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?

   • How is God like the father in this story?

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

   • Which do you recognize in yourself — the son who left, or the son on the road back?

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

   • What would "he got up and went" look like for you this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who do you know who's afraid he's gone too far to come back?

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).