Bible Study Questions

1. What do you like best?
2. What do you like least?
3. What do you not understand?
4. What do you learn about God?
5. What do you personally need to do about it?
6. Which phrase/verse do you want to take with you?

The list provided above are Bible Study questions we have used a few times on Friday mornings.  I first discovered these questions when I took the Perspectives course a couple of years ago.  These questions are easy and can be used by anybody.  So often we have this fear about leading Bible Studies.  Sometimes it is good to simply read God's Word together and then discuss it.  If there are things you do not understand, write them down and find the answers later.  

Question 4 is very important.  Every time we read the Bible we should be striving to learn more and more about who God is (remember, the Bible is God's revelation of Himself).  This is not so we can amass huge amounts of knowledge but so we can grow closer to our Heavenly Father and learn how best to serve and love Him. 

The answer to Question 6 gives us a phrase/thought/truth for us to meditate on throughout our day.  So often the particular phrase that God leads us to will be the exact phrase we need later in the day.  For instance, I might read a passage on patience and then be confronted with a situation later in the day that requires me to be patient.  God's Spirit working through the Bible is always preparing us for good works.