Submitting to one anotherEphesians 5:21-33Length: 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 does Paul ask of husbands and of wives, and whose love is the model for it all?

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

   • Where is it hardest for you to put someone else's good ahead of your own?

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

   • What is one act of self-giving love you could offer someone in your household this week — a chore taken on, a preference laid down?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who could you tell about a love that gives itself up instead of demanding its own way?

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).