Spiritual Character study

Information about Today Liturgical Day:____________ Day of Week:____________ Time of Day:____________ Date:____________ Place:_____________ Who else was present:_____________ Today’s Devotions Devotional Passage read:_____________ Notes about the passage: A Character in today’s Reading Which character did you pick?

What did you pick him/her?

What other passages talk about this character?

Describe the childhood of this character.

Describe the life of this character.

Describe the parents of this character.

Describe the extended family of this character.

Describe the immediate family of this character.

What character traits do you see in this character? In what ways are you like this character? In what ways are you different from this character? For what reason do you think that you are different from this character?

Describes how this character relates to God.

Describe how this character abandons God.

Describe how this character encounters God. Who were the companions of this character?

How did they help him/her?

How did they hinder him/her?

How did this individual influence others?

How did others influence this individual?

What mistakes did this individual make?

How were the mistakes rectified?

How were the mistakes not corrected?

How did they acknowledge their sins?

How did they confess their sins?

How did this individual serve God?

How did this individual fail God?

How did this individual’s children turn out?

How did this individual’s grandchildren turn out?

Questions about the character. (2) What does the passage tell us about the life of the character?

What does the passage tell us about what the character taught?

What are the essential details of the events of the character at this time? Who are the friends of this character? Who are the enemies of this character?

How did his friends oppose him?

How did his friends hinder him?

How did his friends help him?

How did his enemies aid him?

How did his enemies hinder him?

How did his enemies oppose him?

How did his enemies help him?

How did his enemies aid him? Where else is this story about this character described?

What else does that passage say about this story?

What does it omit from this story?

How do those differences affect the significance of the character?

What does this character say about God?

How does this character express the nature of God?

How does this character express the attitude of God?

Whatprinciples does this character teach?

What, from the life of this character, can you apply to your life?