Hope for the non-religiousLuke 18:9-17Length: 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?

   • Which of the two men goes home right with God, and how does Jesus receive the little children?

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

   • Have you ever felt that God is only for religious people — and how does this story answer that?

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

   • How will you come to God this week with one simple, honest prayer instead of trying to earn your way in?

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who thinks they are too far from religion for God, that you could tell this story to?

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).