Shame, pain, and a coveringGenesis 3:1-21Length: 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 happens to their bodies, their relationships and their work in this passage — and what does God do for them at the end?

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

   • What are you hiding, and what does the hiding cost you in body and mind?

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

   • What will you stop hiding this week, and who will you tell?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who is carrying shame about their health that you could sit with without judging?

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).