OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS DATE: MONDAY, 21ST OF AUGUST, 2023 THEME: PEOPLE TO AVOID

 OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS

DATE: MONDAY, 21ST OF AUGUST, 2023

THEME: PEOPLE TO AVOID

MEMORISE: Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go Proverbs 22:24

READ: Proverbs 22:24-25

[24]Make no friendship with an angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go:

[25]Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

MESSAGE

Everyone needs a support system, someone they can run to when in trouble or someone who stands by them through thick and thin. This support system can be in form of a friend, colleague, or a group of like-minded individuals.

Having realised the need for a support system, you must be careful who you choose to be your friend. Please be wary of those who flare up at the slightest misunderstanding. Though they may be good people, they just can't get a hold of their temper when angry. They have carried weights of pains from their pasts and have learnt to unleash their anger over anyone who may trigger their unhappiness, whether consciously or unconsciously.

Dear child, please note that you can't change anyone, but you can keep praying for the Holy Spirit to work on their weaknesses. Likewise, don't make friends with anyone who would lure you into sin, neither should you make friends with lazy people, thieves, disrespectful people, et cetera, so you won't become like them.

KEY POINT:

Evil communication corrupts good manners. Don't be caught with people of no virtue.

HYMN 18 - WHEN WE WALK WITH THE LORD

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 nor a fear, 

Not a sigh nor 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 nor a loss, 

Not a frown nor a cross,

But is blest 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 favour He shows

And 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. 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:

Jeremiah 51-52

AUTHORS: PASTOR E.A ADEBOYE

PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE