Topic: Lust Trap [Open Heavens for Teens 4 May 2019]

Memorise: “So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.” – Psalms 81:12

Read: 2 Samuel 12:7-14

7 And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;

8 And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things.

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in his sight? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon.

10 Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife.

11 Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, and I will take thy wives before thine eyes, and give them unto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wives in the sight of this sun.

12 For thou didst it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun.

13 And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.

14 Howbeit, because by this deed thou hast given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also that is born unto thee shall surely die.

Bible In One Year: 1 Kings 8-9, Luke 23:39-56

MESSAGE:

In today’s Bible reading, God, through Prophet Nathan condemned David of a few sins. He conceived lust and eventually committed adultery with Mrs Uriah. Every seed of lust down in your heart end in fornication and death (James 1:14-15). Are you becoming so loose with the opposite sex? Do you enjoy spending countless hours with the opposite sex? Do you fund pleasure in seeing naked pictures of women or pornography on the internet? Run to Jesus now before lust destroys you.

Lust is deadlier than HIV/AIDS or any other terminal disease. It starts from the soul and spreads to the body. This automatically means that the Spirit of God has disappeared from the life of a lustful person. You may say, “but I have not made any move to satisfy my lust, I just look from afar”. Just said in Matt. 5:28 that just by lusting from afar, you have already committed fornication. Is it not better to just kill that lust completely? The Yoruba will say if you know that eating something is dangerous, then why will you bring it to your nose to see what it smells like? Do you still entertain lust? Repent today. Destroy all lust breeding agents in and around you and keep your heart pure.

Prayer Point: Ask God to increase the fruit of self control in you and protect you from lust.

Also Read: Teen Open Heaven Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye

Hymn 7:

1. I am Thine 0 Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith
And be closer drawn to Thee.

Chorus:
Draw me nearer, nearer blessed Lord
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.

2. Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.

3. Oh, the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God
I commune as friend with friend!

4. There are depths of love that I cannot know
Till I cross the narrow sea;
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

Daily Devotional for Teen’s 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.

TOPIC: The Master Sculptor [RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual 5 May 2019]

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MEMORY VERSE: “O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.” – Jeremiah 18:6 (scroll down for RCCG Sunday School 5 May 2019 HYMN)

BIBLE PASSAGE: 1 Samuel 16:11-13 KJV (RCCG Sunday School STUDENT Manual 5 May 2019)

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

LESSON INTRODUCTION:

A sculptor is an artist who carves or molds figures, designs in wood, stone, clay, etc. When a sculptor want to carve something out, he looks a piece of wood and begins to see what nobody else can see in it. God is the master sculptor. In today’s lesson, we shall be looking at how God can transform us from ‘logs of wood’ into a finished product.

TWO OUTLINES:

1. YOU ARE A RAW MATERIAL
2. THE PROCESSING STAGES

1. YOU ARE THE RAW MATERIAL

God, the master sculptor looks for raw materials. He pronounces what He wants them to be. For instance in Judges 6:11-16, God looked at a coward, Gideon, who was actually hiding from the enemies, and saw a mighty man of valour. God picked up David from the bush and produced a giant killer and a mighty king out of him (1 Sam. 16:11-13; 17:50-51; 2 Sam. 2:4). Moses was picked up from the backside of a desert to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt (Exodus 3:1-10). Peter was a crude fisherman but the Sculptor turned him into a fisher of men (Luke 5:1-10; Acts 2:41; 4:4). The Lord is looking at you today as a raw material with which He can produce something great in the future (Jer. 29:11). He will make up the difference between what you can see and what He can see, which to you is farfetched (Jer. 32:27; Isaiah 55:8-9).

