1. How to read your Bible 1. Weigh it up: 1.A. Who is speaking to who why and when?

2. How to read your Bible 1. Weigh it up: 1.A. Who is speaking to who why and when? 1.B. ‘Context’ circle. - Sentence - Passage - Genre - Book - Author’s other books - Which covenant?

3. How to read your Bible 1. Weigh it up: 1.C. Setting - Historical - Cultural - Geographical

4. How to read your Bible 2. Work it out: 2.A. Read it till u discover “What is the‘Big idea’?” 2.B. Word study? - Concordances - Original language - Commentaries 2.C. Outline - Main thought - Supporting thoughts

5. How to read your Bible 2. Work it out: 2. D Questions are your teachers - Why? Reason, purpose - Who? Identity - When? Before, during or after - Where? Locality, sphere, origin - What? Implications, result, cause - How? Means, instrument

6. How to read your Bible 2. Work it out: 2.E Figures of speech - Truly stated or a Statement of truth - Descriptive vs prescriptive - For us… to us… - Permissive vs causative Always coming back to the Character of God

7. How to read your Bible 3. Wait on it: 3.A. Prayer and worship.

8. How to read your Bible 3. Wait on it: 3.A. Prayer and worship. 3.B. Meditate/ Visualize the message

9. How to read your Bible 3. Wait on it: 3.A. Prayer and worship. 3.B. Meditate/ Visualize the message 3.C. Apply principles, promises and prompting to the needs, challenges and opportunities around you