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6 Tools You Need To Start Bible Study Bootcamp

These are my absolute favorite tools to use when digging into the Word.

Bryana Woodson

Mar 13, 2019

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Bryana Woodson

I don't know about y'all, but I love settling down into a bible study that I'm well-prepared for while simultaneously leaving what I'll learn up to God. You may wonder what I mean by “well-prepared." I'm a student at heart; I've always loved school and being in a learning environment. Because of this, it'd make sense that I like to be prepared whilst studying something important to me. These are tools that have become some of my favorite and most common in my arsenal to study the Bible.

1. Bible

To study the Bible, it'd make sense that you need an actual Bible! My personal favorites are: the She Reads Truth hardback, which is a great tool for studying because it has extra background and maps; the (In)courage Bible because it has tons of devotionals and is aesthetic GOALS; and a simple soft-back, leather bible because they're easily portable and great for traveling!

2. Notebook

While I am someone who definitely believes in writing in your Bible and making notes about scripture there, the margins of a Bible can only hold so many words. It’s super helpful for me to have a notebook nearby when I’m studying or watching a sermon because I write down EVERYTHING. If I don’t write it down, I forget it and it’s like it never happened, which you definitely don’t want happening if God is speaking to you through a particular passage!

3. Pens and Highlighters

I LOVE my pen pouch! It is easily something I carry everywhere because writing is so important to me, and it comes in handy in almost every situation! Pens are great for taking notes, obviously, but highlighters are what really help bring my attention to a specific verse. In order for the highlighters not to go through the pages, I purchase the classic sharpie light highlighters or the gel version.

4. Blue Letter Bible

Blue Letter Bible is both a website and an app that has a plethora of resources to glean from. Not only is it an electronic version of the Bible in a selection of translations, it’s also a great resource for commentary. You can look up historical commentary and even search a specific word such as “purpose” and find every verse in the Bible that mentions the word.

5. Spotify playlist

I love my Elevation Worship and Jesus Jams playlists, but for studying the Bible I typically choose an instrumental Christian album, such as those from Bethel Music, or Altar’d State’s playlists. They’re super low key and put me in the mindset to study without getting distracted because I want to sing along.

6. Coffee

It’s a comfort thing...enough said.

Those are my favorite things to keep nearby because they're all super simple and the process is low maintenance while still allowing me to get as much as possible out of that time.

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Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

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Summer is hot and humid, and it's almost like summer was made specifically to drink the refreshing, cold, crisp wonderful, delicious, nutritious nectar of the gods. Which is none other than beer; wonderful cold beer. With summer playing peek-a-boo around the corner while we finish up this semester, it's time to discuss the only important part of summer. And if you haven't already guessed, it's beer. There are few things I take more seriously than my beer, in order are: sports... and beer. Here are my favorite summer brews:

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6 Tools You Need To Start Bible Study Bootcamp

These are my absolute favorite tools to use when digging into the Word.

1. Bible

2. Notebook

3. Pens and Highlighters

4. Blue Letter Bible

5. Spotify playlist

6. Coffee

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Appreciation for some of life's most discredited pleasures.

1. Sun showers

2. Smiles

3. Tight hugs

4. Discovering new foods you like.

5. Laying in bed after a long day.

6. And being completely relaxed

7. "This reminded me of you"

8. Breakfast foods

9. Over-sized clothes

10. Contagious laughs

11. Car rides with that one person

12. Random (I miss you/ I love you) texts

13. The city at night

14. Surprises

15. Blanket cocoons

16. Good hair days

17. Really good coffee

18. Days where you're in a good mood naturally and for no particular reason

19. Conquering a fear

20. When they give you a lot of guac at Chipotle

21. Being so comfortable with someone that you can literally talk about anything

22. Home-cooked meals

23. Tattoo stories

24. Leaves changing color in fall

25. Butterflies in your stomach

26. Peanut butter & jelly sandwiches

27. When you can't stop laughing

Cool Off with These 8 Beers!

Coors Light Summer Brew:

Leinenkugel Summer Shandy

Leinenkugel Sunset Wheat

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Sam Adams Summer Ale

Hell or High Watermelon

Blue Moon Summer Honey

LandShark Lager

Corona

75 degrees and sunny, plus, no humidity. I mean do I really need to say more?

Perfect Weather

You'll get an effortless tan

You can exercise with a view

You don't have to worry about bug bites

In n Out all day, every day

We have outdoor concerts

We live where people vacation

Because let's be honest, we all use lyrics.

1. “Don’t get too close, it’s dark inside. It's where my demons hide.”

2. “Tonight, we are young.”

3. “Cuz I may be bad, but I’m perfectly good at it.”

4. “Tell me how they got that pretty little face on that pretty little frame.”

5. “I can’t wait to fall in love with you, you can’t wait to fall in love with me.”

6. “Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin with no makeup on.”

7. “Why you so obsessed with me?”

8. “We ain’t ever getting older.”

9. “I didn’t know that I was starving until I tasted you.”

10. “Didn’t they tell you I’m a savage?"

11. “I’m gonna make you miss me.”

12. "Cheers to the freakin weekend.”

13. “Love’s a game. Wanna play?”

14. “You don’t know about me, but I bet you want to.”

15. “Let’s set each other’s lonely nights, Be each other’s paradise.”

16. “Trippin’ on skies, sippin’ waterfalls."

17. “Wish we could turn back time, to the good old days.”

18. “But you will remember me for centuries.”

19. “Something about you makes me feel like a dangerous woman."

20. “Don’t act like it’s a bad thing to fall in love with me.”

21. “Darling, I’m a nightmare dressed like a daydream.”

22. “Find me where the wild things are.”

23. “I’m high on lovin’ you.”

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1. "Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting." (Badlands)