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

Love God and your neighborMark 12:28-34

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 two commands does Jesus call greatest?
    • What does everything else hang on?
  2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

    • Which is harder for you now — loving God, or your neighbor?
  3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

    • Who is one neighbor you will love concretely 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, help me love you with all that I am, and love my neighbor as myself.