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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 17 DECEMBER 2023 SUNDAY

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 17 DECEMBER 2023 MEMORIZE: For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him might should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 17 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING JOHN 3:16-17

[16]For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[17]For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 17 DECEMBER 2023 MESSAGE

Haggai 2:8 says all the gold and silver on earth belongs to God. Psalm 50:10 also says that the cattle on a thousand hills belong to God.

This tells us that God owns the entire universe, and He lacks nothing. What then do you think can move such a God? Your genuine love for Him can.

Love can be expressed in different ways; it can be expressed through giving your time, energy. resources, and life.

So, don’t grumble when it’s offering time, rather, do it cheerfully because it’s an opportunity to move God.

When God loves a fellow, everything will move for him/her. Such a fellow will get the best of everything.

This is the reason He gave us His best gift – His son, to reconcile us to Himself. Therefore, reciprocate this love today by showing love to your neighbours, enemies, and friends.

BIBLE QUIZ:
What is the first sentence in the Bible?

a) Jesus wept

b) Man shall not live my bread alone but by every word that cometh out of his mouth

c) In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth

d) And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 17 DECEMBER 2023 REFLECTION

What has your love for God moved you to do for Him?

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 17 DECEMBER 2023 HYMN

HYMN 4 – ON A HILL FAR AWAY

1. On a hill far away
Stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suffering and shame;
And I love that old cross
Where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

CHORUS
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross;
And exchange it someday for a crown.

2. Oh, that old rugged cross
So despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God
Left His glory above,
To bear it to dark Calvary.

3. In the old rugged cross,
Stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see;
For ’twas on that old cross
Je-sus suffered and died,
To par -don and sanc-ti-fy me.

4. To the old rugged cross
I will ever be true,
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me some day
To my home far away,
Where His glory for-ever share

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 17 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: Hebrews 1-4

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 16 DECEMBER 2023 SATURDAY

Open Heaven For Teens 16 December 2023 Memorize: Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Isaiah 43:19

Open Heaven For Teens 16 December 2023 Bible Reading Exodus 12:2-12

[2]This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
[3]Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
[4]And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
[5]Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
[6]And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
[7]And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
[8]And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
[9]Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
[10]And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
[11]And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’S passover.
[12]For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.

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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 16 DECEMBER 2023 MESSAGE

God has unlimited ways to bring about a new era for His children and whichever method He employs, it is on purpose.
For instance, the children of Israel had been in bondage for about 400 years, but He chose to deliver them through the Passover feast.
Literally, the Passover feast signifies the dawn of a new era.
At 80, Moses must have thought that his life had come to a stand-still: he must have even felt that his education in Egypt was a waste and all he would ever be was a fugitive shepherd.
However, he was wrong as God had a better plan for him. Moses became a ‘god’ to Pharaoh and finally led the Israelites out of Egypt after 430 years of bondage.
Are you performing poorly in your academics?
Have your teachers/parents written you off?
Are you a maid or an apprentice and you have a dream of furthering your education?
I decree that your situation will change for the better in Jesus’ name.
Just don’t give up on yourself, rather, surrender your totality to God.
HYMN 6: I’M PRESSING ON THE UPWARD WAY
1. I’m pressing on the upward way,
New heights I’m gaining everyday;
Still praying as I onward bound
“Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.”
Lord, lift me up and let me stand,
By faith, on Heaven’s table-land;
Where love, and joy, and light abound,
Lord, plant my feet on higher ground.
2. My heart has no desire to stay
Where doubts arise, and fears dismay;
Though some may dwell where these abound,
My constant aim is higher ground.
3. Beyond the mist I fain would rise,
To rest beneath unclouded skies,
Above earth’s turmoil peace is found
By those who dwell on higher ground.
4. I long to scale the utmost height,
Though rough the way, and hard the fight,
My song, while climbing, shall resound
Lord, lead me on to higher ground.
5. Lord, lead me up the mountain side
I dare not climb without my Guide;
And, heaven gained, I’ll gaze around,
With grateful heart from higher ground

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 16 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: Philemon 1; Titus 1-3

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

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OPEN HEAVEN 16 DECEMBER 2023 SATURDAY

OPEN HEAVEN 16 DECEMBER 2023 MEMORIZE: Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. John 13:23

OPEN HEAVEN 16 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING John 13:21-28

21 When Jesus had thus said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

22 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake.

