Wednesday -Mark 10:13-16

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

This week we were trying different reading methods to change our perspective. How many different methods did you try? Did you try any not on the list? Did you find any of the methods hard or weird? Did you discover any new methods you might use again in the future?

What reading method will you use on the last day for this reading challenge?

Here are six ways you can read this passage:

1) Read Mark 10:13-16 out loud and slowly. What did you hear?
2) Read Mark 10:13-16 silently and slowly. What did you see?
3) Write out a portion of the passage. What did you feel?
4) Listen to Mark 10. What did you hear?
5) Read Mark 10:13-16 in NIV? What did you see?
6) Read Mark 10:13-16 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 10:13-16The Message (MSG)

13-16 The people brought children to Jesus, hoping he might touch them. The disciples shooed them off. But Jesus was irate and let them know it: “Don’t push these children away. Don’t ever get between them and me. These children are at the very center of life in the kingdom. Mark this: Unless you accept God’s kingdom in the simplicity of a child, you’ll never get in.” Then, gathering the children up in his arms, he laid his hands of blessing on them.