The ESV Study Bible was one of my Christmas gifts (thanks mom!).  Every year at this time I pick a bible reading schedule to guide me, or should I say prod me along in my read through Scripture.  This year I am using something by Navigators, but there is a ton free guides on-line to pick from (here is one site).

If you have used a reading schedule before you might be familiar with a possible down side; reading to complete the schedule rather than to be moved by the truth.  To help guard against that tendency here are some ideas I have gathered to help me (and maybe you) process more deeply what we are reading.

• Underline key words in the passage
• Ask questions of the text: Who? What? Why? Where? When? How?
• Look for application: Ask “So What?” and “Now What?”
• Pray through the text

What ideas would you suggest to dig deeper into God’s Word?