Wednesday Bible studies are still going strong. This past Wednesday we finished reading Luke 8. We reviewed each of the small stories as we read and let the youth determine which stories we would spend the most time discussing. The majority of our time was spent talking about the healing of the demon possessed man, Legion, and the sick women who had been bleeding for years.
Some of the questions we discussed were questions such as: Did the demons know Jesus? What happened to the demons when they fell of the cliff with the pigs? Do demons die? Where did demons come from? We also discussed what kind of lifestyle Legion might live. Where he lived. Who, if anyone, associated with him.
The bulk of our discussion was based around the women who had been bleeding for years and only desired to touch Jesus. Jesus told the women, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. God in peace." We asked the kids how they felt about this and why Jesus would allow this women to be instantly healed and at the same time was having a small girl wait to be healed until he could be present at her house. We discussed how Jesus, like in the stories, decided to instantaneously heal one person and decided to heal another person only after a short wait. Each person came to Jesus with a need and He answered/fulfilled their needs.
As we wrapped up our study and prepared to pray we challenged the kids to ask God for something they couldn't do on their own, something they needed Him to do, that only He could do. We stressed to the kids how the people in the story had REAL needs, not just wants, and how Jesus was true to answer their needs when He deemed necessary.
As we prayed some kids said a word, some kids said a phrase in order to tell God their need. We challenged the kids to keep lifting up the same need in prayer until God showed his power, whether a day, a week, a year or longer.
"God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful"
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