How To Study Your Bible With Colored Pencils

Since I was a wee child, the number one tool I watched my mom use during her quiet time was her colored pencils! My mom always had her Bible, Bible study notebook and a set of colored pencils on our kitchen table and if you walked into her kitchen today you'd probably find them there!

My mom has been leading Kay Arthur's indepth Precept Bible studies for nearly 30 years. She studies scripture - "line by line precept upon precept". Each word is examined and key words are marked with symbols. (here's a link to their method description)

Using colored pencils really helps the scripture soak in and pop out! If you are not fond of using a highlighter because it bleeds through your pages use colored pencils! Here's an example of one of my pages from the Leviticus course I took under my mom's teaching:

You can see the word "Lord" is always marked with a yellow triangle. The word "blood" is a red tear drop. The word "annointing" is a yellow cloud. "Just as the Lord commanded Moses" is a key phrase in this passage - so it is underlined in green. Below the word "holy" is marked with orange fire. This method of studying scripture is indepth. You will miss nothing in the passage. As you pour over it and work hard to focus on one chapter at a time, marking, learning, tasting and enjoying the scripture, God will teach you new things from the passage.

Psalm 119:103-4 says "How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth! I gain understanding from your precepts."

Are you lacking in understanding? Grab some colored pencils, dig into the sweetness of God's word today and enjoy!

Walk with the King!

I just received an email at 10:46am from my mom - she just read my blog post and leave it up to mom to have already listened to her morning fill of truth! Here's what she wrote in the email for me to pass on to my readers:

Kay Arthur (Precept Ministry) was Nancy Leigh DeMoss's guest today, and you can hear the radio program by going to reviveourhearts.com. Kay is giving instructions on how to study the Word of God. She asks some penetrating questions: What do you prefer, the world or the Word? The words of man, or the Words of God? Kay suggests that we turn off our TV, computers, and put away the Christian novels, and open the Word. Kay indicated that many want the result (be a better Christian, wife, mother, etc) without going through the process to maturity. The reward we should be seeking is to someday hear "well done good and faithful servant" when we stand before the Lord. If that is our goal, then we WILL BE better Christians, wives, mothers, etc.


Courtney suggests marking our Bibles which is an excellent study tool. I would recommend Kay Arthur's book, "Lord, Help me Grow Spiritually Strong in 28 days". Day by day, Kay helps you to learn to study the Bible and understand what you are reading so that you can know God's purpose for your life and apply God's truth daily. At the end of the 28 days, your life will be changed. If you never attended another Bible study or purchased another book about the Bible, you would be fully equipped to feed yourself from God's Word. It is a powerful study method, and will transform your time spent with God and in His Word. I guarantee it!!! - Bev

Do you hear that passion friends? You see where I get it? Pass it on to your children like my mom did to me!!! Thanks mom for the added tip! I love you! - Courtney