OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 7 AUGUST 2024 WEDNESDAY: FLATTERY VS APPRECIATION

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 7 AUGUST 2024 MEMORISE: A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. Proverbs 29:5

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 7 AUGUST 2024 READ: Mark 10:18

18. And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 7 AUGUST 2024 MESSAGE:

Appreciation has to with speaking well of someone or letting them know how good they are.

Flattery, on the other hand, is exaggerated appreciation. For example, when someone says that a lady is beautiful, that is a simple compliment.

However, when such a person goes further to say that she is the most beautiful girl in the whole world and that she is his ride or die because, without her, he would not be able to breathe, that is flattery.

Likewise, if a girl says that a man is the most powerful man in the world and that he has the strength of a thousand men, just know that she is lying.

Jesus, who is all in all, did not encourage flattery. When a disciple called Him good, He said, “Why callest thou me good?

There is none good but one, that is, God.” He didn’t draw unnecessary attention to Himself; rather, He redirected the attention of the fellow who called Him good to God.

As much as possible, avoid people who exaggerate or who are quick to shower accolades on you so that you don’t get easily distracted.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 7 AUGUST 2024 KEY POINT

Flatterers are deceptive; run from them.

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 7 AUGUST 2024 HYMN 45

O GOD OUR HELP IN AGES PAST

1. O God, Our Help In Ages Past
Our Hope For Years To Come
Our Shelter From The Stormy Blast
And Our Eternal Home

2. Under The Shadow Of Thy Throne
Thy Saints Have Dwelt Secure
Sufficient Is Thine Arm Alone
And Our Defence Is Sure

3. Before The Hills In Order Stood
Or Earth Received Her Frame
From Everlasting Thou Art God
To Endless Years The Same

4. A Thousand Ages In Thy Sight
Are Like An Evening Gone
Short As The Watch That Ends The Night
Before The Rising Sun

5. Time, Like An Ever-Rolling Stream
Bears All Its Sons Away
They Fly Forgotten, As A Dream
Dies At The Opening Day

6. O God, Our Help In Ages Past
Our Hope For Years To Come
Be Thou Our Guard While Trouble Last
And Our Eternal Home

OPEN HEAVENS FOR TEENS 7 AUGUST 2024 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ezra 4:22; 1 Corinthians 3:5-23