![]() “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (NIV) Once again, this would be a great thing to journal out next to the verse you wrote out in step one. It is in prayer that we can ask God for His wisdom and understand in cementing His Word to our hearts. We can even pray God’s word back to Him God loves it when we do this! Pray about any revelations you have found or any areas of surrender you need to make. If it is a sin you need to confess, take it to prayer right away. If it is an attitude, spend some time journaling or visualizing how you are going to be mindful about making a change. Be intentional in finding one thing you can do or change in your personal life regarding what you have learned. If it’s an action, try to make it SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, realistic, and time-bound. What stood out to you in the verse that may require you to take an action step. This is where it needs to become personal. Does anything stand out to you? Are you noticing anything you have not noticed before? Pay attention to what the Holy Spirit is speaking to you. Now let’s dig a little deeper in our Bible to find answers to questions such as: Who is saying this? Who is the audience? Read the verses before and after your verse to make sure you understand the context. It can also be fun to use a scripture writing journal for this and incorporate your artistic skills if you want to. After you have written it out as written, re-write it in your own words, paraphrase it. This is a great way to help you slow down and focus on what the verse is saying. Here is a great online resource for that. It is often helpful to read it in different versions of the Bible. ![]() Start with scripture you want to study and read it several times. So, this is what SOAP stands for Scripture, Observation, Application, and Prayer. I like to implement this method when studying short passages of scripture. If you google this, you will find many resources on this quick method for studying Gods word.
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