Topic: Be Frank [Teens’ Open Heavens Friday 9th, March 2018]
Memorise: Wherefore putting away lying, speak everyman truth with his neighbor: for we are members one of another. – Ephesians 4:25
Read: Ephesians 4:23-25
23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;
24 And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
25 Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Bible In One Year: Deuteronomy 8-10, Mark 12:28-44
MESSAGE:
I once visited a friend and his wife prepared some food for me. The meat was hard that it could not be cut with the teeth, and the condiments were in their different compartments, but I forced myself to eat a little. Thereafter, my friend’s wife asked me how the food was. “Wonderful” I replied. Dissatisfied, she probed, “You are my daddy: please tell me the truth. How can my food be wonderful, yet my husband does not come home to eat?” So I told her what was wrong with her food and gave her tips on how to be better.
If you are ready to learn and become better, you cannot cover up whatever is missing in your life. Do you have problems with a particular subject, speak out, tell someone how bad you are at that subject so that you can be helped. Be open to learn what you don’t know. Be frank, honest and true to yourself
Key Point: It is wisdom to learn what you don’t know in order to be what you desire to be. Only fools cover up their weaknesses and refuse to learn.
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.
