Reading the Bible
“If most of us opened a carpenter’s tool kit, we wouldn’t know what to do with most of what we found inside. Using the tools of any trade requires the development of skills through mentoring, practice, and experience. It is no different with the Bible, the key tool in the trade of discipleship.” - Michael Foss Power Surge.
Reading God’s Word can be difficult. When God invites us to read and study His Word, God doesn’t require us to understand everything. God invites us into a relationship through the words of the Bible, and the relationship is primarily with God’s Son, Jesus, the living Word.
Need some help?
Here is a three-step process for discerning the voice of God in the words of the Bible:
1. Pray that God will speak to you in the words you are about to read. Invite the Holy Spirit to open God’s heart and character to you in the words of Scripture.
2. Read the passage, stopping when it speaks to you, or at the end of a section. Ask: what does this passage tell me about God or life? How does it fit with what I know about Jesus? What lesson is here for me?
3. Pray that God will transform us as we read. We want to conform our attitudes and behaviors to God’s will that we see lived out in the scriptures, and we ask God for the ability to do this.
Scripture for the Week
Thursday
John 1:1-5
Friday
Psalm 119:97-105
Saturday
Deuteronomy 6:1-9
Sunday
Matthew 4:1-11
Monday
Hebrews 4:12-16
Tuesday
2 Timothy 3:14-17
Wednesday
Luke 4:14-21
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