Topic: Appreciate The Good [Teens Open Heaven 18 August 2018]

Memorise: Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Romans 12:9

Read: 2 Corinthians 3:17-18 (KJV)

Bible In One Year: Psalm 109-111, Romans 16

MESSAGE:

As a teenager, you must learn to appreciate the good things that you see in your parents. There is a spiritual law known as the law of transformation. It simply says that whatever you admire is what you will likely become. If you like something, you will devote more of your time to it, and after a while, it will begin to influence you. What are your likes and dislikes? If you like the wrong things, you will end up doing them. When you appreciate certain good qualities in the life of your parents and spiritual leaders, in the long run you will start to exhibit those qualities.

As a teenager, when you look at your parents, there are many good qualities which they possess that you should covet too. If your father is a very cool tempered man who doesn’t shout at his wife, you should learn to be cool tempered and patient too. If you see that your dad spends considerable time praying and reading his Bible, imbibe this too and get closer to God. Let the good qualities you see around be reflected in your life, and you can be sure that your future will be bright. God bless you!

Key Point: What you appreciate is what you will become.

Also Read: Teen Open Heaven Daily Devotional by Pastor Adeboye

Teens Open Heaven 18 August 2018 Hymn 4

I. 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 hath 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 knJow,
Christ in His beauty who loves them so,
Homes where the altar fire burn and glow;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!

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 Impact of Association on Destiny [Seeds of Destiny 18 August 2018 Daily Devotional]

Scripture: Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. 1 Corinthians 15:33

Thought For The Day: The quality of your association determines the quality of people you can access.

The importance of quality association to destiny cannot be overemphasized. Association produces influence, positive or negative which affects our outcome in life. Many great destinies have been ruined because of wrong association. It is important to know that if you must be successful, you have to associate with the right people who can directly or indirectly assist in the fulfilment of your destiny.

Now, I will like you to take note of the following about association:
i) Company determines mind-set and mind-set affects destiny
The way you think is influenced by your association. Your association determines your thought pattern which in turn affects your action and eventual outcome in life.

ii) Company affects character and character determines destiny
Your character can change because of the company you keep. Some people have become ungodly and would no longer have the feeling of guilt because a wrong company came into their lives.

iii) Company supplies counsel
Your company determines the quality of counsel you can access. Wrong counsel equals wrong destiny and the correct counsel equals the correct destiny.

iv) Company determines motivation
Your association determines your motivation in life. Some friends can increase your fire and encouragement while others can discourage you from doing what you are meant to do. The right association can be your motivation and the wrong association can be your demotivation.

v) Your company determines your contact
The quality of people around your life determines the quality of people you can access. Wrong and inconsequential people will connect you with inconsequential contacts.

My counsel is, avoid the wrong company and embrace the right association.

Remember this: The quality of your association determines the quality of people you can access.

Assignments:
1. Avoid the wrong association.
2. Build and maintain quality Company.

Prayer: O Lord, show me the right company that will influence my life positively. I receive the grace to reject every wrong association, Lord, in Jesus’ Name.

FOR FURTHER UNDERSTANDING, GET THIS MESSAGE: DEADLY ENEMIES OF DESTINY ( PART 4).

Daily Bible Reading: Esther 1:1 to 3:15, 1 Corinthians 11:17 to 34, Psalm 35:17 to 28, Proverbs 21:19 to 20

Amazing Fact: African grey parrot makes the sound of alarm clock, video games, telephone as well as dripping water.

Today In History: 18/08/1937 – The first FM radio construction permit was issued in Boston, MA. The station went on air two years later

Quote: The way a person thinks is affected by who he calls his friends. Culled from 10 PRINCIPAL SECRETS OF PRINCIPAL PEOPLE by Dr Paul Enenche.

Don’t Forget To Attend: The six over-flooded Destiny Recovery Services tomorrow by 6 am, 7:20 am, 8:40 am, 10 am 11:20 am & 12:40 pm. Invite someone to church.

Also Read: Seeds of Destiny by Pastor Paul Enenche

Today’s devotional was written by Pastor Paul Enenche of the Dunamis International Gospel Centre (DIGC), headquartered at Abuja, Nigeria, with Pastor Paul and Becky Enenche, as the Senior Pastors. It is a power-packed arena where God’s Presence, Principles and Power are at work for the salvation, healing and restoration of human destinies and dignities

Flatimes Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.

Topic: What You Hear Affects You [DCLM Daily Manna 18th August 2018 Daily Devotional]

Text: 1 Samuel 21:10-15 (KJV)

Key Verse: “And David laid up these words in his heart, and was sore afraid of Achish the king of Gath. And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon his beard” (1 SAMUEL 21:12,13).

