Scripture Union Daily Guide 29 April 2024 – A Walk With God
Daily Guide Devotional For Today 29th April 2024 (Monday)
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TOPIC: A WALK WITH GOD
OPENING PRAYER: Make my life oh Lord a reflection of you as I study your word.
SCRIPTURE: 2 CORINTHIANS 6:1-7:1
Question(s) for Reflection
* Q 1: What does the passage teach about God the Father, or God the Son or God the Holy Spirit?
* 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 29 APRIL 2024 OUTLINE
Apostle Paul in 6:1 cautions the church in Corinth, a caution we too must take seriously today. In what ways are you also ignoring or making the grace of God to be in vain?
Go through vs.4-5 again and list the various pressures that Paul went through in ministry. With what qualities did Paul carry out his ministry, despite all these hardships (see vs.6-7)? Paul also experienced some contradictions which placed strains on him (vs.8-10). What lesson can we learn from him? Our walk with the Lord will attract afflictions and hardships.
This however must not hinder our walk with Him. Paul warns the believers about their partnership or being yoked with unbelievers (vs.14-15). Is Paul calling Christians not to associate themselves with unbelievers? Certainly not! Believers must be active in their witness for Christ to unbelievers, but they should not enter into a relationship with them that could cause them to compromise their faith. Unbelievers do not share or uphold the same faith and values as Christians, so we must be careful with our association with them.
As a Christian, your body is the temple of God (vs.16). You are the Church in whom Christ lives. Our walk with God requires us to separate ourselves from anything unclean. It is a call to holiness (7:1). What promises does 7:1a refer to? See 6:16-18 for these and the conditions attached to them.
Practice/Word Application
And so? Mediate on Romans 12:1-2.
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Closing Prayer
Ask God to help you walk with Him in ways that are pleasing and acceptable to Him.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Nahum 1:7
One-Year Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading Plan: Day 120 – Psalms 102-104
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN APRIL 29, 2024
PRAYER FOCUS
GENERAL DIRECTOR
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm; let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord. 1 Corinthians 15:58a
THANK GOD FOR:
* Our GD, Engr. Uwem Cosmas Udoh, and his family, since assumption of this new office
* Grace, strength and wisdom God has bestowed upon him for his assignment
* Protection, provision and good health they have been enjoying
PRAY FOR:
* Grace to daily depend on God’s leading
* Grace to trust and obey God
* Wisdom and understanding to relate with, and lead aright, all the staff team, so that together, they can move this Union forward
* God will give him a large heart, full of the love of God
PRAY AGAINST:
* Every spirit of “divide and rule”, and discouragement
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