OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS 8 MARCH 2019 – GOOD NEIGHBOURLINESS II

MEMORISE: If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 1 John 4:20

Please read: Matthew 22:36-40

MESSAGE:

As Christians, our driving force and life summation is love. We were saved from our sins by God’s love and through that love, we are being sustained. In simple terms, we are presently who and what we are because God loves us.

As it is with humans, God wants His unconditional love to be reciprocal. It is God’s desire that His children love Him back and live their lives expressing that love to Him daily.

Expressing love isn’t just about saying ‘I love you’, the best way to express your love is through your actions. If you indeed love someone, you will give gifts to that person, spend quality time with that person, speak beautiful words to/about that person, and voluntarily agree to help that person anytime the need arises. Read – Open Heaven 8 March 2019

With this explanation, you will realize that loving God can prove a bit complicated because He is invisible. This is why His words say it is impossible to hate a man that you can see and then profess to love Him that you cannot see. One of the proofs that you truly love God is that you love everyone around you. Because of your good neighbourliness, people should be able to attest beyond any shadow of doubt that you are a child of God.

PRAYER POINT:
Lord, I love you with all my heart, please teach me to show you that love by the way I treat others.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Deuteronomy 5-7
Mark 12:1-27

Hymn 13

AUTHORS: Pastor E.A. Adeboye and Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye.

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS 7 MARCH 2019 – GOOD NEIGHBOURLINESS I

MEMORISE: For better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off. Proverbs 27:10b

Please read: Proverbs 18:24

MESSAGE:
When you need urgent help, the closest people to you are usually your neigbours, if you have been nice to them, then it will be easy for them to come to your aid, but if you have been cruel to them, then God help you.

The widow of Zarephath was able to get many empty vessels because her neigbours did not hesitate to lend her their vessels. This shows that she had been nice to them earlier. Imagine if she had been cruel to them before, they would have refused to lend her their vessels and she would have lost her miracle. It is also worthy of note that the neigbours had empty vessels to lend to her because they were poor themselves, otherwise, the vessels wouldn’t have been empty. Some teenagers are only nice to the rich children around. This is wrong and dangerous, you may find yourself in a position where you need help one day and the only person that can help you is one of those that you have been looking down on. Be kind to everyone, especially your neigbours, your miracle may just be dependent on that.

KEY POINT:
What you sow is what you will reap.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Deuteronomy 3-4
Mark 11:20-33

Hymn 13

AUTHORS: Pastor E.A. Adeboye and Pastor (Mrs.) Folu Adeboye.