MESSAGE:

Some time ago, a woman went to a doctor to check up what was wrong with her. During the diagnosis, the doctor described the ailment using an uncommon medical term. Obviously, she was ignorant of what the term meant and became hypertensive. Her condition grew worse from other complications and within a short time, she died. On examination, other medical experts discovered that the original ailment was one that could have been treated. Most medical terms are in Latin or Greek. For instance, a Latin name for headache in medicine is “cephalalgia”. Now, the woman died of what she heard and thought was a serious disease.

What we hear affects us greatly. What David heard and laid in his heart made him play a mad man. This was David who killed the warlord of the Philistines with just a sling and great faith in the God of Israel. But on this occasion, he was paralysed by the statements of mere servants. Words are like softwares; they run the entire system of man.

Our faith vanishes when we allow fear to becloud our heart. Fear starts with self-talk. David said to himself, “I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul” (1 Samuel 27:1). This led him to flee to the land of the Philistines. Whenever fear motivates, even great people become feeble. Like David, Elijah fled for his life because he heard the threatenings of Jezebel.

As you go out today, watch what you hear. Guide and guard your heart with the brazen coat of God’s word and don’t allow fear to influence you in any way. No one can stop a man who has a programme with God.

Thought For The Day: Whenever fear knocks, answer with faith.

Bible Reading In One Year: Jeremiah 38-40; Psalms 74; 79

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Deeper Christian Life Ministry, DCLM Daily Manna HERE

DCLM Daily Manna was written by Pastor William Folorunso Kumuyi; is the founder and General Superintendent of the Deeper Life Bible Church situated at KM 42 on the busy Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Nigeria.

Flatimes’ Notice Board: Until you are born again, God ever abiding presence will never be with you. You must be born again to enjoy continuous victory. Please say the displayed prayer below in faith:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept You as my Lord and Personal Saviour. I believe in my heart You died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank You Lord for saving me, in Jesus name Amen.

If you just prayed the prayer of salvation online please send your testimonies and prayer request to [email protected], 07026385437 OR 08141320204.

Topic: Sky Garden [Our Daily Bread 18th August 2018 Devotional]

Read: Psalm 102:1–2, 18–28, Bible in a Year: Psalms 100–102; 1 Corinthians 1

He looked down from His holy height. Psalm 102:19 nasb

While in London, a friend arranged for my wife Marlene and me to visit the Sky Garden. On the top floor of a thirty-five-story building in London’s business district, the Sky Garden is a glass-encased platform filled with plants, trees, and flowers. But the sky part captured our attention. We gazed down from a height of over 500 feet, admiring St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Tower of London, and more. Our views of the capital city were breathtaking—providing a helpful lesson on perspective.

Our God has a perfect perspective of everything we experience. The psalmist wrote, “For He looked down from His holy height; from heaven the Lord gazed upon the earth, to hear the groaning of the prisoner, to set free those who were doomed to death” (Psalm 102:19–20 nasb).

Like the hurting people pictured in Psalm 102, we are often locked into the present with its struggles, “groaning” with despair. But God sees our lives from beginning to end. Our Lord is never caught off guard by the things that can blindside us. As the psalmist anticipated, His perfect perspective will lead to an ultimate rescue that sets free even those “doomed to death” (vv. 20, 27–28).

In difficult moments, remember: We may not know what is coming next, but our Lord does. We can trust Him with every moment that stretches before us.

For more perspective on the trying seasons of life, read Why? Seeing God in Our Pain at discoveryseries.org/cb151.

Focusing on Christ puts everything else into perspective.

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Our Daily Bread Devotionals HERE”

This message was written By Bill Crowder [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

Topic: Get Out From Under [Kenneth & Gloria Copeland 18 August 2018 Daily Devotional]

Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. – 1 John 4:4

Under the circumstances…. Have you ever caught yourself using that phrase?

“I suppose I’m doing pretty well under the circumstances.”

If you’ve ever said something like that, I want you to kick those words out of your vocabulary right now. Because you, as a victorious child of God, don’t have any business living your life “under” your circumstances. You don’t have any business letting problems and situations rule over you.

Two thousand years ago, Jesus—the One who is in you—ransacked Satan’s kingdom. Through His death at Calvary, He legally entered the regions of the damned and stripped Satan of everything. He took away all his armor. He took the keys to death and hell. He bound that strong man, looted his kingdom, and Colossians says He spoiled principalities and powers and made a show of them openly, triumphing over them.

Then Jesus turned around and gave that victory to you. You are of God. Remember that! You have overcome through Jesus because He lives in you. You never have to live “under” the circumstances again!

Scripture Reading: Colossians 1:9-15

If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read “Kenneth and Gloria Copeland’s Daily Devotional Here’’

This message was written by Kenneth and Gloria Copeland, the leader of the Kenneth Copeland Ministries (www.KCM.org) that specializes in teaching principles of bible faith – prayer, healing, salvation and other biblical topics.

