Studying God’s Word
1. What is God teaching me (what am I to learn)?
- about Himself – Father/Son/Holy Spirit?
- about me/others?
- about life/death?
- about faith/belief/unbelief/doubt?
- about other things?
GOD HAS TAUGHT ME …
2. What is there in this text that I should thank God for?
I CAN REALLY THANK GOD FOR …
3. How have I failed or sinned in light of what I have learned in this text?
- Is there something God would have me do that I have failed to do?
I REALLY HAVEN’T BEEN …
- Is there something I have been doing that God would have me to stop doing?
I HAVE BEEN …
4. What would God have me do differently in my life according to this text?
- What would God have me think, say, or do differently from what I am currently doing?
GOD WOULD CHANGE THE WAY I … BY …
- What would the Lord have me start thinking, saying, or doing that I wasn’t before?
GOD WOULD HAVE ME BEGIN …
Praying God’s Word
From the answers to the series questions, you’ll begin to find the next by product – the substance of your prayers.
1. WISE HEAVENLY FATHER, IN WHAT YOUR WORD HAS TAUGHT ME,
GRANT ME YOUR WISDOM THAT I MAY . . .
2. GRACIOUS AND GIVING LORD, IN WHAT YOUR WORD HAS TAUGHT ME,
I THANK YOU FOR . . .
3. MERCIFUL AND FORGIVING LORD, IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOUR WORD
HAS TAUGHT ME, I CONFESS TO YOU THAT . . .
4. HOLY SPIRIT AND GUIDE, IN LIGHT OF WHAT YOUR WORD HAS TAUGHT ME,
GRANT THAT I MAY NO LONGER . . .
AND GRANT THAT I MAY BEGIN TO . . .
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