A few months ago I told you about the new church plant God led me to become involved in. I’ve already had two new opportunities to serve since Christmas: last Sunday I planned and led the worship music, and I’m going to co-lead a small group with my pastor on the basics of the Christian faith and life (or doctrine and practice – see “A Right Conception of God” below). When we met to plan the content, I showed him some simple Bible study questions I was taught long ago at a Campus Crusade for Christ conference, and he encouraged me to share them. I don’t know the original source of these questions, but I found them so helpful that I copied them into my quiet time” notebook so I could use them frequently. Here they are:
Four Short Bible Studies for Personal Devotions
Two Question Study
- What does this tell me about God?
- How does this apply to me?
Five Question Study
- What verse stands out to me personally?
- Are there any commands to heed?
- Are there any promises to claim?
- What does this tell me about God?
- How does this apply to me?
Ten Question Study
- What is the key verse of the passage, or what verse stands out to me personally?
- Are there any examples to follow?
- Are there any actions to avoid?
- Are there any commands to heed?
- Are there any promises to claim?
- Are there any principles to take note of?
- What does this tell me about God?
- Any other observations or thoughts?
- How does this passage apply to me?
- How am I going to start applying this?
The Five W’s (for narrative passages)
- Who is involved?
- What happened?
- When?
- Where?
- Why?
- How does this apply to me?