23 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved.

24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake.

25 He then lying on Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it?

26 Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon.

27 And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.

28 Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him.

Beloved, kindly share these life-changing messages, prayers, and declarations with the precious people around you.

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OPEN HEAVEN 16 DECEMBER 2023 MESSAGE

Further into my study of how to become God’s favourite, I found that there was another disciple who also followed Jesus on the day He was crucified.

It was this disciple that helped Peter access the courtyard as we see in John 18:15-16.

This other disciple apparently was John the beloved as he referred to himself in the third person all through his account of the gospel.

When you read John 19:26-27, you will find that it was John who took the mother of Jesus into his own house.

Anyone who look after your mother must be very close to you.

I’ve always said that when you describe somebody as a Christian fanatic, it simply means he loves the Lord more than you.

In John 20:1-8, the Bible tells us that when they brought news to the Apostles that Jesus was risen, John was the first Apostle to get to the tomb.

In John 13:21-26 when the disciples sought to know who would betray the Lord, Peter beckoned to John and told him to ask Jesus, because he knew that John.

Even Peter knew that John was the closest to him.

Thirteen people were at the table and two of them were speaking in codes the others could not understand.

John was so close to Jesus that he could rest his head on His chest (John 13:23).

In our Bible reading for today, we see that it is only John that Jesus trusted with the identity of who would betray Him.

Jesus trusted John with His secrets.

When God can trust you with His secrets, you become extremely close to Him.

Jesus made John His confidant, that is why you find that in Revelation 1:1-20, it was John the Beloved whom Jesus chose to give the story of what will happen in the end times, Thousands of years ahead of his time.

In Revelation 10:4, there are things Jesus revealed to John that He said were for his ears only.

When you truly love God, you become willing to seek and fulfill his primary heart desire which is to bring souls into His Kingdom.

OPEN HEAVEN 16 DECEMBER 2023 DEVOTIONAL REFLECTIONS

Do you love God enough to keep His secrets?

OPEN HEAVEN 16 DECEMBER 2023 HYMN

RCCG HYMN 10: In Christ Alone

1 In Christ alone my hope is found,
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This Cornerstone, this solid Ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My Comforter, my All in All,
Here in the love of Christ I stand.

2 In Christ alone, who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe.
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save:
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied –
For every sin on Him was laid;
Here in the death of Christ I live.

3 There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain:
Then bursting forth in glorious day
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory
Sin’s curse has lost its grip on me,
For I am His and He is mine –
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.

4 No guilt in life, no fear in death,
This is the power of Christ in me;
From life’s first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No power of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand:
Till He returns or calls me home,
Here in the power of Christ I’ll stand.

OPEN HEAVEN 16 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: Philemon 1; Titus 1-3

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 15 DECEMBER 2023 MONDAY

Open Heaven For Teens 15 December 2023 Memorize: I must work the works of Him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. John 9:4

Open Heaven For Teens 15 December 2023 Bible Reading John 9:1-4

[1]And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.
[2]And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?
[3]Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
[4]I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 15 DECEMBER 2023 MESSAGE

There are two important appointments for everyone on earth: the appointment with death (Hebrews 9:27) and the appointment with life.
If a fellow keeps the appointment with life which is through Jesus Christ, he will escape the appointment with death as the Bible says in John 1:4: “In Him was.life, and the life is the light of men.”
However, if a fellow misses the appointment with life, death becomes inevitable: this appointment leads to the worst life in eternity – hell.
Nobody wishes to die young, neither does anyone wish that his/her child should die young.
However, wishes do not stop young ones from dying. Jesus knew His time on earth would be short, so, He spent His teenage and youthful years doing the work of His Father.
He didn’t spend His time on frivolous activities, instead, He went about doing good.
This same mindset should be in you.
Do the work of God in your chosen Field because what will count at the end of your stay on earth is how well you used all your gifts to the glory of God.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 15 DECEMBER 2023 ACTION POINT

If you haven’t, join a department in the Church this Sunday and register for the workers-in-training programme immediately.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 15 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 2 Timothy 1-4

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 DECEMBER 2023 THURSDAY

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 DECEMBER 2023 THURSDAY: HONOUR YOUR PARENTS

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 DECEMBER 2023 MEMORIZE: Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due: custom to whom custom: fear to whom fear: honor to whom honor. Romans 13:7

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING JOHN 19:25-27

[25]Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.

