Scripture Union Daily Guide 5 October 2024: God of Justice, God of Grace!
Daily Guide Devotional For Today 5th October 2024 (Saturday)
TOPIC: GOD OF JUSTICE, GOD OF GRACE!
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: PSALM 78:52-72
Question(s) for Reflection
* Q 1: What does the passage teach about God the Father, or God the Son or God the Holy Spirit?
Scripture Union Daily Guide 5 October 2024 Outline:
Observe the sequence of events in our reading today. First, we see how God led and guided Israel, fought off their enemies, and placed them in the Promised Land (vs.52-55). Second, we see Israel turning away to worship worthless idols (vs.56-58). Third, we see God, in righteous anger and true justice forsaking His people and delivering them into the hands of their enemies (vs.59-64).
Fourth, we see God coming to the aid of His people and rescuing them from the hands of their enemies (vs.65-66). Fifth, out of all the tribes of Israel, He chose David, of the tribe of Judah, to be the shepherd of His people in the long term (vs.67-72).
Of special interest is the transition from the third step to the fourth. Look at the figure of speech used in v.65. It was like the action of a man suddenly awake from sleep or acting without reason like a drunkard! What God did in saving Israel was actually contrary to reason! They did not deserve God’s mercy! The word for it is “Grace.”
Practice/Word Application
Reflection: Read Romans 5:6-11 and praise God for His grace upon your life.
* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Prayer for the week
* Pray for people living with disabilities in Nigeria that Nigeria government and the various denominations will remember them and make provisions to make their lives easier to manage • Pray that they will not use their condition as an excuse to live a reckless life, but know that God can still make out something beautiful out of their lives
Offer a prayer of faith in line with 2 Thessalonians 3:16
“Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.”
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading Plan: Day 279- John 2-4
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN 5 OCTOBER 2024
PRAYER FOCUS
COUNCIL MEETING CONTINUES
“Peace is what I leave with you; it is my own peace that I give you. I do not give it as the world does”
John 14:27.
THANK GOD FOR:
‣ Giving peace unto his children to discuss amicably and arrive at decisions to carry forward in 2025.
PRAY FOR:
‣ Oneness in the Spirit to yield to the will of the Almighty God in the meeting
‣ Strength upon every member as they sit long and make contributions
‣ Grace upon the Council Secretary to correctly pen down every decision that is taken
‣ Pray against every form of manipulation of the enemy on the journey back to their Regions tomorrow
Scripture Union Daily Guide 2 October 2024: God’s Anger
