06
Mar '22
Week of March 6, 2022
06
Mar '22
This Week’s Passage: Ephesians 3:20-21
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.
- How do these verses 20-21 encourage us to pray with great expectations? How do they help us understand where our expectations should be aimed?
- How do these verses put our lives and our time in history in proper perspective? Why is this perspective important, both in the way we understand our lives and in the way we pray?
- What place should doxology have in our own prayer life and personal worship? Why is this an important aspect to include?
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27
Feb '22
Week of February 27, 2022
27
Feb '22
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?
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21
Feb '22
Week of February 20, 2022
21
Feb '22
This Week’s Passage: Ephesians 3:1-13
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 sort of ideas about the church are we prone to adopt from our culture that hinder our biblical understanding? How does that affect the mission and purpose of church?
- How should this vision of the church as the manifold wisdom of God shape our understanding of church membership, as well as our function and practice as members? How should that motivate us as the church?
- Can you say that the relationships you are cultivating within the Body reflect the manifold wisdom of God? What relationships are you building that can only be attributed to the work of gospel and the Spirit’s empowerment to bring unity and joy?
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13
Feb '22
Week of February 13, 2022
13
Feb '22
This Week’s Passage: Ephesians 2:17-22
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 would you assess your response to this access we have to God in Christ? How would you evaluate your communion with God through his Word and prayer?
- How are you being intentional to press into this access with other members of the Body? How have you seen God bless that? How can you be more intentional in this way?
- How should our reconciliation with God through Christ shape our relationships within the Body? How should we relate to one another despite the differences we may have?
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