OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR TEENS MONDAY 30TH APRIL 2018
THEME: CHOOSE YOUR APPROACH
MEMORISE: By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
Proverbs 25:15
Please read: Colossians 4:1-6
MESSAGE:
Pride and anger are very terrible things that shouldn’t be allowed in the life of a child of God.
An example of someone who pride and anger almost destroyed is Naaman, Pride is a terrible thing; it is a blindfold that veils the mind of its
host. Naaman could have died a leper if not for his servant who advised him correctly.
Approach is important in communication. You may have a good idea, but if it is not presented well, your idea may not be taken seriously.
Do your ideas in class always get turned down by
the teacher? Do your friends often reject your
suggestions? Maybe it is time to choose a better
approach to presenting your ideas.
When presenting an idea or a suggestion, never
be too forward or aggressive. Whatever it is you
are presenting, do it with humility and not with the intention to put anybody down in any way.
Make sure that you know quite much about what
you are talking about. And once you are done, always thank the person you presented the idea to for his/her time.
KEY POINT:
Approach is a platter on which ideas are served.
If it is enticing, the idea will be accepted. But if
it is repelling, no matter the idea on it, it will be
rejected.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
2 Samuel 23-24
Luke 22:31-53
Hymn 13
1. Is your life a channel of blessing?
Is the love of God flowing through you?
Are you telling the lost of the Savior?
Are you ready His service to do?
Chorus:
Make me a channel of blessing today,
Make me a channel of blessing, I pray;
My life possessing, my service blessing,
Make me a channel of blessing today.
2. Is your life a channel of blessing?
Are you burdened for those that are lost?
Have you urged upon those who are straying
The Savior who died on the cross?
3. Is your life a channel of blessing?
Is it a daily telling for Him?
Have you spoken the word of salvation
To those who are dying in sin?
4. We cannot be channels of blessing
If our lives are not free from known sin;
We will barriers be and a hindrance
To those we are trying to win
