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YOUTH: HOW DECENT? Saturday 30 June

Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

Memorise:   Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine; continue in them: for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.  1Timothy 4:16
Read: 1Timothy 4:12-16
If you will be relevant in God’s plan for the last days, you must totally discard this end time instant gratification bug. Today, many students are after instant education. Obtain your degree now! This is why education standards are falling in Nigeria universities and tertiary institutions. We have to return to core values in our educational system. Too much emphasis is being place on certificates. It is not all about certificate. Anybody can buy one from the shelf of fraudsters and call himself or herself a graduate. The certified must prove by their performance and character that they earned the paper they carry. If they cannot prove this, it is most likely that certificate was stolen. Let us return to the era of merit. Let us go back to adopting true, healthy value system that can move us forward.
God is not happy with half-baked people. If the disciples of Christ were half-baked, we would have completely lost the essence of Christianity by now. Speaking to the youthful pastor Timothy, Paul admonished him to attend to reading, exhortation and to doctrine (1 Timothy 4:13). God still wants you to pay attention to studying the Word of God and reading books to develop yourself. Youths are expected by God to be examples to their nation in word, life-style, love, spirit, faith and in purity.  As a youth, your dressing should show that you are not conforming with the word. Your clothes must be right. Your hair must be trimmed and combed. No wearing of dread locks. No sagging- allowing your trousers to drop to reveal your pant. That is madness! No miniskirts or undue exposure of what should be covered as a lady. Be decent. You are a youth for Jesus so remember to stay different in order to glorify God.

KEY POINT:
Get your basics right. As a Christian youth, you must not bring shame to the Lord because of half-baked education.
Bible in One year: Psalms 70-72

Comments

  1. AnonymousJune 30, 2012 at 4:40 AM

    lord empower me the more so i wont be an ordinary youth...help me to leave footprints in the life of others!

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  2. AnonymousJune 30, 2012 at 4:57 AM

    Thank you Lord for this revelation. Help me to abide by only those things that will promote and transform this Nation. So help me God.

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  3. AnonymousJune 30, 2012 at 6:04 AM

    tank u Lord for revealing these to me.God help me to be a youth for Jesus

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  4. AnonymousJune 30, 2012 at 7:06 AM

    God help M̶̲̥̅ƹ t̶̲̥̅̊ợ̣̣̇̇̇ remember U̶̲̥̅̊ now in M̶̲̥̅γ̲̣̣̥ youth wen Ħª√ę got ‎​Ωђε strength n mak M̶̲̥̅ƹ a worthy youth 4 Christ Jesus.

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  5. AnonymousJune 30, 2012 at 7:42 AM

    God make me a decent and Godly Youth

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  6. AnonymousJune 30, 2012 at 7:50 AM

    Lord I now kw u hv gr8t plans 4 we youth. Empower n open our eyes to see d beauty of being a youth.

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  7. WayaJune 30, 2012 at 8:44 AM

    May God help our youth.may His fear dominate their heart.may heaven conciousness takes the greater priority in their heart.may the glory and joy in decency be reviled to them so as to knom the virtue in godly dressing and living IJN.

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  8. AnonymousJune 30, 2012 at 9:59 AM

    thank u mr adeniyi 4 dis post u a indeed a person of impact God bless IJN

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