Discussion Questions 5/23/20

5/23/2020

These discussion questions are based on the sermon titled "After the Healing".

Here are some discussion questions that you can talk about with the people that are in your home with you. You can also call a friend who was watching and discuss it with them. Or you can break out a notebook and use these questions to journal your thoughts on the message.

1. How do people struggle with demons today?

2. Why do you think that the demons didn’t come out of the man right away?

3. Why were the townspeople afraid of the man after he was cured from demon possession?

4. Why is ‘crazy’ more comfortable for the world to be around?

5. Why did Jesus not want the man who was cured from demon possession to get into the boat with Him?

6. How did the testimony of man who was cured from demon possession move the entire town?

7. Why did Simon’s mother in law immediately started serving the people around her when she was healed?

8. Why do you think the high priest’s servant didn’t do anything after Jesus healed him?

9. What are some ways that people respond after they receive healing?

10. What is the message that God is trying to give to you from this sermon?

11. How can you apply this message to your life?

12. What practical thing can you do today to get started?

Feel free to share some of your thoughts in the comment section below:

14 Comments

Afua London

5/23/2020 12:43:15 pm

10. What is the message that God is trying to give to you from this sermon?
My experience is unique and there are people that others may not be able to reach that I might be able to reach for Christ because of my experience with Him. Just like the other people were not able to reach the town's people with their stories, but the demonic man healed by Jesus could.

11. How can you apply this message to your life?
By not being timid, but telling people about the wonderful things that God has done for me.

12. What practical thing can you do today to get started?
Make a journal of the wonderful things He has done for me over the years. Call a friend and share with them.

Wayne Jamel

5/23/2020 12:49:29 pm

That is exactly right. Jesus at that moment was not getting through to the crowd, because of the negative testimony, but Jesus knew that the positive testimony of the man would make a difference. Instead of doing the work Himself, Jesus allows for a personal touch of our testimonies to open the door for people to listen to Him.

Wow I love that idea of journaling all those testimonies. Thats great. So many times God has done great things for me, and I try to remember, and if I didn't journal it down I may have forgotten. Great idea.

Joe and Cora F.

5/23/2020 01:12:17 pm

How do people struggle with demons today ?
Independence is so important with people , it’s a human nature to act or exercise their independence away from the protection of God and this independence reflects our choice of not going to God in times of troubles and the devil likes this attitude of independence very much , he will use this mentality and he gives us all the methods of discouragement and lies about our savior of not being able to help us anymore
so as just not to go to Him for help , so in effect we will end up fighting the demons and solving our problems in our lives on our own.
We can’t fight the Devil that’s God’s business alone .
James 4:7 Submit yourselves therefore to God.
Resist the devil ,and he will flee from you .
That’s what we have to do pray to God, to give us the strength to resist the temptations from the devil.
It’s really sad that people choose to suffer from struggling the demons alone in their lives.
Just our thoughts .

5/23/2020 01:36:01 pm

James 4:7 has that simple solution.
Step 1: Submit to God
Step 2: Resist the devil
Result: devil will flee

We need to come to a day of dependence in God

Selva Mason

5/23/2020 01:20:14 pm

Thank you for today's message, Pastor Wayne. It really resonated with me in many ways.

9. What are some ways that people respond after they receive healing?

People respond in different ways after they receive healing. Some people are thankful to God and intimately thank Him. Some people open non-profit organizations that supports the cause, ailment or circumstance from which they were healed/delivered. Some share their experience with close friends and family members. Some people share with larger audiences like the community of people with the same ailment, disease, habit, sickness or life circumstance. Some share with all the world through public speaking, writing, publishing a book, preaching, or tell their story so that it could be made into a movie. Some live in silence and pretend the healing never took place. Others just believe that they deserved it and that is it. Others are not thankful at all and misuse the healing or waste the opportunity to share the healing with others.

It is ironic because God gives us free will. According to Dwight Nelson free will/freedom of choice is the highest value of God's love. It is this same free will/choice that we can choose to use positively, negatively or not use at all after a healing experience.

