This is my weekly (ha!) e-mail newsletter. This beginning excerpt sounds like I'm boring you with details of how I read the Bible, but it has a point if you read far enough.
Earlier this year, I started a Biblical journal. Every day I read about four chapters of the Bible, usually one chapter from the New Testament, two from the Old Testament, and one from the Psalms (which yes, is in the Old Testament as well). Hopefully, prayerfully, a a Scripture or two (or possibly more) will "pop out", and I will write it down word for word in my journal. Then the context of the Scripture is noted (the bigger story that envelopes the line of Scripture that was written down).
After I have finished reading and writing down the Scripture that moved me, it is time for reflective prayer. God says that He will teach us. So I ask Him to speak to me about His Word. I write down what I hear Him saying (sometimes it is very clear, other times I just have more questions, and even other times, I feel totally blank). Each journal entry is finished with a written prayer. My prayers usually say, "God help me to do what You told me!"
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