Week 1 And 2 Additional Material: Jesus 1

Every now and then, I’m going to give you an extra study to do about Jesus, if you want. This is an optional day of material.

That being said, I cannot recommend it enough to find time to do it. After all, the more you do, the more you’ll get to know Jesus Christ and learn how to live a life of Jesus.

Ephesians 1:17 / Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father,[a] would give you a spirit[b](A) of wisdom and revelation(B) in the knowledge of Him.

Footnotes:

Ephesians 1:17 Or the Father of glory
Ephesians 1:17 Or you the Spirit

Cross references:

1:17 : Ps 51:12
1:17 : 1Pt 4:13

-- HCSB: Scripture quotations marked HCSB are taken from the Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Holman Christian Standard Bible®, Holman CSB®, and HCSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.

-- Source From: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eph+1%3A17&version=HCSB

PRAYER JOURNALING QUESTIONS

Answer each of these questions to ask of each verse individually and then of the passage as a whole (a passage is one or more sequential verses): Ephesians 1:17:

1 What jumped out at you?

2 What did you learn?

3 What can you apply to your life?

4 What did you say to God?

5 What did God say to you?

6 What did you learn about Jesus, if anything?

7 Who is Jesus?

8 What did He do, think, feel, say?

9 What does He want us to do, think, feel, say?

10 What does He not want us to do, think, feel, or say?

11 How can this passage deepen your knowledge of Jesus Christ?

12 What does this mean for me and my life?

13 How can I apply these lessons learned, and answers received, to my life?

14 How can all of this help me live a life of Jesus?

15 Write out a summary prayer.

Ephesians 1:17 / The Message (MSG)

15-19 That’s why, when I heard of the solid trust you have in the Master Jesus and your outpouring of love to all the followers of Jesus, I couldn’t stop thanking God for you—every time I prayed, I’d think of you and give thanks. But I do more than thank. I ask—ask the God of our Master, Jesus Christ, the God of glory—to make you intelligent and discerning in knowing him personally, your eyes focused and clear, so that you can see exactly what it is he is calling you to do, grasp the immensity of this glorious way of life he has for his followers, oh, the utter extravagance of his work in us who trust him—endless energy, boundless strength!

PRAYER JOURNALING QUESTIONS

Answer each of these questions to ask of each verse individually and then of the passage as a whole (a passage is one or more sequential verses): Ephesians 1:17:

1 What jumped out at you?

2 What did you learn?

3 What can you apply to your life?

4 What did you say to God?

5 What did God say to you?

6 What did you learn about Jesus, if anything?

7 Who is Jesus?

8 What did He do, think, feel, say?

9 What does He want us to do, think, feel, say?

10 What does He not want us to do, think, feel, or say?

11 How can this passage deepen your knowledge of Jesus Christ?

12 What does this mean for me and my life?

13 How can I apply these lessons learned, and answers received, to my life?

14 How can all of this help me live a life of Jesus?

15 Write out a summary prayer.

Ephesians 1:16-17 / New Living Translation (NLT)

16 I have not stopped thanking God for you. I pray for you constantly, 17 asking God, the glorious Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, to give you spiritual wisdom[a] and insight so that you might grow in your knowledge of God.

Footnotes:

1:17 Or to give you the Spirit of wisdom.

-- NLT: Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.

-- Source From: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=eph+1%3A16-17&version=NLT

PRAYER JOURNALING QUESTIONS

Answer each of these questions to ask of each verse individually and then of the passage as a whole (a passage is one or more sequential verses): Ephesians 1:17:

1 What jumped out at you?

2 What did you learn?

3 What can you apply to your life?

4 What did you say to God?

5 What did God say to you?

6 What did you learn about Jesus, if anything?

7 Who is Jesus?

8 What did He do, think, feel, say?

9 What does He want us to do, think, feel, say?

10 What does He not want us to do, think, feel, or say?

11 How can this passage deepen your knowledge of Jesus Christ?

12 What does this mean for me and my life?

13 How can I apply these lessons learned, and answers received, to my life?

14 How can all of this help me live a life of Jesus?

15 Write out a summary prayer.

Ephesians 1:16-17 / New American Standard Bible (NASB)

16 (A)do not cease giving thanks for you, (B)while making mention of you in my prayers; 17 that the (C)God of our Lord Jesus Christ, (D)the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of (E)wisdom and of (F)revelation in the[a]knowledge of Him.

Footnotes:

Ephesians 1:17 Or true knowledge

Cross references:

PRAYER JOURNALING QUESTIONS

Answer each of these questions to ask of each verse individually and then of the passage as a whole (a passage is one or more sequential verses): Ephesians 1:17:

1 What jumped out at you?

2 What did you learn?

3 What can you apply to your life?

4 What did you say to God?

5 What did God say to you?

6 What did you learn about Jesus, if anything?

7 Who is Jesus?

8 What did He do, think, feel, say?

9 What does He want us to do, think, feel, say?

10 What does He not want us to do, think, feel, or say?

11 How can this passage deepen your knowledge of Jesus Christ?

12 What does this mean for me and my life?

13 How can I apply these lessons learned, and answers received, to my life?

14 How can all of this help me live a life of Jesus?

15 Write out a summary prayer.

THIS IS MY PRAYER FOR ALL OF US: WILL YOU JOIN ME?

Ephesians 1:16-17 is my prayer for all of us as we do this Bible study.

Will you join me in praying these verses in your favorite version of the Bible for yourself first, then for everyone else taking part in the “6+ Year Four Gospel Project”—now and later, and for me as I write this study for the next 6+ years?

NOTE

There will be times I share my prayer journaling with you, and the 15 prayer journaling questions. I will share mine with you regarding the study we just did in this ADDITIONAL MATERIAL section. Take a look at Week 2, Day 1 and see what I have to say there.

Updated last on 3/25/2014, 1121 a.m.

A Life of Jesus

Tuesday, March 25, 2014