How to Study the Bible and Enjoy It

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How to Study theBible and Enjoy It!
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WHAT WE WANT TO ACCOMPLISH

• Learning to Feed Ourselves
• Building Confidence
• The Joy of Personal Discovery
• Speak, Lord, Your Servant Hears

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Learning to Feed Ourselves

• Starving bears in our National Parks
• Fed so long by others
• Theyve forgotten how to feed themselves

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Building Confidence

• Most people lack self-confidence with the Bible.
• We need confidence in Gods ability to reveal
  Himself

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The Joy of Personal Discovery

• Theres nothing like figuring out a difficult
  passage.
• Christianity is a thinking mans religion.

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Speak, Lord, Your Servant Hears1 Sam 39

• Bible study is the process by which God speaks to
  our hearts.
• Our single purpose in Bible study should be
  to simply listen.

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Discussion Time
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Learning to Feed Ourselves

• Is there a danger when youre in a church that
  has many capable teachers?

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Learning to Feed Ourselves

• Have you ever used commentaries or teachers as a
  crutch?

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Learning to Feed Ourselves

• What is the proper way to look at our
  teachers/commentaries

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Building Self Confidence

• What is it about the Bible that makes it
  difficult?

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Building Self Confidence

• Why did God make the Bible so hard?

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Building Self Confidence

• Do you have to be a scholar to understand the
  Bible?
• What does it require?

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The Joy of Personal Discovery

• Is reading a commentary fun? Is answering a bunch
  of true/false or fill in the blank type questions
  for a Bible class fun?
• Why not?

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The Joy of Personal Discovery

• What is it about discovering something in Bible
  study that is so exciting?

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Speak, Lord, Your Servant Hears

• What is the goal of Bible study?
• Why is that the goal?
• Why is our Bible study something less than that
  sometimes?

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Your Personal Goals for this Class

• How do you feel about your personal study?
• What do you hope to accomplish in this class?