How to take notes while reading the Bible

[Naomanos]

I was never any good at taking notes in school, so I never did and just relied on my memory for testing. Now that I am older, not taking notes is coming back to bite me in the rear.

I would like to take notes when reading the Bible, but I just do not know how to do so.

I am going to keep a separate notebook for my note taking. I am not one to mark up my Bible for anything...lol.

I am also reading from the ESV Study Bible which has it's on notes, but I would prefer to take my own rather than relying on someone else's.

Can someone give me some pointers on how best to take notes and what to take notes on?

 

[BFine]

Here's a link:
Note Taking | Bible.org - Worlds Largest Bible Study Site

Feel free to make adjustments that suit you.

 

[paul1149]

I prefer doing it electronically. I use theWord Bible program, which with several Bible translations and study aids is excellent and free. It has a built-in note-taking facility, but I have found using Word is better for many reasons - like bulleted and numbered lists, ease of styles and formatting, spell-check, outline view, use of macros and creative autocorrect. I then use SugarSync (5.5GB free space) to automatically sync my notes across multiple devices, so I can always have them at hand.

 

[Naomanos]

I prefer doing it electronically. I use theWord Bible program, which with several Bible translations and study aids is excellent and free. It has a built-in note-taking facility, but I have found using Word is better for many reasons - like bulleted and numbered lists, ease of styles and formatting, spell-check, outline view, use of macros and creative autocorrect. I then use SugarSync (5.5GB free space) to automatically sync my notes across multiple devices, so I can always have them at hand.

Thank you Paul, but I will stick to writing them out on paper. I do have e-Sword that I can use in order to take notes, but I prefer to read a paper Bible and to write my notes on paper.

 

[Ark100]

I love paper Bible too. I look online for quick references but I love holding my Bible and reading. I also don;t like marking my bible except its a very deeply inspired verse.
Regarding the note taking. I am also someone who does not like note-taking, especially when reading a book.
But I have been doing that since I moved much closer to God... have been led by The Holy Spirit to start writing things down.
I suggest you pray before you start reading the Bible.
Ask for the guidance and inspiration of The Holy Spirit.
Then as you read, you will get what notes to write down in your spirit. It may feel like a feeling that you get where you think 'wow, that's a good one, I need to remember that' or along the lines of just feeling strongly about a particular verse or chapter. If you feel that, write it down, or write the verse or chapter down.

Don;t feel bound by any mode or wait of writing things down. Do so as you feel led and as it comes to you naturally. This way you will see when you have a look through as time goes on that they will be useful for you

 

[Imqer]

Try the Aml Pages for the note taking

 

[CounselorForChrist]

I never take notes really. I mean I have here and there but every time I read I don't write down a thousand things. Usualy whatever I read speaks to me for that time, and often I will post what I read online and what I felt from it. Of course it helps that my bible is my dads old one. He has lots of highlited verses and notes in it!

 

[seeingeyes]

I guess it depends on why you are taking notes. When you were in class, you wrote down everything that would be on the test. Well, there's no written test on this, so you'll need to find your own motivation.

Are you journaling your own impressions on what you read? Memorizing passages that are important to you? Studying a particular book? Or studying a particular topic throughout all the books?

Be specific about why you are reading and you will be able to take notes that you might actually want to look at again in the future.

 

[SaintCody777]

I got a notebook that is literally made of elephant poop. And I am using that notebook as a notebook to put all my questions about the Bible and write what certian verses mean. In that notebook, should I designate certain parts of the notebook into different categories Important passages and prophecies, Christian behavior, Prayer and Encouragement, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Condition of man.
I use a pencil to write, so if ever I need to add what I later learn about a certain question that I need to correct?

 

[Andrew77]

I was never any good at taking notes in school, so I never did and just relied on my memory for testing. Now that I am older, not taking notes is coming back to bite me in the rear.

I would like to take notes when reading the Bible, but I just do not know how to do so.

I am going to keep a separate notebook for my note taking. I am not one to mark up my Bible for anything...lol.

I am also reading from the ESV Study Bible which has it's on notes, but I would prefer to take my own rather than relying on someone else's.

Can someone give me some pointers on how best to take notes and what to take notes on?

I am not a note taker. So, I don't.

I do not think you need to take notes, if that isn't something you are into doing.