Hearing and responding to God's WordMark 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 does Jesus say the seed is, and what happens to it in each soil?

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

   • Which soil sounds most like you at the moment?
   • What chokes the word in the third soil?

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

   • What one weed — worry, wealth, distraction — will you pull up this week?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who could you sow God's word to, leaving the harvest to him?

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).