Segment 9: Jairus’ Daughter brought back to Life
(Luke 8:40-42,49-56)
Looking Back
Care For One Another
Pray for one another
Share from your lives (health issues, family, finances, spiritual needs, sports, etc.)
Celebrate Together
With song, instrument, dance or testimonies
Cast vision For Your Group And Each Other
That we would be better followers of Jesus
That our community would draw closer to God
Giving and Sharing
Give something tangible from what God has given you to help others
Looking Up
Introduction
Grief is a common human emotion. In this story a father is grieving because his daughter, who
was sick, has now died. He had asked Jesus to come and heal her, but now it is too late. Jesus,
however, tells the man only to believe and to not be afraid. Jesus then raised the daughter
from the dead, bringing an end to the father’s grief. The wonderful thing about Jesus is that
though He may not do a miracle for us when we are grieving, He can heal our hearts and help
us in times of grief and sorrow.
Step 1 Watch the segment twice
Step 2 Ask a member of the group to tell the story of the segment in their own words
Step 3 Allow the group to fill in any gaps in the story or make any corrections.
Step 4 Discussion questions:
1. What did you like the most about the story? What caught your attention?
2. Why did Jairus fall at Jesus’ feet? What might this say about how he viewed Jesus?
3. What did Jesus tell Jairus when he found out his daughter was now dead?
4. Why did the crowd laugh when Jesus said that the girl was not dead but sleeping?
5. What does this show about what they believed about Jesus?
6. What does it show about Jesus that He can raise the dead?
7. What do you think Peter, James and John thought when they saw this miracle?
Conclusion
Jesus is able to raise people from the dead, proving again that He is the Son of God. Jesus has
compassion for those who grieve. Jesus is able to help us with our fears of death and loss.
Jesus asks us to believe that He is able to help us with our trials and difficulties.
Looking Forward
Application
Share together in your group how you believe God would want you to respond
Practice
telling the story (from step 2) to each other
Share
today’s story with others and invite them to come to your next group time.
Prayer
Thank God for what we learned today.
Pray for others in our community.
Pray for one another in your group