Women’s Connect Topic Guide

January

Guide for Bible Study adapted from ‘Women of the Word’ by Jen Wilken

It is helpful to have a variety of translations to read during your study and, perhaps, a printed copy of the passage, with significant spacing between lines and in margins, in which to take notes.

Pray (praise, admit, request, thank) about your study.

Read your selected study passage/ book through completely.

Pray that God will reveal Himself as you seek the purpose of His Word.

Purpose:

  • How does the passage/ book fit the metanarrative (the big picture) of the Bible?

  • What part does it play in telling the story of creation-fall-redemption?

  • How does it point to the reign and rule of God?

Pray (praise, admit, request, thank) that God will grant you clarity and perspective

in His Word.

Perspective:

Use a study Bible, trusted commentary or both to discover the archeological facts

about the passage/ book.

  • Who wrote it?

  • When was it written?

  • To whom was it written?

  • In what style was it written?

  • Why was it written?

Pray (praise, admit, request, thank) that God will give you patience as you study

and contemplate His Word.

Patience:

Slow down and give yourself the time to soak in what God has in store for you to

learn from His Word. You should have no set timeline for study but be reasonable.

Set your pace, focusing on the long-term.

Pray (praise, admit, request, thank) for further understanding in the details of

studying the passage/ book.

Process:

Read your selected study passage/ book through completely again.

Comprehension (What does it say?):

Create an outline

Mark the following:

  • Repeated words, phrases or ideas

  • Attributes of God

  • If several significant points are made, number them

  • Identify words you don’t understand or want clarification on and look

  • them up in a dictionary

  • Key transition words

  • An arrow connecting a concluding thought to its beginning argument

  • Any confusing ideas

  • Questions in the margin to address later

  • Interpretation (What does it mean?)

  • Cross-references – look up these scriptures and note significance

  • Paraphrase – write your own summation of the passage/ book

  • Commentary Consultation – read a trusted commentary on the

  • passage/ book

  • Application (How should it change me?)

  • What does this passage/ book teach me about God?

  • How does this aspect of God’s character change my view of self?

  • What should I do in response?

Read your selected study passage/ book through completely again.

Pray (praise, admit, request, thank) that God will help you apply what you have

learned.

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