Make me cleanPsalm 51:1-12Length: 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 show me about God?

   • David asks God to create something new in him, not just to forgive. What kind of God can do that?

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

   • He says "against you, and you only, have I sinned" — even though he hurt people badly. What is he seeing?

3. What will I obey this week?

   • What would you ask God to make new in you? Ask him this week, out loud.

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who feels too dirty to come back to God? What does this psalm say to them?

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).