Scripture Union Daily Guide 18 April 2024 – The Servant of the Lord
Daily Guide Devotional For Today 18th April 2024 (Thursday)
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TOPIC: THE SERVANT OF THE LORD
OPENING PRAYER: My dear heavenly Father, as I study your word, let it be a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path.
SCRIPTURE: ISAIAH 49:1-13
Question(s) for Reflection
* Q7: What truth is God revealing to me in this passage?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 18 APRIL 2024 OUTLINE
The servant of the Lord appears in the reading to be the nation of Israel but a careful scrutiny points to Christ as the person who fully fulfils all that the text promises. Observe the authority with which God’s servant speaks to the Gentile nations (vs.1-7). He was called from birth by God and prepared like a sharpened sword for the assignment. God will always qualify us for the service to which he designed for us. The Lord has equipped us with everything necessary to fight His battles against the powers of darkness, to conquer Satan, and bring back unbelievers to the saving knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Read vs.8-13 again. Notice how God’s Servant is assigned to bring Israel back to their chosen land. He shall provide for the comfortable passage of those whom He sets at liberty to the place of their rest and happy settlement. They were dispersed into several parts of the country of Babylon as their enemies pleased. But God’s time shall come to bring them home together. Those whom God guides shall find a ready road and all obstacles will be removed (v.11).
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Thank you, dear Lord, for the provision of all we need to serve the cause of your Kingdom.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Deuteronomy 28:2 ‐ 6
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading Plan: Day 109 – 1 Samuel 28-31; Psalm 18
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN APRIL 18, 2024
PRAYER FOCUS
THE WATCHMEN
On your walls, o Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord shall take no rest for yourselves.
Isaiah 62:6
THANK GOD FOR:
* The SU intercessors who align themselves to God in order to know the plan of God for their Groups, Zones, Areas, Regions and even at the National level
* The grace of God upon their lives
PRAY FOR:
* Enlargement of their coast as they continue to intercede for the Union
* Unity of purpose as they work hand in hand with the leadership in their various formations
PRAY AGAINST:
* Praying without understanding
* Distraction from praying due to other pressures that need their attention
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