MAKING TIME FOR STUDYING: PART 1
Posted on | March 1, 2011
Sage Cohen
http://pathofpossibility.com
(This is a modified article by Sage Cohen “Making Time for Writing.” …she posts a blog to writers…giving them ideas for improvement. This one was about having enought time… I changed the words ‘write” to "study," etc…It is her article with the words changed. Iwill leave this on this site for only a few days.)
The universal chorus of complaint from Bible students of all stripes seems to be: not enough time. The truth is, Bible students make time for studying. And everyone does it her own way. Your job is to find your way. Every Tuesday for the next, six weeks I’ll be offering suggestions to help you investigate how your relationship with time is moving you forward or holding you back.(I will try to share them with you)
You have all dayThe fiction writer Grace Paley was once asked in an interview, “Grace, you are a mother, a teacher, a writer, and an activist. How do you find the time to do it all?” To which Grace replied, “Well, I have all day.”
Time is a level playing fieldWe all get the same twenty-four hours in a day. What you do with yours is up to you. You may believe that you have “no time,” but the fact is, you have just as much time as anyone else. What varies for every writer is our unique mix of work and family responsibilities, financial commitments, sleep requirements, physical and emotional space for studying, and perhaps most importantly, our ability and willingness to prioritize studying in this mix.
Consciousness is the first step toward changeBecause I don’t know you, I can’t tell you exactly how you can make time for studying; but I assure you that you can. I can also tell you that your relationship with time is far more subjective than you might imagine. The best way to get a handle on how much authority you actually have over our time is to start becoming aware of how you are spending it.
Pay attention to how you’re investing your time today, and you’ll develop a clear picture of the mix of mandatory and voluntary activities that shape your days. Once you become conscious that your relationship with time is not something that happens to you but a dynamic orchestrated by you through dozens of large and small choices you make every day, you can evaluate if you would like to choose to continue the pattern you are in, or to create a new one.
Revelation Chapters 8 and 9
Chapters 8 and 9 are difficult to read! They are filled with so much trauma and death! Woe Woe Woe to the people who have to live through it...and woe woe woe to those who will die during these times.
As I glanced at the last two verses of Chapter 9 I noticed how it sounds like TODAY!!! Drugs, death, sexual immorality etc...
Here is how I might study Revelation chapters 8 and 9.
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN!
Study Rev. 8-9 together
STOP!
Stop and read. Note any words that I do not understand.
LOOK!
Read again. Ask/ answer questions. For these chapters write a summary of the seals and trumpets:
Seventh Seal -
First trumpet 8:7 -
Second 8:8-9 -
Third 8:10-22 -
Forth trumpet 8:12-13 -
Fifth trumpet 9:1-12 -
Sixth trumpet 9:13-21 -
Seventh Trumpet is delayed until chapter 11
Read Chapter 9: vs 20-21. Chapters 8 and 9 are difficult to read! They are filled with so much trauma and death! As I glanced at the last two verses of Chapter 9 I noticed how it sounds like TODAY!!! Drugs, death, sexual immorality and greed!
LISTEN!
If the book of Revelation is the “unveiling of Jesus Christ” how do these two chapters descirbe, or ‘unveil’ Him?
What is God trying to teach us in these chapters?
What if these two chapters had been left out of Scripture?
How do these two chapters impact my life today?
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Friday, February 11, 2011
Rev. Chapters 6 and 7
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Chapter 6
This is how I study each of these chapters...
STOP
Read Chap 6 Remember that the Book of Revelation is the ‘Unveiling of Jesus Christ” or the “Revealing of Jesus Christ."
Note any words I do not fully understand.
List any titles for Jesus. What do they represent?
LOOK! Read the chapter again.
How is this chapter “the unveiling of Jesus Christ?”
Look up/study any words or concepts I do not understand.
Lets begin to look at all the judgments upon the earth. The seals, bowls and trumpet judgments give me a summary of the Tribulation.
The Seven Seal Judgments
First seal 6:1-2
Second seal 6:3-4
Third seal 6:5-6
Forth seal 6:7-8
Fifth seal 6;9-11
Sixth 6: 12-17
The seventh seal is not opened right away. Go to 8:1-5 to see the opening of the Seventh seal. The seventh seal opening is really the beginning of the next judgments.
LISTEN!
What is God teaching us in this chapter?
What if this information had been left out of Scripture?
How can we use this information in our lives today here in Knoxville?
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Chapter 7
Right after the sixth seal is opened the topic changes…the seventh seal will have to wait till Chapter 8
STOP!
Chapter 7 Remember that the Book of Revelation is the ‘Unveiling of Jesus Christ” or the “Revealing of Jesus Christ
Read the chapter. List any titles for Jesus.
How is this chapter ‘the unveiling of Jesus Christ?’
LOOK! Read it again.
Why would God single out the 12 tribes? I often wonder what the day-to-day Jew thinks when he/she reads this chapter? Note the names….two tribes are ‘left out” – yes technically there are #14” sons of Jacob…what do I mean by that? Why were two tribes left out?
Again, God is focusing on the people of Israel. The 12 tribes must be important to God….I should study them more!
What does “sealed” mean? Why?
LISTEN!
What is God trying to teach us?
What if this information had been left out of Scripture?
How can we use this information in our lives today?
7:17 reminds me of the Gospel of John. Jesus is called the Good Shepherd, and says to the woman at the well that He is the water of life.
This is how I study each of these chapters...
STOP
Read Chap 6 Remember that the Book of Revelation is the ‘Unveiling of Jesus Christ” or the “Revealing of Jesus Christ."
Note any words I do not fully understand.
List any titles for Jesus. What do they represent?
LOOK! Read the chapter again.
How is this chapter “the unveiling of Jesus Christ?”
Look up/study any words or concepts I do not understand.
Lets begin to look at all the judgments upon the earth. The seals, bowls and trumpet judgments give me a summary of the Tribulation.
The Seven Seal Judgments
First seal 6:1-2
Second seal 6:3-4
Third seal 6:5-6
Forth seal 6:7-8
Fifth seal 6;9-11
Sixth 6: 12-17
The seventh seal is not opened right away. Go to 8:1-5 to see the opening of the Seventh seal. The seventh seal opening is really the beginning of the next judgments.
LISTEN!
What is God teaching us in this chapter?
What if this information had been left out of Scripture?
How can we use this information in our lives today here in Knoxville?
STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! Chapter 7
Right after the sixth seal is opened the topic changes…the seventh seal will have to wait till Chapter 8
STOP!
Chapter 7 Remember that the Book of Revelation is the ‘Unveiling of Jesus Christ” or the “Revealing of Jesus Christ
Read the chapter. List any titles for Jesus.
How is this chapter ‘the unveiling of Jesus Christ?’
LOOK! Read it again.
Why would God single out the 12 tribes? I often wonder what the day-to-day Jew thinks when he/she reads this chapter? Note the names….two tribes are ‘left out” – yes technically there are #14” sons of Jacob…what do I mean by that? Why were two tribes left out?
Again, God is focusing on the people of Israel. The 12 tribes must be important to God….I should study them more!
What does “sealed” mean? Why?
LISTEN!
What is God trying to teach us?
What if this information had been left out of Scripture?
How can we use this information in our lives today?
7:17 reminds me of the Gospel of John. Jesus is called the Good Shepherd, and says to the woman at the well that He is the water of life.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Revelation Chapter 5
Here are the notes I used to study Chapter 5 of Revelation:
STOP!
Read Chapter 5. Note all the titles for God/Jesus. The book of Revelation is the ‘unveiling’ of Jesus…we see it here.
LOOK!
Notice: Only Jesus has the ‘title deed’ to the earth, rolled up in a scroll with the official 7 seals as the Roman Empire required of wills. I know that Jesus lived during the time of the Roman Empire and all deeds/wills had seven seals on it. Jesus begins opening the seals in the next chapter. As Creator the earth is His!
What is “Lion of Judah”, “Root of David” and “The Lamb”? Here is a good research point ..go to a Stongs Concordance ****(or other full concordance) and see…in the book of Revelation, which is mentioned most often the “Lion” or the “Lamb”….why?
Again I see the “seven fold Holy Spirit.” (Is.11:1-5)
Notice…the ‘singing’ and ‘saying’
If this book is all about Jesus, how is He described in Chapter 5?
LISTEN!
What is God trying to teach us in this chapter?
What if this chapter had been left out of the book of Revelation?
How can we apply what we have learned in this chapter to our lives today?
**** this is a good time for you to ask….”What resources/books do I have to study Scripture?”
STOP!
Read Chapter 5. Note all the titles for God/Jesus. The book of Revelation is the ‘unveiling’ of Jesus…we see it here.
LOOK!
Notice: Only Jesus has the ‘title deed’ to the earth, rolled up in a scroll with the official 7 seals as the Roman Empire required of wills. I know that Jesus lived during the time of the Roman Empire and all deeds/wills had seven seals on it. Jesus begins opening the seals in the next chapter. As Creator the earth is His!
What is “Lion of Judah”, “Root of David” and “The Lamb”? Here is a good research point ..go to a Stongs Concordance ****(or other full concordance) and see…in the book of Revelation, which is mentioned most often the “Lion” or the “Lamb”….why?
Again I see the “seven fold Holy Spirit.” (Is.11:1-5)
Notice…the ‘singing’ and ‘saying’
If this book is all about Jesus, how is He described in Chapter 5?
LISTEN!
What is God trying to teach us in this chapter?
What if this chapter had been left out of the book of Revelation?
How can we apply what we have learned in this chapter to our lives today?
**** this is a good time for you to ask….”What resources/books do I have to study Scripture?”
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