Use the following questions to respond to God’s Word through prayer, meditation or journaling:

1.  What does God reveal about Himself in this passage?  How can you praise, thank or worship Him and acknowledge these? Pause now and pray.

2. What are you being called to believe more deeply or see more clearly in this passage about God’s love for you? The incredible salvation provided through Jesus? Or the ways in which He is inviting you to love and serve others?

3. Is God using this passage to reveal something about your values or character that needs to change? Will you respond to God and pray for his transforming grace in this area of your life?

4. What is your takeaway from this passage?  

• Head – what beliefs about God, yourself, or others need to be adjusted in response to God’s Word?
• Heart – how can you pray for internal change of heart and watch for the change in your actual daily experience?
• Hands – what would God have you do in response to this passage?  What actual steps is He inviting you to take to apply this passage to your life today or this week?