The sower and the soilsMark 4:1-20Length: 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 happens to the seed on each of the four kinds of ground?

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

   • Which of the four soils looks most like your heart right now?

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

   • What thorn — worry, money, or wanting other things — will you pull up this week so the word can grow?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who could you retell this story of the farmer and the four soils 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).