OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 JANUARY 2023 SATURDAY: TIME WASTERS

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 JANUARY 2023 MEMORIZE: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God. Romans 12:2

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 JANUARY 2023 BIBLE READING EPHESIANS 5:15-17

[15]See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

[16]Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

[17]Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 JANUARY 2023 MESSAGE

A time waster is any activity you engage in that does not glorify God or hinders you from growth. Any social event encroaching on your Bible study schedule is a time waster. A person can also be a time waster.

Thus, anyone who hinders you from doing productive activities or doing the will of God is a time waster. For example, friends who visit during reading or church time are time wasters.

Friends who engage you in gossip when you should be busy with your assignments are time wasters also. Proverbs 12:11 says:”He that tilleth his hand shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding”*

The Bible says: to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1). Don’t waste your time on frivolities. Time wasted can never be gotten back. Set your priorities right so that you can achieve your goals.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 JANUARY 2023 ACTION POINT

He who wastes his/her time, wastes his/her life. Be wise!

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 JANUARY 2023 HYMN

FORTH IN YOUR NAME

1. Forth in your name, O Lord, I go,
My daily labor to pursue,
You only, Lord, resolved to know
In all I think or speak or do.

2. The task your wisdom has assigned
Here let me cheerfully fulfill;
In all my work your presence find,
And prove your good and perfect will.

3. You may I set at my right hand,
Whose eyes my inmost secrets view,
And labor on at your command
And offer all my work to you.

4. Help me to bear your easy yoke
In ev’ry moment watch and pray,
And still to things eternal look
And hasten to that glorious day.

5. Then with delight may I employ
All that your bounteous grace has given,
And run my earthly course with joy,
And closely walk with you in heaven.

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TEENS 14 JANUARY 2023 BIBLE READING IN ONE YEAR: GENESIS 44-46