Monday, October 20, 2008
#4 Now that you have prayed and meditated on the verse, lets cross reference. The people who study the Bible have made lists of all the verses that talk about the same thing which makes it very easy on us! Can you imagine having to read the whole Bible and write down every verse that talks about anger? Hopefully one day you will search out the Word page by page...but we are focusing on using the helps other people have offered us. Back to cross referencing. Look at the bottom or middle column of your Bible. It should have little numbers and scripture references listed. On the page where I find 1 Peter 3:8-13, there are cross references in the middle of the page. I look for the little 8 and find six scripture references. The first one is Romans 12:16. Yours might be a little different depending on who did the studying of your particular translation of the Bible. Choose one of our verses and look up three cross references. Please comment on which verses you looked up and what they mean to you.
Are these directions easy to follow?
Sorry it took me so long to get back. Please forgive me.
Are these directions easy to follow?
Sorry it took me so long to get back. Please forgive me.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
The Next Step
#1 Pray
#2 Read the scripture and think about it (meditate). Ask the Holy Spirit to bring things to your mind.
Now to #3…using your Bible. It is never smart to just pull one verse out of the Bible without reading the verses around it. Looking at the words around our verse gives us the big picture of what God means. This is called reading in context. If we read in context, we have a better understanding of how to use God’s Word in our lives. Here is our assignment: Pray and read 1 Peter 3:8-13. Read it again. Did anything add to your understanding of our particular verse? Verse 10? Blog about it!
#2 Read the scripture and think about it (meditate). Ask the Holy Spirit to bring things to your mind.
Now to #3…using your Bible. It is never smart to just pull one verse out of the Bible without reading the verses around it. Looking at the words around our verse gives us the big picture of what God means. This is called reading in context. If we read in context, we have a better understanding of how to use God’s Word in our lives. Here is our assignment: Pray and read 1 Peter 3:8-13. Read it again. Did anything add to your understanding of our particular verse? Verse 10? Blog about it!
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Let's get this party started!
Hey ladies,
I finally got to the computer. We can begin to study the Word together. Remember the last day of camp when we met together late at night? We talked about knowing what to do in any situation can only happen if you know what the Bible teaches. You all wanted to continue to learn how to study when we got home. That's how our blog was born.
Let's start with a verse from camp:
"For whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it."
1 Peter 3:10
Our first step will always be to pray. We pray and ask the Holy Spirit to guide and teach us. He is the best teacher around.
O.K. ... here is your first assignment. Pray, then try to think of any verses that this verse reminds you of. You don't have to know the address or even the whole verse. Just pray and ask the Holy Spirit to remind you of anything you might have learned that goes with this verse. Do all this without opening your Bible! If you can think of anything, just write it on this blog in your own words. If you can't think of anything, write that on this blog also. On Wednesday I will tell you about our next step.
Caw Caw
I finally got to the computer. We can begin to study the Word together. Remember the last day of camp when we met together late at night? We talked about knowing what to do in any situation can only happen if you know what the Bible teaches. You all wanted to continue to learn how to study when we got home. That's how our blog was born.
Let's start with a verse from camp:
"For whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it."
1 Peter 3:10
Our first step will always be to pray. We pray and ask the Holy Spirit to guide and teach us. He is the best teacher around.
O.K. ... here is your first assignment. Pray, then try to think of any verses that this verse reminds you of. You don't have to know the address or even the whole verse. Just pray and ask the Holy Spirit to remind you of anything you might have learned that goes with this verse. Do all this without opening your Bible! If you can think of anything, just write it on this blog in your own words. If you can't think of anything, write that on this blog also. On Wednesday I will tell you about our next step.
Caw Caw
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