The Lord looks at the heart1 Samuel 16:1-13Length: Standard

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?

   • Why did Samuel think Eliab was the one, and what did God tell him?
   • Whom did God choose, and what does that show about what God values?

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

   • When have you judged someone, or a whole group of people, by what you could see from the outside? What might God see that you missed?

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

   • Whom have you written off? What is one way this week you can treat that person as someone God sees and values?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who feels overlooked or not good enough? How could you tell them that God looks at the heart?

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).