Open Heaven For Teens Friday 30 July 2021 Daily Devotional was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
TOPIC: Return It
MEMORISE: And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. Luke 19:8
READ: Luke 19:8-10
And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold.
And Jesus said unto him, This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as he also is a son of Abraham.
For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 59-61, Acts 28:16-31
MESSAGE:
Many years ago, when I was a teacher in the secondary school, I took a mattress from the hostel and brought it to my house to make one of my guests comfortable. After seven years, I gave my life to Christ, then one day the Holy Spirit reminded me of the mattress. I couldn’t return it in the current state, so, I enveloped cash totaling the equivalents of seven mattresses and sent it to the school management.
There was another time, I wanted to post a personal letter, so, I took one of the envelopes in my office. As I was about to put the letter in the envelope, the Holy Spirit cautioned me. I reluctantly stopped and asked, How expensive can the envelope even be? He replied, If it’s that cheap, buy yours.
My dear child, let your obedience to God be complete. Return whatever doesn’t belong to you in your possession right now. Let nothing hinder you from getting blessed here on earth and also making it to heaven.
KEY POINT: Do you have what is not yours in your possession?
HYMN: ALL TO JESUS I SURRENDER
All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
CHORUS
I surrender all, I surrender all;
All to Thee, my blessed Savior,
I surrender all.
All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow;
Worldly pleasures all forsaken,
Take me, Jesus, take me now.
All to Jesus I surrender,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me.
All to Jesus I surrender,
Now I feel the sacred flame;
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory to His name!
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