Scripture Union Daily Guide 28th December 2023
Read Scripture Union Daily Guide 28th December 2023, Thursday SU Daily Guide Reading
TOPIC: My Soul Silently Waits for God Alone
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OPENING PRAYER: Dear Lord, grant me understanding and illumination as I ponder on your word in Jesus name.
SCRIPTURE: Psalm 62:1-12
Question(s) 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?
• Q 5: Is there any warning for me to heed?
MESSAGE: There is so much oppression in the world today that many have been forced to trust in oppression and hope in robbery (v.10). I was told of a fine brother whose farm was invaded by marauding herdsmen, leaving woes of destruction in their track. In frustration he joined a counter gang to fight the herdsmen. Today he is singing a contradictory tune and has departed from the Lord.
Read vs.1-5 meditatively and note the resolve of the Psalmist. Amid suffering, oppression, and life’s contradictions, he advised his soul to wait silently on God alone. In the boiling and tumultuous world in which we find ourselves today — terrorism, hunger, earthquake, wars, bad and wicked government, sickness, COVID, loss of loved ones, etc., — calmness and peace can only be found in God. Compare Psalm 46:1-7. He is our present help in trouble.
Read vs.6-8 & 11 silently and slowly, meditate on and appropriate to yourself what the Psalmist said about God and you shall find peace amid the storms. Quietness is lost to this generation.
V.9 should encourage you not to envy the wicked nor follow their evil ways (cf. Psalm 37:1-3, 7-11).
For Reflection
Song: In Christ alone (Stuart Townsend)
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Lord, in the midst of all earthly turmoil, teach me to wait silently on you.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Mark 10:27
One-Year Bible Reading Plan
Daniel 12; Revelation 13, 14
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN FOR 28TH DECEMBER 2023
PRAYER FOCUS: GLOBAL OVERFLOW
“For the kingdom is the Lord’s: and He is the Governor among the nations”. Psalm 22:28
THANK GOD FOR:
►For He is the Governor among the nations
PRAY FOR:
►Nations that conceive devices aimed at unsettling the world, shall fail in their enterprises
►The peace of God will rule in the world
PRAY AGAINST:
►Wicked devices (like COVID-19) aimed at inflicting pain on people across the nations
Scripture Union Daily Guide 28th December 2023 Devotional. 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.
