Creation waitsRomans 8:18-21Length: 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 is creation waiting for in this passage, and what does Paul say God will set it free from?

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

   • Where do you see the "bondage to decay" on your land, and how does this hope change the way you see it?

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

   • What will you do this week that treats God's creation as something he means to set free — and on what day?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who has given up on the land around them, as if it will only ever get worse?

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).