This is great for devotional...not necessarily Bible Study.
Apply a reading methodology! One recommended method is SOAP. It's simple and doesn't require you to be a Bible buff or scholar:
• Scripture: start with just enough to give you a complete thought. Usually, less than a chapter. As you read, if the subject or topic seems to change, stop right there! Mediate on that! You can always add more as you get more out of reading. Be sure to read it silently and then out loud twice.
• Observation: As you read write down questions that come to mind, promises, instructions, commands, examples (good/bad), etc., you run across. Try to answer the questions you raise, ponder the instructions/commands, etc.
• Application: ask yourself what can you take away from what you just read, how you can apply it to your life or who God might want you to share it with if it doesn’t speak specifically to your life at that moment.
• Pray, close in prayer; thanking God for what He revealed
Thursday, April 2, 2009
One way to have a daily devotional...
Posted by Rev. Courtney Clayton Jenkins at 7:22 AM
Labels: Devotional, Sermon Prep
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