[26]When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son!

[27]Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 DECEMBER 2023 MESSAGE

One of the reasons Some children die young is
because they lack respect for their parents or elders.

Exodus 20:12 commands us to honour our parents so that our days may be long. It therefore means that anyone who does otherwise might not live long.

Taking care of your parents is a Way of honouring them. David is a good example of someone who took good care of his parents.

At the time Saul was hunting for David, though he was always on the run, he looked for a safe place to hide his parents, whom he knew would be susceptible to attack from Saul (1 Samuel 22:1-4).

If you deny your parents before your friends because you feel they are not well dressed, then you don’t honour them.

Also, if you wait for your parents to call your name repeatedly in the house before you run errands or demand a gift before helping them, you don’t honour them.

As much as it lies within you, make them happy at all times because you will reap what you sow.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 DECEMBER 2023 ACTION POINT

If you have been dishonoring your parents,
ask for their forgiveness today and turn a new leaf.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 DECEMBER 2023 HYMN

HYMN 2 – GOD GIVE US CHRISTIAN HOMES

1. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the Bible is loved and taught
Homes where the master’s will is sought
Homes crowned with beauty
Thy love hath wrought
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes.

2. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the father is true and strong
Homes that are free from the blight of wrong
Homes that are joyous with love and song
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes.

3. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the mother in queenly quest
Strives to show others Thy way is best
Homes where the Lord is an honoured guest.
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes.

4. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the Children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so
Homes where the altar fire burn and glow
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 1 TIMOTHY 1-6

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 13 DECEMBER 2023 WEDNESDAY

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 13 DECEMBER 2023 WEDNESDAY: EFFECTS OF UNFORGIVENESS

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 13 DECEMBER 2023 MEMORIZE: And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. Matthew 6:12

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 13 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING MATTHEW 18:21-35

[21]Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

[22]Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven.

[23]Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants.

[24]And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents.

[25]But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

[26]The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

[27]Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

[28]But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

[29]And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

[30]And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

[31]So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.

[32]Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

[33]Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?

[34]And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.

[35]So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 13 DECEMBER 2023 MESSAGE

I once heard the story of a teacher who asked his students to buy fresh tomatoes and bring them to school.

The students did as they were told, and the teacher asked them to put the tomatoes in their bags and go everywhere with them.

After some days, the students started complaining of the stench from the rotten tomatoes in their bags and how they were tired of going about with them.

The teacher then told them that the rotten tomatoes signified the people who had offended them, but who they had refused to forgive: the bag was their heart, and the smell was what came out of them when they refused to forgive.

The Holy Spirit cannot stay in a rotten heart, and if He is not there, an evil spirit will take over, Would you rather allow an evil spirit to dwell in you?

If the Almighty God can forgive us over and over when we sin, we should also do the same.

Do you have a diary where you write the names of offenders and their offences? You need to destroy it today and let them go

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 13 DECEMBER 2023 KEY POINT

You can also forgive just as God your Father forgives you. Simple!

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 13 DECEMBER 2023 HYMN

HYMN 21 – I WANT TO BE LIKE JESUS

1. I want to be like Jesus,
So lowly and so meek;
For no one mark’d an angry word,
That ever heard Him speak,

2. I want to be like Jesus,
So frequently in prayer;
Alone upon the mountain top,
He met his Father there.

3. I want to be like Jesus,
I never, never find
That He, though persecuted was
To anyone unkind.

4. I want to be like Jesus,
Engaged in doing good;
So that of me it may be said
“He hath done what he could.”

5. I want to be like Jesus,
Who sweetly said to all,
“Let little children come to Me;”
I would obey the call.

6. But oh I’m not like Jesus,
As anyone may see;
O gentle Saviour, send Thy grace,
And make me like to Thee

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 13 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 1 THESSALONIANS 1-3

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 12 DECEMBER 2023 TUESDAY

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 12 DECEMBER 2023 MEMORIZE: Flee also youthful lust; 2 Timothy 2:22

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 12 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING 2 TIMOTHY 2:21-22

[21]If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.

[22]Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 12 DECEMBER 2023 MESSAGE

Fornication is a sexual sin which destroys lives and destinies. Unfortunately, it is one of the sins that appeal more to teenagers because it is enjoyable.

