9.14-32 Discussion Prompts

Introduction

• Was there a time this past week when you felt the God say to you – listen to me about…?

 The Text: Mark 9.14-32, Page 21.1-29

• Read the text aloud to each other.

Discussion Questions:

• What are all the things we can learn about Jesus from this story: What was it like to come from the mountaintop experience of the transfiguration to this situation? Why the comment about the faithless generation? Why this conversation with the man while the boy suffers? Why take the boy by the hand?
• What is this event like for the father? What do you think life has been like for this man, his son, his wife, his other children? How does this man demonstrate faith? How lack of faith?
• Look at this story from the perspective of the disciples, the three who were on the mountain, and those waiting below. What do they learn about themselves? What do they learn about faith? What do they learn about prayer?

 Application reflections

• Are we facing any impossible situations where we are beyond our capabilities? How do we apply Jesus’ words about prayer in these situations?
• Have you had an experience like this father’s: a crisis where your faith has been stretched to the max? What did you learn about faith, and prayer in that experience?
• Is there a sense in which we share Jesus’ exasperation of pursuing God’s purposes in the midst of significant resistance?

Pray