Use the SOAP Journal method to hear from God and respond to His leading.

Scripture — write out a verse or two that speaks specifically to you today

Observation – write notes on what you observe in the text

Application - write out how God is asking you to apply this to your life

Prayer - write out a prayer of response to what God has said to you

Tips for the journey:

1. Pray! Ask God to helps you hear as you read. He’s promised that he has things to show us. Jer 33:3 ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'

2. Focus!  Allow the Holy Spirit to highlight a verse/passage/thought from what you’re reading and come back to linger in that place. Let the Lord enlighten your thinking and record the insights and thoughts you have as you meditate in God’s presence. Isa 55:9 'As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts'.

3. Ask and answer some questions. Questions unlock new discoveries and insights. Ask questions about the passage using these words: who, what, why, when, where, or how.

4. Personalise the message. Ask God what He wants you to do in response to what you are seeing and hearing. Could my life be different today as I respond to what I’m reading?

Mattew 7:24 'Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock'.