Daily Guide 13th December 2023 | Scripture Union Devotional
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Today’s Topic: Practical Christianity within the family unit
Opening Prayer: Plant my steps in the sure promises of your word today, dear Lord.
SCRIPTURE: Colossians 3:18-4:1
Question(s) for Reflection
• Q 2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
• Q 8: Is there any other Biblical passage that can help me understand this passage better?
Outline For Scripture Union Daily Guide 13 December 2023
Paul describes what practical Christianity should be within the family. Wives – submit, husbands – love, children – obey, and slaves – obey, not with eye service but with sincerity of heart and purpose. Each one is to discharge their responsibilities unconditionally, as if doing it for the Lord. Unfortunately, the biblical concept of submission has been misunderstood in some societies. Many women have been made to suffer under the tyrannical control of their husbands.
Where there is mutual respect, discord is eliminated. For more detailed study on this subject, see Ephesians 5:21-6:9. The submission of the wife according to the Bible is a willingness to recognize the authority of the husband in the home, as unto the Lord. In exercising his authority, the husband must do so with love and not with harshness. Parents should always bear in mind that children learn a lot by just watching them. They should therefore ensure that their actions and inactions point the children to the Lord and not away from Him.
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Lord, help me to be an example of Jesus Christ in my home.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Luke 12:32
One-Year Bible Reading Plan
1 Peter 3‐5.
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN FOR 13TH DECEMBER 2023
PRAYER FOCUS: PRAYER FOR REVIVAL
“O Lord revive thy works in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known, in wrath remember mercy” Habakkuk 3:2
THANK GOD FOR:
►For remaining in charge of His creation, and He will forever be in charge
PRAY FOR:
►That the Lord will arise and set things right in the nations.
►That He will pour forth His Spirit and power in His Church, and bring back again His glorious name in the earth.
►That God will begin to do terrible things in righteousness, to the ends of the earth that great multitudes turn into Him for salvation.
