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Learn How to Study Your Bible | Inductive Bible Study

Posted: 08 Mar 2015 07:47 PM PDT

Do you long to know God more intimately? Have you ever read a passage of Scripture that you just didn’t understand? Join us for a new adventure in learning how to study your Bible using the Inductive method of Precept studies written by Kay Arthur, David Arthur and Pete DeLacy, “How to Study Your Bible: Discover the Life-Changing Approach to God’s Word.”

In this study, you will learn the joy and value of Inductive Study that will help you discover truth for yourself when you read and study God’s Holy Word. Kay Arthur writes, “Inductive Bible study draws you into personal interaction with the Scriptures and thus with the God of the Scriptures so that your beliefs are based on a prayerful understanding and legitimate interpretation of Scripture–truth that transforms you when you live by it.”

Inductive Bible Study involves three major skills:

OBSERVATION: What does the Scripture say?
INTERPRETATION: What does the Scripture mean?
APPLICATION: What does the Scripture mean to me personally, and how can I apply it to my life?

You will learn how to mark key repeated words using colored pens or pencils which are essential to unlocking the meaning of the passage when you observe the text. By asking the 5 W’s and H questions: (who, what, when, where, why, and how), will help you broaden your Bible study skills by meditating on God’s truths and applying His truths to your daily life. Your Bible study experience will never be the same.

This online Bible study starts March 30, 2015 at the Womens Bible Cafe…you will be registered by posting a comment below and joining us!

This is a 10-week book study, and you will spend approximately 30 minutes a day following the assigned reading schedule. We will meet in this Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/WBCInductiveStudies/

WEEKS	READING ASSIGNMENT	PAGE NOS.
March 30, 2015	WEEK 1 – If you Want to know God's WordThe Joy and Value of Inductive Study	7-13
April 6, 2015	WEEK 2 – The Rule of ContextGetting the Big Picture	17-39
April 13, 2015	WEEK 3 – Focusing in on the DetailsThe Search for Meaning	41-66
April 20, 2015	WEEK 4 – It’s all Greek to Me!Let Scripture Interpret Scripture	67-76
April 27, 2015	WEEK 5 – The When, Where, and WhyLet’s Figure it Out	77-84
May 4, 2015	WEEK 6 – When One Thing Represents AnotherUnraveling Revelation	85-99
May 11, 2015	WEEK 7 – God’s Revelation of HimselfGetting the Point Across	101 – 119
May 18, 2015	WEEK 8 – The Transformed LifeOutlining–Just the Bare Facts	123-140
May 25, 2015	WEEK 9 – Studying Topically by SubjectCharacter Studies–Learning from the Lives of Others	141-148
June 1, 2015	WEEK 10 – Structuring	149-154

Your Inductive Bible Study group leader will post questions for discussion. There will also be exercises posted for you to practice what you are learning.

There will be no small groups to attend for this study. Instead, you may enter the group at any time, 24-four hours a day, to post your responses to the questions for ongoing discussions.

WHERE TO FIND THE “HOW TO STUDY YOUR BIBLE” BOOK:

Order your How to Study Your Bible by Kay Arthur, David Arthur and Pete DeLacy from Amazon. It is available in the Kindle format or paperback book when you CLICK HERE
Optional but not required due to cost. Order the companion workbook “How to Study Your Bible” from Amazon which provides exercises for practicing the skills you are learning. You can order the workbook when you CLICK HERE

Welcome to our Spring Inductive Bible Study!

Blessings,

Covenant Week 8 | Online Bible Study

Posted: 08 Mar 2015 07:43 PM PDT

Welcome to online Bible study at the Womens Bible Cafe! This is our final week of our Kay Arthur Bible Study, “Covenant.” These eight weeks have flown by! Although it is with great sadness we will meet for the last time in our small groups, we are so excited that you have persevered and completed this Bible study. God will bless you for your obedience to studying His precepts.

If, however, you have fallen behind in the lessons, please do not give up! You can still complete the lessons at your own pace until you finish the study of Covenant.

This week we are discussing Week Eight, “The Covenant of Transforming Power” and are covering these weekly themes:

I Will Put My Spirit Within
When the Holy Spirit is Given
Servants of the New Covenant
The Promise of the Spirit Through Faith
Living the New Covenant Life

Kay Arthur writes, “What makes the new covenant so powerful that it can absolutely change a person, set her free from the fear of death, and give her the ability to live as more than a conqueror?”

Something to think about!

There is such freedom in the new covenant. We are a new creation. Created in the likeness of Jesus Christ, and we have been set free. Jesus Christ came and died in our place, for our sins, so we could live in eternity with Him.

However, our flesh is still very much alive, and we will still have temptations, but when we choose to walk in the Spirit, by faith and not by sight, we CAN overcome and walk in righteousness.

“If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit.” Galatians 5:25 (NASB)

What freedom there is to walk with Jesus Christ! We are no longer slaves to the chains that bind! We are heirs of the promise. And it is worth repeating…

WE HAVE BEEN SET FREE!

“Therefore, you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, than an heir through God.” Galatians 4:7 (NASB)

The new covenant is also an unconditional covenant. It never expires! Jesus paid the penalty for our sins once and for all. He overcame death, and we will also overcome death.

Kay Arthur writes, “Physical death is not our enemy, rather, it is the door into heaven for all who are partakers of the new covenant in His blood.”

Are you a partaker of the new covenant?

ASSIGNMENT FOR THE WEEK:

Join a small group and fellowship with your fellow Bible students.
Optional due to cost: Watch Session 9 video or listen to the audio and follow along in your workbook on page 204. To download videos or audios CLICK HERE
Write out a prayer of praise to God thanking Him for what He has taught you in this study of Covenant. You can write this in the margin of your workbook or in your journal.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS FOR THIS WEEK (answer in small groups or post a comment here)

How does the Law lead us to Christ? What does it show us that makes us see we need Jesus? (Pages 194-197)
How do you cast out the bondwoman of legalism or works of the flesh? How do you keep the flesh in check, under control, when things get out of control? (Pages 199-200)
How can we explain to a new believer what it means to “walk in the Spirit?” What are some ways you are walking in the Spirit? (Page 202)
“But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” (Galatians 5:22-23). Which fruit of the spirit do you struggle with the most and why? (Page 202)
Bonus Question: What has meant the most to you in this study of Covenant?

Registration is now open for the new online Inductive study written by Kay Arthur, David Arthur and Pete DeLacy, “How to Study Your Bible.” This study will begin on March 30, 2015. In this study, you will learn the joy and value of Inductive Bible studies that will help you discover truth for yourself when you read and study God’s Holy Word. Kay Arthur states, “Inductive Bible study draws you into personal interaction with the Scripture and thus with the God of the Scriptures so that your beliefs are based on a prayerful understanding and legitimate interpretation of Scripture–truth that transforms you when you live by it.”

Our new WBCInductiveStudies chat room is now open. Please join by clicking this link and a leader will approve you. http://www.facebook.com/groups/WBCInductiveStudies/

Blessings,

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Monday, March 9, 2015

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