Topic: Let Down Your Net [TREM 18 August 2018 Daily Devotional]

“Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.” Luke 5:4

According to the account in the book of Luke chapter 5, Peter never caught a fish. He toiled all night but caught nothing. He went fishing at the right time, with the right tools, with the right materials, and with the right people. He laboured and still caught nothing. And then Jesus the light of the world showed up. He said cast your net into the deep for a draught. In other words, stretch yourself because what is coming is a load. Peter replying said, “but I didn’t catch anything, I laboured not even one fish”. Jesus said let down your nets!

Beloved this is the time for you to let down your net into the deep. Don’t try to set the normal goals that you set because if you can meet the goals you don’t need God. When you set goals that are bigger than you, you are saying to God: you are the one I am looking up to. I believe you for the impossible. Peter let down one net and the bible said he caught a net breaking and boat sinking load of fish. Remember it was out of the same place he had failed earlier. They may have told you that you will go home empty, but Jesus says you will not go empty. They said your business is closing but Jesus is saying that because of your encounter with me you are starting a new business. It is not about you but all about Jesus. He has the final say.

As you launch into the deep, your heaven will never be shut. Your ground will always produce. Anywhere you go, expect only the best. Anywhere you find yourself in life, expect that place to work for you. I call you blessed. You are blessed going out and blessed coming in. You are blessed in your basket. You are blessed in your storehouse and you are blessed in your body. The blessing of God comes over you and overtakes you in Jesus name.

Further Reading: Luke 5:1-7

Daily Bible Reading: Morning- Psalms 100-102; Evening- 1 Corinthians 1

“If you missed yesterday devotional click HERE to read TREM Daily Devotional by Dr. Mike Okonkwo’’

Written by Dr. Mike Okonkwo; Is the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM); a versatile man of God with over 30 years of dedicated service unto the Lord.

Topic: Divorce Is Not God’s Best [Andrew Wommack 18th August 2018 Daily Devotional]

Mark 10:2 “And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.”

Text: Mark 10:2-6

The Pharisees didn’t really want to know what Jesus taught on divorce and remarriage. They didn’t value His opinion but were tempting Him and desired to get Him mired in the big dispute of their day between liberal and conservative views on divorce. This was a very emotional issue then, just as it is today, and they thought they had Jesus in a “no win” situation.

However, as always, Jesus proved to be more than their match and He gave them much more than they asked for.

The Pharisees didn’t question whether or not divorce was right. They took the right to divorce for granted. But Jesus, instead of expounding on acceptable grounds for divorce, went to the very root of the problem and showed that God never intended there to be any divorce at all. If they really understood the extent of the one flesh covenant between a man and his wife, they would not be looking for an excuse to get out of marriage. This approach amazed the Pharisees and brough forth the question “why did Moses in the law make provision for divorce?”

Once a person begins to question, “How can I get a divorce?” instead of, “How can I keep this marriage together?” indicates, that there is already a serious breach in the marriage, that Jesus calls a hardened heart.

Jesus answered that divorce was permitted but never intended. God allowed something that He hated because of the hardness of people’s hearts. This was also true of polygamy and slavery. Jesus came to remove our stony heart and give us a heart of flesh so that we could walk in God’s best for us.

Also Read: Andrew Wommack Daily Devotional

This message was written by The Association of Related Ministries International (ARMI) is an extension of Andrew Wommack Ministries (AWM). ARMI is a unique partnership committed to providing resources to help like-minded ministers succeed in a spirit of excellence and to draw from the experience and expertise of both the AWM and Charis Bible College staff. (www.awmi.net).

Topic: Where Is Your Treasure? [Billy Graham Daily Devotional 18 August 2018]

Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . — Matthew 6:20

Many young people are building their lives on the rock of materialism. I find across the country a deep economic discontent among people in every walk of life. People want more and more things. They forget that we are enjoying the highest standard of living the world has ever known. We still have poverty, and hundreds of agencies are trying to do something about it; but we are dissatisfied. We want more, more, more. But Jesus said, “You cannot serve God and money.” He said that a man’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things that he possesses. Adolf Berle, in his study of power, points out that riches often make people solitary and lonely and, of course, afraid. Many times a rich man knows loneliness and fear, because when he makes wealth his god, it leaves him empty. You see, without God life loses its zest and purpose and meaning.

Prayer for the day: Knowing You, my heavenly Father, brings richness to my life and soul.

“If you missed yesterday devotional, please click to read Billy Graham’s Daily Devotional HERE

Written by Billy Graham, Founder of Billy Graham Evangelistic Association(BGEA). BGEA exists to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ by every effective means and to equip the church and others to do the same.