The Scriptures are just full of stories about God: how God has acted through the ages, and especially how God has acted in Christ Jesus to save us. We also discover how Jesus' life was a witness to God's love. We can look at Jesus' words and life in the Scriptures to find out more about living out God's love and reign. And think about it, we will find out how other faithful women and men were called and sent by God to take part in God's ongoing love story and how they responded.

How about if we went to the Scriptures with excitement and anticipation, expecting God to speak? When we go, let's pray and ask God to speak to us. Below are some questions we can ask of the Scriptures. We may not be able to use all of them at any given time, but we'll be able to use some. The first set of questions, "In General," are questions we might just throw out and search to find the answers. The second set of questions, "More Specifically," are questions we can take to a particular passage.

What is God's attitude toward creation?

What do the stories show us about how have people experienced God in the Bible?

What do the stories tell us of how has God acted in the past to save and restore humankind to right relationships?

Which stories help us to see God’s love and faithfulness in the Scriptures? How and Where?

Who has God used to give God's message?

How has God used her/him/them? What are their stories?

How might God use you? What could your story be?

What do we learn from the stories of Jesus Christ’s life and how does this lead us to follow Christ and witness to God's love? What might these stories look like in our lives?

How is God acting in this passage?

How do we see God’s love and faithfulness in this passage?

How is God’s saving love shown here?

How do we understand ourselves in the light of this passage?

How do we understand our society in the light of this passage?

How do we live, what do we say and do in response to the Scriptures?  

How do we express the love that we have received? How do we/will we live out God's story?