Honor and Shame — a robe of light descending to cover a bowed figure

Jina kubwa kuliko mnaraMwanzo 12:1-9Length: Long

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. Fungu hili linanifundisha nini kuhusu Mungu?

    • Wale wajenzi wanasema "na tujifanyie jina"; Mungu anaahidi kumfanyia nini Abramu kuhusu jina lake, na kwa gharama gani kwa Abramu?
  2. Linanifundisha nini kuhusu watu — na kunihusu mimi?

    • Unajenga mnara gani — kazi, sifa, hadhi ya familia — ili kulifanya jina lako kuwa kubwa?
  3. Nitatii nini wiki hii? (hatua moja halisi, na siku yake)

    • Ni hatua gani ya kuamini, kama Abramu kuiacha nyumba ya baba yake, utakayoipiga wiki hii kwa nguvu ya ahadi ya Mungu peke yake?
  4. Nitamwambia nani?

    • Ni nani karibu nawe anajichosha kujitengenezea jina, nawe ungewezaje kumshirikisha yale Mungu aliyomwahidi Abramu?

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

Mungu, ninakiri sehemu kubwa ya maisha yangu inavyotumika kujijengea jina ili asiwepo wa kunidharau. Nipe badala yake lile jina uliyompa Abramu — lile ulilolinena, si lile ninalolijenga.