Mark 5:21-43
1. What are the times in life where
we have to exercise the most amount of faith? When our faith gets tested
the most? Would anyone be willing to share a personal story? (no
where else to turn, situation is dire, you've tried everything else, many
questions still unanswered).
2. What is your reaction when
God blesses other people (BE HONEST!! No Sunday school answers!!!)
Upset? Bitter? Cheated? Discouraged? Why do you feel
that way? .
3. Do you have a personal
story where you feel like you've been "skipped over?" Maybe
you've been faithful, giving, serving, doing everything right, but God seems to
have forgotten you and moved on to someone else?
4. Have you ever had a
"why bother" moment, where you lose your little bit of hope and faith
and decide to throw in the towel and give up? What attributes to those
"why bother" feelings? (haters, critics, pride, discouragement,
misunderstanding of who God is).
5. What is the difference in
"blind faith" and when Jesus tells Jairus to "only
believe?" How can you combat the argument that all faith is blind
and you don't have any real foundation or evidence for your faith?
6. What do you need to
"put out" so that you can move forward in your faith? (Haters,
scoffers, critics, doubts, fears, discouragement, past failures, anxiety).
7. Out of the hurdles that stand
between you and deeper faith in Jesus and incredible life change, which are the
hardest for you? (how to ignore what some people say that downplay your
faith, you can't hear God because you're too busy listening to other people,
you're trying to fully understand and comprehend something that Jesus has told
you to "just believe," OR you can't put things out of your life that
are slowing your faith journey down).
REMEMBER: We've got a choice
with our faith: Why bother? OR Just believe!
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