OPEN HEAVEN 21 AUGUST 2025 THURSDAY: TECHNOLOGY CANNOT TRAIN THEM
OPEN HEAVEN 20 AUGUST 2025 MEMORISE: Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6
OPEN HEAVEN 20 AUGUST 2025 READ: Proverbs 29:15
15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
OPEN HEAVEN 20 AUGUST 2025 MESSAGE
Thank God we can reach
countless people around the world with the gospel through various
technological devices and the internet. However, just as we are reaching
many people with the gospel using technology, the devil is also using
the same technology to reach people, including children.
Many children now have
access to pornographic sites through phones and tablets, and paedophiles
manipulate children into immoral affairs through the internet. This is
why, as good as technology is, parents cannot depend on it solely when
it comes to raising their children.
When I was younger and
there were no computers nor access to calculators, people had to do
arithmetic by themselves. Nowadays, a lot of the younger generation
cannot even calculate how much they are going to pay at a counter unless
they use a calculator.
If you are a parent, train
your children not to overly rely on technology. Train them to do some
things by themselves, and this will further enhance their natural
abilities.
These days, some children
find it very difficult to relate properly with people they meet
physically because they have become addicted to relating with people
online. Also, some young children do not greet other people because they
are always wearing headphones and engaging with their electronic
devices.
You must not allow
technology to make your children socially deficient or emotionally
handicapped. You must ensure that you encourage them to develop their
natural gifts and talents while also teaching them to interact properly
with the world around them.
It is really sad that some
children are bullied online and are plunged into depression because of
what someone online said to them. Parents must be vigilant.
They shouldn’t depend on
technology to keep their children occupied when they don’t want to be
bothered; they just might be handing them over to the devil. Don’t
delegate your children’s training and upbringing to technology.
If you don’t know what
your children are doing on their electronic devices at every instance,
then you are depending on technology to train them for you, and trust
me, technology was not developed to be a godly parent.
Today’s memory verse says
that you should train a child in the way he or she should go. Do the
apps your children engage with daily know the way they should go?
Parents, spend time with
your children and train them yourself. I pray that God will protect all
our children from the devil’s agenda to steal, kill, and destroy (John
10:10), in Jesus’ name.
Parents should spend quality time with their children and be mindful of what they have access to through technology.
HYMN: 28 – GUIDE ME, O THOU GREAT JEHOVAH
1 Guide me, O my great Redeemer,
pilgrim through this barren land;
I am weak, but you are mighty;
hold me with your powerful hand.
Bread of heaven, bread of heaven,
feed me now and evermore,
feed me now and evermore.
2 Open now the crystal fountain,
where the healing waters flow.
Let the fire and cloudy pillar
lead me all my journey through.
Strong Deliverer, strong Deliverer,
ever be my strength and shield,
ever be my strength and shield.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
bid my anxious fears subside.
Death of death, and hell’s Destruction,
land me safe on Canaan’s side.
Songs of praises, songs of praises
I will ever sing to you,
I will ever sing to you.
OPEN HEAVEN 21 AUGUST 2025 BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Jeremiah 51-52
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