What a church actually doesActs 2:36-47Length: 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?

   • After the three thousand believe, what do they devote themselves to, and what does God add?

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

   • Which of these marks could a brand-new group of believers practice from day one?

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

   • What is the simplest picture you will write this week of what your new church does when it meets — what stays in, and what stays out?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Whom will you show your simple-church picture to for honest feedback?

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).