Scripture Union Daily Guide 1st December 2024 (Sunday) Devotional Message
TOPIC: God Has Given Us Eternal Life
OPENING PRAYER: Dear Lord, I pray that you order my steps today through your word as I meditate on it.
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TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: 1 John 5:1-12
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
* Q 1: What does the passage teach about God the Father, or God the Son or God the Holy Spirit?
* Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
Daily Guide 1st December 2024 – OUTLINE
Today’s passage is very encouraging and very instructive. Note the repetition of the word ‘testimony’ (vs.9-12). The apostle John wanted us to be truly sure of the fact that “God’s testimony is greater because it is of God” (v.9). Sadly, many people in the world today would rather accept human testimony and not God’s. Notice the caution about this attitude in v.10. Here are three important testimonies God wants you to believe:
– Jesus is the Christ (vs.1-5): How is this related to loving God, obeying God’s commands, and experiencing victory over the world? Our faith in Christ must result in faithful obedience.
– God’s witness about Jesus (vs.6-10): God testified about Jesus at His baptism and on the Mount of Transfiguration (Matthew 3:17; 17:5). By His blood, we have been saved (1 John 2:1-2), and through Him, we have the Spirit of truth who testifies to all these in our hearts and to the world (Acts 2:33).
– Only Jesus gives eternal life: See vs.11-12. We must be born of God (born again) to escape the second death. Anyone who is born twice dies only once; and anyone who is born only once (just the natural birth) will die twice. “Know Jesus, know life” and “No Jesus, no life”.
Practice/Word Application
And so? Do you personally believe God’s testimony about Jesus? How are you helping others to know this testimony?
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
HYMN: I know not why
1. I know not why my Savior
Has done so much for me;
I know not why His favor
Has come so constantly;
But this I know: I love Him
And trust Him day by day,
And cast my care upon Him,
And watch and praise and pray.
2. I know not why my Savior
Should leave a glorious throne
To bleed and die on Calvary,
For sinners to atone;
But this I know, ’tis certain,
He fully ransomed me,
And in that truth believing
I realize I’m free.
3. I know not why He bids me
Breathe forth my wants in prayer,
While day by day He sees me,
And knows my every care;
But this I know, while praying
And trusting in His Word,
My soul refreshed and strengthened,
Rests sweetly on the Lord.
4. I know not where He leads me,
And yet I follow still;
I know not why He needs me
My vineyard place to fill:
But this I know, at duty
In prayer or holy song,
My heart keeps overflowing
With rapture all day long!
CLOSING PRAYER
Pray for Christians to take the work of evangelism and discipleship seriously.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Psalms 115:12
“The LORD hath been mindful of us: he will bless us; he will bless the house of Israel; he will bless the house of Aaron.”
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading Plan: Day 336-1 Corinthians 12-14
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN
You crown the year with a bountiful harvest; even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.
Psalm 65:11
THANK GOD FOR:
‣ Our God, our Lord, the merciful and gracious God who abounds in steadfast love and faithfulness
‣ The divine favour and good will of our Father for bringing us into the last month of the year.
PRAY FOR:
‣ The promise of the above scripture to be fulfilled in your life, family, work, career and Scripture Union as a ministry
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. (Scripture Union Daily Guide 1st December 2024)
