Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage and message.

 

In a journal, use the following prompts to write some truths that stood out from this week’s message:

I never knew…

I was reminded…

A question I still have…

I was challenged…

I was convicted…

A truth I could share is…

I was encouraged to…

I need to dig deeper into…

 

In your journal, use the following questions to write some prompts to use n praying through this week’s passage:

Is there a command to obey?

How am I compelled to exalt God?

Is there a promise to claim?

Is there a principle to follow?

Is there an example to follow?

Am I convicted to confess any sin?

Is there a sin to avoid?

How do I need to rest in Jesus/the gospel?

How can I pray for someone else?

What am I compelled to love or desire?

 

In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.

1. How does an understanding of this whole process of Christian growth and maturity open to us the fullness of what the gospel really is?

 

2. How does fervency in prayer and fervency to speak the Word into the lives of others go hand in hand?

 

3. I heard it said very recently, “every believer should have intentional relationships with (1) someone much more mature in Christ, (2) someone at about the same point in their walk, and (3) someone who is ‘younger’ in the faith.” Do you agree? What is the purpose for each? Is this true for you?

 

 

 

 

Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!

 

In a journal, use the following prompts to write some truths that stood out from this week’s message:

I never knew…

I was reminded…

A question I still have…

I was challenged…

I was convicted…

A truth I could share is…

I was encouraged to…

I need to dig deeper into…

 

In your journal, use the following questions to write some prompts to use n praying through this week’s passage:

Is there a command to obey?

How am I compelled to exalt God?

Is there a promise to claim?

Is there a principle to follow?

Is there an example to follow?

Am I convicted to confess any sin?

Is there a sin to avoid?

How do I need to rest in Jesus/the gospel?

How can I pray for someone else?

What am I compelled to love or desire?

 

In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.

1. Can you recall a specific time when a brother or sister in Christ encouraged, exhorted, or even confronted you by speaking the Word into your life in a way that pressed you more deeply into Christ?

 

2. What is the most difficult aspect of “truthing” together, or intentionally speaking God’s Word into the lives of others? Can you say that you have grown in your ability to do that as you have progressed in your walk with Christ?

 

3. How has this aspect of our study helped you gain a clearer picture of what it means for God’s Word to “dwell within us?” What is your first step, personally, in pursuing that vision?

 

 

 

Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!

 

In a journal, use the following prompts to write some truths that stood out from this week’s message:

I never knew…

I was reminded…

A question I still have…

I was challenged…

I was convicted…

A truth I could share is…

I was encouraged to…

I need to dig deeper into…

 

In your journal, use the following questions to write some prompts to use n praying through this week’s passage:

Is there a command to obey?

How am I compelled to exalt God?

Is there a promise to claim?

Is there a principle to follow?

Is there an example to follow?

Am I convicted to confess any sin?

Is there a sin to avoid?

How do I need to rest in Jesus/the gospel?

How can I pray for someone else?

What am I compelled to love or desire?

 

In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.

1. What is your general (and genuine) reaction to the idea of you yourself being a disciple-maker? Does the way we defined that on Sunday help you? If so, how?

 

2. What is one area of knowledge or activity or ability that you have that you would say you are “able to instruct others” in? Who can you point to as those you have “discipled” in that area? How do you know?

 

3. Considering the clarification of the calling we all share, what is one tangible step toward that vision do you need to take right now? How can others pray for you?

 

 

Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!

 

In a journal, use the following prompts to write some truths that stood out from this week’s message:

I never knew…

I was reminded…

A question I still have…

I was challenged…

I was convicted…

A truth I could share is…

I was encouraged to…

I need to dig deeper into…

 

In your journal, use the following questions to write some prompts to use n praying through this week’s passage:

Is there a command to obey?

How am I compelled to exalt God?

Is there a promise to claim?

Is there a principle to follow?

Is there an example to follow?

Am I convicted to confess any sin?

Is there a sin to avoid?

How do I need to rest in Jesus/the gospel?

How can I pray for someone else?

What am I compelled to love or desire?

 

In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.

1. What is one thing you either learned, gained greater clarity on, or were profoundly reminded of through this study of Ephesians? How has this helped you in your walk with Christ?

 

2. If you were to shape 2 or 3 prayer points from the letter of Ephesians for other brothers and sisters to pray for you personally, what would they be? What would be 2 or 3 prayer points from the letter that you would want to pray for our church family?

 

3. If you were to point to one passage in this letter to write down and physically keep in front of you for the next little while, what would it be and why?

 

 

Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!

 

In a journal, use the following prompts to write some truths that stood out from this week’s message:

I never knew…

I was reminded…

A question I still have…

I was challenged…

I was convicted…

A truth I could share is…

I was encouraged to…

I need to dig deeper into…

 

In your journal, use the following questions to write some prompts to use n praying through this week’s passage:

Is there a command to obey?

How am I compelled to exalt God?

Is there a promise to claim?

Is there a principle to follow?

Is there an example to follow?

Am I convicted to confess any sin?

Is there a sin to avoid?

How do I need to rest in Jesus/the gospel?

How can I pray for someone else?

What am I compelled to love or desire?

 

In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.

1. How does the phrase “members of one another” from 4:25 help us understand into what this community of faith we call the local church ought to be? How does it help us better understand the function of each of our church’s programs (Corporate Worship, Sunday School, Life Groups, Student/Children’s Ministries, Men’s/Women’s Ministries, etc.)?

 

2. How does Paul, not only here but throughout his New Testament writings, offer an example for how we should live with open lives toward one another? What are some of the greatest hindrances to that, and how can neglecting this affect the community we share?
3. How does intentional life in the body help us to grow in peace, love, faith, and grace, and how does it offer the opportunities to measure how we are growing in those areas? How can a lack of intentional life in the body stunt or inhibit growth in these areas?

 

 

Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!

 

In a journal, use the following prompts to write some truths that stood out from this week’s message:

I never knew…

I was reminded…

A question I still have…

I was challenged…

I was convicted…

A truth I could share is…

I was encouraged to…

I need to dig deeper into…

 

In your journal, use the following questions to write some prompts to use n praying through this week’s passage:

Is there a command to obey?

How am I compelled to exalt God?

Is there a promise to claim?

Is there a principle to follow?

Is there an example to follow?

Am I convicted to confess any sin?

Is there a sin to avoid?

How do I need to rest in Jesus/the gospel?

How can I pray for someone else?

What am I compelled to love or desire?

 

In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.

1. How does Paul’s description of the armor of God combined with this call to prayer help us better understand prayer? How do the two descriptions go together, work together?

 

2. How do you think a deeper comprehension of the spiritual war raging around us would affect our prayer life? How do you think it would affect how and how often you asked others to pray for you, personally? Focusing on your own spiritual needs presently, how would you ask members of your Life Group to pray for you right now?

 

3. If you were to write a prayer guide using v. 10-17, what would you include? Would you commit a timeframe in the near future to consistently prayer through this guide? How can your Life Group do that together and encourage each other as you do?