Daily Guide 1st August 2022 | Scripture Union

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SCRIPTURE UNION DAILY GUIDE 1ST AUGUST 2022 DEVOTIONAL

Topic: Take It To Heart

Opening Prayer: Oh Lord, grant me spiritual insight into the truth of your word as I study it.

Question(s) for Reflection
• Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
• What truth is God revealing to me in this passage?

The book of Revelation exposes the future? “what must soon take place” (v.1). God’s future plans affect us in the present. Although this revelation is addressed to “the seven churches in the province of Asia”, it is ultimately meant for all Christians who must “hear it and take to heart what was written in it” (v.3). Can you identify the Trinity in vs.4 and 5 noting that “the seven spirits” is another name for the Holy Spirit?

The figure “seven” symbolises completeness and perfection, which are attributes of God. God revealed His plans through His Son, Jesus (v.1). Hebrews 1:1‐2 identifies Christ in God’s communication with humanity (cf. John 1:1‐4). If God speaks to us through His Son, then we must speak with Him through His Son only; no other medium. V.5 mentions three more attributes of Jesus that enable us to know Him better. Notice the benefit promised in v.3.

Doers of the Word are blessed while hearers only deceive themselves (James 1:22‐25). V.7 has a great deal in common with 1 Thessalonians 4:16‐18 and gives us a comforting hope. By describing Himself with the first and last letters of the Greek Alphabet Alpha and Omega (v.8), God Almighty reveals His eternal existence (See Introduction).

• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?

Closing Prayer
• Lord, I thank you for your revelation in the Bible. Help me to take to heart everything that is written in it, apply it to my life, and always obey you.

Offer a prayer of faith in line with
Jeremiah 31:3; Isaiah 22‐24