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 should we do when suffering, and when glad (v. 13)?
   • What happens when we confess and pray for one another (v. 16)?

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

   • What have you been carrying alone that you need prayer for?

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

4. Who will I tell?

   • Who will you ask to pray with you 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).