Reflect on VBCC’s Global Outreach Month. What have been the most significant moments for you personally? What take-aways do you have from the month?

Read Mark 2:1-12. What does Jesus see in v5? How does it influence his action? What does it mean to ‘see’ faith? Is that something we can all do, or is it only Jesus who can see it?

When Jesus first speaks to the paralytic in v5, what does he address? How might you have responded if you were the paralytic? If you were one of his friends?

Why does Jesus heal the man’s paralysis (v10)? How does the man respond to Jesus’ authority? How do the Scribes respond?

Read Mark 2:13-17. How does this story about the calling of Levi relate to the previous story? In what way is Levi in ‘need of a physician’? What does his story tell us about what it means to follow Jesus, in light of its connection to vv1-12?