2. THE PROCESSING STAGES

Several processes are engaged in converting a log of wood into a finished product. The similitude of this is what happens when God is making you what He wants you to be. Firstly, you need to fetch the wood from the bush (Exo. 3:1-2; 1 Sam. 16:11; Judges 6:11-12). This is the salvation stage. Secondly, you need to saw off the back of the wood. This was the experience of Saul of Tarsus in (Acts 9:1-8). This is the sanctification process. Thirdly, the sculptor uses hammer and chisel. This is the shaping process. This is done on you through the word of God (Jer. 23:29) to chisel out thongs like covetousness, anger, impatience, pride, etc. The fourth stage involves the use sand paper, which is to make smooth the rough edges – sharpening process (John 15:2). Finally, is the polishing stage which is the anointing of the Holy Spirit for manifestation (2 Sam. 2:4). By then, God would have turned you from a raw material to a finished product, from being a sinner to a saint and from mere clay to a vessel unto honour.

CONCLUSION: Today, stop struggling with your maker, rather, yield yourself as that log of wood in the hands of the sculptor.

QUESTIONS:

1. Give three examples of “raw materials” in the Bible.
2. Outline the stages involved in transforming a “raw material” to a “finished product”.

For Further Reading: John 15:1-2; Philippians 1:6; Matthew 5:5; Philippians 2:5-11; Isaiah 43:19; Luke 13:8.

ASSIGNMENT: Find out five (5) requirements to be a vessel of honour.

RCCG Sunday School 5 May 2019 HYMN

1. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   O how I love Thee well,
   I am happy, it makes me glad
   To rejoice at Thy birth.
2. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day, Thy friendship suits me well,
   Both young and old will sing Thy song,
   We long for Sunday School.
3. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   Christ was Thy first teacher,
   The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
   Does manifest in thee.
4. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   This testimony is sure,
   That God, the Father Almighty,
   Poured His blessing on Thee.
5. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   Though the sun be so bright,
   Or if the clouds black with rain,
   I’ll be in Sunday School.
6. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   I rejoice to see Thee,
   Will thou pass over me today?
   Without my being blest?

RCCG Sunday School TEACHER’s Manual 5 May 2019 Lesson 36 – The Master Sculptor

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TOPIC: The Master Sculptor

OPENING PRAYER: Father, mold me to suit your purpose. (Scroll down for RCCG Sunday School 5 May 2019 HYMN)

MEMORY VERSE: “O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter’s hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.” – Jeremiah 18:6 (scroll down for RCCG Sunday School 5 May 2019 HYMN)

BIBLE PASSAGE: 1 Samuel 16:11-13 KJV (RCCG Sunday School TEACHER’s Manual 5 May 2019)

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.

12 And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him: for this is he.

13 Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren: and the Spirit of the LORD came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

LESSON INTRODUCTION:

A sculptor is an artist who carves or molds figures, designs in wood, stone, clay, etc. When a sculptor want to carve something out, he looks a piece of wood and begins to see what nobody else can see in it. God is the master sculptor. In today’s lesson, we shall be looking at how God can transform us from ‘logs of wood’ into a finished product.

TEXT REVIEW: 1SAMUEL 16:11-13 – “FROM LOG OF WOOD TO MASTERPIECE”

i. God has absolute reserve on which wood to work upon as a sculptor. 1 Sam. 16:3-6.

ii. Other wood may look alike, they may not possess the desired quality needed for a particular design. 1 Sam. 16:7-10.

iii. God by His spirit seeks for the appropriate species and waits patiently until He gets it. 1 Sam. 16:12.

iv. God, in His characteristic power, had commenced the process of shaping David long before his anointing. He had fulfilled all the conditions and requirements to lead God’s people as king. 1 Sam. 17:34-37.

v. The last stage of the sculpting process is polishing with oil. This is the stage of the anointing. Thus David was transformed from a shepherd boy, at the back of the forest, to a king on the throne. 1 Sam. 16:11-13. This can be you too.

