The lost sonLuke 15:11-32Length: 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 the father do when he sees the younger son returning, and how does the older brother react?

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

   • Right now, are you more like the son in the far country or the brother refusing to join the feast?

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

   • What step home to the Father — or toward welcoming someone else home — will you take this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • This may be the greatest short story ever told — who will you retell it 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).