Changing Your Mind (Mark 7:24-30) // September 9, 2018

Changing Your Mind (Mark 7:24-30) // September 9, 2018

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Mark 7:24-30 (New Revised Standard Version)

24 From there he set out and went away to the region of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know he was there. Yet he could not escape notice, 25 but a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit immediately heard about him, and she came and bowed down at his feet. 26 Now the woman was a Gentile, of Syrophoenician origin. She begged him to cast the demon out of her daughter. 27 He said to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not fair to take the children’s food and throw it to the dogs.” 28 But she answered him, “Sir, even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.” 29 Then he said to her, “For saying that, you may go—the demon has left your daughter.” 30 So she went home, found the child lying on the bed, and the demon gone.

Summary:  

Throughout, our worship series Changing the Game, we discover how God is changing our lives for the better. Change is difficult and hard, but necessary to live in God’s promise. In this scripture, the Syrophoenician woman asks Jesus to heal her daughter, but surprisingly, Jesus doesn’t respond with compassion. Refusing to take “no” for an answer, this mother does whatever it takes to get the help her daughter desperately needs. Jesus changes his mind and heals the little girl. If Jesus can change his mind, why can’t we?

Reflection Questions:

  1. How is your soul with the changes happening in your life?
  2. What are you learning about yourself in the midst of change?
  3. What is God working to change you?