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Dec '21
Week of December 12, 2021
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Dec '21
This Week’s Passage: Revelation 22:6-21
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.
- If you were asked by someone why the Bible can be trusted, how would you answer them? How does Revelation 22 help us in answering that question?
- When was the first time you heard the invitation and call of God? How did you respond? What events led you to surrendering to that call and placing your trust in Jesus?
- Read v. 18-19 together. What are some ways we can both add to and/or take away from what God has revealed in the Scriptures? What are some things that contribute to that danger? Can you think of a specific example from your own life where you realized you had done this?
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Dec '21
Week of December 5, 2021
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Dec '21
This Week’s Passage: Revelation 22:1-6
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.
1. Why is seeing the face of God the greatest blessing of all the new creation? What does it mean to seek his face now? How are you doing that right now? What new commitments can you make in the new year to intensify this pursuit?
2. How does this passage help us gain an eternal perspective for our work, or vocation? How does gaining an eternal perspective on our work direct the way we go about our work here and now? (Think specifically about your own work or vocation)
3. Pastor Gerald walked us through a portion of 1 Corinthians 15 on Sunday, part of which offers us some insight into our resurrected bodies. Why is v. 58 such an appropriate close to such a chapter? How should that verse, as a closing charge of this particular chapter, encourage us and motivate us?
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Dec '21
Week of November 28, 2021
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Dec '21
This Week’s Passage: Revelation 22:1-5
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.
1. What aspect of the new creation over the past few weeks has stuck with you the most? Why?
2. How does what we learn about the new creation shape the way we view our gifts and work now?
3. In what area(s) of your life now are you most encouraged by this look ahead to the new creation?
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Nov '21
Week of November 21, 2021
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Nov '21
This Week’s Passage: Revelation 21:9-27
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.
- What happens to our prayer life, our time in the Word, and our participation in the Body when we develop an intense passion for the presence of God? How does that passion reveal itself in our lives?
- How does this chapter in Revelation shape the way we understand our identity (for those who are in Christ)?
- Why should this vision cause us to passionately pursue holiness? What is the connection between holiness and God’s presence? In what ways should we pursue holiness individually? Corporately?
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