Kingdom Business — a door standing open at midday, people coming toward it

The house on the rockMatthew 7:24-27Length: Short

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

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • What is the only difference between the two builders, and what does the storm reveal?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • What have you heard from Jesus about work or money and not yet acted on?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • What will you actually do about it this week — the concrete step, with a day?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who could you tell what you are building on, and why?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Jesus, both builders heard your words and only one acted on them, and the storm found out which. Make us people who build on what we have actually obeyed.