When work became toilGenesis 3:1-24Length: 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 changes about work in this passage, and what does God say the ground will now produce?

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

   • Where does your work feel most like thorns right now?

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

   • What one frustration at work will you bring to God this week instead of carrying alone?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who is worn down by their work that you could encourage this week?

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).