The cost of leadingMatthew 16:13-28Length: 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 Peter confess about Jesus, and why does Jesus then rebuke him?

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

   • Where, like Peter, do you want the Christ without the cross?

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

   • What will denying yourself concretely look like in your leadership this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • With whom will you talk honestly this week about the cost of following Jesus before inviting them to lead?

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).