Week of April 18, 2021

This Week’s Passage: Revelation 6:1-8
 
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. How does this passage prepare us to be able to see things as they really are as we live and face situations within this fallen world? How do they work to sober us to spiritual reality?
  2. How have you seen the Lord use evils like the ones presented in this passage for his purposes? How does the Spirit’s work through the Word prepare us to press on in his mission as we grow in him?
  3. How do we guard against the threat of the brokenness and suffering of this life to overcome us or to take our focus off God and his eternal purposes? What is the function of the body in that for us?

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