disciples straining at the oars, because the wind was against them. Shortly before dawn he went out to them, walking on the lake. He was about to pass by them, 49 but when they saw him walking on the lake, they thought he was a ghost. They cried out, 50 because they all saw him and were terrified.
Immediately he spoke to them and said, “Take courage! It is I. Don’t be afraid.” 51 Then he climbed into the boat with them, and the wind died down. They were completely amazed,
OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS DEVOTIONAL MESSAGE:
Bible scholars have discovered that ‘fear not’ appears 365 times in the Bible, and some of them attribute it to being because God is telling us “fear not” for every single day of a calendar year. Why, then, should you be afraid? After the death of Moses, God Himself chose Joshua as the leader of the Israelites. Joshua must have been afraid, having walked and worked with Moses, the meekest man on earth, who didn’t find it easy to lead the Israelites – at a time, He even called them stiff-necked people. However, Moses was disqualified from entering the Promised Land because of the same people. Anyone in Joshua’s shoes would have doubted his ability to lead the Israelites. God might have sensed fear in him, and that was probably why He said the words in today’s memory verse.
My dear child, quit being afraid; confront your fears through the word of God. Search through the Bible for passages that speak about your fears, write them out, and paste them on your wall, locker, bedside drawer, book, laptop, et cetera. Constantly speak the word of God into every situation you are experiencing fear in.
CONFESSION
I banish fear from my life, in Jesus’ name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
1 Kings 1:1-53, Acts 4:1-37
HYMN 30
WHEN WE WALK WITH THE LORD
1 When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
2 Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey. [Refrain]
3 But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey. [Refrain]
4 Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we’ll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey. [Refrain]
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.