Scripture Union Daily Guide 23rd June 2025: A family at war with itself
Daily Guide Devotional For Today 23 June 2025 (Monday)
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 23rd June 2025 Today’s Devotional
Topic: A family at war with itself
Opening Prayer: Dear Lord, I pray that you order my steps today through your word as I meditate on it.
Scripture: Judges 12:1-15
Question(s) For Meditation:
► Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
► Q5: Is there any warning for me to heed?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 23rd June 2025 Outline
Jephthah is fighting a double battle here. First his brothers and then the half tribe of Ephraim. They were meant to unite and fight a common enemy but now they turn against each other. Do you celebrate with others during their victorious moments, or you become envious?
What would Ephraimites have lost had they accepted Jephthah’s victory as a collective achievement and joined others to celebrate? Instead, they created unnecessary problem similar to their reaction to Gideon’s victory in Judges 8:1-3. They appear to specialise in dodging responsibility while desiring to be the main recipient of the glory. Do we not read the same story in our society? People who fail to participate in a project are the first to criticise and castigate the leader.
A soft answer turns away wrath (Proverbs 15:1). Instead of being patient with his brothers like Gideon, Jephthah responded with a big fight. With the results of the subsequent war in Judges 12:5-6, would you rather have been another Gideon or a Jephthah? Today, the slightest provocation, sometimes without any basis, have resulted in civil war with loss of millions of innocent lives.
Closing Prayer:
Pray that our leaders would always seek peaceful ways to resolve conflicts.
One Year Bible Reading Guide:
2 Chronicles 31-32; Ecclesiastes 6.
One Year Bible Reading Guide, Hard Copy Version: 1 Kings 12-14
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN FOR 23RD JUNE 2025
PRAYER FOCUS
HODS TOUR OF REGIONS/GD’S FAMILIARIZATION TOUR OF BENIN REGION. (23RD – 29TH) HOD SCHOOLS’ TOUR OF LAGOS REGION HOD SUCF’S TOUR OF ENUGU REGION HOD PILGRIMS’ TOUR OF PORT HARCOURT REGION HOD CHILDREN’S TOUR OF ONITSHA REGION GD’S FAMILIARIZATION TOUR OF BENIN REGION
“So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done what was our duty”. Luke 17:10
THANK GOD FOR:
* The lives of our GD and these HODs • The grace, zeal and commitment with which they’ve carrying out their assignments • His preservation and successes being recorded in their past tours • Journey mercies throughout this tour and beyond
