Scripture Union Daily Guide 26th January 2024 || Justice Like A River
Scripture Union Daily Guide 26th January 2024 (Friday)
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TODAY’S TOPIC: JUSTICE LIKE A RIVER
Opening Prayer: Dear Lord, may the entrance of your word bring light and life to all I will do today.
SCRIPTURE: AMOS 5:1-17
Question(s) for Reflection
• Q3: Is there any command for me to obey?
Outline For Scripture Union Daily Guide 26th January 2024
God says He wants a mighty flood of justice, not just people doing good occasionally. When homes are steadily supplying good, they become shelters from disaster. When people go out of their way to help one another, those homes become joyful places. Is fair treatment “flowing” in your home?
See the vivid expression of the sin of oppression, injustice and so on in vs.7,12 and 15. In v.12, we see an exposure of social sin.
In v.15 we are urged to “hate evil, love good and maintain justice in the courts”. Some of the causes of the conflicts in Africa are said to be due to injustice.
In reading Amos, one becomes uncomfortable. We cannot help but examine ourselves – be you rich or poor, learned or unlearned. All forms of exploitation are exposed. Is there another biblical passage that can help you understand this passage better? Read Micah 6:8 along with Amos 5:10-17. Read also Ezekiel 22:29-30.
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Lord, help me to heed your warning and repent.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Lamentations 3:22 ‐ 23
22 It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. 23 They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
One-Year Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading Plan: Day 26 – Genesis 41-42
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN JANUARY 26, 2024
PRAYER FOCUS
NATIONAL DAY OF FASTING & PRAYER
LEGISLATORS (LAWMAKERS)
Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.
Psalms 82:3-4
THANK GOD FOR:
• All our lawmakers at the state and national levels, for the opportunity given them to occupy this position
• Wisdom and knowledge to make laws
PRAY FOR:
• Them to carry out their duties with the fear of God
• They will not yield themselves as instrument in the hand of the devil to make laws that are not for the progress of the nation
• Boldness to kick against any bill sponsored from the pit of hell
PRAY AGAINST:
• Every wickedness in the hearts of these people
National Day of Prayer And Fasting
Today is National Day of Prayer & Fasting