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

What brokeGenesis 3:1-24Length: 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 is broken by the end of this passage — between the people and God, between each other, and with the ground itself?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • Which of those same breaks can you see in your own community, and which one touches you personally?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • What is one place you have been hiding or blaming that you will bring into the open this week?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who could you be honest with about what is actually broken, instead of managing appearances?

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

Father, the ground grew thorns and the man blamed the woman before the day was out. Show us honestly what is broken here, and keep us from pretending it is not.