Scripture Union Daily Guide 13 August 2024 For Today’s Devotional (Tuesday) Topic is Panic In The Camp Of The Enemy
TOPIC: PANIC IN THE CAMP OF THE ENEMY
OPENING PRAYER:
Open my eyes O Lord that I might behold wondrous things from your word in Jesus name.
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SCRIPTURE: JOSHUA 2 V 1 – 24.
Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim. “Go, look over the land,” he said, “especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there. 2 The king of Jericho was told, “Look, some of the Israelites have come here tonight to spy out the land.” 3 So the king of Jericho sent this message to Rahab: “Bring out the men who came to you and entered your house, because they have come to spy out the whole land.” 4 But the woman had taken the two men and hidden them. She said, “Yes, the men came to me, but I did not know where they had come from. 5 At dusk, when it was time to close the city gate, they left. I don’t know which way they went. Go after them quickly. You may catch up with them.” 6 (But she had taken them up to the roof and hidden them under the stalks of flax she had laid out on the roof.) 7 So the men set out in pursuit of the spies on the road that leads to the fords of the Jordan, and as soon as the pursuers had gone out, the gate was shut. 8 Before the spies lay down for the night, she went up on the roof 9 and said to them, “I know that the Lord has given you this land and that a great fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who live in this country are melting in fear because of you. 10 We have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red Sea[a] for you when you came out of Egypt, and what you did to Sihon and Og, the two kings of the Amorites east of the Jordan, whom you completely destroyed.[b] 11 When we heard of it, our hearts melted in fear and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on the earth below. 12 “Now then, please swear to me by the Lord that you will show kindness to my family, because I have shown kindness to you. Give me a sure sign 13 that you will spare the lives of my father and mother, my brothers and sisters, and all who belong to them—and that you will save us from death.” 14 “Our lives for your lives!” the men assured her. “If you don’t tell what we are doing, we will treat you kindly and faithfully when the Lord gives us the land.” 15 So she let them down by a rope through the window, for the house she lived in was part of the city wall. 16 She said to them, “Go to the hills so the pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there three days until they return, and then go on your way.” 17 Now the men had said to her, “This oath you made us swear will not be binding on us 18 unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother, your brothers and all your family into your house. 19 If any of them go outside your house into the street, their blood will be on their own heads; we will not be responsible. As for those who are in the house with you, their blood will be on our head if a hand is laid on them. 20 But if you tell what we are doing, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.” 21 “Agreed,” she replied. “Let it be as you say.” So she sent them away, and they departed. And she tied the scarlet cord in the window. 22 When they left, they went into the hills and stayed there three days, until the pursuers had searched all along the road and returned without finding them. 23 Then the two men started back. They went down out of the hills, forded the river and came to Joshua son of Nun and told him everything that had happened to them. 24 They said to Joshua, “The Lord has surely given the whole land into our hands; all the people are melting in fear because of us.”
Question(s) for Reflection
* Q2: Is there any example for me to follow or not to follow?
* Q7: What truth is God revealing to me in this passage?
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Scripture Union Daily Guide for Today 13 August 2024 Outline
Cultural and religious values often make us judgmental of others whom we feel do not conform enough. Who would believe that a heathen prostitute would have more faith in God than the Israelites who were supposed to be God’s chosen people but did not trust God to lead them into Canaan even after the Red Sea and other great experiences?
A whole generation of people had to die in the desert because they lacked confidence in God who destroyed the Egyptian army before their own eyes! This prostitute heard about this God and believed in Him without any reservation. She was so convinced of God’s power that she was prepared to risk her life for Him. What an incredible faith! Notice how she put her faith to action immediately (v.21).
As a believer, are you not ashamed when you compare your faith in God with that of Rahab?
God hid the spies and prevented the king’s men from finding them (cf., Psalm 27:5). The two parties made a deal but anyone who stayed outside Rahab’s house was not covered (v.19, cf. Judges 1:21a). Similarly, if we stay within the confines of God’s word, our preservation and blessings are guaranteed (Deuteronomy 28:1-2). Otherwise, the reverse (Deuteronomy 28:15)!
Practice/Word Application
And so? God is ever ready to accept all who come to Him in genuine repentance irrespective of the gravity of their sins.
For Further Study
Further studies: They are Esther 6:1-3; Daniel 3:21-25; Daniel 6:16-22 and. Exodus 14:13-22.
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* Any new insight or reinforcement of what you already know?
WE HAVE A MESSAGE
1 We have a message, a message from Jesus,
And time now is speeding, the moments are few;
The Master is come, O make haste to receive Him,
For sinners He waits; He is calling for you!
Refrain
For you He is calling, for you He is calling,
Yes, Jesus is calling, is calling for you.
2 We have a message, a message from Jesus,
A message of hope to the weary of heart;
The love of my Savior, there’s nothing so precious,
The friendship of Jesus will never depart.
3 We have a message, a message from Jesus,
A message of love to the poor drunkard’s soul;
The love of my Jesus will snap all his fetters,
The blood of my Savior makes perfectly whole.
4 We have a message, a message from Jesus,
O do not reject Him and forfeit your soul!
The Savior invites you just now to receive Him,
And in His great love to be made fully whole.
Closing Prayer
Father, give me your kind of heart that is free of prejudice.
Offer a prayer of faith in line with Isaiah 49:15
One-Year Bible Reading Plan
Daily Bible Reading Plan: Day 226- Jeremiah 26-29
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NATIONAL PRAYER BULLETIN 13 AUGUST 2024
PRAYER FOCUS
AKURE REGION SISTERS
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. – Phil 4:6
THANK GOD FOR:
‣ The lives of the sisters and their families.
PRAY FOR:
‣ Grace to trust their children and families to God and always carry their burdens and cares to Him in prayer.
‣ Our sisters will impact their families, neighborhood, SU ministry, church and place of work for Christ.
‣ God’s provision of children for waiting couples, life partners for those waiting for marriage, jobs for the unemployed and healing for those who are sick.
PRAY AGAINST:
‣ Spirit of fear, anxieties, sicknesses and untimely death.
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