Open Heaven 9 June 2022: [Thursday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Teach By Example
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Open Heaven 9 June 2022 TOPIC: Teach By Example
Memorise: In all things shewing
thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity,
sincerity, Titus 2:7
Bible
Reading: Titus 2:6-8 (KJV)
6. Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.
7. In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine
shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,
8. Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.
BIBLE IN YEAR: Psalm 23:1-6, Psalm 24:1-10, Psalm 25:1-22
Open Heaven 9 June 2022 Message
The best way to teach your
children is by example, not just with words. Ezekiel 16:44 says: “Behold, every
one that useth proverbs shall use this proverb against thee, saying, As is the
mother, so is her daughter.”
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It is what you do that your children will copy. It is how they see you talk
that they will talk too. Oh yes, you teach them, but your actions teach them
far more than your words do.
The reason some Pastors children are not born again is that what their
parents say and do in Church is different from what they say and do at home.
You cannot hide anything from your children; they know the real you.
You may not know it, but when a fast is declared in Church and you are
eating, your children notice. That singular act has taught them something that
is different from what you have been saying with your words. They are watching
you; it is not what you say that is most important, it is what you do.
When I was in Ilorin, people who were sick and needed healing used to come
to the house for prayers. I would close my eyes, lay hands on them and pray.
The anointing would make some of them fall.
One of my sons was about 2-3 years old then. One day, someone came to visit
us with his child. My son went to my room, took my tie, wore it, went to the
visitors child, closed his eyes and laid his hands on him.
After a while, when he opened his eyes and saw that the boy was still
standing, he said, Fall now. He thought it was the wearing of the tie that made
people I prayed for fall. Today, my children are pastors in the Redeemed
Christian Church of God.
If the parents are not following God, what example will the children
follow? If your son still sees you chasing after women, how will you expect him
to stay away from fornication? If your daughter sees you bribing a teacher for her
to pass an exam, how will you teach her about integrity and honesty? Like
father like son, like mother like daughter.
If you are not yet born again and living holy, it is your example that your
children will follow. Show them the way to the Light so that they don’t end up
in darkness.
Open Heaven 9 June 2022 KEY POINT
Can you boldly ask your children to copy everything you do, even in secret?
Open
Heaven 9 June 2022 HYMN: NEARER, MY GOD
1. Nearer, my God, to Thee,
nearer to thee!
E’en though it be a cross
that raiseth me,
still all my song shall be,
nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer to Thee
2. Though like the wanderer,
the sun gone down,
darkness be over me,
my rest a stone;
yet in my dreams I’d be
nearer, my God, to Thee;
nearer to Thee!
3. There let the way appear,
steps unto heaven;
all that Thou sendest me,
in mercy given;
angels to beckon me
nearer, my God, to Thee;
nearer to Thee!
4. Then with my waking thoughts
bright with Thy praise,
out of my stony griefs
Bethel I’ll raise;
so by my woes to be
nearer, my God, to Thee;
nearer to Thee!
5. Or if, on joyful wing
cleaving the sky,
sun, moon, and stars forgot,
upward I fly,
still all my song shall be,
nearer, my God, to Thee;
nearer to Thee!
Open Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons was
written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical Churches kleinanzeigen in the world and
also the President of Christ the
Redeemer's Ministries.
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