Scripture Union Daily Guide 20 November 2023
Read Scripture Union Daily Guide for 20 November 2023 Devotional, Monday SU Daily Guide Reading
TOPIC: Guard Your Heart
OPENING PRAYER: Grant me grace dear Lord to apply what you will teach me today as I read this passage.
SCRIPTURE: Philippians 4:1-9
QUESTION FOR REFLECTION
• Q 3: Is there any command for me to obey?
Scripture Union Daily Guide for 20 November 2023 MESSAGE
Notice the testimony of Paul about these two women (v.3). Genuine and mature Christians do have differences. We must not leave room for the devil to operate but resolve them, using the court of the believers instead of civil courts (1 Corinthians 6:1-8; Matthew 18:15-17).
The mind (or heart) is the centre of man’s decision making, his control tower. If your mind tells you that you are sick, you will likely feel terribly ill even though there is nothing physically wrong with you. Depression is sickness of the mind. Paul urges us to, “take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ” (2 Corinthians 10:5b, NIV). And Proverbs 4:23 exhorts, “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life” (NLT).
Notice Paul’s three charges in vs.4,6&8-9 so we can fully guard our minds (hearts) and take them captive. To be free of anxiety and falling into depression, let us lay our challenges before the Lord in prayer and hand them over to Him. The benefit of praying instead of worrying is the experience of God’s peace (see v.7).
PRACTICE/WORD APPLICATION
And so? Let Christian virtues flood your mind. Then there will be less room to worry.
• Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
CLOSING PRAYER
Lord, keep me in perfect peace as my mind stays and trusts in you.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Numbers 6:24 ‐ 26
ONE YEAR BIBLE READING PLAN
Luke 23, 24; Romans 13; Psalms 125.
NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN
PRAYER FOCUS
DECLARE HIS LORDSHIP
For dominion belongs to the Lord and he rules over the nations. Ps. 22:28
THANK GOD FOR:
►Being Lord over all things in heaven and on earth.
►Declare His Lordship over every situation in our lives, families, work, ministry, and nation.
Chorus: He is Lord, He is Lord. He is risen from the dead, He is Lord. Every knee shall bow, every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord
PRAY FOR:
►Command every knee of sickness, disease, poverty, failure, oppression to bow in the name of Jesus Christ
Scripture Union Daily Guide for 20 November 2023 Devotional. 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.
