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Weekly Guide：2024-2025 Week 78
June 29, 2025
Week 78 Day 1: The True Godliness ⇧ ⇩
Question
How did the conflict between Jesus and the Pharisees escalate?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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By God’s power, Jesus drove out the daemon.
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Blessed are those who hear God’s word and obey it.
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Jesus gave the sign of Jonah to that generation.
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The hypocrisy of the Pharisees is not pleasing to God.
Meditation: My Story
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Fidelity - God displays His power through our services. So, we don’t serve God to show off our own abilities, nor do we dread for our insufficiency. Am I relying on myself or God to enable me to serve?
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Integrity - Jesus criticized the hypocritical Pharisees that they put emphasis on superficial cleanliness but glossed over in cleansing their hearts. Do I seek a fabricated self-image and praises from others or do I desire a purified heart and Godly life?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 78 Day 2: The Heavenly Value ⇧ ⇩
Question
What were the differences between the value of the Kingdom of Heaven and the value of the world that Jesus spoke to His disciples?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Jesus spoke of the value of the Kingdom of Heaven. Be weary of the Pharisees’ yeast. Do not be afraid of the world but fear God.
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Do not gather earthly riches but heavenly treasure in God.
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Do not worry about tomorrow but seek His kingdom first.
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Faithfully serve God and vigilantly wait for Jesus’ second coming.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - The ignorant rich stored up things for himself to enjoy but didn’t know his life was in God’s hand. What am I pursuing? Does it have an eternal value?
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Identity - Am I worried about tomorrow and meeting the needs of daily life? Ask God for His guidance in getting closer to Him and finding peace and fulfillment in His promises.
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 78 Day 3: Through Narrow Gate ⇧ ⇩
Question
What is true faith?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Jesus spoke of the true meaning of Sabbath.
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Parable for the Kingdom of God. One must strive to enter through the narrow gate to follow Jesus.
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Jesus’ sorrow for Jerusalem.
Meditation: My Story
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Integrity - The path of Jesus is not easy. He teaches us to make every effort to enter the Kingdom of God through the narrow gate. Do I brush aside God’s salvation? Is my conduct commensurate to Jesus’ grace?
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Fidelity - It is by God’s grace and mercy that Jesus healed the sick during Sabbath. Do I value precious souls higher than rules and regulations?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 78 Day 4: The Prodigal Son ⇧ ⇩
Question
What is God’s intention for us and how should we respond to Him?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Be humble and take seat at the lowest place in a wedding feast.
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Many refused to attend the Banquet in the Kingdom of God.
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The cost of discipleship.
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God searches for the lost souls.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - God loves us and asks us to feast with Him. Do I understand that I am sitting with Him today? How does it affect my conduct knowing this fact?
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Fidelity - God searches for all those who are lost. Can I comprehend how God loves the world? Can I love all those around me as God loves the world? Am I praying desperately for their salvation? Am I willing to pass the Good News onto them?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 78 Day 5: Whom to Serve ⇧ ⇩
Question
How may one have faith in God’s Kingdom?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Jesus teaches us that if we are faithful in the insignificant, we will then be faithful in the important.
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Different endings for the rich man who enjoyed earthly wealth and the poor beggar Lazarus.
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Faith as small as mustard seed.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - Jesus teaches that we cannot serve both God and money. Who am I serving? Is my heart set on the Kingdom of God or the corruptible temporal pleasures of the world?
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Fidelity - Do I seek other people’s approvals or the fulfillment in presence of God when I serve? Am I pursuing a sense of self-satisfaction and feeling of success? Or, do I want to know God deeper?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
Week 78 Day 6: Persevere till End ⇧ ⇮
Question
How may one persevere to wait for the Kingdom of God?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Jesus healed ten lepers.
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Jesus taught what to expect when the Kingdom of God comes.
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How should one pray in front of God.
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The cost of following God.
Meditation: My Story
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Identity - Only one of the ten lepers healed by Jesus came back to give thanks to God. Do I often remember the healing and salvation of Jesus and start each day by giving thanks to Him?
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Identity - It is revealed that our hearts are tarnished by the worldly temptations and values when Jesus said: “How hard it is for the rich to enter the Kingdom of God!” Reflect on the effects of the worldly material temptation has on me and how has it impeded me to devote myself fully to Jesus?