Women's Empowerment — a figure standing on a ridge in full daylight, looking out over open country

In the image of GodGenesis 1:26-31Length: 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?

    • Who is made in God's image in this passage, and who receives the blessing and the work?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • Where have you seen a woman treated as less than fully made in God's image — including by yourself?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • What will you say or do this week to treat someone the way this passage says God made them?
  4. Who will I tell?

    • Who needs to hear that this is where the Bible starts?

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

God, you made them in your image, male and female, and gave the work to both. Let no one in this community be treated as less than what you made.