OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS FRIDAY 23RD FEBRUARY 2018: USE YOUR TWO WINGS

Open Heaven 23 February 2018

MEMORISE: Thou hast loved righteousness, and
hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Hebrews 1:9

Please read: Hebrews 1:8-9

MESSAGE:
When a bird flies, it is usually with two wings. A bird cannot fly with one wing. As a divine eagle,
you need two wings to fly.

1 Corinthians 1:22-24 talks of these two wings; it says while the Jews
seek for signs, the Greeks seek for wisdom. Both are found in Jesus Christ and you need both to enjoy your flight.

The power of the Holy Spirit brings the miracles and by the grace of God, this is becoming a regular feature in the midst of God’s people.

However the area where many young people are lacking is in the area of wisdom. It is disturbing to know that many teenagers want benefits without taking responsibilities.

In Isaiah 1:19, we see both sides: your responsibility is that you must be willing and obedient before the benefit of eating
the good of the land will come. This is wisdom.

Acts 1:8 also speaks in this same vein; it says you will receive power as long as you are
prepared to be a witness of the goodness of the
Lord.

Before you pray and ask God for anything, make sure your life has a commensurate level of righteousness. Address the issue of
righteousness in your life, speech, dressing, attitude, deeds, thoughts and motives. Be clean
through and through.

KEY POINT:
You can’t always take without giving. It is wisdom to know that you have to give out
something in order to be given something.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 8-10
Mark 5:1-20

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.

Chorus:
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.

Open Heaven 24 February 2018

DAY 45 SATURDAY 24TH FEB 2018 RCCG FASTING PRAYER AGAINST NATURAL DISASTERS

OPEN HEAVEN 24 FEBRUARY 2018

 Intense praise and worship

 Thank God fora new day and for the salvationof your soul

 Let us pray against fireaccident in our homes, offices, markets and anywhere.

 Let us ask God to be merciful concerning death and destruction of properties that
can come fromearthquakes in this year.

 Let us pray that God will make the people wise, to know how to prevent fire
accidents

 Let us pray against flood disaster and outrageoustemperaturesall over the world .

 Let us pray against every already concluded evil plan to cause death through the
activitiesof gun men all over the world

 Let us ask God tohelp us topreventany evil plan towastelives throughtornadoes

 Let us plead for mercy to God to avert every programed destruction from the
kingdom of darkness throughany natural disasters

 Let us pray against deathand destructionof propertiesthrough hurricanes

Open Heaven 23rd February 2018

Open Heaven 24 February 2018: THE MAKING OF DISCIPLES

Memorise: And he said to them all, if any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. Luke 9:23

Open Heaven 24 February 2018 Bible Reading: Matthew 28:18-20 (KJV)

28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

Open Heaven 24 February 2018 Bible in one year: Leviticus 25, 1st Corinthians 10:23-11:16, Hymnal: Sing hymn 15

A disciple is a disciplined follower of Jesus Christ, committed to the life and principles of God’s kingdom which Jesus Christ came to teach and demonstrate on earth.

When He was leaving the earth, the Lord Jesus Christ instructed those who were already His disciples to make disciples of all nations of the world. Why is it necessary to make people Christ’s disciples, and how do we make disciples of people? Read: Open Heaven 23 February 2018

What does the kingdom of God stand to gain when people are made disciples of Jesus Christ? These are questions worthy of our consideration. We are to make disciples of all nations of the world because it is the Lord’s commandment. The Lord commanded us to do this because He wants to reconcile all of mankind back to God. 2ndCorinthians 5:19 says,

OPEN HEAVEN 24 FEBRUARY 2018

“To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word ofreconciliation.”

After a lost soul has experienced the new-birth in Christ, God expects that a systematic teaching of His word will follow in order to transform the new believer into the image of Jesus Christ. For this reason, the Holy Spirit in Isaiah 28:9-10 says:

“Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts. For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line uponline; here a little, and there a little:

One characteristic of a genuinely born-again fellow is the desire to grow through God’s word (1stPeter 2:2-3). Such a person should therefore not be starved of the sound teaching of the word.  If you have led a person to Christ, it should be your desire to see that person grow into the stature of the Son of God (Ephesians 4:13-15). Read: How To Stop Watching Pornography

The Church and the world stand to gain peace as the number of the disciples of the Prince of Peace increases. Terrorism will be eliminated. There would be no Al-Qaeda, ISIS or Boko Haram sects.

Murder, drug addition, homosexuality and other acts of sin will become unpopular. Police stations and Prison yards will perpetually be on holiday. The earth will become a paradise. This will come to fulfilment, because the Lord Jesus Christ, in Matthew 6:10, taught us to pray thus:

“Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”

Open Heaven 24 February 2018 Action Point:

Put up a soul-winning outreach in your locality; arrange an effective house-fellowship where your potential converts will be taught the rudimentary tenets of the Christian faith and begin to disciple people.

Open Heaven 24 February 2018 Hymn 15

NEARER MY GOD TO THEE

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee;

E’ en though it be a cross

That raiseth me,

Still all my song shall be

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee.

Though, like a wanderer

The sun gone down,

Darkness comes over me,

My rest a stone;

Yet in my dreams I’d be

Nearer, my God, to Thee

Nearer, my God, to Thee

Nearer to Thee.

There let me see the sight,

An open heaven;

All that thou sendest me,

In mercy given;

Angles to beckon me

Nearer, my God, to Thee

Nearer, my God, to Thee

Nearer to Thee

Then, with my walking thoughts

Bright with Thy praise,

Out of my stony griefs

Bethel I’ll raise,

So by my woes to be

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer, my God, to Thee,

Nearer to Thee