3W Bible Study Worksheet

a 3-step way to bring the Bible into your everyday life

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Pray: Begin your time with prayer, asking God to help you understand the passage you are about to read and how you might live it out in your life.

1 What? Read through the passage, scanning for who is speaking and who is present. Pick out a verse or verses on which you want to meditate. Write out this passage in the left-hand “What?” column of the 3W worksheet.

2 So What? Use the middle section of the 3W Bible Study Worksheet to dissect the passage. Comprehend the biblical principles that come from the verses. Try outlining the passage, writing it in your own words, finding key words or phrases, and asking questions of the text.

3 Now What? Use the right-hand column of the 3W Bible Study Worksheet to write out ways you can apply this passage directly to your life. See yourself in the story and ask how the biblical principles will change the way you live or create within you a new attitude. Be specific and design an action plan: What will I do? When and where will I do it? With whom will I do it?

Pray: You prayed at the beginning, asking God to teach you from his Word. Now pray again, asking God to help you apply what he has taught you.

Tell: Finally, go tell someone about what you’ve learned. This will not only solidify the truth in your own heart, but it will also help others benefit as well.