Scripture Union Daily Guide 6 January 2022 | Thursday SU Devotional Guide
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TOPIC: Not without honour except?.
OPENING PRAYER: Help me to understand the exceeding greatness of your power as I read through this passage, dear Lord.
TODAY’S SCRIPTURE: Luke 4:22‐30
Question(s) for Reflection
• Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 6 January 2022 MESSAGE
It is easy for us to condemn the people of Jesus’ village for failing to believe in Him. But imagine if a boy you grew up together as children in your street were to start claiming to be the saviour of the world. The Jews were expecting the Messiah but not one who grew up in the next hut. They all acknowledged Jesus’ authority and great teachings (v.22) but beyond that ?.?
It is commonly said that, ‘familiarity breeds contempt’. That was the experience of many prophets, both those who came before Jesus, including Elijah and Elisha (vs.25‐28, cf. 1 Kings 17:8‐16; 2 Kings 5:1‐14), and many today. Had Jonah proclaimed the same message that changed the lives of the people of Nineveh (Jonah 3) to his own people, who knows how they would have responded.
In many countries, anyone who dares proclaim the truth of salvation and the inevitable judgment to come, faces ridicule, persecution or even death (cf. vs.28‐29). Yet many faithful Jews received blessings from the intervention of the prophets of their day.
See 2 Kings 4:1‐9. Let us, as we hear God’s message proclaimed today, never allow unbelief or familiarity to rob us of its blessings.
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
HYMN FOR TODAY – Our God, our help in ages past
1 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
our shelter from the stormy blast,
and our eternal home:
2 Under the shadow of your throne
your saints have dwelt secure;
sufficient is your arm alone,
and our defense is sure.
3 Before the hills in order stood,
or earth received its frame,
from everlasting you are God,
to endless years the same.
4 A thousand ages in your sight
are like an evening gone,
short as the watch that ends the night
before the rising sun.
5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream,
soon bears us all away;
we fly forgotten, as a dream
dies at the op’ning day.
6 O God, our help in ages past,
our hope for years to come,
still be our guard while troubles last,
and our eternal home!
CLOSING PRAYER
• Lord, as I meditate upon your word daily, help me to fully believe it and so be blessed by it.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Philippians 1:6
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Genesis 9, Psalms 8.
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN – Thu, 06-Jan-2022
PRAYER FOCUS
CHRISTIAN RESOLVE (PRAYING AND FASTING CONTINUES)
Watch out that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be rewarded fully 2 John 1:8
THANK GOD FOR:
› The word of God that provides us profound wisdom for making choices in our life. › The guidance of God always available when we face decisions.
PRAY FOR:
• Grace to always acknowledge Him and not lean on our own understanding thereby having started in the spirit, we finish in the flesh. • Determination to abide by His commandment even as we have decided it‘s Christ and Him alone. • Willingness of heart to continue in what we have learnt in su even if every other Christian group turns back.
PRAY AGAINST:
Being carried away by the error of the lawless preachers and teachers and fall from our secure position in Christ. ∷ Failing to remain true to the faith because of trials and persecution.
Scripture Union Daily Guide 6 January 2022. 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.
