Growing in your understanding of who God is leads you to worship and adore him. So, in all of our list-making, we must not overlook God himself! On the second page of the Book Overview Guide you’ll find three sections where you can note what the book reveals about each Person of the Trinity: God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The purpose of Bible study is to know God. But if you have trouble answering these questions, a good study Bible or websites like Bible Gateway will be helpful. Most of the time you can glean this information directly from the book itself. Make note of key themes while listing repeated words, phrases, and ideas recurring throughout the book. Then identify the literary genre and how it impacts your study of the book. In order to gain such understanding, consider the history of the book, who wrote it, when it was written, where it was written, and why. We hope this document helps you understand the original message as it was intended for the original hearers in their day. You do not have to complete it in its entirety before you begin studying specific passages using the Bible Study Guide handouts. The Book Overview Guide is designed for studying the book as a whole. May we prayerfully press in, study hard, and fall in love with the Bible again and again! Praise God from whom all blessings flow, especially the blessing of his Word. Through patient study and prayer, the Spirit will lead you to see more of and adore our God. Ask him to help you act in light of the truths he's revealing to you through the Word (Ps. When you do gain understanding, bless him for revelation (1 Cor. When you don't understand what you're reading, ask the Holy Spirit to give you eyes to see. When interruptions inevitably ensue, pray for patience. Ask him not just to make you a hearer of the Word, but a doer as well (James 1:22). Ask God to judge the thoughts and attitudes of your heart (Heb. As you open his living and active Word, continue to pray. Thank him for his perfect, flawless Word that will endure forever (Ps. Ask him to open your eyes, that you may behold wondrous things out of his law (Ps. Ask the Holy Spirit to incline your heart to his testimonies (Ps. It’s not just about knowing who God is it’s about actually knowing God! Start your time in prayer. Jen Wilkin wisely says, “Prayer is what changes your study from the pursuit of the knowledge of God to the pursuit of God himself” ( Women of the Word). Patience and prayer are the Elmer's Glue that binds observation, interpretation, and application together as you study God’s Word. The purpose of this guide is to walk beside you as you seek to know him through his Word using three simple steps: observation, interpretation, and application, held together by patience and prayer. The reality is, it can be intimidating to take a book as long and robust as the Bible and chip away at it in order to understand and live in light of its truths!īe encouraged that God wants you to know him (Jer. Even so, we often struggle to press into the daily habits of Bible study because it doesn’t always feel organic and easy. When we’re immersed in it, we increasingly think, act, and become more and more like Jesus (Rom. Our physical and spiritual existence came into being by God’s Word, and we continue to be upheld by it today (Ps. It cannot be reduced to an Instagram post, t-shirt, or coffee mug: it is our very life (Deut.
As we seek God through his Word, the Spirit sanctifies us and brings deeper understanding of and intimacy with God (Heb. 119:89) and teaches us about God’s character and our role in his Kingdom (Matt. 17:17), it can be trusted as the foundation on which we build our lives. Because God’s Word is true and infallible (Ps.
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