Labour under a hard masterExodus 1:1-22Length: 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?

   • How does the passage describe the way the Egyptians treated the Israelites' work — and what do the midwives do?

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

   • Where does your work, or your business, place a burden on someone else?

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

   • What will you change this week about how someone under you is treated or paid?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who is being worked without mercy near you, and who could you tell?

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).