
The man nobody could bindLuke 8:26-29Length: Short
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.
What does this passage show me about God?
- How does the passage describe the man's condition and how people had tried to handle it?
What does it show me about people — and about myself?
- Who have you privately written off as beyond help?
What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)
- What will you do this week to move toward that person rather than away?
Who will I tell?
- Who else has given up on them, who needs to hear that Jesus did not?
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
Jesus, you went across the lake and stepped out in front of a man everyone else had chained and given up on. Nothing about him frightened you away.