Scripture Union Daily Guide – 18 December 2025: Today’s Devotional Reading and Reflection – Thursday
Are you looking for the Scripture Union Daily Guide – 18 December 2025? Discover today’s devotional reading, Bible passage, and reflection to strengthen your spiritual journey. This Daily Guide provides clear, scripture-based insight and life applications to help you grow in faith, understand God’s Word, and live a Christ-centered life. Whether for personal devotion or group study, today’s message is a timely word for your walk with God.
TOPIC: The consequences of sin
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Opening Prayer
Make my life oh Lord a reflection of you as I study your word.
Bible Text
Hosea 9:10-17
Meditation Question
► Q 1: What does the passage teach about God the Father, or God the Son or God the Holy Spirit?
► Q5: Is there any warning for me to heed?
Scripture Union Daily Guide – 18 December 2025 | OUTLINE
The joy of finding grapes in the desert and early fruit of fig tree can be compared with that of seeing Israel giving herself to God in covenant relationship at Mount Sinai (Hosea 9:10; Deuteronomy 32:10). This is similar to giving your life to God in salvation. She became the apple of God’s eyes. But this overwhelming joy was cut short by Israel’s return to idol worship. What will be the result of it (Hosea 9:11-12)? Her glory of large population and prosperity will be no more, down to her children. Can you describe the pains of unfaithfulness in terms of losing one’s treasures?
God rejects and abandons His people due to wickedness, rebellion, sin (Hosea 8:16-17). God never tolerates sin even among believers. Israel/Ephraim became “wanderers among nations”.
These calamities befell old and young, male and female, ruler and follower, man and beast. Read the warning in Hebrews 10:31. When people depart from God, they only get worse, until they repent and seek God’s forgiveness. Was Israel relying on rituals or history? Why did they keep straying despite God’s anger and discipline? Godly backgrounds do not guarantee present blessings. We must personally walk daily and steadily with God.
Insight
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Lord, help me to be consistent in my commitment to you to avoid your wrath.
One Year Bible Reading Plan
2 John 1 , Psalms 139-140.
One Year Bible Reading Plan – Hard Copy version
1 Timothy 1-6
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come”. Matt. 24: 14
THANK GOD FOR:
* His grace to continue to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ • All that came through our various means of evangelism to meet Jesus as their personal Lord and Savior.
PRAY FOR:
* This gospel of salvation will not cease from our lips. • More of God’s grace and continued zeal to preach the gospel. • God will revive the evangelism teams in our fellowship groups.
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