Each week of the On the Run series we’ll be providing a guide for you to spend time in Scripture throughout the week. Reading Scripture helps us to learn about God and stay close to Him. If Scripture reading isn’t a regular rhythm we encourage you to reorder your daily routine to make it a priority.
This week we began looking at Jonah and God’s invitation to join Him in His plan to save all people.
We invite you to read through the book of Jonah this week with us.
Check out these videos from the Bible Project which explain how to read prophetic literature and provide an overview of the book of Jonah.
Reflection Questions:
Take some time to think about the reflection questions from this week’s message.
How have you experienced God running after you?
What is keeping you from caring about others like God does?
BridgePointe’s Approach to Scripture Reading
This guide uses the SOAP method for Bible study. SOAP is an acronym for Scripture, observation, application and prayer. It’s a powerful tool that moves you from the text into the reality of your life. Using this method consistently will make it a habit and something you are familiar with. We’ve given you space in this guide to use this method each day, but you can always use SOAP with a journal or notebook and work through any passage of Scripture.
Scripture
Write the scripture reference and read through the passage slowly.
Observation
Write down what you notice from the reading. For example...
• What’s the main point the author is trying to get across? • What’s something challenging or new?
• Is there anything in the passage you want to study more?
Application
Write down how this applies to your life today.
• How does this challenge you to live as a disciple?
• How does it intersect with your current life circumstances?
• Is God speaking a word of encouragement or challenge to you directly?
Prayer
Write your prayer to God in response to what you’ve read.