OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 28 AUGUST 2024
WEDNESDAY: SECRETS TO REMAINING AT THE TOP

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 28 AUGUST 2024 MEMORISE: Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, Philippians 3:13

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 28 AUGUST 2024 READ: 1 Samuel 17:1-51

[1]Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephesdammim.

[2]And Saul and the men of Israel were gathered together, and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in array against the Philistines.

[3]And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on a mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.

[4]And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span.

[5]And he had an helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.

[6]And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a target of brass between his shoulders.

[7]And the staff of his spear was like a weaver’s beam; and his spear’s head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.

[8]And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

[9]If he be able to fight with me, and to kill me, then will we be your servants: but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

[10]And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day; give me a man, that we may fight together.

[11]When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were dismayed, and greatly afraid.

[12]Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.

[13]And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

[14]And David was the youngest: and the three eldest followed Saul.

[15]But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father’s sheep at Bethlehem………

Open Heaven 28 August 2024

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 28 AUGUST 2024 MESSAGE:

As a young fellow, you should not just aim to be among the best in your field of endeavour; you should aim to be the very best.

As a child of God, your mantra should be 1 John 4:17, “…because as he is, so are we in this world.”

You are expected to not just be among the best, but you are expected to be the very best.

For you to be the very best, you must live by these rules. The first rule is you must be holy.

It is God’s earnest desire that His children live by this rule.

When you check out ex-champions, you will realise that some of them fell from their lofty positions when sin crept into their lives.

One of the major tools the enemy uses to bring down champions is sexual sin.

My dear child, be very careful to live a holy life.

The second rule is that you must be disciplined in all you do.

You must be willing to make difficult decisions so that you can remain at the top.

This could include putting in more hours of work, reducing the time you spend sleeping or gisting, cutting off completely from activities and individuals who do not add any value to you, et cetera.

Never relent or get carried away by your achievements; make new history.

Lastly, never forget your Source – God. Always remember to give Him the glory

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 28 AUGUST 2024 KEY POINT

To remain at the top, you must play by the rules.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 28 AUGUST 2024 HYMN 58,

MY HOPE IS BUILT ON NOTHING ELSE
1. My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.

Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

2. When darkness seems to veils His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain]

3. His oath, His covenant, and blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]

4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne. [Refrain]

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 28 AUGUST 2024 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: JOB 28:1-30:31 2 Corinthians 2:12-17