"Study To Show Yourself Approved Unto God,"  2 Timothy 2:15
J. Deering, AncientPath.net 

Lesson 3 - Touch The Word

• 1.    Type or write the paragraph out in longhand.
• 2.    Read it from your written copy several times.
• 3.    Using colored "highlighters" and or colored felt tipped pens mark words and thoughts that stand out to you (especially repeated words or phrases).
• 4.    Look for "Commands," "themes," "repeated ideas," "key phrases," etc., and mark them with a different color.
• 5.    Look for theological words, ideas, or expressions that stand out, and mark them with a different color.
• 6.    Use symbolic devices to designate features (boxes around words, circles around words, underlined words, double underlined words.
• 7.    Use lines and arrows to connect like thoughts and ideas.
• 8.    Somewhere on your paper keep track of what the colors and devices represent.
• 9.    Always mark Prepositions and Conjunctions (and, but, in, out, through, by, before, after, etc.).
• 10.    If you see something that brings another Bible text to mind, find the reference and mark it down.
• 11.    If you get a thought and can't express it as a color or device, write yourself a note in the margin about it.
• 12.    Use your Bible Dictionary, English Dictionary, Bible Reference Books, but STAY AWAY FROM COMMENTARIES!

Sample Page of Marked-up text

Move to the Next Lesson: Lesson 4 - "Think About the Word"

2021-08-11