Texts: Mark 5:21-34; Mark 7:24-30; Mark 9:14-24
Open the Scriptures:
- Reading these passages, what’s one thing that strikes you?
- What do you notice about how Jesus responds to people in desperate situations in Mark 5, 7, and 9?
- What do these stories teach us about what faith is and what it is not?
- Why do you think unbelief limited what Jesus did in Nazareth (Mark 6:1–6)?
Open Your Lives:
When have you experienced Jesus meeting you in your weakness or need rather than your strength or success?
What keeps you from coming to Jesus with full honesty — shame, self-sufficiency, fear, pride?
Where in your life right now do you feel desperate, stuck, or at the end of yourself? What would it look like to bring that need honestly to Jesus?