[d]Group Questions

1. Read Luke 22:41-44. How does Jesus’ willingness to embrace suffering challenge your own perspective on pain and hardship?

2. Reflecting on Luke 22:42 and Jesus’ surrender in Gethsemane, what does this teach us about trusting God’s plan, even in suffering?

3. How does the truth that Jesus “endured the cross because of the joy awaiting Him” (Hebrews 12:2) encourage you to endure your own suffering? How might God be working in you through your current trials?

4. The father desperately wanting his boy healed in Mark 9 tells Jesus, “I do believe, but help me overcome my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24). In what ways can we relate to this statement? How can we grow in trusting God during these moments of doubt?

5. Share a current struggle with the group. How we can support each other during difficult seasons?