Love your enemiesMatthew 5:43-48Length: Standard

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?

   • What reason does Jesus give for loving enemies, and who does he say we are being like?

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

   • Who is hardest for you to love in this community — and what have you been calling that instead of hatred?

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

   • What is one concrete good you will do for that person this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who else is caught in that same conflict who needs to hear this passage?

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).