The Servant King - Mark 7.31-36, 8.22-26

Weekly Podcast from Cornerstone Wesleyan Church, North Gower, Ontario

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The One Thing

Jesus gracious touch welcomes us into a journey of healing and revelation.

The Scripture

Mark 7.31-36, 8.22-26

Know

• Did the Holy Spirit highlight anything for you in Sunday’s sermon?

Grow

• Would you consider salvation to be an event or a process? Share the reason why you think this.
• Why might it be that Jesus used spit on both these men, when no other healing account before this mentions Jesus using spit? Why this time?
• Why did it take “two goes” for Jesus to heal the blind man in Mark 8:25?
• Have you ever had a moment of crisis in your faith? Perhaps you were already saved, but this crisis moment did a ‘decisive work’ in your spirit? Talk about it.
• In both healing accounts (Mark 7 and Mark 8), Jesus gets the people alone, away from the crowd. Read Matthew 6:6 – why is the ‘secret place’ such an important place for the follower of Jesus?
  • Is the entrance way to your secret place with God well-trodden or dusty through lack of use?
  • Think of some real-life things that prevent us from regularly meeting Jesus in the quiet. Share with your group.
• Read Romans 8:23-27. Note how often the word “groan” is used and the context. How does this passage help us understand Jesus’ groan or sigh in Mark 7:34?
• Have you ever groaned in your prayer life? As much as you are able, share with the group what that was like.
• How do you know if your current spiritual vision is all it should be? How do you know if you are seeing clearly?
• Why is it vital that we keep coming back to Jesus and allowing Him to keep healing us and restoring us?

Show

• This week pray Ephesians 1:17-19 over those in your growgroup and for others close to you.