OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 30 NOVEMBER 2024 SATURDAY: QUEEN ATHALIAH

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 30 NOVEMBER 2024 MEMORISE: But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah. 2 Chronicles 22:10

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 30 NOVEMBER 2024 READ: 2 Kings 11:1-21

[1]And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

[2]But Jehosheba, the daughter of king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole him from among the king’s sons which were slain; and they hid him, even him and his nurse, in the bedchamber from Athaliah, so that he was not slain.

[3]And he was with her hid in the house of the LORD six years. And Athaliah did reign over the land.

[4]And the seventh year Jehoiada sent and fetched the rulers over hundreds, with the captains and the guard, and brought them to him into the house of the LORD, and made a covenant with them, and took an oath of them in the house of the LORD, and shewed them the king’s son.

[5]And he commanded them, saying, This is the thing that ye shall do; A third part of you that enter in on the sabbath shall even be keepers of the watch of the king’s house;

[6]And a third part shall be at the gate of Sur; and a third part at the gate behind the guard: so shall ye keep the watch of the house, that it be not broken down.

[7]And two parts of all you that go forth on the sabbath, even they shall keep the watch of the house of the LORD about the king.

[8]And ye shall compass the king round about, every man with his weapons in his hand: and he that cometh within the ranges, let him be slain: and be ye with the king as he goeth out and as he cometh in.

[9]And the captains over the hundreds did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest commanded: and they took every man his men that were to come in on the sabbath, with them that should go out on the sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the priest.

[10]And to the captains over hundreds did the priest give king David’s spears and shields, that were in the temple of the LORD.

[11]And the guard stood, every man with his weapons in his hand, round about the king, from the right corner of the temple to the left corner of the temple, along by the altar and the temple.

[12]And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

[13]And when Athaliah heard the noise of the guard and of the people, she came to the people into the temple of the LORD.

[14]And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athaliah rent her clothes, and cried, Treason, Treason.

[15]But Jehoiada the priest commanded the captains of the hundreds, the officers of the host, and said unto them, Have her forth without the ranges: and him that followeth her kill with the sword. For the priest had said, Let her not be slain in the house of the LORD.

[16]And they laid hands on her; and she went by the way by the which the horses came into the king’s house: and there was she slain.

[17]And Jehoiada made a covenant between the LORD and the king and the people, that they should be the LORD’S people; between the king also and the people.

[18]And all the people of the land went into the house of Baal, and brake it down; his altars and his images brake they in pieces thoroughly, and slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars. And the priest appointed officers over the house of the LORD.

[19]And he took the rulers over hundreds, and the captains, and the guard, and all the people of the land; and they brought down the king from the house of the LORD, and came by the way of the gate of the guard to the king’s house. And he sat on the throne of the kings.

[20]And all the people of the land rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: and they slew Athaliah with the sword beside the king’s house.

[21]Seven years old was Jehoash when he began to reign.

Open Heaven 30 November 2024

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 30 NOVEMBER 2024 MESSAGE:

Athaliah, a woman with a strong personality, was the only woman who reigned as a queen in Judah.

She was the daughter of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel of Israel and the wife of King Jehoram of Judah.

Athaliah reigned for six years as the only ruling queen of Judah, and she upheld her husband’s evil practice of worshipping Baal.

When Athaliah’s husband and her oldest son died, she ordered the assassination of all the royal offspring and seized the throne of Judah for herself.

Despite all that she did, one of her grandsons, Joash, was hidden and raised in the temple. Joash later reigned as a young king, and the people prospered in his time.

Beloved, you must be careful not to let inordinate ambition lead you down a path of destruction.

Any ambition that would cause harm to anyone, such as loss of selfesteem, property, money, or even life, cannot be from God.

Therefore, never give it a thought because the end of it will be disastrous.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 30 NOVEMBER 2024 PRAYER POINT:

Father, please help me to walk in Your purpose for my life so that I will not give in to inordinate ambition, in Jesus’ name.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 30 NOVEMBER 2024 HYMN 38:

GOD GIVE US CHRISTIAN HOME

1. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the Bible is loved and taught,
Homes where the Master’s will is sought,
Homes crowned with beauty Thy love has wrought;
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes!

2. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the father is true and strong,
Homes that are free from the blight of wrong,
Homes that are joyous with love and song;
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes!

3. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the mother in queenly quest,
Strives to show others Thy way is best,
Homes where the Lord is an honoured guest;
God give us Christian homes
God give us Christian homes!

4. God give us Christian homes
Homes where the children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so,
Homes where the altar fires burn and glow;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 30 NOVEMBER 2024 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: DANIEL 7:1-28 1 JOHN 1:1-10