However, it has many dangers. One of them is that it ignites a fire that leads to self-destruction immediately after it is committed.

This fire burns and does not get quenched until it finally destroys the fornicator.

Job 31:12 says: “For it is a fire that consumeth to destruction and would root out all mine increase.”

This Scripture further explains that fornication can destroy the blessing gotten over the years.

When you have sexual relations with someone, there is an exchange of spirits, which also means that there is an exchange of curses and problems.

My dear child, fornication destroys the soul. Confess your sins and stop them now that you still have the chance.

Don’t destroy your beautiful future with a few minutes of ecstasy, and if you are already deep in premarital sex, ask for counselling and prayers today.

May God give you victory over the flesh in Jesus’ name.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 12 DECEMBER 2023 KEY POINT

Don’t be like Esau, who sold his birthright for a plate of porridge.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 12 DECEMBER 2023 HYMN

HYMN 3 – ALL TO JESUS I SURRENDER

1. All to Jesus I surrender
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.

CHORUS
I surrender all.
I surrender all:
All to Thee, my blessed saviour
I surrender all

2. All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow;
Worldly pleasures all forsaken.
Take me, Jesus, take me now.

3. All to Jesus I surrender.
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me.

4. All to Jesus I surrender,
Now I feel the sacred flame
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory to His name!

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 12 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: 1 THESSALONIANS 1-5

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 11 DECEMBER 2023 MONDAY

Open Heaven For Teens 11 December 2023 Memorize: A fool uttereth all his mind: but a wise man keepeth it in till afterwards. Proverbs 29:11

Open Heaven For Teens 11 December 2023 Bible Reading Joshua 2:1-11

[1]And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
[2]And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
[3]And the king of Jericho sent unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the men that are come to thee, which are entered into thine house: for they be come to search out all the country.
[4]And the woman took the two men, and hid them, and said thus, There came men unto me, but I wist not whence they were:
[5]And it came to pass about the time of shutting of the gate, when it was dark, that the men went out: whither the men went I wot not: pursue after them quickly; for ye shall overtake them.
[6]But she had brought them up to the roof of the house, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had laid in order upon the roof.
[7]And the men pursued after them the way to Jordan unto the fords: and as soon as they which pursued after them were gone out, they shut the gate.
[8]And before they were laid down, she came up unto them upon the roof;
[9]And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
[10]For we have heard how the LORD dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
[11]And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 11 DECEMBER 2023 MESSAGE

In today’s Bible passage, Joshua sent some spies to Jericho, and they came in contact with Rahab, who sold her village out to the spies.
Also, in 2 Kings 6:13-14, the king of Syria sent some spies to obtain information on his enemy – Elisha, and they brought back reports.
Thus, the success of spies depends on the information they are privy to.
It’s unfortunate that some children who have glorious destinies have destroyed them by divulging sensitive and important information about themselves to the wrong persons.
I understand that as teenagers, sometimes, you might want to boast about your future, parents, possessions, and gifts, but you should understand that the Bible says in Proverbs 18:7, “A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul”.
Don’t be too quick to tell or post things about yourself online, Ask yourself, “Of what importance is this personal information to the public?”
The Bible also says: “Whoso keepeth his mouth and tongue keepeth his soul from troubles” (Proverbs 21:23).
If you want to escape from some troubles, learn to control your mouth, heart and fingers.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 11 DECEMBER 2023 PRAYER POINT

Father, please let my mouth and hands always work for me and not against me in Jesus’ name.
HYMN 5 – TAKE MY LIFE AND LET IT BE
1. Take my life and let it
Consecrated Lord to Thee
Take my moment and my days
Let them flow ceaseless praise.
2. Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for thee
3. Take my voice and let me sing
Always only for my king;
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.
4. Take my sliver and my gold
Not a mite would I withhold
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as thou shalt choose.
5. Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall no longer mine:
Take my heart, it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne,
6. Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for thee

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 11 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: Colossians 1-4

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

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RCCG HOLY GHOST CONGRESS 2023 – DIVINE REPOSITIONING

TOPIC: ABOUT THIS TIME NEXT YEAR
TEXT: 2 KINGS 4:13-17
OPENING PRAYER
If you have been divinely repositioned already, let your Hallelujah roar like thunder. HALLELUJAH! Glory be to God, Amen.
Let’s pray!
Our Father and our God, we give You all the glory, all the praises, and all the honour.
Thank You for all You have done already, especially at this year’s Holy Ghost Congress.

