OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS AND CHILDREN TUESDAY 5TH JUNE 2018: WHO BELLS THE CAT?

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS AND CHILDREN TUESDAY 5TH JUNE 2018: WHO BELLS THE CAT?

MEMORISE: I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase. 1 Corinthians 3:6

Please read: Luke 8:1-3

MESSAGE:
From the story of the Red Sea, we see that God can make way for you in unexpected quarters. The only possible way they thought they could cross that big sea was through a ship, a boat, or to swim through. They may have thought of a way of constructing a bridge
across it. The Israelites least expected a way through the sea. Their faiths were limited.
Even when the way was made in the middle of the sea, the Israelites remained where they were, they wanted someone to go in first to assure them that it was not a death trap. In other words, they wanted someone to bell the cat. God knew this was going to happen and so
He prepared some leaders to go ahead of them. Open Heaven 5 June 2018

God is still in need of those who will bell the cat in worship and righteous living so that others can follow. Will you bell the cat for Christ?

KEY POINT:
Leadership is not in words, but in actions. If you always wait to be told to do something before you do it, your leadership abilities are in doubt.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
2 Chronicles 17-19
John 15

Hymn 111. Stand up! stand up for Jesus,
Ye soldiers of the Cross!
Lift high His royal banner,
It must not suffer loss.
From victory unto victory
His army shall He lead,
Till every foe is vanquished,
And Christ is Lord indeed.

2. Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
The solemn watchword hear;
If while ye sleep he suffers,
Away with shame and fear.
Where’re ye meet with evil,
Within you or without,
Charge for the God of battles,
And put the foe to rout.

3. Stand up! stand up for Jesus !
Stand in His strength alone;
The arm of flesh will fail you,
Ye dare not trust your own.
Put on the gospel armour,
Each piece put on with prayer;
When duty calls or danger,
Be never wanting there.

4. Stand up! stand up for Jesus!
The strife will not be long;
This day the noise of battle,
The next the victor’s song.
To him that overcometh
A crown of life shall be;
He with the King of glory
Shall reign eternally.