Obedience — a house standing firm on rock as the storm passes

Love and obeyDeuteronomy 6:1-9Length: Standard

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 does God tell Israel to do with his words — at home, on the road, lying down, and getting up?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • How connected are loving God and obeying God in your life right now?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • What one daily moment — a meal, a commute, bedtime — will you use to talk about God's words this week?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who in your household could you repeat these commands to, as this passage says?

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

Lord, you alone are God, and I want to love you with all my heart, soul, and strength. Write your commands on my heart so that obeying you becomes part of my everyday life.