Spiritual Practices Devotional Reading Guide Use the following questions to respond to God’s Word through prayer, meditation or journaling: 1. What does …
Spiritual Practices
- Pray before you read. Bring a childlike faith and expect the Holy Spirit to help you hear God’s Word to you as you read.
- Find a distraction-free place to read. Have a pad to write down distracting thoughts or “to dos” that come to mind.
- Understand the original context (see Bible Project Resources below)
- Enter the story, Ask questions…who, what, why, where, when?
- Seek to discover the basic, simple meaning of the passage. What did it mean for the original audience?
- Use the Devotional Reading Guide to apply the passage to your own life
- When you get the opportunity, share what God is teaching you with someone else
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Spiritual Practices Bible Project Resources The videos below provide an illustrated overview of every book of the Bible that will help you …