March 4, 2011

  • Actually, I was a little deceptive a few entries ago.  It takes me two weeks to prepare a Bible study.  I spend a few days reading the passage and reading commentaries and leave it for a week while I let all those truths settle down into my soul. 

    Then the second week, I begin to think of how it all comes together.  What's the point?  And then... how do I get us there?  This is the point of serious rumination and prayer -- of desperate cries.  Lord, what do you want to reveal of yourself here?  What does the group really need to hear?  Lord, please don't let us leave this passage unchanged or missing what you intended.  Actually, I think I pray this through the whole process.

    Then I will spend a day walking through the passage again, jotting down whatever questions naturally come to my mind that I want answers for.  And then at last, I bring it all together, trying to come up with the best questions that will bring the group to the main point, that will allow for good discussion and at last, application.  The last day, I pray like crazy so that I don't throw up as I contemplate leading a large group of people.  :)

    I love Bible studies.