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Intro

3 obstacles that others have told me about

Lack of time/Discipline

Make time

Every little step helps

Lack of Direction

SOAP by Wayne Cadero

Bible resources: Youversion, Bible Gateway, Blue Letter Bible

Intentional vs Ambiguous: Plan vs not

quality is more important than quantity but some in better than none

Find what works

Lack of Understanding

I may have a plan or approach but I still don’t understand what I am reading

Getting into the weeds/different opinions/Tools

How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth and Book by Book by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart

A really good study Bible - warning

The Bible is meant to be read/heard, understood/explained and applied/obeyed

Whatever you need to do to accomplish that process- do it.

Reading Correctly

Genres - different genre reads differently-History/Poetry, Law/Wisdom, Hebrew Narrative/Greek Narrative, Apocalyptic Literature.

different genre reads differently

Nature of Scripture - Divine/Human

History/Poetry, Law/Wisdom, Hebrew Narrative/Greek Narrative, Apocalyptic Literature.

Historical Context - Then and There

It is important for us to understand what it meant to them if we are to truly understand what it can mean for us. Primarily it was written to them even though it was written for everyone.

My Process

Different for different things

Personal Devotional time

Right now I use Book of Common Prayer

Bible

Journal (prayer and personal)

Study Time

Can coincide with personal devotional times

Studying a topic that God has placed on my heart

Going through a particular book of the Bible

Study to teach

Can coincide with the above times

I use it for those times because of the time committment

Full library of resources

Not only what does it say and what does it mean but how can I teach the truth to others

Lots of time and prayer

Sermon Prep

Think myself empty - write down everything that comes to mind

Read myself full - read as much as I can about that passage, reading the text over and over, any other direct parallel passages over and over, any research but not just now at all times.

Write myself clear - once it is in me, I start to write what I want to say and develop my message

Pray myself hot - throughout the process I am praying to make sure I am passionate about what I am teaching and that I am also empowered to teach it - I know what I can do, but changing a heart is God’s job, so I need the Holy Spirit to do what only He can do

Be yourself but don’t preach yourself - I can only be me, teach like me, preach like me, I can even use myself as an example, But I don’t want to point people towards me, I want to point them to God’s word and ultimately Jesus because that is where their hope is.