10. What is the message that God is trying to give to you from this sermon?

This message is so timely for me in many ways. I will share two specific ways. One example is from my experiences at work. I handle all the difficulties of my job because I an equipped to do so and it is not easy to navigate leadership of human beings. Most times, I do not know where the strength comes from and that is when I say it is only God who is at work here why things are all working together for good.

Pastor Wayne, you mentioned at the beginning of the sermon how people are used to the insane, so when someone behaves sane, that behavior is viewed as unusual. I can so identify with that statement when I consider many of my work experiences.

Secondly, the message that God is giving me from this sermon is to about my experience with God in my Talk/Presentation this week. It has been on my mind how to go about including the transformation that my baptism and my walk with Jesus have had on my life to an audience of mostly non-Christians. Today's message reassured me that its my duty to share how my relationship with God has transformed my life. As you so well stated, "The story of Jesus is powerful when it comes from a person who has been transformed by Jesus."

5/23/2020 01:43:30 pm

You have so many great insights into the message. That awesome.

I would love to get an update on how that goes when you share this with non-Christians.

5/23/2020 02:45:32 pm

Yes, sometimes when I am writing, I forget that I am not on my desktop. My writing could get a little lengthy, especially when I make a lot of connections. Its great to preach a thought provoking sermon.

After listening to today's message, I am pretty sure my presentation will go better than it would have gone without the encouragement from today's message. Now I have extra encouragement. I will keep you posted.

5/23/2020 04:39:27 pm

Lengthy is perfectly fine, especially if you are saying things worth saying. You said a lot of great things like all the examples how people can respond to healing

Michella Calix

5/23/2020 01:40:39 pm

You can either respond like Paul or respond like Pharaoh when he allowed Moses’ people to go and turned his heart against them. It is our choice to see the healing, if we choose to, as our testimony and share with others who have yet experiencing it for themselves.

5/23/2020 01:44:57 pm

Interesting how you mentioned Pharaoh. After every plague, God provided healing, but they kept going in a cycle until the final plague where there was no more healing.

Cora G

5/23/2020 01:46:46 pm

What are some ways people respond after they receive healing ?
We all loved to be healed but sad to say often we forget the divine healer which is Jesus Christ. Mankind are rooted to I, me,mine, mentality or complex . I began to understand the healing technic of God when I had cancer. Looking back now I really appreciate how God went with me , walked with me , and see me thru in that long journey of treatments and bec of that long journey God gave me time to learned who He really is as a Healer. could you imagine if God cleared my cancer in matter of a week then I may not be able to enjoy spending time with Him n learned His healing technics . Now i respond to my healing by telling friends to concentrate on the Healer , the Problem Solver and not the problem . Adapting this attitude I forgot the I Me Mine mentality .

5/23/2020 04:41:53 pm

thats beautiful. Sometimes its in the midst of the hardship where we can discover God in a great way.

Helen Morgan

5/23/2020 03:07:43 pm

What are some of the ways that people respond after they receive healing.
The first thing that came to my mind was the healing of the ten lepers and only one returned to give thanks. The other nine went their way and when Jesus say the one who went back to thank him he ask, where are the other nine.
This is a true example that people respond in different ways after they receive healing. Some people are so excited and grateful that they rejoice by telling everyone they know, family, friends and sharing as testimony in church. Some becomes advocates of the diseases, illnesses as well as devastating life events. Some people show their gratitude to by fostering a closer relationship with while for some it is back to life as usual.
For me personally, thirty six years ago when I was healed from cervix cancer, I was so grateful that I made a promise to serve God for the rest of my life. I am still thanking God for that healing and other healing that I have experienced since then.
Currently I keep a journal where every day I document what I am grateful for and I find peace in doing so. Previously, I kept a prayer jar where I would put all my prayer request and my answered prayers. It was interesting to see how my behavior has changed over the years which has brought me closer to God. I know that I still have a way to go but by the grace of God I will get there. Continue to pray for me.

5/23/2020 04:46:00 pm

Wow praise God for your healing.
Yeah the 10 lepers is a classic example.
I really like that journaling what you are grateful. Too often we are quick to have a prayer request but when it comes to praise it stumps us.
So what have you discovered with the jar? Have have you changed over the years? I really like these ideas.

Discussion Questions 5/23/20

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