We thank You for all that You are doing right now. And we are so grateful, oh God, for greater and mightier things that You will continue to do in our lives, our families, Your church, our nations, and all our cities all over the world. Father, accept our thanks and praises in Jesus’ Name.
My Father and my God, we pray that this morning, You will speak with us, speak through us, and confirm Your Word with signs and wonders. Let all the glory be Yours, my Father. In Jesus’ Name, we have prayed. Amen!
THE MESSAGE
Text – 2 Kings chapter 4
13 And he said to him, “Say now to her, ‘Look, you have been concerned for us with all this care. What can I do for you? Do you want me to speak on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?’ ”She answered, “I dwell among my own people.”

14 So he said, “What then is to be done for her?” And Gehazi answered, “Actually, she has no son, and her husband is old.”

15 So he said, “Call her.” When he had called her, she stood in the doorway.
16 Then he said, “About this time next year you shall embrace a son.” And she said, “No, my lord. Man of God, do not lie to your maidservant!”
17 But the woman conceived, and bore a son when the appointed time had come, of which Elisha had told her.
I prophesy to somebody today, your appointed time of manifestation of divine repositioning has come.
In the course of this years’ Holy Ghost Congress, our father-in-the-Lord prophesied that about this time next year, we will already be in the position of our repositioning. For example:

1. You will already be in the position of having been repositioned from weeping to garments of praise.
2. From miry clay to the rock to stay.
3. From sickness to healing the incurable.

4. From defeat to victory from the Lord of Hosts, etc.
On Friday night, to be specific, our father-in-the-Lord said that Daddy said, “On that issue of marriage, about this time next year, you will be settled.”
Another Word from the Lord to our father-in-the-Lord, “Daddy said about this time next year, there will be many twins and triplets.”
Now, the big question is, do you believe? Are you sure you are not like the Shunammite woman who said, “Man of God, don’t lie to me”.
If you sincerely believe, the right thing to do now is to act out your belief by thanking God.
Act out your belief through thanksgiving.
Mark 11:24 Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them.

The best way to convince God that you believe that you have received is to begin to thank Him even before you experience the actual manifestation.

The best form of thanksgiving is when you give thanks to God for what you have asked for, but you are yet to receive it.
John 6:11 And Jesus took the loaves, and when He had given thanks He distributed them to the disciples, and the disciples to those sitting down; and likewise of the fish, as much as they wanted.
Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God;
Why should I believe and give thanks to God from now on?
1. God can not lie.
Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should lie, Nor a son of man, that He should repent. Has He said, and will He not do? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

2. God has commanded you not just to believe in Him but to believe His prophets.
2 Chronicles 20:20 Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

You will prosper means the Word spoken by His prophet shall accomplish the thing for which he sent it according to Isaiah 55:11.
Isaiah 55:11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
3. You have seen/heard numerous testimonies of God’s Word coming to pass in the course of this Congress.
We have heard at least fifty testimonies during the Congress.
Matthew chapter 11
2 And when John had heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples
3 and said to Him, “Are You the Coming One, or do we look for another?”
4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
5 The blind see and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear; the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

John 20:29 Jesus said to him, “Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
For believers, believing is seeing, not seeing is believing.
If you did not hear the testimonies that were shared during the convention, hear this, and I am persuaded that you will not leave this Congress and remain the same.

My beloved wife and I left Nigeria for England in August 1996, twenty-seven years ago. We have been married for six years without a child at that time. We have tried every possible medical, traditional, and occultic treatment in Nigeria, and they all failed.
We were referred to a specialist hospital in London. Our medical report from our doctor in Nigeria read, “The more we treated this couple for their infertility problem, the worse they became.” Imagine you, carrying this medical report and boarding a plane to go to England, and the report concluded, “We are referring them to your highly esteemed hospital for more expert management.”
In England, we consulted one of the best gynaecologists in the land. He treated my wife and I for one and a half years, but everything failed. One day, he called my wife and i to his office and said, “We are closing your file because all efforts to help you have failed. We have your details on our computer. If there is a new medical invention or breakthrough in fertility treatment in the future, we will invite you.”
On the 16th of August 1998, months after the closure of our medical file, my wife and I met our beloved daddy G.O, he laid his hands on us and said, “About this time next year, you will embrace your miracle.”
Man closed our medical file but the One that opens and no one closes opens our divine repositioning file through His son, our beloved daddy G.O, on May 22 1999, less than twelve months after that prayer, our first son was given birth to.
We went back to the hospital that closed our file, and the doctor said, “Who treated this woman that she conceived.” He wanted to know the gynaecologist in England that beat him to the game. My wife and I said this at the same time, “Doctor Jesus treated us.”
This professor of gynaecology asked, “Can you let me have the credentials of Doctor Jesus?” We told him about Jesus, and a muslim professor of gynaecology believed and surrendered to Jesus in his office.

