- Purpose: To spend personal time with God daily through reading the Bible and prayer.
- Prepare: Find a time that works best for you. Find a space where you can clear your mind and focus on God. Bring your Bible, a pen or pencil, and paper or journal.
- Method: For this, we will use the S.O.A.P. method.
- S– Scripture
- What is the Scripture? You can choose to write out the whole Scripture or just the book, chapter, and verses (i.e. John 3:1-17)
- O- Observations
- Write down all of your observations about the Scripture.
- What do you hear God saying through the text?
- What does Scripture say to you regarding your life?
- What are the core truths?
- Don’t worry about if the observations are right or wrong. Just write down what you hear the Scripture saying to you.
- A– Application
- Write down how these truths apply to your life and how you can apply them in your life within the immediate future.
- P– Prayer
- Pray about making God’s truth real and applicable in your life.
