The four soilsLuke 8:4-15Length: 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 passage show me about God?

   • What happens to the seed in each of the four soils, and who does Jesus say the good soil is?

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

   • Which soil best describes how you have been receiving God's word lately?

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

   • What one thorn — a worry, money, a pleasure — will you name and hand over to God this week so it can't choke the word?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who could you retell this parable to 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).