AdoptedRomans 8:14-17Length: Short

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 Spirit do, and what does he testify to?

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

   • What is the difference between the spirit of a slave and the Spirit of adoption?
   • What does it mean to be a fellow heir with Christ?

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

   • Where are you still living in fear rather than as a child? What will you do about it this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who do you know who has never heard God called Father?

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).