Guidelines to help you MEDITATE  on scripture:

SIX WAYS TO MEDITATE ON A VERSE

1. Picture it! Visualize the scene in your mind.

2. Pronounce it! Say the verse aloud, each time emphasizing a different word.

3. Paraphrase it! Re-speak the verse in your own words.

4. Personalize it! Replace the pronouns or people in the verse  with your own name.

5. Pray it! Turn the verse into a prayer and say it back to God.

Does your passage have...

Sin to confess? Do I need to make any restitution?

Promise to claim? Is it a universal promise? Have I met the condition(s)?

Attitude to change? Am I willing to work on a negative attitude and begin building toward a positive one?

Command to obey? Am I willing to do it, no matter how I feel?

Example to follow? Is it a positive example for me to copy or a negative one to avoid?

Prayer to pray? Is there anything I need to pray back to God?

Error to avoid? Is there any problem that I should be alert to, or beware of?

Truth to believe? What new things can I learn about God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, or the other biblical teachings?

Something to praise God for? Is there something here that I can be thankful for?

The "5 W's and an H"

1) WHO: wrote it? spoke it? about whom? to whom is he speaking?

2) WHAT: are the main events? are the major ideas? are the major doctrines? is he talking about? is his purpose in saying that?

3) WHEN: was it written? did this event take place? will it happen? did he say it?

4) WHERE: was this done? was this said? will it happen?

5) WHY: was this written? was this mentioned? was it not mentioned? was so much or so little space devoted to this particular event or teaching? was this reference mentioned?