Topic: Guard Your Thoughts [Teens Open Heavens 26, May 2018]

Memorise: Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. Proverbs 4:23

Read: Mark 7:20-22 (KJV)

20 And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

21 For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,

22 Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:

Bible In One Year: 1 Chronicles 17-19, John 10:1-21

MESSAGE:

We are what we think. Thoughts are powerful. Our thoughts inform and influence our actions. This is why we must guard our thoughts. Some people just leave their minds to wander about. This is wrong. If you are not cautious of what you think about, the devil will take advantage to fill your mind with lots of evil. When a person keeps thinking evil thoughts, he will eventually start practicing evil deeds.

To guard our thoughts, we must be careful of what we allow into our minds. The music we listen to, the TV programs we watch, the social media handles we follow, the conversations we hold and the company we keep. These things are elements that fill our minds and translate to either positive or negative thoughts. How much Christian content do you consume? How many Christian social media handles do you follow? How often do you attend Christian fellowships? The things you put into your mind will translate into your thoughts, and these thoughts will translate into actions that will eventually lead you to your future. Watch what you feed your mind with.

Action Point: From today, be careful about the books you read, the movies you watch and the music you listen to because they will shape your personality.

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Hymn 2:

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.

Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
To be happy in Jesus, but to 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 or a fear, not a sigh or 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 or a loss, not a frown or a cross,
But is blessed if we trust and obey.

4.But we never can prove the delights of His love
Until all on the altar we lay;
For the favor He shows, for the joy He bestows,
Are for them who will trust and obey.

5. Then in fellowship sweet we 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.

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.

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Topic: Healthy Roots Develop Fruit [Joyce Meyer’s Devotional Saturday May 26, 2018]

When angry, do not sin; do not ever let your wrath (your exasperation, your fury or indignation) last until the sun goes down. — Ephesians 4:26 AMPC

When you become a student of God’s Word, you begin to desire a change in your behavior. But so often, as soon as you deal with one bad behavior, another immediately pops up to replace it. Why? Because bad fruit comes from a bad root.

For example, as long as we feel bad about ourselves, we will produce bad fruit of some kind. It might be anger, insecurity, fear, or indecision. But it will show up in our behavior. We must deal with the root of the problem. No matter how good things look outwardly, if they are not right on the inside, sooner or later it will be revealed on the outside.

Your worth and value are not based on outward things; they are based on God’s love for you. Receive His love, learn to love and value yourself, and you will begin to produce better fruit in your life.

Prayer Starter: Father, please help me to have a greater understanding of Your love. Help me to see myself the way You see me and receive my worth and value from You. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

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From Joyce Meyer’s Ministries.

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TOPIC: Sunday School Quarterly Review –  [Section 1 – 4th, Sunday, 27th May 2018]

SECTION 1 – 4th Quarter Test – Marks Obtainable = 50 Marks
Time Allowed = 15 Minutes
Co-coordinator (Parish/Area/Zonal) should set 10 questions from the 12 lessons in the quarter and administer them for 15 minutes. Each question carries 5 marks. Total score should be marked over 50 marks.

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SECTION 2 – 4th Quarter Attendance in the Sunday school and Participation in Class Activities.
Marks Obtainable = 50 Marks Time Allowed = 15 Minutes
Class Teachers should check the student’s attendance and participations in Sunday school in Sunday School Class Report (R1) and count how many times the student attended the School. 4 Marks should be given for each time the student was present in the Quarter, while 2 marks be given for attending the quarterly review.
i.e. 4 marks x number of times present + 2 marks
e.g. 4 X 12 times +2 = 50
Total Scores should marked over 50 marks

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SECTION 3 – ASSIGNMENTS
Marks Obtainable = 100 Marks Time allowed = Zero
Class teacher should check student’s workbook and obtain the student’s score. The work book assignments should be scored over 100 marks for every quarter with 10 marks for each assignment.

