Old bread and a clever trickJoshua 9:3-16Length: 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?

   • The one thing Israel skipped was asking God. What difference would one question have made?

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

   • The Gibeonites dress up their bread and their shoes to sell a story. What do people dress up today to make a lie look true?

3. What will I obey this week?

   • What decision this week will you stop and pray about before you make it?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who is about to believe something that is not true? How could you help?

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).