Open Heaven For Teens 14 February 2022: I Love You
Open Heaven For Teens 14 February 2022: I Love You
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TOPIC: I Love You [Open Heaven for Teens 14 February 2022]
MEMORISE: And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Mark 12:31
READ: 1 Corinthians 13:4-7
- Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
- Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
- Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth;
- Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 27:32-66 , Leviticus 18-19
MESSAGE:
You may be wondering if I celebrate Valentines Day. Well, I do. Actually, I celebrate it every day because it is associated with love. Love is the true essence of our message as Christians and if you don’t show love to people around you, your salvation is questionable.Though Valentines Day is usually associated with romantic love (which should be expressed by married couples only),
I encourage you to express the God-kind of love today by giving good gifts to your friends, family, teachers and the needy around you. I always use this as an opportunity to give special gifts to my husband, children and grandchildren, encouraging them to do likewise. Also, a lot of teenagers experience loneliness or anger because they don’t have a boyfriend/girlfriend to share romantic love with. This is against the word of God. It’s time to do away with that feeling of inadequacy or infatuation and wrong perception of love painted on social and other media. Jesus is the true definition of love and He loves you. Concentrate on loving Him back and don’t get carried away by infatuations.
ACTION POINT:
Give a material gift to someone today and let it stop there (lol).
HYMN: ‘TIS SO SWEET TO TRUST IN JESUS
- Tis so sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to take him at his word;
Just to rest upon His promise,
Just to know, “Thus saith the Lord.
CHORUS
Jesus, Jesus, how I trust Him!
How I’ve proved him o’er and o’er!
Jesus, Jesus, precious Jesus!
O for grace to trust him more!
- O how sweet to trust in Jesus,
Just to trust His cleansing blood;
Just in simple faith to plunge me
’Neath the healing, cleansing flood! - Yes, ’tis sweet to trust in Jesus,
just from sin and self to cease;
just from Jesus simply taking
life and rest, and joy and peace. - I’m so glad I learn’d to trust Thee,
Precious Jesus, Saviour, Friend,
And I know that Thou art with me,
Wilt be with me to the end.
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.
1. Admit that you are a sinner. "For all [humans] have sinned, and comes short of the glory of God....[and] the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans 3:23)
2. Repent now. "Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out ...[for] if we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness " (Acts 3:19, 1 John 1:9)
3. Believe that God loves you and Jesus died for you. "God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet Sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8)
4. Invite Jesus into your life through prayer of faith. Jesus says, "Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me" (Revelation 3:20)
