This Week’s Passage: Ephesians 3:14-19
Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!
KNOW: What does God intend for me to know?
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…
BE (CONSIDER): What does God’s Word lead me to prayerfully consider?
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?
DO (YIELD): How does God’s Word Call me to yield my life?
In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.
- Go back and read Paul’s prayer from chapter 1 (v.15-23). What similarities do you see? How do these prayers fit together, especially in light of all that these first 3 chapters contain?
- How should these prayers work to set the ambitions of our hearts as believers? How does Paul reveal his own vision for what maturity in Christ looks like through these prayers?
- In what ways does this prayer in 3:14-19 lead us to exalt God? In what ways does it convict us, leading us to confession? In what ways does it lead us to respond to God with thanksgiving? In what ways does it shape the petitions we bring to God?