Scripture Union Daily Guide 18 September 2025: Enduring mockery and hostility
Daily Guide Devotional For Today 18th September 2025 (Thursday)
Welcome to Scripture Union Daily Guide Devotional today. As you read, study and meditate, may the Lord Almighty reveal His essence to you in Jesus’ Name, Amen!
Scripture Union Daily Guide 18 September 2025 Today’s Devotional
Topic: Enduring mockery and hostility
Opening Prayer
Oh Lord, fill me with the power of the Holy Ghost as I study your word.
Bible Text
Job 17:1-16
Meditation Question
► Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
► Q7: What truth is God revealing to me in this passage?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 18 September 2025 Outline
Job freely expressed his hopelessness. He felt utterly emotionally and physically drained and thought that death was the only way of escape (Job 17:1,11-16; cf. Job 6:8-13). Our sufferings can make us feel like Job, but we should never think that death is the only escape route. We should always remember that death and the grave are not our end (1 Corinthians 15:54-55). God can help us overcome all our struggles in life (Romans 8:35-39). Who was Job referring to as “mockers” in Job 17:2?
A proverb says, “The person you asked to help blow out the dirt in your eye puts pepper in his mouth, and the tree you thought of leaning on when tired, was covered with thorns.” This was the kind of situation in which Job found himself (Job 17:5a,12). What should we do when those we trust reject, mock, and are hostile instead of providing us succour? What can we learn from Job in Job 17:3,6-9? Let us learn to focus our attention and energy on God and His promises while maintaining our purity, rather than on distractions from men.
Insight
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Strengthen me, Lord, so that I will be able to stand when faced with challenges and unexpected hostility from men.
Prayer of Faith
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Jeremiah 1:12
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Daniel 7-8; Job 4.
One Year Bible Reading Plan – Hard Copy version: Ezra 4-6, Psalms 137
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN 18TH SEPTEMBER 2025
PRAYER FOCUS
ALL PRAYER SECRETARIES: REGIONS TO GROUPS
Be alert, be on the watch! Your enemy, the devil, roams round like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. 1 Pet. 5:8
THANK GOD FOR:
* All Prayer Secretaries in the Regions, Areas, Zones and Groups and their work schedule.
PRAY FOR:
* God will help them understand their duties and grace to do them effectively • Strength for the weak and discouraged among them, so that they will be able to encourage others • A better relationship between them and other leaders in the various formations
