Week of November 14, 2021

This Week’s Passage: Revelation 21:1-8
 
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 is one thing about your life that can be changed to be more “heavenly minded” and enable you to be more effective for “earthly good”?

 

  1. God wants our true desire and joy to be in Him, and His promise of intimately tabernacling with us is the way we will enjoy and desire Him forever.

 

  1. How can we cultivate intimacy with God in a society so focused on immediate pleasure, superficiality, and over-activity? What are we doing now to cultivate our desire for Him?

 

  1. Who do you know in a place of sorrow or misery? How does the reality of the new heaven and earth enable you to speak into this sadness and sorrow?
 

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Week of November 7, 2021

This Week’s Passage: Revelation 20:11-15
 
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. How does this passage (and all of Revelation) help us in our desire for justice to react to the rampant injustice all around us?

 

  1. What impact should Revelation 20:11-15 have on our lives today? What difference should it make?

 

  1. What are some of the ways people try to soften the idea of hell? How should believers be prepared to speak to hell’s reality? What part should this play in evangelism?
 

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Week of October 31, 2021

This Week’s Passage: Revelation 20:1-10
 
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 are your greatest questions concerning this passage? How should our questions fuel our desire to grow in knowledge of the Lord AND our desire to fellowship together?

 

  1. How would a growing attitude of “Come, Lord Jesus” affect our lives day to day now? How does this attitude work to shape our affections? Our behavior?

 

  1. How is our pursuit of holiness and of knowing God related to our hearts increasingly longing for his return? In order to increasingly long for the coming of his Kingdom, can our posture toward this world and the things of this world stay the same? Why or why not?
 
 

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Week of October 24, 2021

This Week’s Passage: Revelation 19:11-21
 
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.
  1. What are the differences between Jesus’ first and second coming (contrast John 1:1-18 & Revelation 19:11-21)? Despite the differences, how are they both part of the same work?

 

  1. How should this picture of Jesus in Revelation 19 shape the way we think about and respond to him now, in our own lives?

 

  1. Jesus bears the name “Faithful” and “True” in this passage, but he also bears a name that no one knows but himself. Although we can never fully comprehend him, how have you grown in your knowledge of who he is through your walk with him? What have you learned through our walk through Revelation?
 
 

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