Do you understand what you are reading?Acts 8:26-40Length: 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?

   • How did the Spirit lead Philip to the man from Ethiopia?
   • What did Philip do when he found the man reading?

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

   • Are you ready to sit beside someone and open the Bible with them? What makes you hesitate?

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

   • Whom will you ask this week to read a passage of the Bible with you? When?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who in your life is curious or asking questions about God? How could you start a Bible study with them?

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).