A Dogged Faith (Mark 7)

Jesus saves anyone who believes in him.

Questions:

What was wrong with the woman’s daughter?

How do you think this mother felt? Whom did she go to for help?

What are some times we might go to Jesus for help?

Memory Verse: ROMANS 10:13 “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”

Lost and Found (Luke 15)

Jesus came to rescue and redeem lost sinners.

Questions:

Why were the Pharisees upset with Jesus? Whom did Jesus come to save?

What are some of the things the father did when his son returned home?

What does this teach us about how God feels when a sinner repents and returns to him?

Memory Verse: LUKE 15:10 “There is joy before the angels of God over one sinner who repents.”

Debts and Debtors (Matthew 18)

We should forgive others just as God forgave us.

Questions:
What did Peter want to know about forgiveness?

How many times did Jesus say Peter should forgive someone who sinned against him?

What do we ask God to forgive in the Lord’s prayer?

And what do we tell him we will do to others? What should we do when we struggle to forgive others?

Memory Verse: EPHESIANS 4:32 “Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.”

Grumbles and Grace (Matthew 20)

God is free to bless anyone he chooses in the ways he knows are best.

Questions:

Do people normally want to be first in line or last? In the story

that Jesus told about the workers, who got paid first—those who started last and did the least or those who started first and did the most? What point was Jesus making?

Memory Verse: MATTHEW 20:16 “So the last will be first, and the first last.”