Scripture Union Daily Guide 9th June 2023
Read Scripture Union Daily Guide 9th June 2023, Friday SU Daily Guide Reading
TOPIC: In Time of Distress
OPENING PRAYER: I open my heart to meditate on your word, teach me your ways oh Lord.
SCRIPTURE: 2 King 3:1-27
QUESTIONS 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?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 9th June 2023 MESSAGE:
Jehoram seems to be a bit better than his parents but still half-hearted and inconsistent in following God (vs.1-3). And God is not pleased with half-hearted services (Revelation 3:15-16).
Read vs.9-13 again and take note of the different ways Jehoram and Jehoshaphat responded to the same situation. Jehoram saw hopelessness. Although he never consulted God before embarking on this mission, he blamed God for the distressing situation they found themselves (vs.10&13). However, Jehoshaphat, a man who has prepared his heart to seek God always (2 Chronicles 19:3), believed that God can help them. He suggested that they seek God’s counsel. And God intervened. He provided water and gave them victory over Moab (vs.20-27), according to His words through Elisha (vs.15-19). We must not despair in time of distress, instead let us seek God’s intervention and He will help us.
Note how Elisha refused to be intimidated by the royal splendour of the three kings. He fearlessly declared God’s displeasure with Jehoram and the evils of his father’s house (vs.11-14). How does this compare with church leaders in our time? How can the church speak the truth powerfully like Elisha?
PRACTICE/WORD APPLICATION
What Next? Don’t blame God for your challenges; trust Him for your deliverance!
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
CLOSING PRAYER
Pray for God’s intervention in individuals, families, communities and countries going through times of distress.
- Offer a prayer of faith in line with Psalm 37:39
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
1 Chronicles 24‐27; Mark 8.
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN
THANK GOD FOR:
► Keeping us His children in perfect peace as we allow our minds to stay on Him.
► Giving us the word of God that is living and active.
PRAY FOR:
► Grace to learn to be still so that God will be exalted in our lives.
► The Spirit of power, love and self-control to continue to be found among us in SU.
► Faith to believe God and His word that we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.
PRAY AGAINST:
► Failing to cast all our anxieties on Him and carrying them around.
► Refusing to be still even when God has commanded us to be still.
Scripture Union Daily Guide 9th June 2023. 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.
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