1. 1) Think about what kind of crises or bad news you or your family can experience in life?

    2) Do you think that it is God’s desire to have these bad things happen to you?

    3) Do you think God can solve these problems?

    4) What would Jesus do if you bring your crisis to Him?

2. 1) What was the royal official’s job?

    2) What did he have?

    3) What did he realize that he did not have after his child became ill? (Matthew 16:26)

    4) How did the royal official hear about Jesus?

    5) Was it good news for Him? (Isaiah 61:1)

    6) If you were that royal official, would you travel 16 miles to see Jesus?

    7) What kind of faith did this royal official have while traveling to see Jesus?

    8) How sure was he that Jesus would heal his child?

3. 1) What was the difference in social position between the royal official and Jesus?

    2) What was the royal official’s attitude toward Jesus?

3) Why was he so humble before Jesus?

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4. 1) Why did Jesus say, "Unless you people see miraculous signs and wonders, you will never believe."  (1 Corinthians 1:21-23)

    2) What do you call this kind of faith?

    3) What is the common reason to seek Jesus in prayer? (v. 48)

    4) Is it wrong to seek Jesus for my own need?

5. 1) Why did the royal official feel urgent? (v. 49)

    2) Did Jesus feel urgent in the same way? Why not?

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    3) Could Jesus go to the royal official’s home with him to see that sick child just as the Jairus’ episode? (Mark 5:21-24)

    4) Instead, why did Jesus say, “"You may go (without me). Your son will live"?

    5) If you were the royal official, would you have believed?

6. 1) After the royal official heard Jesus’ saying, what did he do?

    2) What do you call this kind of faith the royal official had?  (2 Corinthian 5:7, Hebrews 11:8, Isaiah 43:1-2)

    3) What was the difference between his faith before he met Jesus and after he met Jesus?

    4) What was Jesus’ desire for him about his faith?

7. 1) How did he confirm that his child had been healed? (v. 51)

    2) What did he learn about Jesus?

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    3) When he checked the time when his child was healed, what did he learn about Jesus?
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8. 1) How did all his household believe Jesus? (Acts 1:8, Acts 16:30-31)

     2) What do you call this kind of faith the royal official had?

     3) What was Jesus’ desire for the royal official about his faith?

9. 1) What kinds of God’s blessing did the royal official receive from Jesus, when he seeked Jesus because of his crisis?

     2) What is the most important blessing among them? (Philippians 3:8)

2. What stage is your faith at?

3. When you encountered a crisis, what would you do?

4. What is Jesus’ disire for you, while he is helping you to solve your problem?

Prayer:
Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for allowing me to encounter crises from time to time so that you can draw me close to Jesus. I thank Jesus for only Jesus can turn my crisis into blessings. I know that my knowledge of Jesus will be increased and my faith will grow in the process of dealing with crises. Dear Jesus, thank you always for being my helper and trainer.  I pray in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen!