Okay, I have to tell you something.
For years, I watched people walk away from their Bible feeling like they weren’t smart enough, spiritual enough, or disciplined enough to understand it. They’d open it, read a few verses, feel nothing click, and close it again. Maybe they’d land on a quote someone posted online and think, well, that sounds nice. And they’d move on.
I’ve been there. I know that feeling. And I also know what happens when someone finally teaches you how to actually read it.
Everything changes.
That’s why I created the BREATHE Bible Study Method™.
This has literally been years in the making. The video I share below was created back in 2019! It has taken me this long to have the confidence to share it with others.
BREATHE isn’t a devotional. It’s not a feelings journal with a Scripture reference on the cover. It’s a real, step-by-step method for learning how to open your Bible, read it in context, dig into the original language, trace a theme across Scripture, apply it honestly to your life, and then carry it with you. It’s the method I wish someone had handed me years ago.
Paul wrote to Timothy that all Scripture is inspired by God and useful for teaching, for reproof, for restoration, and for training in righteousness, so that the person belonging to God may be capable, fully equipped for every good deed. (2 Timothy 3:16-17, TLV) YouVersion
Did you catch that? Fully equipped. Not kind of equipped. Not vaguely inspired. Fully. Equipped. That’s what God intends for every person who opens this book. But you can’t get there by pulling verses out of context and hoping they land. You get there by learning to read well.
That’s what the BREATHE Bible Study Method™ teaches you to do.
Here’s how the method works. Each letter stands for a step.
B is for Background. Before you read a single verse, you find out who wrote the book, who they were writing to, and what was happening in the world at the time. Context isn’t optional. Context is everything.
R is for Research. You slow down and look at the key words in your passage in their original language. Hebrew and Greek aren’t as scary as they sound, and the free tools I recommend make this accessible to anyone.
E is for Exploration. You chase the theme of your passage across the rest of Scripture. God tells one consistent story from Genesis to Revelation and this step helps you see how your passage connects to the whole.
A is for Application. This is where we learn the difference between exegesis and eisegesis, which is a fancy way of saying the difference between letting the text speak and making the text say what you want. Application grounded in context is transformative. Application built on projection is just a motivational poster with a cross on it.
T is for Talking. Bible study that doesn’t lead you to God is just academic exercise. This step is prayer, and specifically the kind where you also stop and listen.
H is for Hide. Psalm 119:11 says “I have hidden Your word in my heart, that I might not sin against You.” Scripture memorization isn’t a school assignment. It’s a survival skill.
E is for Exhale. You breathed it all in. Now you let it out. You rest in what God showed you, you share it with someone who needs it, and you surrender whatever He called you to surrender.
That’s the whole method. Seven steps. One verse at a time.
I built this as a free downloadable guide for anyone who’s ready to stop reading the Bible like a motivational quote generator and start reading it like the living Word it actually is. It walks you through every step with real teaching, real examples using an actual passage, and fill-in practice sections so you can try it yourself as you go.
It’s for the person who’s been in church for twenty years and still feels like they don’t know how to study. It’s for the new believer who wants to understand what they’re reading. It’s for anyone who suspects there’s more depth in this book than what they’ve been shown and is tired of waiting for someone to show it to them.
That someone is me. And this is your guide.
👉🏻 Download the free BREATHE Bible Study Method™ guide right here and then watch the video below for more information on learning the background of what you are studying!
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About the Author
Diane Ferreira is a Jewish believer in Yeshua, a published author, speaker, seminary student, wife, and proud mom. She is the founder of She’s So Scripture and She Opens Her Bible. She is the author of several books, including The Proverbs 31-ish Woman, which debuted as Amazon’s #1 New Release in Religious Humor, as well as Holy, Hormonal and Holding On.
She is currently pursuing her graduate degree in Jewish Studies in seminary, with her favorite topics being the early church and Biblical Hebrew. Diane writes and teaches from a unique perspective, bridging her Jewish heritage with vibrant faith in the Messiah to bring clarity, depth, and devotion to everyday believers.
When she’s not writing, studying, or teaching, you’ll find her curled up with a good book, crocheting something cozy, traveling, or playing her favorite video games.
Tree of Life (TLV) – Scripture taken from the Holy Scriptures, Tree of Life Version*. Copyright © 2014,2016 by the Tree of Life Bible Society. Used by permission of the Tree of Life Bible Society.
This…is genuinely fantastic! You have given structure to something that so many struggle with, and to give it a memorable and pertinent acronym is just…so cool.
love love love this!