2 LESSON OUTLINES

LESSON OUTLINE 1: YOU ARE A RAW MATERIAL

i. God, the master sculptor looks for raw materials and molds them to what He wants them to be.

ii. God turned a coward Gideon into a mighty man of valour. Judges 6:11-16.

iii. God turned the shepherd boy David into a giant killer and a mighty king. 1 Sam. 16:11-13; 17:50-51; 2 Sam. 2:4.

iv. God turned a runaway Moses, to become a leader of the Israelites from bondage in Egypt. Exodus 3:1-10.

v. God molded Peter, a fisherman to become fishers of men. Luke 5:1-10; Acts 2:41; 4:4.

vi. God is waiting and looking for you to turn you to something great in the future. Jer. 29:11.

vii. God will make up for the difference between what you are now and what He wants you to be. He will perfect you. Jer. 32:27; Isaiah 55:8-9.

CLASS ACTIVITY 1: Mention the difference between what you were in the last ten (10) years and what you are at present.

LESSON OUTLINE 2: THE PROCESSING STATES

To transform a piece of wood to a finished product, the sculptor (this time, God) passes through the following stages.

i. The sculptor fetches the wood from the bush by cutting the tree down and carries it home/factory. This is the similitude of the salvation stage. Exo. 3:1-2; 1 Sam. 16:11; Judges 6:11-12.

ii. The sculptor saw off (peeled) the back of the wood to remove the unwanted part. This is the sanctification stage. The experience of Saul of Tarsus. Acts 9:1-8.

iii. The sculptor uses hammer and chisel to shape and design the wood. This is the role of the word of God which chops off the unnecessary pieces. Like anger, pride, covetousness, etc. Jer. 23:29.

iv. The 4th stage is the smothering of the rough edges with sand paper. It is sharpening the rough and the blunt to specification. John 15:2.

v. The 5th stage is the polishing of the masterpiece to look attractive and desirable. This is the role of anointing through the Holy Spirit. 2 Sam. 2:4.

CLASS ACTIVITY 2: Using yourself as an illustration, describe what God did to turn you from a sinner to saint and vessel of honour.

SUMMARY: God is not yet through with you, you are a work in progress.

CONCLUSION: Today, stop struggling with your maker, rather, yield yourself as that log of wood in the hands of the sculptor.

EVALUATION: Give examples of raw materials and finished products from the Bible.

CLOSING PRAYER: Father, please don’t stop processing me.

ASSIGNMENT: Find out five (5) requirements to be a vessel of honour.

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RCCG Sunday School 5 May 2019 HYMN

1. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   O how I love Thee well,
   I am happy, it makes me glad
   To rejoice at Thy birth.
2. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day, Thy friendship suits me well,
   Both young and old will sing Thy song,
   We long for Sunday School.
3. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   Christ was Thy first teacher,
   The Holy Spirit, great teacher,
   Does manifest in thee.
4. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   This testimony is sure,
   That God, the Father Almighty,
   Poured His blessing on Thee.
5. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   Though the sun be so bright,
   Or if the clouds black with rain,
   I’ll be in Sunday School.
6. O Sunday School, on the Lord’s day,
   I rejoice to see Thee,
   Will thou pass over me today?
   Without my being blest?

Watch Winners Chapel Live: Hosanna/Liberation Night May 2019

HOSANNA NIGHT is here!!! Tonight, The Winners’ Family (Living Faith Church a.k.a Winners’ Chapel) will be in the presence of God, celebrating 38 Years of the Liberation Mandate with their dancing shoes giving praise to God of all possibilities!.

Bishop David Oyedepo is the presiding Bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide a.k.a Winners’ Chapel. He is a man of mighty exploits operating in the Spirit of Faith. He was given a mandate by God to set the captives free through the preaching and teaching of the word of faith.

The Mandate speaks of liberation in all facets of human existence, focusing mainly on destinies that have been afflicted, battered, beaten, tattered, deformed and subsequently in groaning and agonies, as a result of pains, pangs and crying.

This is the Liberation Mandate: “The hour has come to liberate the world from all oppressions of the devil through the preaching of the word of faith, and I am sending you to undertake this task.”

Time: 10pm – 5am

Ministering: Bishop David Oyedepo and other anointed Men of GOD