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WEEK 4

 

READ MARK 16:1-8

  • IMAGINE WHAT JESUS' FOLLOWERS WERE FEELING AFTER HIS CRUCIFIXION. JOURNAL SOME OF THE EMOTIONS THEY MUST HAVE EXPERIENCED.
  • WHAT ARE SOME OF THE EMOTIONS THAT YOU ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW?
  • MARK 16:8 (NLT) SAYS, "THE WOMEN FLED FROM THE TOMB, TREMBLING AND BEWILDERED, AND THEY SAID NOTHING TO ANYONE BECAUSE THEY WERE TOO FRIGTHENED."
  • THE GREATEST EVENT IN ALL OF HISTORY HAD JUST OCCURRED, BUT THESE WOMEN MISSED IT AT FIRST. TAKE MOMENT AND ASK GOD IF YOU'RE MISSING SOMETHING HE WANTS TO REVEAL IN THIS SEASON.
  • THIS WEEK I WILL BE OPEN TO WHAT GOD WANTS TO REVEAL TO ME BY _____________________________________.

 

PRAYER: "GOD, I LOVE THAT YOU HAD A PLAN ALL ALONG FOR THE KINGDOM TO GROW WAY BACK THEN. HELP ME TO BELIEVE AND SEE THE VICTORY YOU HAVE IN MIND FOR US ALL NOW!" AMEN.


MONDAY:

"YOURS, O LORD, IS THE GREATNESS, THE POWER, THE GLORY, THE VICTORY, AND THE MAJESTY. EVERYTHING IN THE HEAVENS AND ON EARTH IS YOURS, O LORD, AND THIS IS YOUR KINGDOM. WE ADORE YOU AS THE ONE WHO IS OVER ALL THINGS." ~1 CHRONICLES 29:11

 

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOUR SOUL TO KNOW THAT OUR LORD IS "OVER ALL THINGS"?

 

TUESDAY:

"AND I TELL YOU THE TRUTH, SOME STANDING HERE RIGHT NOW WILL NOT DIE BEFORE THEY SEE THE SON OF MAN IN HIS KINGDOM." ~MATTHEW 16:28


WHAT DOES "THE KINGDOM COMING" LOOK LIKE IN YOUR WORLD TODAY?

 

WEDNESDAY:

"JESUS CAME AND TOLD HIS DISCIPLES, 'I HAVE BEEN GIVEN ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND ON EARTH. THEREFORE, GO AND MAKE DISCIPLES OF ALL THE NATIONS, BAPTIZING THEM IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER, AND THE SON AND THE HOLY SPIRIT. TEACH THESE NEW DISCIPLES TO OBEY ALL THE COMMANDS I HAVE GIVEN YOU. AND BE SURE OF THIS: I AM WITH YOU ALWAYS, EVEN TO THE END OF THE AGE." ~MATTHEW 28:18-20


WHAT PART OF THIS PASSAGE STANDS OUT TO YOU, AND WHY?

 

THURSDAY:

"SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD ABOVE ALL ELSE, AND HE WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED." ~LUKE 12:31


WHAT DOES THIS VERSE MEAN FOR YOU THIS WEEK?

 

FRIDAY:

"THEN JESUS SAID, 'WHAT IS THE KINGDOM OF GOD LIKE? HOW CAN I ILLUSTRATE IT?" ~LUKE 13:18


WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE KINGDOM ILLUSTRATION?

 

SATURDAY:

JESUS DIDN'T JUST SAVE US FROM SOMETHING BUT HE SAVED US FOR SOMETHING.


WHAT DID JESUS SAVE YOU FOR?

 

SUNDAY:

"NO, DESPITE ALL THESE THINGS, OVERWHELMING VICTORY IS OURS THROUGH CHRIST, WHO LOVED US." ~ROMANS 8:37


REVIEW THIS WEEK: WHAT IS A RECURRING THEME IN YOUR HEART?