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Creative Bible Study
Occupation or vocation: What position or office did they occupy? How did they earn their living? Physical description. Positive character traits. Negative character traits. Significant spiritual events: First encounter with God Conversion Call to service Greatest crisis or turning point in the person's life: (For example, Saul on the Damascus Road) Death: When, where, unusual circumstances
STEP FOUR: APPLY WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNED
Make personal applications from the life of the person you have studied. For example:
What were the positive character traits? Ask God to help you develop them in your own life.
What were the negative character traits? Do you see any of these in your own life? Ask God to help you overcome them.
Compose one sentence which summarizes the greatest truth you learned from this life. For example, a statement about the life of Sampson might be "Spiritual compromise results in failure."
EXAMPLE OF THE METHOD
STEP ONE: SELECT THE PERSON TO BE STUDIED:
King Saul
STEP TWO GATHER THE INFORMATION:
The story of Saul is found in I Samuel 9-31. The information on Saul was gathered from these chapters.
STEP THREE: ANALYZE THE INFORMATION:
Name and meaning of name:
Saul. Meaning "Asked of God." I Samuel 9:2