This Week’s Passage: Ephesians 5:7-17
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.
- As children of light, how do we seek a balance between exposing darkness and retaining a missional posture that desires to see those outside of Christ reconciled to God through him?
- In what ways do you feel the real danger in falling into patterns of “partnering” with darkness? How easy is it for us to mix up “what is pleasing to the Lord” with “what I desire to be the case?”
- What are some of the greatest hindrances to “making the best use of the time” that you see in your own life? What might it look like to embrace Paul’s attitude of “all things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable?”