Topic: Get To The Top [Teens’ Open Heavens Monday 19, March 2018]
Memorise: A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. Proverbs 19:24
Read: Proverbs 24:30-34
31 And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
32 Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and received instruction.
33 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
34 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
Bible In One Year: Deuteronomy 33-34, Luke 1:24-56
MESSAGE:
As a student who either wants first class or the first position, you must be prepared to study far above your peers. There is no success without hard work. God knows how to start you out, but if you are lazy or you fail to work hard, be prepared to fail. What is your attitude to your studies? Do you defer what should be done today until sometime in the future? You are only making room for failure. Change your attitude today!
Laziness and procrastination are two of the major challenges facing believers today. If the Almighty God is still working until now (John 5:17), what will be your excuse for not working? Anyone who will excel must be prepared to be disciplined in order to keep the body under. Anyone who wants to mount up on eagle’s wings cannot afford to be lazy. Are you ready to pay the price?
Action Point: Identify whatever makes you a slave to laziness and eliminate it now.
If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Teen Open Heavens Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye’’
Hymn 2:
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 shadow can rise, not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt or a fear, not a sigh or a tear,
Can abide while we trust and obey.
3. 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 blessed if we trust and obey.
4.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.
5. 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.
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.
