This Week’s Passages: Ephesians 5:1-7
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.
- Read Ephesians 5:4 together again. What is the connection between our imaginations and our hearts? How does our culture aim at imagination in order to shape the affections of the heart, and how must we be intentional about guarding against that?
- Read 1 John 4:6-19 together. How does this passage work together with Ephesians 5:1-2? How does God’s love perfected (matured) in us compel us to pursue Ephesians 5:3-7?
- Who we are (our core identity) governs what we believe and how we think, and that belief and understanding determines how we act – how we live. How does this progression / process frame the way you apply this passage in your own life and pray for others as they seek to live it out? (Ephesians 5:1-6)