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 our continued look to the end God will bring about strengthened you in your walk with Christ? What has it compelled you to do?
2. What are some various offerings of peace that many have placed their hope in? What makes them so persuasive and dangerous to the hearts and minds of believers?
3. What does it actually look like for the believer to dress him or herself in the armor that Paul urges us to wear? What do we have to believe about God and the gospel in order to live in these ways?

 

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. What is the importance of extended silence (and solitude) in the life of the believer? What are we confessing about God when we practice it? How does it hinder our spiritual growth when we neglect it?
2. How does this passage shape the way we view prayer? How does it encourage us to pray differently?
3. How should we pray for God’s judgment? How does placing our confidence and hope in his judgment change the way we live and respond to the world and to others?

 

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. Why do you think that some hold to a view of heaven as being a boring or monotonous place? How should this passage shape the way we view heaven?

 

2. How does the vision of this passage speak to every fear or hesitation you have in personal mission/evangelism? How does a view to the end give us confidence in our participation in God’s mission?

 

 

3. What are some struggles, dangers, and threats that you long to see vanquished along with sin? How does confidence in that end change the way we face those things now?

 

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 Ephesians 1:3-14 together. What does it reveal about the Spirit’s role in light of the role of the Father and the Son?

 

2. Read Ephesians 1:15-23 together. How does Paul understand the role of the Spirit in shaping the believer’s life toward what is revealed in Revelation to John? What is our role in pursuing this vision, according to this Ephesian prayer?

 

3. How should this “seal” change our day-to-day identity in real and tangible ways? Why is an understanding of this “seal” crucial for discipleship and spiritual formation? How does it provide safety in light of God’s wrath?