Add Some SOAP to Your Devotions

Here's a four-step plan for your devotion time:

• Scripture. Develop a reading plan for the Scripture. If you don't have a plan you'll fly between the gospel, Proverbs, and Psalms. A plan gets you to all the Bible--in a year, two years, it doesn't matter.
• Observe. In a journal, write down what you observe happening in the Scripture you're reading. Who? What? Where? When? How? Why?
• Application. What is God saying to me through this passage?
• Personal Prayer. What do I need to say to God because of this passage?