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Colossians 1.9-14

11/8/2022

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I went to dinner last night with a friend and when my son and I arrived, there was a momma moose and two calves in the front yard! As we went inside and waited for dinner, we watched out the front window as the moose munched on a bush. The two calves walked to the middle of the yard and laid down, at which point my son noticed that they were still chewing, and chewing, and chewing, and chewing… My friend explained to my son that moose were like cattle, and had 4 chambers in their stomachs. It takes time to fully digest the food they eat, and there is a word for what they do: ruminate.

As weird as this sounds, when we study our Bibles, we are chewing on God’s words. In the same way that each of the chambers in a moose’s stomach is devoted to a different part of digestion, we are practicing different parts of digesting God’s word in the four steps of study.

Take some time today to “ruminate” on God’s word as you digest what Paul has to say to the church in Colossae.
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    Steps for Study

    OBSERVATION:
    1) What does the text say?
    2) What questions do I have about the text?
    INTERPRETATION:
    1) What does the text mean?
    2) What does the context reveal?
    CONCENTRATION:
    1) What does the text reveal about God?
    2) What does the text reveal about Jesus?
    APPLICATION:
    1) Does this text apply to me?
    2) How should this impact the way I live?

    Points for Prayer

    ADORATION:
    Praising God for who He is and what He has done.
    CONFESSION:
    Acknowledging and naming our specific sins, and inviting God to help identify areas where we need to grow.
    THANKSGIVING:
    Thanking God for what we have and what He has done for us.
    SUPPLICATION:
    Asking God for what we desire, recognizing that if it is not His desire the answer will be “no”
    INTERCESSION:
    Praying for the people around you, i.e. family, friends, teachers, government leaders, etc.
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