When and where did the event happen? What was the context? Who were the people involved? What was the main message the writer had for the people of that time? Note your observations in a journal. BSERVE what the passage is about What relevance does this passage/verse have for your life? What are the lessons to be learnt? What promises are there to claim? What examples are there to follow? What commands are there to obey? Look for all the possible applications for your life. Here is when you move from information to revelation. PPLY the passage/verse to your life inviting the Holy Spirit to give you understanding. It is best to read through all the prescribed Bible passages. Then go back and read the passage/verse that you feel God wants you to focus on. Read that passage/verse a third time, slowly. EAD or listen to the Scripture readings for the day It may be to respond in worship, to act in faith on something, to fulfil the premise to the promise, to correct a behaviour, to restore a relationship, to share the revelation with someone else, to serve someone in need, etc. When you do what was revealed to you, you move from revelation to transformation. Record your experience in obeying God’s revelation to you. O what God has revealed to you As you journey through the Bible, use this ROAD map to help you hear and respond to what God is saying to you through the Scriptures: The ROAD into GOD’S WORD
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When and where did the event happen? What was the context? Who were the people involved? What was the main message the writer had for the people of that time? Note your observations in a journal.
BSERVE what the passage is about
What relevance does this passage/verse have for your life? What are the lessons to be learnt? What promises are there to claim? What examples are there to follow? What commands are there to obey? Look for all the possible applications for your life. Here is when you move from information to revelation.
PPLY the passage/verse to your life
inviting the Holy Spirit to give you understanding. It is best to read through all the prescribed Bible passages. Then go back and read the passage/verse that you feel God wants you to focus on. Read that passage/verse a third time, slowly.
EAD or listen to the Scripture readings for the day
It may be to respond in worship, to act in faith on something, to fulfil the premise to the promise, to correct a behaviour, to restore a relationship, to share the revelation with someone else, to serve someone in need, etc. When you do what was revealed to you, you move from revelation to transformation. Record your experience in obeying God’s revelation to you.
O what God has revealed to you
As you journey through the Bible, use this ROAD map to help you hear and respond to what God is saying to you through the Scriptures:
Date: 23 February 2020Title: The Road into God s̒ Word
MATTHEW 13 - 18: (felt led to focus on Matthew 13:18-23)READ
It is the same message of the kingdom, yet there are four different results for those who hear the Word. To produce a good crop, the hearer must:• Understand the Word or it will be snatched away (13:19)• Have deep roots so that he can withstand trouble or persecution (13:21)• Not allow worries or wealth to make the Word unfruitful (13:22)• Receive the Word (13:20, 22, 23)
OBSERVE
• Seek to understand the Word whenever I hear it. This implies effort to study the Word.• Act on the Word so that the Word can take root in my heart.• Memorise the Word so that when trouble comes, I can lean on the promises of God s̒ Word.• Do not allow worries or wealth to distract me from receiving the Word; give priority to hear and understand the Word.• Have an open heart and mind to hear the Word.
APPLY
• Make it a top priority to read God s̒ Word every morning.• Memorise: Matthew 4:4 Jesus answered, "It is written: 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'"
PRAYLord, help me to read Your Word first thing in the morning. Give me the strength to resist any distractions from this priority in my life. Give me an open heart to hear what You want to say to me. Then give me grace to do what You tell me. Help me to carry Your Word in my heart throughout the day. I ask all this in Jesusʻ name. Amen.
