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What to do when our child is facing something challenging.
Discussion Questions
Start Talking
When you were a child, did you ever face something challenging?
How did your parents walk through that with you?
What did you learn from that experience?
Do you feel like kids today have greater challenges than you did as a kid OR are they just different challenges?
Why do you think that is?
Read This
Read Mark 9:17-29
Who did the father go to first to seek healing for his son?
Who did he end up going to?
Why do you think that when the spirit saw Jesus it made the boy convulse?
In verse 23, what does Jesus say is possible when we believe?
In verse 24, what is the father’s response?
What did Jesus do next?
Why did Jesus then talk to the disciples privately about what had happened?
Read Luke 18:1
What does this verse tell us to do?
Why is such a simple verse so powerful?
Do you need this reminder in your life right now?
What Now
When you or your child are facing hard times, are you mindful to keep yourself healthy or do you tend to spiral into unhealthy patterns?
What areas of health tend to trend unhealthy for you in these times?
Is that helpful to your child or to you?
What choices do you need to make to stay healthy?
Do you tend to give up in your prayers when you are facing a long battle with something?
How can you be more intentional and faithful in your prayers?
What are some specific things that you need prayer for right now?
Who do you have in your life that are your prayer warriors?
How has their faithfulness to pray for you or your family impacted your life?
If you do not have prayer warriors, who could be a potential prayer warrior in your life?
How can we as a group be more intentional about praying for and with each other?
Have you ever given up hope that God will answer your prayers?
How can you be assured that God hears you and is answering your prayers?
Are you willing to apply whatever the answer is, even if it seems far-fetched?
How can we encourage you to keep praying, keep believing, and keep holding on to hope?
Jesus healed children. He can heal ours. He’s the same God.
Who parted the Red Sea for Moses.
Who helped David kill a giant.
Who healed the demon possessed boy.
Who raised children from the dead & put His hands on them to bless them.
Additional Series Resources
2023 Scripture Reading Plan
Scripture: Matthew 9:18-26
Scripture: Luke 7:11-16
Scripture: John 4:43-53
Scripture: Mark 10:13-16
Song: Same God by Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake, Pat Barrett, Chris Brown