Our father-in-the-Lord has been speaking to us about Doctor Jesus since this Congress started. About this time next year, we would have been repositioned.
Believe in Doctor Jesus, believe what daddy said about Him, believe the testimonies that you have heard, and begin to act out your belief by giving thanks to the Lord the way you have never done before, for there shall be a manifestation.
Luke 1:45 Blessed is she who believed, for there will be a fulfilment of those things which were told her from the Lord.”
ALTAR CALL
To believe in Doctor Jesus, you must let Him into your life as my wife and I did twenty-eight years ago. Surrender to Jesus, obey Him, and serve Him. If you want to surrender all to Jesus, come forward. God is about to silence your mockers as you give thanks to Him.
SALVATION PRAYER
Father, we thank You for the grace to believe in You. Thank You for saving these souls today. Lord, forgive their sins. Wash them clean in Your Blood. Write their names in the Book of Life and begin to use them mightily for Your glory. Thank You, my Father.
My Father, I believe, and I thank You for my all-round divine repositioning. I thank You because about this time next year, I shall embrace my miracle by walking in my divine repositioning in the Name of Jesus.
If you believe, clap your hands and shout to God with a voice of triumph. HALLELUJAH!
God bless you. Amen!

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OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 10 DECEMBER 2023 SUNDAY

Open Heaven For Teens 10 December 2023 Memorize: The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the Holy is understanding. Proverbs 9:10

Open Heaven For Teens 10 December 2023 Bible Reading Genesis 39:7-9

[7]And it came to pass after these things, that his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me.
[8]But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;
[9]There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?

Open Heaven 10 December 2023 Sunday

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 10 DECEMBER 2023 MESSAGE

We live in a world where some preachers teach that God is not wicked and will not punish His children when they do wrong because we are in the time of grace, thus, encouraging young Christians to misbehave.
My child, truly. God is love, but He is also a Consuming Fire.
This is the reason Apostle Paul asked the question,”Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound?”
The obvious answer is NO.
In the passage for today, Potiphar’s wife wanted Joseph to sleep with her, but he refused.
No one would have known if he had done it, but God would have taken a record of it.
Joseph could have also said that he would do it and later ask God for forgiveness like some Christians do, but he fled instead because he feared God.
My child, sin can rob you of your relationship with God and the great future ahead of you.
If Joseph had slept with Potiphar’s wife, he might have been made a big man in Egypt, but his destiny would have been cut short like that of Reuben, his elder brother (Genesis 49).

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 10 DECEMBER 2023 KEY POINT

The fear of God will keep you from committing sin when no one is watching.
BIBLE QUIZ:
What is the fifth commandment?
a) Thou shall not steal
b) Honour thy father and thy mother
c) Thou shall not serve any other God except me
d) Thou shall not make thyself a graven image

HYMN 11 – O LORD MY GOD! WHEN AM IN AWESOME WONDER
1. O lord my God!
When am in awesome wonder,
consider all
The worlds thy hands hath made
I see the stars,
I heard the rolling thunder
Thy pow’r thro’ out
The universe displayed
2. And when I think
That God, His Son not sparing
Sent Him to die
I scare can take it in;
That on the cross,
My burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died
To take away my sin.
3. Then through the woods
And forest glads I wander,
And hear the birds
Sing sweetly in the tress;
When I look down
From lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook
And feel the gentle breeze;
4. When Christ shall come
With shout of acclamation
And take me home,
What joy shall fill my heart!
Then I shall bow
In humble adoration
And there proclaim,
My God how great Thou art!

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 10 DECEMBER 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: Philippians 1-4

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE
PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE

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