The Ideal Spa Treatment for Your In-laws

Mark 1: 28 – 39

Single: What was the most intense experience you had in meeting the parents of someone you have dated?
Married: What was your most humorous experience with your in-laws?

Describe how Simon’s mother-in-law would have felt with a serious fever and all of these visitors, including a prestigious rabbi, coming over to her house.
What are some possible reasons that Jesus decided to heal her?
Why in the world does she begin to serve everyone immediately after her healing?
Who is someone you know who needs to be brought into Jesus’ presence for healing?

What are some areas of physical healing you need in your life?
Why is it that Jesus does not choose to physically heal everyone who asks him?
Compare and contrast the healing of disease and the casting out of demons?
Why are people bringing all of these folks to Jesus for healing?
Why is Jesus spending the time and energy to help all of these people?
Why does Jesus not let the demonic powers reveal who he really is?
How can you better develop and utilize the gifts Jesus gave you to minister to people?
What are some areas of spiritual healing and freedom you need in your life?

After a late night of ministry, why does Jesus get up early the next day to hang out with his Dad?
Why are Simon and his people so intent on finding Jesus and getting him back to work in their village?
How is it that Jesus knows with certainty that his mission calls him to move on from that town to minister in the surrounding villages?
How is it that Jesus is able to keep such personal clarity in the midst of rampant popularity?
How can we go about discover what God has for our next step in our ministries as individuals, and Context Group, and a church?