Thorns and sweatGenesis 3:16-19Length: Short

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?

   • What does God say to the woman and to the man, and what happens to the ground because of the man's sin?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself, my work and my land?

   • Where do you see the thorns and the sweat of this passage in your own fields and your own family?

3. What will I obey this week, at home and on my land? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • What sin that is making your work or your home harder will you bring into the open this week — and to whom?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who is tired and bitter about the work, and could hear that the work itself came before the curse?

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).