Study Styles
There are many different ways to study the Bible. These are the ones that best fit the study that we do here. You can spend as much time as you want in the study. Pick a study that best suits you.
After the study, Healing The Wounded Heart, I realized the urgency of being in the Bible daily in order to help heal, that is when I decide that the medical term STAT, which a doctor will put on an order that he wants done immediately. This priority rating is what we need to place on our time with the Lord.
S-Scripture In this section you will write down the verse or verses.
T-Think Make some observations as to what is going on in the verses.
A-Apply How can what I see in the verses be put into application in my life?
T-Thanks Write a prayer to God starting it with thanks.
S-Scripture In this section you will write down the verse or verses.
T-Think Make some observations as to what is going on in the verses.
A-Apply How can what I see in the verses be put into application in my life?
T-Thanks Write a prayer to God starting it with thanks.
Sample
S - Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV)
T - Can't trust my own wisdom. By trusting God with everything He will guide me in everything.
A - I need to give everyday over to the Lord and take my hands of and not micromanage things. When I rely on Him completely He will make clear what needs to be done.
T - Thank You for showing me to trust You in my daily life and You will guide me in all I do.
T - Can't trust my own wisdom. By trusting God with everything He will guide me in everything.
A - I need to give everyday over to the Lord and take my hands of and not micromanage things. When I rely on Him completely He will make clear what needs to be done.
T - Thank You for showing me to trust You in my daily life and You will guide me in all I do.
Much like STAT the START method adds research to the study. You can flip back and forth with these studies. There might be something that you might want to look deeper into. That is where the research comes in.
S-Scripture In this section you will write down the verse or verses. T-Think Make some observations as to what is going on in the verses. A-Apply How can what I see in the verses be put into application in my life? R-Research Look up the meaning of key words. Other verses that are related to the verse. Commentaries on the verses. T-Thanks Write a prayer to God starting it with thanks. |
Sample
S - Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. (Proverbs 3:5-6 NKJV)
T - Can't trust my own wisdom. By trusting God with everything He will guide me in everything.
A - I need to give everyday over to the Lord and take my hands of and not micromanage things. When I rely on Him completely He will make clear what needs to be done.
R -
T - Thank You for showing me to trust You in my daily life and You will guide me in all I do.
T - Can't trust my own wisdom. By trusting God with everything He will guide me in everything.
A - I need to give everyday over to the Lord and take my hands of and not micromanage things. When I rely on Him completely He will make clear what needs to be done.
R -
- TRUST - assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of someone or something, one in which confidence is placed, dependence on something future or contingent : hope, reliance on future payment for property (as merchandise) delivered : credit <bought furniture on trust
- HEART - the emotional or moral as distinguished from the intellectual nature: as, generous disposition : compassion <a leader with heart, love, affection, courage, ardor, one's innermost character, feelings, or inclinations, the central or innermost part : center, the essential or most vital part of something.
- UNDERSTANDING - a mental grasp : comprehension, the power of comprehending; especially : the capacity to apprehend general relations of particulars, the power to make experience intelligible by applying concepts and categories.
- DIRECT - to regulate the activities or course of, to carry out the organizing, energizing, and supervising of, to dominate and determine the course of, to train and lead performances of, to cause to turn, move, or point undeviatingly or to follow a straight course, to point, extend, or project in a specified line or course, to request or enjoin with authority, to show or point out the way for.
T - Thank You for showing me to trust You in my daily life and You will guide me in all I do.