Scripture Union Daily Guide – 18 January 2026: Today’s Devotional Reading and Reflection – Sunday
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TOPIC: Broken Beyond Hope of Repair.
OPENING PRAYER
Dear Lord, I pray that you order my steps today through your word as I meditate on it.
SCRIPTURE READING
Jeremiah 19:1-15(NKJV)
1 Thus says the Lord: “Go and get a potter’s earthen flask, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the elders of the priests. 2 And go out to the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the Potsherd Gate; and proclaim there the words that I will tell you, 3 and say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will bring such a catastrophe on this place, that whoever hears of it, his ears will tingle.
4 “Because they have forsaken Me and made this an alien place, because they have burned incense in it to other gods whom neither they, their fathers, nor the kings of Judah have known, and have filled this place with the blood of the innocents 5 (they have also built the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings to Baal, which I did not command or speak, nor did it come into My mind), 6 therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord, “that this place shall no more be called Tophet or the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. 7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hands of those who seek their lives; their corpses I will give as meat for the birds of the heaven and for the beasts of the earth. 8 I will make this city desolate and a hissing; everyone who passes by it will be astonished and hiss because of all its plagues. 9 And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his friend in the siege and in the desperation with which their enemies and those who seek their lives shall drive them to despair.” ’
10 “Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you, 11 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot be [a]made whole again; and they shall bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury. 12 Thus I will do to this place,” says the Lord, “and to its inhabitants, and make this city like Tophet. 13 And the houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah shall be defiled like the place of Tophet, because of all the houses on whose roofs they have burned incense to all the host of heaven, and poured out drink offerings to other gods.” ’ ”
14 Then Jeremiah came from Tophet, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the Lord’s house and said to all the people, 15 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Behold, I will bring on this city and on all her towns all the doom that I have pronounced against it, because they have stiffened their necks that they might not hear My words.’ ”
QUESTIONS FOR MEDITATION
►Q1: 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?
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In today’s passage, God used another object to convey His message to the people. This perhaps was to make the message more clearer to them. Notice the specific instructions God gave to the prophet in Jeremiah 19:1-3. Why is it necessary to first deliver the message in Jeremiah 19:3 ff at the valley of the son of Hinnom and to the elders of both the people and priests? God does not execute judgment on individuals and nations without a cause. What were God’s reasons for pronouncing judgment on Judah (Jeremiah 19:4-5)? Did you notice that the people sold themselves into idolatry? Idolatry whether ancient or modern is a direct affront to God (Exodus 20:3-5). The consequences are grave (Jeremiah 19:6-9, 2 Kings 6:24-29). Any involvement in idolatry requires repentance and turning to God.
In Jeremiah 19:10-11, Jeremiah broke the flask as instructed by God. This was a sign to the people that Judah will be shattered beyond all hope of repair. Though Jeremiah took the initiative of repeating God’s warning at the courts of the Temple, the people remained in their sins. It is true that God is patient with men. However, His patience should not be taken for granted.
PRAYER OF FAITH
Isaiah 6:8
INSIGHT
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
HYMN: Pass me not, O gentle Savior
1.Pass me not, O gentle Savior,
Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
Refrain: Savior, Savior, Hear my humble cry;
While on others Thou art calling,
Do not pass me by.
2.Let me at Thy throne of mercy
Find a sweet relief,
Kneeling there in deep contrition;
Help my unbelief.
3.Trusting only in Thy merit,
Would I seek Thy face;
Heal my wounded, broken spirit,
Save me by Thy grace.
4.Thou the Spring of all my comfort,
More than life to me,
Whom have I on earth beside Thee?
Whom in Heav’n but Thee?
CLOSING PRAYER
Lord, help me to heed your warning and depart from idolatry.
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Genesis 19-21
Prayer Bulletin – Sun 18 January, 2026
PRAYER FOCUS
TEACHING ON YEAR 2026 THEME IN ALL PILGRIMS, SCHOOLS AND SUCF GROUPS.
Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth. Give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name. Ps. 86:11
THANK GOD FOR:
This year’s theme: Presenting everyone perfect in Christ Jesus
The purpose of God approving the theme for us at a time like this.
PRAY FOR:
Unction for all those who will handle the teaching in the various groups.
Correct and perfect understanding of the theme.
A release of God’s power on everyone, to walk according to all that God will say to us.
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