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. Read Ephesians 1:3-14 together. What does it reveal about the Spirit’s role in light of the role of the Father and the Son?

 

2. Read Ephesians 1:15-23 together. How does Paul understand the role of the Spirit in shaping the believer’s life toward what is revealed in Revelation to John? What is our role in pursuing this vision, according to this Ephesian prayer?

 

3. How should this “seal” change our day-to-day identity in real and tangible ways? Why is an understanding of this “seal” crucial for discipleship and spiritual formation? How does it provide safety in light of God’s wrath?

 

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. In what ways should this vision in v. 9-11 of “those who had been slain for the word of God” affect us?
2. Read these passages: Isaiah 13:9; Joel 1:15: Obadiah 1:15; Zephaniah 1:7, 14; Acts 2:20; 1 Thessalonians 5:2; 2 Peter 3:10; Philippians 1:6, 10; 1 Corinthians 1:4-9. How do these passages help believers understand what all it means to live in light of that day? How does our focus on that day work to make us sober-minded and what difference should that make in our lives within this broken world?

 

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 this passage prepare us to be able to see things as they really are as we live and face situations within this fallen world? How do they work to sober us to spiritual reality?
2. How have you seen the Lord use evils like the ones presented in this passage for his purposes? How does the Spirit’s work through the Word prepare us to press on in his mission as we grow in him?
3. How do we guard against the threat of the brokenness and suffering of this life to overcome us or to take our focus off God and his eternal purposes? What is the function of the body in that for us?

 

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. If someone asked you what it means that Jesus is worthy, what would you say in response? How could this current passage help you?

2. How should a growing awareness of the worthiness of Jesus affect our attitudes toward the situations in this life? What affect should the reality of this scroll and what it contains have?

3. How should the worthiness of Jesus change the way we make decisions about our lives and our family’s lives? How should that difference stand out to the world around us?

 

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

 

In a journal, reflect on today’s sermon by finishing any or all of the following:

I never knew…

I was reminded…

A question I still have…

I was challenged…

I was convicted…

A truth I could share is…

 

Spend some time today doing the following:

1. Select a portion of this week’s sermon passage to memorize this week.
2. Write your selected portion and read it to yourself throughout the day today.

 

Tuesday [BE]:

In a journal, spend some time meditating and writing about the following:

1. Read the sermon passage again.
2. Write a prayer of response, guided by the sermon passage. (May include adoration, confession/repentance, thanksgiving, petition, etc.).
3. Write your selected portion of the Scripture several times to aid in memorization.

 

Wednesday [BE>DO]:

Think about this week’s questions for group discussion.

1. What strikes you most about the picture of Jesus that we see in Revelation 5, and why?
2. What does the vision of v. 9-10 reveal about the objectives of God in redemption? In what tangible ways should that vision in v. 9-10 direct and impact our lives?
3. What does this paradoxical image of a lamb who is both slain and standing communicate about the person and work of Jesus? How should we respond?

 

Thursday [DO]:

In a journal, spend some time considering the following:

1. What insights have you had while internalizing this week’s passage?
2. How specifically will you seek to apply its truths in your home/workplace/life in general?

 

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

 

In a journal, reflect on today’s sermon by finishing any or all of the following:

I never knew…

I was reminded…

A question I still have…

I was challenged…

I was convicted…

A truth I could share is…

 

Spend some time today doing the following:

1. Select a portion of this week’s sermon passage to memorize this week.
2. Write your selected portion and read it to yourself throughout the day today.

 

Tuesday [BE]:

In a journal, spend some time meditating and writing about the following:

1. Read the sermon passage again.
2. Write a prayer of response, guided by the sermon passage. (May include adoration, confession/repentance, thanksgiving, petition, etc.).
3. Write your selected portion of the Scripture several times to aid in memorization.

 

Wednesday [BE>DO]:

Think about this week’s questions for group discussion.

1. What does this vision of the ongoing reality within the throne room of the Lord reveal about our identity and function as worshipers? How should what’s going on constantly there shape the way we view our lives daily here?
2. What effects should such a vision have on us as we approach the celebration of Resurrection day?
3. What aspects of God’s character and splendor draw you to praise and worship him? Where do you see these attributes in the Scriptures?

 

 

Thursday [DO]:

In a journal, spend some time considering the following:

1. What insights have you had while internalizing this week’s passage?
2. How specifically will you seek to apply its truths in your home/workplace/life in general?