Studying the Bible alone is great, but doing it with others? That\u2019s where the magic happens. Here\u2019s why community changes everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hey ladybird,
I used to think Bible study was a solo sport\u2014just me, my Bible, and a cup of coffee on a quiet morning. But then I joined a small group at church, and everything changed. Suddenly, I wasn\u2019t just reading words on a page; I was hearing how those words hit differently for my friend who was grieving, or the new mom who was exhausted, or the teenager who was full of questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ecclesiastes 4:9\u201310 says, \u201cTwo are better than one\u2026 for if they fall, one will lift up his fellow.\u201d Studying the Bible with others doesn\u2019t just deepen your understanding\u2014it lifts you up when you\u2019re down and multiplies your joy when you\u2019re soaring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Try This<\/strong>: Invite one person\u2014a friend, a coworker, or even someone from church\u2014to read a short passage with you this week. Try Ephesians 3:14\u201321. Ask each other: What stands out to you?<\/em> No need to be a scholar\u2014just share what you see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who\u2019s someone you\u2019d love to study the Bible with? Tell me in the comments, or better yet, send them a text and make it happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Studying the Bible alone is great, but doing it with others? That\u2019s where the magic happens. Here\u2019s why community changes everything. Hey ladybird,I used to think Bible study was a solo sport\u2014just me, my Bible, and a cup of coffee on a quiet morning. But then I joined a small group at church, and everything changed. Suddenly, I wasn\u2019t just reading words on a page; I was hearing how those words hit differently for my friend who was grieving, or the new mom who was exhausted, or the teenager who was full of questions. Ecclesiastes 4:9\u201310 says, \u201cTwo are better than one\u2026 for if they fall, one will lift up his fellow.\u201d Studying the Bible with others doesn\u2019t just deepen your understanding\u2014it lifts you up when you\u2019re down and multiplies your joy when you\u2019re soaring. Try This: Invite one person\u2014a friend, a coworker, or even someone from church\u2014to read a short passage with you this week. Try Ephesians 3:14\u201321. Ask each other: What stands out to you? No need to be a scholar\u2014just share what you see. Who\u2019s someone you\u2019d love to study the Bible with? Tell me in the comments, or better yet, send them a text and make it happen!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81,"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80\/revisions\/81"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mariemcgaha.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}