Meditation: To think deeply, to reflect upon. Here are four meditation techniques. Some of these work better for some scriptures than others. Three of them do not require any materials and can be done anywhere (although it’s probably best to concentrate on driving and not scripture when you are in your car). When thinking about […]
Meditations
Inspired Imagination Meditation
What is inspired imagination? Sometimes we miss the small details of a story because we skip over familiar details. Some times we let our culture and way of doing things get in the way of understanding. One way to get more out of the Bible passages is let your Holy Spirit lead imagination fill in […]
Word Study Meditation
Overview A word study can be part of Bible study (using specialised books and resources) BUT by using basic resources (like a dictionary or thesaurus) you can meditate on scriptures. This will help you gain a deeper understanding, as well as improve your Bible memorisation. In the Word Emphasis Meditation technique, individual words were looked […]
Picture Visualisation
Creative Imagery Some scriptures lend themselves to funny or memorable pictures and thoughts. By emphasising part of the scripture it can help you remember or understand it more clearly. Some people are more visual. This is is simlar to Word Emphasis meditation – but for those who are more visual. Use your imagination to pick […]
Word Emphasis Meditation
How to use word emphasis meditation Go through a passage several times, putting emphasis on each word separately, and thinking about why that word is there and what it means in this passage. Think about what some common meanings for the word are. I find this works best when saying the complete passage out loud […]
Meditation
Meditation is a word that makes people think about Bhuddist monks sitting chanting or Asian mystics sitting in weird poses for days. Currently the most common meaning for meditation invokes an image of emptying your mind or focusing on a sound or single point, losing yourself in mindlessness, thinking about nothing, emptying yourself. So what […]
WHO – How To Identify People In A Story
Read the story straight through Read it again underlining or making notes on Names and Groups who are mentioned in the story. Consider who may be affected by this story but aren’t specifically mentioned For each person or group mentioned consider Age Gender Position in society Job Family / Cultural ties Beliefs Language Physical Location […]