“This kind comes out only by prayer”Mark 9:14-29Length: Long

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 does the boy's father ask Jesus, and how does Jesus answer his 'if you can'?

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

   • Where do you hear yourself in the father's cry, 'I believe; help my unbelief'?

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

   • What situation that feels impossible will you bring to God in honest prayer this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who is facing something impossible that you could pray with this week?

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).