The Berean church in the book of Acts knew that it was important to test everything, even the teaching of the great apostle Paul, against the Word of God to ensure that what was being taught was true. In a world where there can be untruth, confusion, deception and lies, its good to have a reliable source of truth, a yard stick to measure life against. God’s Word is alive and active, not dead and motionless (Hebrews 4:12). Spending time in His presence, getting to know Him and His character through the Word, communication through praise, worship and prayer, listening for His ‘still small voice’ (1 Kings 19:12).Īs we get to know God better, and spend more time with Him, we will learn to hear His voice.įor Guidance, truth, right thinking and wisdom How did those friendships start, how did they grow? Usually friendships grow by spending quality time with each other, getting to know each other, talking, listening, sharing interests.Īs our friendships in the natural grow, so our friendship with God in the spiritual can grow. Take a few moments to think about your friendships, the people in your life who you are close to, who have your back, and you have theirs. That’s a pretty amazing statement, think about it, friends, with God! John 15:15 says that He (God) has called us friends. Why should I study the Bible? It’s a way of getting to know God Better What follows may have answers for some of those things that hold you back.
Whatever the reason, if spending time in God’s Word is something you want to do more of then the thing that stops you needs to be addressed.
SOAP SCRIPTURE EXAMPLE HOW TO
Only you can answer that one, it may be that you don’t know how to study God’s Word, it may be you don’t know where to start, it may be you don’t think you’ll get anything out of it, it may be that you struggle to find the time, you may not see the importance of it, or there may be another reason that stops you. The first question will possibly take a little soul searching on your part. What stops me from spending time in the Word and why should I spend time in the Word? We want to make sure we are not approaching it from some legalistic point of view, as we probably won’t get much out of it, and it more than likely won’t be something that brings us joy.
SOAP SCRIPTURE EXAMPLE FULL
It not too full on that a beginner couldn’t do it and you can go much deeper with it if you’re looking for something more.īut before we get into the ins and outs of the SOAP method of bible study lets take a look at why we spend time in God’s word and why we study the bible. The SOAP method is a simple way of spending time in God’s word.
It may be that you used to love spending time in the Word, but the busyness of life and it’s circumstances have got in the way, making spending time in the Word more of a chore, something you don’t feel you have the time for, or maybe you just don’t know how to get back into it again. You may have had a similar experience, or a very different one. I was blessed to have a Christian mum growing up and she did a great job at getting me to read my Bible most days, unfortunately I absorbed it as a ‘have to’ thing to do rather than a ‘want to’ thing to do, and as much as I loved the Lord, I struggled a lot in early days approaching my Bible from a legalistic ‘have to’ point of view rather than with joy and anticipation, and therefore I often missed out on getting the most out of spending time in the Word.
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