Walnut Ridge Baptist Church - Mansfield

Week 1 - The Discipline of Scripture

Reading plans:

https://replicate.org/resources/reading-plans
5 places – equal chapters daily starting in Genesis, Joshua, Job, Isaiah, and Matthew

Meditating on the Bible:

Emphasize different words in the text. How does this affect the meaning?
Rewrite the text in your own words
Formulate a principle from the text. What does it teach?
Think of an illustration of the text – What picture explains it?
Look for an application of the text
Ask how the text points to the Law or the Gospel
Ask how the text points to something about Jesus
Ask what question is answered or what problem is solved by the text
Pray through the text
Memorize the text
Create an artistic expression of the text
Ask the Philippians 4:8 questions of the text – What is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, or praiseworthy about it?
Joseph Hall Questions:
What is it (define and/or describe what it is) you are meditating on?
What are its divisions or parts?
What causes it?
What does it cause; that is, what are its fruits and effects?
What is its place, location, or use?
What are its qualities and attachments?
What is contrary, contradictory, or different to it?
What compares to it?
What are its titles or names?
What are the testimonies or examples of Scripture about it?
Set and discover a minimum number of insights from the text
Find a link or common thread between the paragraphs or chapters you read
Ask how the texts speaks to your current issue or question
Use meditation mapping (like a mind map)

Favorite Bible Intake Methods from the Staff: