When was the last time we studied a passage in the Bible?

In this busy age, most of us hardly have time for ourselves, not to mention devotion times or prayer. Once a week, we may force ourselves to attend a small group (or CG) and we would have given ourselves a pat on the back and said, "Well done, good and faithful servant!"

Studying the Word is an important necessity in modern living. One of the reasons so many of us are weak and have little spiritual foundation is that our basics are weak. We have little spiritual depth in the Word. What better way to increase our spiritual depth than to study the Word directly for ourselves? Not just to read about someone else' study or thoughts, but to spend time and dig into the Word for ourselves and encounter God firsthand.

How do we study the Word?

There are many good tools in the market and in the Internet. This blog will attempt to surface out the good ones to share. Beyond the tools, what is needed is the heart. We must first desire to study the Word, the medium where God chose to reveal Himself to us. This desire will then inspire us to invest our limited time in His Word, rather than tv or Internet surfing.

May you start this year afresh studying His Word. Make a plan. Choose one simple book of the Bible to start with. Identify one Bible study format that can guide you and follow through it for this year.

God bless.