Open Heaven 8 June 2022 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Topic: TEACH THEM THAT AGE IS NO BARRIER
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Open Heavens 2022
Date: 2022-06-08
Topic: TEACH THEM THAT AGE IS NO BARRIER
Memory Verse: Psalm 8:2 – Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightiest still the enemy and the avenger. Psalm 8:2
Bible Reading: 1 Samuel 3:1-14
Message: Teach your children that age is no barrier to being used by God. Teach them to be open to God even from a young age. Samuel had been hearing from God from his childhood. In 1 Samuel 12:2, he said:
And now, behold, the king walketh before you: and I am old and grayheaded; and, behold, my sons are with you and I have walked before you from my childhood unto this day.
The Lord can use your children, irrespective of their age. David was a youth when God used him to kill Goliath. In 1 Timothy 4:12, Paul said to Timothy:
Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
Timothy was already a good example for believers to follow, even from his youth. Your children are not too young to be good role models for others to follow.
Before my wife and I became born again, we had had three children, all by Caesarean operation. We decided we would have no more children because the doctors said there was no way my wife could have a normal delivery. However, we got born again and Jesus became our doctor. One day, we read Luke 1:37 which says that with God, nothing shall be impossible. We then decided to go ahead and have more children. Almost immediately after my wife got pregnant, a friend of hers died during childbirth. We were really shaken, but then, God decided to speak to us through the children. During our devotion one morning, we read Exodus 14 and asked the children, “What do you understand by this story?” They said, “Where there was no way before, God can make a way”. Those words really encouraged us. Not only did my wife give birth to that child safely, we still had another one after that.
The Lord can speak to you through your children and He can use them to strengthen your faith. You however must teach them in the way of the Lord and let them know that no one is too young to be used by God.
Points: God can begin using your children from a tender age.
Bible in one year: Psalms 20, Psalms 21, Psalms 22
Hymn: When We Walk With The Lord
Chorus: Trust and obey! For there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus,
But to trust and obey..
1. When we walk with the Lord, In the light of His word,
What a glory He sheds on our way!
While we do His good will
He abides with us still,
And with all
who will trust and obey.
2. Not a shadow can rise, Not a cloud in the skies,
But His smile quickly drives it away;
Not a doubt nor a fear,
Not a sigh nor a tear,
Can abide while
we trust and obey.
3. Not a burden we bear, Not a sorrow we share
But our toil He doth richly repay;
Not a grief nor a loss,
Not a frown nor a cross,
But is blest
if we trust and obey
4. But we never can proveThe delights of His love,
Until all on the altar we lay,
For the favour He shows
And the joy He bestows
Are for them
who will trust and obey.
5. Then in fellowship sweetWe will sit at His feet,
Or we’ll walk
by His side in the way,
What He says we will do,
Where He sends we will go,
Never fear, only trust and obey.
Open Heavens 2022 Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer’s Ministries. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.
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