If you’ve ever sat down to read your Bible and felt unsure where to begin, you’re not alone. In this episode, I’m walking you through a method that’s helped me so much in my own quiet time—the POIMA method: Prayer, Observation, Interpretation, Meditation, and Application. It’s a simple and intentional way to really understand Scripture and apply it to your life.Whether you’re just starting your Bible journey or looking to go deeper, this episode is for you. Let’s grow together in God’s Word!Support the show
What is the POIMA method for reading the Bible?
for an example today i learned something that was like wow i never even knew that we were talking about uh john 10 10 i was watching i wasn't watching i was listening because i was doing so many wedding invitations i was just putting on a sermon in the back so the word was being imparted into me some way and philip anthony michael was talking about um he was talking about hold on philip anthony michael philip anthony mitchell
It's Mitch. Caleb, is it Mitchell? It's Mitchell. Did it? I'm pretty certain it's Philip Anthony Mitchell. But I think I said Michael. My brain was like, wait, that felt wrong. But am I right? It is Mitchell. Philip Anthony Mitchell. There we go. But yeah, Philip Anthony Mitchell. He said something during one of his services on 2019.
And he said that, you know, John 1010 says that the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy. And we associate that with the devil. But in the context of that passage, it's actually talking about false prophets. I never knew that.
So context, time, date and period and characters mean everything because understanding the context, the time period, where it's being said, how it's being said, quite literally dictates the entire verse. And so that's really important. So that was one thing where I was like, wow, that I did not know that was the context of
of what was being said granted there's probably so many things in the bible i still don't understand and that is gonna blow my mind and i'm excited for it to keep coming but that was one thing that was like wow that was really insane so anyways observation is all about asking questions break down each verse and ask even the ones that you think is super unimportant so i'm gonna take you through
I'm mentoring one of my girls and I took her to Ephesians and I took her to Ephesians and we started to read and there was one word that stumped her. And I was like, okay, so a question you could ask is, what does this word mean? She's like, yeah, because I don't know what that means. And I was like, yeah, I might.
feel like a dumb question of like oh i don't understand this word but you have to ask those questions so it gives you a better idea of the context and also understanding that the bible is written in three languages and that's hebrew aramaic and greek and so depending on what chapter you're reading and what book you're reading the language might shift and change so in the old testament where i believe
it's Deuteronomy and Genesis usually all the translations of the word submit is translated into the Hebrew definition means to like acknowledge and so we think like submission is like surrender but submission is actually acknowledgement and so that was like one thing that really changed my perception reading the Old Testament of like oh what submission looks like it's not just like
oh surrendering because there's a word for surrendering it's surrender but submission was an acknowledging and a reverence and an awe for god right and so stuff like that where you understand the original language to where you go back on certain ones to be like oh that's what it actually means and that's how i could actually see what's happening in the scripture does that make sense and so asking those questions is super important so let's break it down poima
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