OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS DATE: SATURDAY 9TH OF SEPTEMBER, 2023 THEME: PRIDE DRAINS

MEMORISE: When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. Proverbs 11:2

BIBLE TEXT: Proverbs 11:1-3

[1]A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

[2]When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

[3]The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors shall destroy them.

MESSAGE: 

When people attain some top positions in the society, they are accorded a lot of respect. They receive special attention and gifts from many who depend on them for certain favours, but the moment they leave office, their loyalists decamp to the new person in that position. Little wonder some people go to any length to remain in titled positions, and some who can't manage loneliness eventually lose their minds.

I used to know a brother named Sam in my younger days; he was a terror to the kingdom of darkness. Though he was illiterate, he once preached in fluent English for one hour because the Holy Spirit gave him utterance. In fact, he also raised three dead persons back to life. Unfortunately after all his achievements, he allowed pride get into his heart, and he later ended up in an asylum.

Beloved, pride will drain anyone possessed by it, but when you retain God in your heart, He will make you relevant throughout your lifetime.

PRAYER POINT:

Father, every element of pride that will reduce me to an ex-champion, please take it away from me.

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 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 

Ezekiel 47-48

AUTHORS: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE 

PASTOR MRS FOLU ADEBOYE