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Some people love studying the Bible SO MUCH, they study how to study the Bible. No kidding! Then, they write books to help us learn how to study the Bible better. Thank God for these people! Andy Deane is one of them. He authored Learn to Study the Bible<\/a>… and this blog! Here are Andy’s three favorite Bible study methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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STUDYING SCRIPTURE SHOULD BE EXCITING<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Studying the Scriptures is supposed to be exciting! That’s why King David tells us in Psalm 119:103<\/a>: “How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like me, I hope that you have found this verse to be true. Maybe, like me, you have also discovered that having plain honey multiple times a day can get repetitive. I’m not saying that God’s word becomes boring over time. Actually, it’s quite the opposite. I love that God’s word is so diverse and continues to excite and bless the reader taste after taste. The Scriptures are not to blame if we lose our taste for them.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Bible is designed to be a continual blessing to the believer. But believers may sometimes need to mix up how they study the Scriptures to make sure to avoid the ruts that their method<\/i> of extracting the honey can bring about. Sometimes when we use the same approach to studying each and every day, the approach can become repetitive. It’s not God’s word that needs new spice, it’s the method of study that needs variety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That is why I wrote Learn to Study the Bible<\/i>. <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

With forty different ways to study the Scriptures, you always have a fresh way to prepare and digest your daily manna from heaven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’d like to share briefly the three ways that I personally enjoy studying the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FAVORITE VERSE BIBLE STUDY METHOD:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To start, please consider buying a new Bible to use with this method, or at least a new color highlighter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Begin by reading one to four chapters of the Bible a day. Remember that reading one chapter a day will get you through the entire New Testament in a year with one hundred make up days for when you miss a day of reading. Four chapters a day will get you through the entire Bible in a year in less than 25 minutes of reading time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key is that each day you underline only one favorite verse from each chapter you read. That’s easy when you are in Leviticus but extremely difficult when you are in Matthew!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After you are finished reading the entire book, go back and circle one favorite verse from the verses you underlined in the whole book. Write a few sentences in your Bible about why that is your favorite verse for that book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After you\u2019ve read the whole Bible, you\u2019ll have 1,189 favorite verses underlined<\/strong> (one from each chapter) and 66 all-time favorite verses<\/strong> (one from each book).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Think about how valuable that Bible will be to you because of this investment. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you turn to any page in Scripture you will remember which verse spoke to your heart the most. You might even consider putting the date next to the verses you choose to connect them to your daily journal to enhance the experience even more. These will become the verses you choose to memorize since they have meaning to you. It\u2019s a simple but fruitful and personal way to study the Bible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TRANSLATION COMPARISON BIBLE STUDY METHOD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Not every student of God’s word is going to have the blessing of learning the original biblical languages. But that doesn\u2019t mean that we can’t stand on the shoulders of scholars who spend their lives steeped in these languages, and this is the beauty of the Translation Comparison Bible Study Method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every translation of the Bible represents the understanding and choice of dozens of skilled language scholars. When you see a unique word in a verse, you can be sure an important decision was made to choose that word over another word. This method helps you notice the different word selections that scholars made when creating English translations of the Bible. You’ll also learn how to prayerfully meditate on why these words were chosen over other words and how that can impact your understanding of the text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DAILY BREAD BIBLE STUDY METHOD<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes our biggest problem is rushing our reading of a passage of Scripture. If we simply slow down and chew on God’s word then we would be blessed by it. Slowing down is exactly what the Daily Bread Bible Study Method will force you to do. With this method, you’ll learn techniques that invite you to take the time to make sure you\u2019re squeezing all the meaning you can out of the Scriptures. If you’ve struggled with understanding what your pastor means when he tells you to “meditate on God’s word,” then this method is for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope these three Bible study methods that I use personally will bless you as you experiment with them. Remember that however you mix it up, keep it exciting\u2014don\u2019t let your Bible study time become dull or a duty. I hope you’ll enjoy and use one of these methods, but don’t forget that you should never become devoted to the method\u2014only to the Savior to whom the methods lead!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Did you find these three methods useful? Gain a better understanding of these and many more study approaches in Learn to Study the Bible<\/a><\/em> by Andy Deane. Add it to your library today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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