Clothed in the new selfColossians 3:1-17Length: Long

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 is to be put off and put on in this passage, and what does it say love does?

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

   • Which of the things to be put off is still hanging on you in this community?

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

   • What will you put on this week in its place, in one concrete situation?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who do you need to forgive, as the Lord forgave you — and when will you go?

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).