Prayer is the first and most essential ingredient.
Ask the Holy Spirit to guide you and give you understanding as you read.
But even then, sometimes it's hard to know what to listen for.
What God wants to feed you personally.
One method I learned was passed down to me from my brother, who learned it from his pastor.
Choose a chapter of the Bible (or ask the Spirit to pick one for you). Read the chapter at least three times.
The first time look for 5 things God wants you to know.
During the second reading find 3 things God wants you to feel.
Then the third time, listen for 1 thing God wants you to do.
Remember, this is a guide and not a recipe. It's personal. You may read the same chapter at different times and get completely different answers.
For the word of God is living and active.
The results depend on where you are in your life and what God wants to teach you in that moment.
If you use this method of study with a group you will find that a wide variety of things, feelings, and callings rise to the top. No one's wrong, everyone is simply at a different place in the same journey.
Eating God's Word is personal.
Why don't you see what God has to say to you?
I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better.
Ephesians 1:17
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