Lesson 4 | Discern the Core Issue
Assignment
Instructions
Pray I.O.U.S.: Incline my heart... Open my eyes... Unite my heart... Satisfy us... Read Matt 6 at least three times (including at least once aloud) before adding any markups.
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Highlight each topic with a different color.
Note: Some topics in this passage span multiple paragraphs; maintain the same color for a single topic.
Highlight related details.
Record descriptive observations and probing questions in dot notes.
Identify Jesus’s central concern.
Add the Main Topic circle markup to this highlight.
Write a concise note identifying the reasons why you see this as the core issue.
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Print off this PDF and complete the above steps with highlighters and footnotes (instead of dot notes). When complete, take a picture of each page and upload them using the buttons at the bottom of this step. Finally, toggle off Editing in the markup module below so that the system treats this task as complete.
Markup this passage using the Topics lens.
Identify one interpretation and one application
Interpretation: What is one truth about God, man, or God’s plan that you understand from this passage?
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Is the Holy Spirit prompting a new step of obedience—a sin to put away, a truth to believe, a warning to heed?
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