Week of July 18, 2021
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.
- How does Revelation 12 help you understand the grand narrative of the Scriptures? How does it change and even deepen your understanding of the birth story of Jesus?
- What do the descriptors of Satan in Revelation 12:9 tell us about his character and goals for humanity? How can we learn to rest in our security in Christ and his victory over that enemy, especially in considering these descriptors?
- What does it mean to have victory as described in Revelation 12:11-12? How can believers walk in this victory?
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Week of July 11, 2021
- As you consider the biblical qualifications for the role of elder, how does it compel you to pray for our elders in our particular context and culture?
- What does it look like to aspire to the calling of an elder? How does Titus 2 help us understand what this aspiration looks like within the Body?
- What is the most difficult aspect of “submitting?” Why must submission go hand in hand with active prayer?
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Week of July 4, 2021
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 Psalm 2 together. What similarities do you see between this passage and Revelation 11:18? What do we learn about God from these two passages? What should be our posture toward him and toward the world in light of this reality?
- How do we see the “already but not yet” nature of Jesus’ cry of “it is finished” through the Scriptures? How does this idea help us understand who we are as exiles? How does it define our role here?
- Read Jeremiah 29:7 together. How does the fullness of the gospel and its implications help us define the word “welfare” there?
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Week of June 27, 2021
- How does Zechariah 4:6 relate to the two witnesses?
- How does it relate to your walk with Christ and your witness in this world?
- Why did the world celebrate the death of the two witnesses? Do you see the same spirit today?
- How does the certainty of your security in Christ shape the way you live and witness now?
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