Sunday -Mark 9:38-41

"Do not merely listen to the word and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says." -James 1:22

How is your reading going this week? Have you found a method you really like? Have you found one you dislike? Have you used the same three every day or have you tried new methods?

Preference for one style or way of reading is good. We often like a specific method because it fits with how our brain is wired. Study and reading methods are tools to helps us listen to God's Word.

Different tools help with different jobs. Different methods help us see Scripture in different ways. We are half way through the week's different perspective challenge. Keep going! You're doing great! What three reading methods will you try today?

Here are six ways you can read this passage:

1) Read Mark 9:38-41 out loud and slowly. What did you hear?
2) Read Mark 9:38-41 silently and slowly. What did you see?
3) Write out a portion of the passage. What did you feel?
4) Listen to Mark 9. What did you hear?
5) Read Mark 9:38-41 in NIV? What did you see?
6) Read Mark 9:38-41 in NLT? What did you see? 

Questions about your reading:

What main insight do you have about this passage after reading it different ways?
After reading different ways, which method did you prefer? Why?
What are some other ways you could read Scripture this week?

Mark 9:38-41The Message (MSG)

38 John spoke up, “Teacher, we saw a man using your name to expel demons and we stopped him because he wasn’t in our group.”

39-41 Jesus wasn’t pleased. “Don’t stop him. No one can use my name to do something good and powerful, and in the next breath cut me down. If he’s not an enemy, he’s an ally. Why, anyone by just giving you a cup of water in my name is on our side. Count on it that God will notice.