Tips

Read Before You Study

Read twenty verses before and twenty after, so the verse you are studying has a home to live in.

Pray Before You Read

Ask for understanding before you open the page, not just a good feeling about it.

Chew Your Own Food

Study aids are pre-chewed food. Read the passage yourself before you reach for one.

Hide It Where You Can Find It

Memorize the verse instead of just reading it, so the Spirit has something to bring to mind.

Pray After You Read

Understanding is not the finish line. Ask what to do about what you just read.

Ask Before You Answer

Observe what a passage says before you ask what it means.

Try Another Translation

A second translation shows you where the original language was doing something English cannot say in one clean way.

Let Scripture Explain Scripture

Follow a cross-reference before you reach for a commentary.

Stay Longer Than You Want To

A passage keeps giving for as long as you keep sitting with it.

Follow the Therefore

Watch for the word that turns eleven chapters of mercy into one command.

Turn On What You Need

Every feature on this site has an off switch. Use Settings to show only what you actually use.

Your Journal, Ready to Print

Turn your private journal into a page you can read, mark up, or hand to someone else.

Watch Your Progress Add Up

Mark a day complete and the home page remembers exactly where you left off.

Let It Read to You

Your browser can read any page, or just the memory verse, out loud.

Make It Fit Your Eyes

Set the theme and font size that are actually comfortable to read.

Back Up Before You Need To

Export your journal and progress before you clear your browser or switch devices.

Send It to Your Group

One click opens an email to your whole study group, pre-filled and ready to edit.

Search Every Essay at Once

Search the full text of every essay on the site, not just the titles.

Join the Conversation

Turn on Community Discussions and talk about a passage with other readers.

Say What You Think

Write to the site, or to the author of an essay, straight from your own mail app.

Take the Reading List With You

Download a five-page calendar showing every day's reading for the whole year.

See Every Verse at a Glance

One page, every memory verse in the study, and how many you have actually learned.

Read a Series in Order

Some essays are written as a series. Here is where to find them in reading order.

Warm Up Before You Read

An opt-in quiz asks a few quick questions about the weeks you have already read, right before you start a new one.