Review of Lesson 4
LESSON 5: PERSONAL DEVOTION
Introduction:
The Christian’s strength depends
absolutely on his dependence on Christ, his Master. Most Christians today are
weak because they depend mostly on large group activities instead of their personal
relationship with Christ. A Christian’s personal relationship rests on his
personal devotion which includes his bible study, Quiet Time, Prayer and
Fasting.
We hope that the end of this lesson,
you would have learnt more about the importance (and appropriation) of Bible
Study, Quiet Time, Prayer and Fasting.
A PERSONAL BIBLE STUDY
1.
What
is personal Bible Study?
2.
Why
study the Bible? 2 Tim. 2:15; Josh. 1:8;
1 Pet. 3:15; 2 Tim. 3:16;
17; Hosea 4:6; Ezra 7:10
3.
Types
of Personal Bible Study.
This
includes Book Study, Verse Study, Word Study, Topical Study, and Character
Study. The form it should take depends on what one wants to achieve.
Below are some guidelines
as to how to have a Personal Bible Study.
i). a) Choose a Passage /Verse b) Note the context in which the passage
occurs.
ii).. OBSERVATION: (What does the passage say?)
Answer this by asking
yourself the following questions:
a) Who are the characters involved? i) Note the verbs, adjectives and phrases
used to describe them. (ii) What
is revealed about the character of God?
b) What is happening? i) The
verbs are the key to the actions of the passage; list them. ii) What commands or promises are given? By whom? (iii) What conditions are presented (or
implied)
c) Where do the events occurs? Use a Bible Atlas. How other significant events take place
there?
d) When does the events occur? How much time elapses during the event. Is the
season of the year significant? The
time of the day? The time in a persons
life (age)?
e) Why does the events occur?
Stick to reasons suggested in the text.
Who offers an explanation?
f) How
does the events happen? Is any process
described? What are the steps? What are the effects?
g) Summarise
the passage by writing down a
simple statement of what seems to be the authors main purpose or lesson.
iii) INTEPRETATION: (What does
the passage mean?).
a) What
caused a particular action or statement?
What is the intention? How does
it relate to the previous incident? (b) Why is it significant? Why is it significant? What does this teaches? (c)
What is its consequences and implication? (d)
Is it revelation? How does it fit
in with the whole? Why is it stated
here? (e) What meaning does it have today? (f)
What does this imply about God’s relationship to men? About Men’s relationship with God
iv) APPLICATION:
(What does the passage mean to me?)
Ask
the Holy Spirit to teach you. (a) What is already part of my thinking? My action?
(b) What is new to me? (c) What am I doing that is wrong. (d) How can I make the needed change? (e)
What will I need to do not some future date? What tools do you think will be helpful for a
meaningful personal Bible Study?
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