“Take heart, it is I”Mark 6:45-52Length: 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 are the disciples doing when Jesus comes to them, and what does he say when they cry out in terror?

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

   • Where are you straining against the wind right now, and what makes it hard to recognize Jesus in the middle of it?

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

   • When fear cries out this week, how will you receive Jesus' words, 'Take heart, it is I'?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who is rowing exhausted against the wind, and how could you bring them these words?

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).