REALLIFE STUDY GROUP

“The Children’s Bread”

ICEBREAKER: What has been one of the most difficult physical attacks of injury or illness that you have had to fight?

OUTLINE: Some of the Ways God Uses to Release Healing

1. The Laying on of hands: Matthew 16:17-18, Acts 28:8

2. Anointing with Oil: James 5:13-16

3. The Spoken or Sent Word: Isaiah 55:9-11, Psalm 107:19-20,

4. Giving and Regarding the Poor: Psalm 41

5. Taking Communion: 1 Cor 10:16

6. Laughter: Proverbs 17:22

7. Acts of Obedience: Exodus 15:26, Proverbs 4:20-23

8. Fasting: Isaiah 58:6-11

9. Revelation & Skills given to Physicians using surgical intervention and other therapies

10. Holy Spirit given Knowledge of how to use Herbs & Medicines

11. Wise Holy Spirit Counseling, Inner Healing & Deliverance Specialists

TEXT: Matthew 15:21-28

STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:

1. Identify which of the following gives you comfort when you are waiting for the manifestation of your healing?

(getting under a warm blanket, hot tea, listening to soft worship music, flowers and cards, Chicken Noodle soup, just knowing someone is praying for you…)

2. Which of the above listed ways has God used to bring healing to you or a friend or family member?

3. In our story in Matthew 15, why do you think Jesus called healing the children’s bread?

4. What was so impressive about the woman’s faith and what did she have to overcome to get her daughter’s miracle?

5. What about this story is hard to understand and what do you think Jesus was trying to teach his disciples?

6. Why do you think that Jesus’ disciples wanted Him to send her away?

7. What is your favorite healing scripture to stand on when you are fighting sickness?

8. Healing is deeper than just physical. God wants His children completely whole or symptoms can manifest again in a different way. He wants our relationships, our emotions, our finances, our minds, our heart and our memories healed. Tell us about a traumatic event in your life that you needed God’s healing to get past.