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No one among them was in needActs 4:32-37Length: Standard

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 the passage say about their hearts, and what does it say that produced?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • What do you own that you have quietly decided is not available to this community?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • What specific need in this group will you meet this week, and on what day?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who like Barnabas could you encourage to do the same?

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, they were of one heart and soul, and it showed in what they did with what they owned. Loosen our grip, and let no one among us be left in need.