Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!

 

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…

 

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?

 

In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.

1. Take some time to work back through the specific ethical commands in this passage. For each one, try to determine what the root of each of these sinful practices is. Why is it important for us to practice a pattern of consistent confession and repentance in our battle against these?

 

2. How are each of these ethical exhortations reflected in the life of Jesus? How does his life offer a picture of perfection and wholeness in each?

 

3. What must we let go of ourselves in order to pursue this picture together as the church? Why is mercy and grace such a key component to our pursuing this vision together?

 

 

 

Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!

 

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…

 

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?

 

In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.

1. How would you use this passage (Ephesians 4:17-24) to explain Christianity to someone? In what ways does “Christianity” in our culture often notlook like this description?
2. Read 1 Peter 1:13-21 together. What are the similarities in the way these passages use the word ignorance? Why is this an important word in both of these explanations from Paul, and how should that word affect us?
3. Why is a pursuit of holiness necessarily BOTH an individual and a corporate pursuit? Why does it depend on an ever-deepening understanding of Jesus as our substitute?

 

 

 

 

 

Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!

 

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…

 

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?

 

In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.

1. How has God used the reality of the resurrection to refocus your heart on hope in difficult seasons or in the midst of suffering in the past?
2. How have you been able to point others to hope through sharing the reality of the resurrection? Why should we be careful to include resurrection in the way we share Jesus with others?
3. What has been one meditation that has gripped your heart in a profound way in these weeks leading up to and the celebration of Resurrection Sunday?

 

 

 

Use this daily guide to help you internalize this week’s passage & message!

 

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…

 

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?

 

In your journal, write your answers and thoughts in response to the following questions.

1. Read 1 Peter 1:13-25 together. How does this passage help us understand who we were before redemption? According to Peter, how are we to live in light of our redemption? What are we to pursue, both individually and together?

 

2. How should remembering who we were and what our situation was before Christ shape our posture toward those who are outside of Christ? What specific words from the above passage help us in this?

 

3. How does the reality of our redemption color our understanding of and fuel our celebration of the resurrection?