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

Saved by graceEphesians 2:1-10

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 did God do 'because of his great love' (vv. 4-5)?
    • Why are we saved, and why not (vv. 8-9)?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • What has God made you, and for what (v. 10)?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • What good work could you walk in 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

Father, thank you that you saved me by grace, not by my effort. Free me from trying to earn what you have already given.