Acts 7–8 — Stephen dies, the gospel scattersActs 8Length: 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 Stephen retell Israel's story before the council, and what happens to the church — and to the message — after he is killed?

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

   • Those who were scattered 'preached the word wherever they went.' When hardship has pushed you somewhere you did not choose, how did you respond?

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

   • Philip obeyed a strange instruction — take the desert road — and met one ready man. What prompting to go or to speak will you obey this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Philip began with the very passage the Ethiopian was reading and told him the good news about Jesus. Who could you help understand something they are already curious about?

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).