SU DAILY GUIDE DEVOTIONAL READING
Scripture Union Daily Guide 25th February 2023, SU Daily Guide Devotional Reading for Saturday. Read SU Daily Guide Message
TOPIC: Help My Unbelief
OPENING PRAYER: Help me dear Lord to meet with you as I meditate on your word in Jesus name
SCRIPTURE FOR TODAY: MARK 9:14-29
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
• Q 1: What does the passage teach about God the Father, or God the Son or God the Holy Spirit?
• Q 2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 25th February 2023 MESSAGE
When Jesus sent out the disciples to go into the villages and preach the message of the kingdom, He gave them authority to drive out demons and heal diseases. They returned with great testimonies. Demons obeyed their command. Why then did they fail to heal this young boy? We must daily depend on the Lord for power to face the challenges of each day. The power of yesterday, cannot be relied upon to see us through today. It is the reason we must be people of incessant prayer. Without prayer, we cannot face the kingdom of Satan (v.29).
Jesus also rebuked the disciples for their unbelief (v.19). Prayer and faith are closely linked together. It is in praying that we demonstrate that indeed we believe in God to handle every issue concerning us. Prayerlessness is faithlessness. And fasting is an aid to prayer. There can be no rule about when and how often we should fast. Periodic fasting does provide an intensity to our prayers and can be a means to increase our faith.
REFLECTION: What factors can be helpful to us in our desire for increased faith in God?
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
HYMN: When judgment day is drawing nigh,
1. When judgment day is drawing nigh,
Where shall I be?
When God the works of men shall try,
Where shall I be?
When east and west the fire shall roll,
Where shall I be?
How will it be with my poor soul:
Where shall I be?
Refrain
O where shall I be when the first trumpet sounds,
O where shall I be when it sounds so loud?
When it sounds so loud as to wake up the dead?
O where shall I be when it sounds?
2. When wicked men His wrath shall see,
Where shall I be?
And to the rocks and mountains flee,
Where shall I be?
When hills and mountains flee away,
Where shall I be?
When all the works of man decay,
Where shall I be?
3. When Heav’n and earth as some great scroll,
Where shall I be?
Shall from God’s angry presence roll,
Where shall I be?
When all the saints redeemed shall stand,
Where shall I be?
Forever blest at God’s right hand,
Where shall I be?
CLOSING PRAYER
Help us, Father, to trust you in all we do.
PRAYER FOR THE WEEK
► Pray for Christian homes, that God will make them exemplary to the world.
► Believe God for the Christian values to continue to be taught in the Christian homes.
► Pray for increased family ties in the home, the church and the larger society.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Ephesians 4:2 ‐ 3
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Leviticus 14,15, John 7.
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN – Sat, 25-Feb-2023
PRAYER FOCUS
PRAY UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS (PUSH)
But select capable men from all the people, men who fear God, trust-worthy men who hate dishonest gain ‘‘appoint them as official ’’. – Exodus 18:21
THANK GOD FOR:
► Being the true owner of Nigeria and all that dwell there in.
► Assuring us that if we humble ourselves, seek His face and turn from our wicked ways that He will hear us.
PRAY FOR:
► Grace as Nigerian Christians all over the world are crying, calling upon the name of our God in prayers, making intercessions that God will hear us.
► Mercy of God that as we go out to vote later on in the day, that our votes will count.
► The fear of the Lord to be in all the voting centres so that the wicked will not be able to carry out their merchandize.
► Presence of the God as the SU National Advisory Board continue the virtual meeting.
PRAY AGAINST:
► Box snatching and violence in the place of election. ► Voting men, who have reproach, are not respectable, are violent, wicked and above all, those who hate people of God. ► Electing wolves who will keep preying on the innocent citizens of Nigeria.
Scripture Union Daily Guide 25th February 2023. Scripture Union is an international, interdenominational, evangelical Christian organization. It was founded in 1867, and works in partnership with individuals and churches across the world. The organization’s stated aim is to use the Bible to inspire children, young people and adults to know God.