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 has God given us new birth into (v. 3)?
   • Why do trials come, and what do they prove (vv. 6-7)?

2. What does it show me about people — and about myself?

   • What trial are you facing that this living hope speaks to?

3. What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)

   • How will you hold on to hope and joy in a hard place this week?

4. Who will I tell?

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).