The Father who receives the lostLuke 15:11-24Length: 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 does the father do while the son is still a long way off?

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

   • What did the son expect to be, and what did the father make him instead?
   • Where are you in this story right now?

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

   • What one step home will you take this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who do you know who thinks they are too far gone to be received?

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).