1 Eat

Read the passage slowly, read it again, then retell it in your own words. If you can't retell it, read it once more.

• Read
• Reread
• Retell

2 Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

1. What does this passage show me about God?

   • Across these two passages, what does God do with somebody who quit?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • What does this show you about how people judge failure — and how do you judge your own?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • Who have you written off, and what would giving him another shot look like this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who do you know who quit something and figures that's the end of it?

3 Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).