Scripture Union Daily Guide 22nd May 2023
Read Scripture Union Daily Guide 22 May 2023, Monday SU Daily Guide Reading
TOPIC: Sin is Conquerable
OPENING PRAYER: May my heart, O Lord, be receptive to your word as I meditate on it.
SCRIPTURE: Romans 6:1 – 11
QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION
• Q 5: Is there any warning for me to heed?
• Q 8: Is there any other Biblical passage that can help me understand this passage better?
During Paul’s time, some Christians felt if they were forgiven whenever they repent, then they become free to live as they pleased. Even if they sin, they already have forgiveness. Paul explains that such an idea is total error. What reason does he give against continuing to sin when one becomes a believer? When we repent and are baptized, we bury our old sinful self with Christ and rising out of water symbolizes the resurrection with Christ.
We die to sin and live for Christ (Philippians1:21). Therefore, living a life of sin is trivializing what Jesus did for us on the cross. The whole reason why Christ died in our stead was to remove sin from our lives. Avoiding sin is showing appreciation of what Jesus Christ did for us. Do you live in obedience to God?
The Holy Spirit gives us power to resist sin and so live a life pleasing to God, a life we now share in Christ’s death and resurrection (vs.4,5). What are the implications of dying and rising with Christ in vs.5-10?
PRACTICE/WORD APPLICATION
Thought: What may be stopping you from living a fulfilling life with Christ? Ask the Lord for grace to overcome them.
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Romans 4:21
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
2 Samuel 11, 12, Matthew 18, Psalms 53.
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN – Mon, 22-May-2023
PRAYER FOCUS
VICTORIOUS DISCIPLE
If you know He is righteous, you may be sure that everyone who practices righteousness has been born of Him. – 1 John 2:29
THANK GOD FOR:
► For taking away our sins for our sake so that we might be made the righteousness of God.
► Making us new creation whose old life has passed away and all things become new.
PRAY FOR:
► Grace to keep walking by the Spirit of God so we do not gratify the desires of the flesh.
► Deliberate decision to daily walk and work in conformity to the will of God in all things.
► Spiritual strength to conquer in all things.
PRAY AGAINST:
► Failing to keep to His leadings and guidance daily.
► Making a practice of sinning, hoping that grace will abound.
Scripture Union Daily Guide 22 May 2023. Scripture Union is an international, interdenominational, evangelical Christian organization. It was founded in 1867, and works in partnership with individuals and churches across the world. The organization’s stated aim is to use the Bible to inspire children, young people and adults to know God.
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