Pastor Justin´s Missionary Bible Study Model

Engaging with Scripture:
1. Open with a prayer asking for God´s Spirit to be with you during this time of study and bless your conversation.

2. Consider different ways of entering and engaging the scriptural text. You could:

• Read it twice aloud and once to yourself
• Have each person present read a piece (verse, paragraph, or section)
• Act the story out
• Read it and then retell the story without the text and pay attention to the parts that you remembered

Reflecting on Scripture:
3. Identify one word or phrase that calls your attention, speaks to you, resonates within you, or challenges you.

4. Share the word or phrase and why.

5. Reflect on the scripture with some guiding questions. Each person can take turns answering the same question or have each person answer a different question. Consider reflecting on 3-5 questions from the list below (and you can also come up with your own reflection questions):

1. What surprised you from the passage (furthermore, referred to as “it”)?
2. What seems strange or weird?
3. What does it say about who God is and how God relates to us?
4. How does this inform, shape, challenge your growth as a disciple?
5. How does it point to the cross or Christ crucified?
6. What does its say about the resurrection
7. What questions does it raise for you?
8. Does it encourage you to believe something?
9. Does it encourage you to do something, take some action?
10. What good news do you hear?
11. What is the promise of God?
12. What do you think the author is trying to say to [his] audience in that context?
13. What do you think God is saying to us today through this passage?
14. What does this say about your culture?
15. What does this say about another person´s culture?
16. How might you interpret this from the underside? (click the link to learn more)
17. What does this say about the Jesus movement?
18. What cry of the broken and forsaken do we hear as God´s voice in this passage?
19. How does this call us to be vulnerable or into vulnerability?
20. How does this passage call you to live, relate, think, behave differently?
21. How does this passage lead you to love and serve your neighbor, especially your neighbor in need?
22. What does this say about love and welcome?
23. What does this say about forgiveness and reconciliation?
24. What does this say about justice and restoration?
25. What does this lead you to pray for?

6. Read the passage one more time.

7. Share any new thoughts, comments, observations, questions, or insights you have gained through this reading and conversation.

8. Close with the Lord´s Prayer.