Read Genesis 3:11-13 Reflect and consider these questions as you go about your day today: How do the man and the woman respond when confronted with their sin? Who knows you well enough to see the sin in your life? Have you given them permission to confront you? When you are confronted by a friend about some sin in your …

Read Genesis 3:8-10 These are some of the saddest verses in the Bible for me. God comes to walk with His friends, His creation. He gently calls them to move towards Him when He says, “where are you?” What do you think Adam is afraid of in this encounter with his creator? In your life, what would you fear having …

Read Genesis 3:6-7 Ponder the following questions today: What motivates the woman to eat? What is motivating this first sin? What are the immediate consequences? How is shame introduced immediately into their relationship, where we saw earlier there was no shame? Are there areas in our life, past sin, present sin, or character issues that cause you to want to …

Read Genesis 3:1-5 It seems especially cunning and cruel, to me, when the serpent in verses4-5 seems to say subtly, “God doesn’t want you to be like Him, He’skeeping you separate from Him, you aren’t good enough to be like Him.” How have you felt “less than” in your own life? How does Satan use this tactic with you? How …

Read Genesis 3 Consider the following questions: What stands out to you as interesting? What is confusing? What do you learn about God and how He relates to us from this chapter? What do you learn about man/womankind (ourselves) from this chapter?

This morning, as we sit with the Father, we are going to spend sometime thinking about the word “shame. In your own life, have there been ways that you have felt shamed by the people in your life? If you are able to, talk to the Father about the ways that you have felt this shame. Ask Him to speak …

Read Genesis 2:20-25 I’ve read that the word translated here as “rib” is elsewhere translatedas “side.” I know it’s not a huge difference, but to me the idea of “hisside” draws my mind to thinking of us, as men and women, walking sideby side, helpers to each other. Reflect and consider these questions today: How do you feel after reading …