The First 40 Days cover — a young sprout rising toward the light

You are a new creation2 Corinthians 5:17-21

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

Digest

Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.

  1. What does this passage show me about God?

    • What has God done with our sins through Christ (v. 21)?
    • What name does God give you in verse 20?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • What is the 'old' that has passed and the 'new' that has come for you?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • As an ambassador, whose reconciliation could you carry this week?
  4. Who will I tell?

Grow

Growth is God's part, not yours. Do the cycle faithfully and trust Him to give the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7).

Pray

Lord, thank you for making me new. Where I still feel like my old self, help me trust that you have already changed me.