Open Heaven For Teens 12 February 2022: Perfection Is Achievable
Open Heaven For Teens 12 February 2022: Perfection Is Achievable
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TOPIC: Perfection Is Achievable [Open Heaven for Teens 12 February 2022]
MEMORISE: Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. Matthew 5:48
READ: Genesis 17:1-2
- And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty God; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
- And I will make my covenant between me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 26:55-75 , Leviticus 14:1-57
MESSAGE:
God will not give His children conditions they cant fulfil. For example, when Apostle Paul was down with an infirmity God told him in 2 Corinthians 12:9:
“… My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”
The same Paul later said in 2 Timothy 4:7 that he had fought a good fight, finished his course and kept the faith while still alive. This means he embraced the grace of God and became perfect before Him to the point that he was bold enough to say he had finished well. This can be your testimony too if you close your ears to those who say no one can be perfect or holy, we are all sinners, et cetera. From the moment you genuinely gave your life to Christ, your walk to perfection began. Keep yielding to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. Crucify your flesh daily and you will become more like Jesus with every passing moment. You can be as perfect as your Heavenly Father.
PRAYER POINT:
Father, please give me the grace to become as perfect as You are.
HYMN: I Am Thine O Lord
1 I am Thine, O Lord,
I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise
in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.
CHORUS
Draw me nearer,
nearer blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer,
nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
2 Consecrate me now to
Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up
with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.
3 Oh, the pure delight
of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer,
and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!
4 There are depths of love
that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy
that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.
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)
