Topic: Share Your Testimony [Open Heavens for Teens 17 February 2019]
Memorise: “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony:” – Revelation 12:11
Read: Mark 1:40-45
40 And a leper came to Him, begging Him on his knees and saying to Him, If You are willing, You are able to make me clean.
41 And being moved with pity and sympathy, Jesus reached out His hand and touched him, and said to him, I am willing; be made clean!
42 And at once the leprosy [completely] left him and he was made clean [by being healed].
43 And Jesus charged him sternly (sharply and threateningly, and with earnest admonition) and [acting with deep feeling thrust him forth and] sent him away at once,
44 And said to him, See that you tell nothing [of this] to anyone; but begone, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your purification what Moses commanded, as a proof (an evidence and witness) to the people [that you are really healed].
45 But he went out and began to talk so freely about it and blaze abroad the news [spreading it everywhere] that [Jesus] could no longer openly go into a town but was outside in [lonely] desert places. But the people kept on coming to Him from sides and every quarter.
Bible In One Year: Leviticus 24-25, Mark 1:23-45
MESSAGE:
Never hide your testimonies because several others can be blessed through them.
By the grace of God, I have been enjoying divine health for over 40 years now, but it was not so as of the time of my conversion. In those days, I used to have malaria practically every two weeks. Many pastors preached then that Jesus is the Great Physician, medication was unnecessary. I laughed at them saying they were looking for someone to kill prematurely, and that how would we know if they were not secretly swallowing pills in the privacy of their homes. I was of this opinion until an 86 years old man who used to walk with a stick and was bent over gave a testimony. He said, as a youth, he had a disease which gave him a burning sensation whenever he walked straight so he only felt relieved when he bent. One Sunday morning, this elder came to church walking upright without any aid, I was so shocked that I couldn’t wait to hear his testimony. After I heard his testimony of healing that day, I resolved to make Jesus my doctor and for more than 40 years now, He has kept me in divine health. That man’s testimony changed my life.
Action Point:
List 5 things that God has done for you. Make sure you share them with the next person or group of people you have the opportunity to share with.
Also Read: Teen Open Heaven Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye
Hymn 8:
- Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise. - Unresting, unhasting, and silent as light,
Nor wanting, nor wasting, thou rulest in might;
Thy justice like mountains high soaring above,
Thy clouds which are fountains of goodness and love. - To all life thou givest to both great and small;
In all life Thou livest, the true life of all;
We blossom and flourish as leaves on the tree,
And wither and perish, but nought changeth Thee. - Great Father of Glory, pure Father of Light,
Thine angels adore Thee, all veiling their sight;
All laud we would render; o help us to see;
‘Tis only the splendor of light hideth Thee. - Immortal, invisible, God only wise,
In light inaccessible hid from our eyes
Most blessed, most glorious, the Ancient of days,
Almighty, victorious, Thy great name we praise.
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.
