SCRIPTURE UNION DAILY DEVOTIONAL FOR AUGUST 24, 2022 ( TRUE FORGIVENESS)
TOPIC: TRUE FORGIVENESS
OPENING PRAYER: Make my life oh Lord a reflection of you as I study your word.
SCRIPTURE: Genesis 50.15‐26
MESSAGE
Is it possible to truly forgive someone who offends you without any iota of a desire to seek revenge? Joseph’s brothers feared that their brother Joseph might seek some vengeance against them especially after the death of their father. Perhaps he was only holding on out of respect for their father.
So, in today’s reading, Joseph’s brothers come pleading with him for leniency. If you were Joseph, how would you have reacted? Jesus has taught us that we should forgive endlessly without any limitation (read Matthew 18.21‐22). Joseph displayed this kind of forgiveness.
Joseph’s reply to his brothers is a profound statement: “You intended to harm me, but God intended it for good to accomplish . . . the saving of many lives” (v. 20). Indeed “in all things, God works for the good of those who love him” (Romans 8.28).
Can we too forgive like Joseph did? Yes, we can, under the enabling of God’s Holy Spirit who dwells in us and fills us with that true love which comes from our Father above. We all need this grace to forgive unconditionally and forever because failure to forgive cuts us off from receiving forgiveness from God.
One Year Bible Reading Plan
Jeremiah 43‐45.
REGIONAL CONFERENCE PREPARATION
Be strong and courageous, do not be afraid or tremble at them, for the Lord your God is the one who goes with you. He will not fail you or forsake you.
Deuteronomy 31:6
THANK GOD FOR:
☀ Being our rock and salvation, hence no need to fear or tremble at any situation.
☀ Another Regional Conference for the people of God gathers at His feet.
PRAY FOR:
☛ The Regional Chairman and their Excos and the organization team as they run around for the conference.
☛ The prayer team as they tarry in the presence of God to ensure the presence of God and host free conference.
PRAY AGAINST:
⚠ Brethren being too busy, thereby making excuses not to attend the conference.
⚠ Unbrokeness that will make people display worldly traits and character in the camp.