Scripture Reading Guide | Day Four

WELCOME

Welcome to Day 4 of 5 of our reading plan!

We’re in the homestretch.

Are you feeling more confident? Are you starting to look at how you can make studying God’s Word a daily habit?

Remember, we read the Bible to be changed… not to finish.

If you need to take some extra time on a passage, do it! Take your time, digest it, sit in it, wrestle with it, ask the Holy Spirit for clarity and understanding before moving on to study something else.

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Let’s pray and get started!

Dear God, I praise Your holy name. Thank you for making me in Your image. As I study Your Word today, please keep me from shame. I repent of any sin in my life that has kept me from operating in the true identity you have given me through Jesus. Show me how to live, forgive, and love others like you do. Amen.

STUDY TOOL

S - STUDY | Read the passage. Then read it again. Then pause, pray, and read it again.

T - THINK | What does this passage mean? What is God’s intent for the passage?

A - APPLICATION | How can I apply this to my life today? How does this encourage me? How does this challenge me? How does it impact my heart?

R - RESPONSE | How should I respond to this passage? What steps in my life should I take to live out what I just read? Then close in prayer and ask for help from the Holy Spirit.

TODAY’S READING

Colossians 3:12-14 (HCSB)

12 Therefore, as God’s chosen ones, holy and dearly loved, put on compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience,

13 bearing with one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a grievance against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you are also to forgive.

14 Above all, put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.