GRADING OF SCORES
Total Score = Section 1 + Section 2 + Section 3
200
e.g. = 40 + 42 + 70 x 100
200 1 = 76%

SECTION 4 – INTERACTIVE SECTION
Marks Obtainable – Zero mark Time Allowed – 15 minutes

Teacher and students should discuss how to move the Sunday school forward in the new quarter. They should discuss challenges and set new goals. They should pray for success of the Sunday school and all officials.

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Topic: Living A Curse And Sickness-Free Life

Curses are effects of darkness (ignorance) and light (deep understanding of God’s word) is the answer to such darkness – John 8:12.

At redemption, we were not only made free from sin, but also delivered from all calamities of life – Galatians 3:13-14.

How To Live A Curse-Free Life

1. Through Salvation – Hebrews 2:3.

2. Have a deep understanding of your redemptive right – John 1:5.

3. Through bold/faith-filled declarations – Luke 21:15, Psalm 81:10,14.

4. Through Prayer and Fasting -1 Chronicles 4:9-10, Matthew 17:21.

5. Through the Blood of Jesus – Exodus 11:1

6. Through Kingdom service Exodus 23:24-26; 4:23: Service ends curses, Rendering genuine service and faithful kingdom service has the power to end curses in your life – Job 36:11.

7. Through the altar of sacrifice as may be prompted by the Holy Spirit – 2 Samuel 24:24.

8. Through faithful tithing – Malachi 3:5-10.

9. Through the ministry of the Prophets – Matthew 10:21, Ezra 4:23-24;5:1-2, Hosea 12:13.

10. Through faith in God’s word – Matthew 8:17, 1 Peter 2:24, Isaiah 53:5.

11. Through the anointing of the Holy Spirit – Isaiah 59:19, Isaiah 10:27, 1 Samuel 16:13.
You can only live a curse-free life when you are in Christ Jesus.; give your life to Jesus by saying the prayers below.

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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.

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Topic: Symptoms Of A Hard Heart [Andrew Wommack Saturday May 26, 2018]

Mark 8:17, “And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?”

Text: Matthew 16:1-12; Mark 8:11-21

Just a few days before this instance, hardened hearts caused Jesus’ disciples to be amazed when they saw Jesus walk on the water to them. Here, Jesus’ statements reveal some of the characteristics of someone with a hardened heart.

First, a hard heart keeps us from perceiving spiritual truths. This is why everyone in a church service hears exactly the same message yet, some will receive while others won’t. It’s not the Word that is the variable, but rather the condition of the hearts. A hard heart stops spiritual perception.

Second, a hardened heart stops us from understanding spiritual truth. When a person doesn’t understand God’s Word, Satan finds no resistance when he comes to steal it away.

Third, a hard heart keeps us from remembering. This isn’t to say that we can’t recall facts or scriptures. As related in Mark 8:19-20, the disciples remembered the facts of the two miraculous feedings, but they had forgotten any spiritual lessons they might have learned. Likewise, some people can quote scripture or remember what the sermon was about, but they can’t perceive the spiritual life in the message or retain what they did perceive.

A hardened heart blinds us to any spiritual perception and keeps us thinking only in the natural realm. Small faith and a hardened heart are the same. Hebrews 3:12-13 parallels an evil heart of unbelief to a hardened heart. It takes great faith to keep our heart sensitive to God. Seek Him with your whole heart today.

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

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).

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Topic: Jesus Is Matchless [Billy Graham’s Devotional Saturday May 26, 2018]

You have your life through Christ Jesus. He showed us God’s plan of salvation; he was the one who made us acceptable to God . . . — 1 Corinthians 1:30 (TLB)

More and more I am becoming aware of the truth that people change people as much as ideas change people. The power of personality is strong. One could find many illustrations to prove that often personality is greater than the idea. Such is the case with Christianity. The secret of the power of Christianity is not in its ethics. It is not in Christian ideas or philosophy, although Christianity has a philosophical set of ideas. The secret of Christianity is found in a Person, and that Person is the Lord Jesus Christ. Men have discovered other philosophical and ethical systems, but they have not found another Jesus Christ. No one in history can match Him.

