Daily Bible Study

How  to  Read  the  Bible
	Set  aside time each day to read from your Bible. Try to make 
it the same time each day. Be realistic. Commit yourself only to 
as much time as you honestly feel that you can stick to on an 
ongoing basis. Before you begin reading ask for God's guidance 
and blessing. Some  people have found that keeping a daily 
notebook is helpful. Use the following steps to get the most 
out of your daily Bible reading:



1.  Select a passage, from a study guide that you can buy at 
	a Christian Book Store, or use the Chronology Of Events In 
	The Bible below.



2.  Examine its context:
	A.  What kind of book is it drawn from? A biographical book 
		such as one of the Gospel accounts of Jesus' life; a long 
		historical book, such as The Second Book of Samuel, which 
		tells of the reign  of King David; a brief letter to a 
		person (The letters of Paul to Timothy) or to a specific 
		church (The Letters of Paul to the Corinthians )?



	B.  What is the overall message of this book?



	C.  What occurs or is discussed in the passages immediately 
		preceeding and following the passage you chose?



3.  Read the passage.



4.  Identify key words or phrases. Are there words or thoughts 
	that are repeated throughtout the passage? Are any causes and 
	effort relationships established? (These  are often signaled by 
	words like if and then, therefore, because, since, and so.) Are 
	any comparisons made or similarities pointed out?  Are any two 
	people, things or concepts contrasted?



5.  Read the passage again and ask yourself what is the intent 
	or purpose of the passage.  Try to find out what the author is 
	saying. Be honest; don't just look for what you want to hear.  
	The Bible has many strong messages that can change lives!
		If a verse speaks to you, focus on that verse and the 
		verses just before and after it. You can finish reading 
		the whole passage another day.



6.  What do you learn about God from this passage?  What do you 
	learn about human nature?  Ask yourself how this message 
	applies to you. Is there anything you need to change in your 
	life in order to be a faithful child of God or more loving to 
	your neighbor? Ask for God's help in making this change.



7.  Re-read the passage one more time. Is there one verse you 
	would like to commit to memory? Why not write it on an index 
	card and carry it with you throughout the day as a study aid?



8.  Thank God for what he has shown you, and ask for his help 
	as you seek to apply this lesson in your life.



9.  Share what you have learned with someone else.

THE  BOOKS  OF  THE  BIBLE


	The following are links to very short summaries for each book 
in the Bible. It will be obvious from how brief the descriptions are 
that they are not complete. They should, however, serve as a quick 
and handy guide to the content of the whole Bible.




	The word "Bible" comes from the Greek word biblia, 
which means "books." So the Bible is really a collection or 
library of many books. These books are divided into two main 
parts, the Old Testament and the New Testament.




OLD  TESTAMENT


	The Old Testament tells the history of the people of Israel. 
This history is based on their faith in the GOD of Israel and on
their religious life as the people of GOD. The authors of these
books wrote about what GOD had done for them as a people and
how they were to worship and obey GOD in return.  The following
list shows the different groups of  books that make up the Old 
Testament.




THE  LAW
GENESIS, EXODUS, LEVITICUS, NUMBERS, DEUTERONOMY




HISTORY
JOSHUA, JUDGES, RUTH, 1 SAMUEL, 2 SAMUEL, 1 KINGS, 2 KINGS

1 CHRONICLES, 2 CHRONICLES, EZRA, NEHEMIAH, ESTHER




POETRY AND WISDOM
JOB, PSALMS, PROVERBS, ECCLESIASTES, SONG OF SOLOMON




MAJOR  PROPHETS
ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, LAMENTATIONS, EZEKIEL, DANIEL




MINOR  PROPHETS
HOSEA, JOEL, AMOS, OBADIAH, JONAH, MICAH, NAHUM, HABAKKUK

ZEPHANIAH, HAGGAI, ZECHARIAH, MALACHI










NEW  TESTAMENT




	The books of the New Testament were writen by the 
followers of  Jesus Christ.  These followers wanted others to 
know the Good News about Jesus Christ and the possibility 
of a "new" life available to them through his death and 
resurrection.  The following list shows the different groups 
of books that make up the New Testament. Although scholarly 
opinion has varied, Paul has traditionally been identified as the 
author of the letters indicated below.




THE  GOSPELS
MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, JOHN




HISTORY
ACTS




PAUL'S LETTERS
ROMANS, 1 CORINTHIANS, 2 CORINTHIANS, GALATIANS, EPHESIANS

PHILIPPIANS, COLOSSIANS, 1 THESSALONIANS, 2 THESSALONIANS

1 TIMOTHY, 2 TIMOTHY, TITUS, PHILEMON




GENERAL  LETTERS
HEBREWS, JAMES, 1 PETER, 2 PETER, 1 JOHN, 2 JOHN, 3 JOHN, JUDE




PROPHECY
REVELATIONS

	We have put the King James Bible on line. It has links from 
the Chronology of Events in The Bible below, to the Bible on 
line. For example if you wanted to read about the curse of Cain, 
you would first click on Genesis below, then in the chronology 
you would look for "The curse of Cain (4:10-15)" When you find 
it, click on the chapter and verse, and you will be taken to 
Genesis chaper 4 verse 10
	In the New Testament, all text that is red, like this,
are words that where spoken by JESUS.
	If you find a bad link or other problem, Please let us 
know what book, chapter, and verse it is in so that we can 
fix it.
THANK YOU !! 




	I have added code to this page so that when you click on one of 
the books of the Bible you Do Not leave this page, but instead a new 
window is Opened for you. You can open as many windows as you can fit 
on your screen, just click on the same book or another book to open 
another window. If you do not need a window but still want it handy, 
( for example, the chronology for a book ) just click on the minimize
button to reduce it to a little box at the bottom of your page, to 
reopen the window, click on the box, and then click on maximize button. 
This means that you can now compare passages from several books at the 
same time. You will need to manually resize each window by dragging the 
border to the desired size. This should make it a lot easier to study 
the Bible on line now.

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