Summary: Mark 15:22-47
When facing tough times, we tend to try to avoid the pain. Jesus suffered and died on the cross, fully taking on our pain and guilt for sin. He didn’t accept anything to diminish the pain or proclaim His innocence to His accusers. He took on our shame, our sin, and our pain and received the punishment for death we deserve.
What does this say about God?
God understands the fullness of pain that we feel. He has experienced the sting of grief and the ache of physical pain at a deep level. He went through the darkest night, the most difficult moment, and the most painful suffering so we could have hope to be made right with God.
Parent Kick-Off
Share what God revealed to you through the sermon.
Discussion with Younger Kids
- What are some things that make you sad?
- How can we tell God about these things and ask Him to help us with them?
Discussion with Older Kids
- What feels hard to you in life right now?
- How does Jesus give us hope when life feels hard?
Discussion with Teens
- What are some of the most difficult things you have faced in life? How did you feel in that time? How did you cope?
- How does Jesus’s suffering and death give us hope that we don’t have to deal with these things on our own?
Memory Verse
And when the centurion, who was standing right in front of Him, saw that He died in this way, he said, “Truly this Man was the Son of God!”
Mark 15:39
Prayer
Pray that God would remind you of Himself when you are sad or when life is hard and that you would turn to Him and trust Him.
