Gutsy, Persistent Faith
Mark 7:24-37
discussion questions
What sticks out to you most in the Scripture as encouraging, confusing, challenging, or otherwise noteworthy?
Looking at Mark 7:25-26, what does the Syrophoenician woman teach us about how we should come to God?
Looking at Mark 7:27, what reactions or thoughts do you have seeing Jesus's response to her?
How do you generally respond to God meeting your prayers with silence or seeming disinterest? Why?
Looking at Mark 7:28, what can we glean from this woman about how we should pray to God when our prayers are met with silence?
This Gentile woman is commended for her faith (Matthew 15:28) at a time when all of Jesus's Jewish/religious followers keep misunderstanding him. Living in the Bible Belt,
how have you seen that our familiarity with Jesus may actually keep us from rightly seeing or beholding him?