S-P-A-C-E P-E-T-S

Use the S-P-A-C-E P-E-T-S acrostic. This acrostic is a useful aid to meditation. Each letter represents a question that can help you apply the passage to your life. If you memorize the nine questions that this acrostic represents, you will have them available every time you want to meditate on a passage. This acrostic asks: Is there any …

• Sin to confess? Do I need to make any restitution?
• Promise to claim? Is it a universal promise? Have I met the condition(s)?
• Attitude to change? Am I willing to work on a negative attitude and begin building toward a positive one?
• Command to obey? Am I willing to do it no matter how I feel?
• Example to follow? Is it a positive example for me to copy, or a negative one to avoid?
• Prayer to pray? Is there anything I need to pray back to God?
• Error to avoid? Is there any problem that I should be alert to or beware of?
• Truth to believe? What new things can I learn about God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, or other biblical teachings?
• Something to praise God for? Is there something here I can be thankful for?

Rick Warren, Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods: Twelve Ways You Can Unlock God’s Word (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006), 39–40.