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Community Development — lit windows across a small town at first light, the houses waking one by one

God made a good worldGenesis 1:1-2:2Length: Long

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

Digest

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

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • What does God do over and over in this passage, and what does he say about what he has made?

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

    • Where has the good God built into your community been easiest for you to overlook?

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

    • What is one good thing in your neighbourhood you will name out loud and give thanks for this week?

  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who in your community needs to hear that this place was made good on purpose?

Grow

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

Pray

God, you made this world and called it good — the soil, the water, the work, and the people. Teach us to see our own place the way you saw yours on the first day.