Prayer for the day: When I tell others of Your love, help me to hide my personality in Yours, Lord Jesus.

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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.

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Topic: Nobody Likes Me [Our Daily Bread 26 Saturday May, 2018]

Read: Psalm 142, Bible in a Year: 1 Chronicles 28–29; John 9:24–41

No one is concerned for me. I have no refuge; no one cares for my life. Psalm 142:4

As a child, when I felt lonely, rejected, or sorry for myself, my mother would sometimes attempt to cheer me up by singing a popular ditty: “Nobody likes me, everybody hates me. I think I’ll go eat worms.” After a smile came from my downcast face, she’d help me see the many special relationships and reasons for gratitude I truly did have.

When I read that David felt no one cared for him, that ditty rings in my ears. Yet David’s pain wasn’t at all exaggerated. Where I had feelings of loneliness typical for my age, David actually had good reason to feel abandoned. He wrote these words in the dark depths of a cave where he hid from Saul, who pursued him with murderous plans (1 Samuel 22:1; 24:3–10). David had been anointed as Israel’s future king (16:13), had spent years in Saul’s service, but now he lived “on the move,” always fearing for his life. In the midst of the loneliness David felt, he cried out to God as his “refuge” and “portion in the land of the living” (Psalm 142:5).

Like David, we can cry out to God when we feel alone, giving voice to our feelings in the safety of His love. God never minimizes our loneliness. He wants to be our companion in the dark caves of our lives. Even when we think no one cares for our life, God cares!

Prayer: Lord, You are my friend when I feel alone. Thank You for being with me in the dark caves of life.

God is our friend in seasons of loneliness.

Insight:

The heading to Psalm 142 says, “A maskil of David. When he was in the cave. A prayer.” But we might also call this song “David’s cry.” The poetic imagery woven into the lyric rings with authenticity because it flows out of David’s actual experiences. Twice he fled to a cave in fear for his life. Few of us can identify with that situation literally, but nearly all of us can relate to David’s metaphorical cave of loneliness and despair. When he uses words like “cry” (v. 1) and “complaint” (v. 2), we know how he feels. His “spirit grows faint” (v. 3), a “snare” has been set for him (v. 3), and “no one is concerned” (v. 4). David even sees his dilemma as “my prison” (v. 7). Yet he knows the trustworthiness of the One he cries out to, and he anticipates a day when “the righteous will gather about [him]” (v. 7). He will not always be desperately lonely.

Does an emotional cave imprison you today? Consider writing out your thoughts in raw honesty and giving them to God. How might that kind of honesty change your prayers? Tim Gustafson

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This message was written By Kirsten Holmberg [Our Daily Bread Ministries.]

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Topic: Discover What the Name Can Do [Kenneth & Gloria Copeland, Saturday May 26, 2018]

Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth. – Philippians 2:9-10

Once you make up your mind to keep the commands of Jesus and begin to allow the Word to dwell in you richly, the Name of Jesus will become far more powerful to you. It will become more than just a word. It will become a force that will cause every circumstance and every demon that tries to stand in your way to bow its knee to your command.

I tell you, the Name of Jesus works. There is far greater power in it than any of us have yet realized.

My faith is so set on the authority of the Name of Jesus that there are times I just say, “In the Name” and the power of God comes on the scene.

In fact, I’ve discovered that the Name of Jesus—just the Name alone—is effective when spoken by a Word-abiding believer. Revelation 19:13 says the Name of Jesus is the Word of God! So, when an evil spirit is trying to bring sickness, poverty, depression or any other garbage into my household, I don’t have to quote every scripture I know to stop him. I can just point my finger at him and say, “Jesus!” That’s like throwing the whole Word of God in his face at one time!

Discover for yourself what the exalted Name can do. Begin to speak it with confidence and authority. There is power in the Name of Jesus.

Scripture Reading: Acts 3:1-16

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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.

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