Bring your Bible study to life with holy imagination! Learn how engaging your five senses can help you visualize Scripture—without changing its meaning. This episode shows you how to add sensory depth to your Bible study while staying true to the text. Bible study isn’t just reading—it’s experiencing. Learn to use holy imagination and your five senses to slow down, see the story, and let God’s Word sink deeper into your heart.

HOMEWORK:

1) Read Ruth 1 again using your Holy Imagination and 5 senses, especially related to Namoi’s emotions.

2) Write the word STOP when you take a pause to use your holy imagination.

3) Using your Holy Imagination and 5 senses, write down in your journal what Naomi may have been feeling.

4) Read Psalm 23 using your Holy Imagination and 5 senses. How does reading this way impact your heart and your soul?

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Want to uncover threads that weave the Bible together? In this episode of Bible Study Besties, we explore the powerful study method of marking repeated keywords. Highlighting keywords slows down your reading, helping you notice important details you may have previously missed. These repeated words often point to key themes—truths that appear in a single book and echo across the entire Word of God. These themes reveal God’s unified story from beginning to end. Grab your Bible pens or colored pencils, and join us as we gain confidence to study God's Word.

HOMEWORK:

1) Find where the town Bethlehem is mentioned beginning in Genesis and then throughout the Bible.

2) Trace Moab and Moabites throughout the Bible.

Reference your Study Bible, Bible Hub, Bible Gateway

Once you have completed your own study, read this article from Ligonier Ministries.

Ever notice certain words popping up again and again in Scripture? That’s no accident. In this episode, we explore the power of repeated keywords—how they reveal major themes in a single book and connect to the greater story of the entire Bible. You’ll learn how to spot these key words, why they matter, and how marking them (yes, break out your Bible pens or colored pencils!) can help you see God’s message with greater clarity. Get ready to trace God’s heart through His words, one repeated phrase at a time.

HOMEWORK:

Read Ruth Chapter 1. Using Bible pens, colored pencils, or highlighters and mark any repeated keywords. (Secret tip: If a word is repeated, it is a keyword!) You will want to keep your marking consistent throughout the entire book, so grab an index card if you would like to keep track of the words you are marking. For example, "kindness" can be marked with an orange box, and "Bethlehem" could have a light green line through it.

Mark every reference to God, Jesus or the Holy Spirit. If you have margins in your Bible, note what you learn about God in the margin.