The brother who stayed outsideLuke 15:25-32Length: Standard

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 show me about God?

   • The father goes outside to plead with the older son too. What does that show about how God treats the angry one?

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

   • The older brother calls his brother "this son of yours." What does it do to a person to hold on to being right?

3. What will I obey this week?

   • Is there a party you are refusing to go to? What will you do this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who has been overlooked while somebody else got forgiven? What could you say to them?

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).