Asking Good Questions Part 3

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Preparing Dynamic Questions 
Let's look at an example from Mark 4:35-41
On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.  But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another,“Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?” 

• Launch Questions :: To cultivate interest in the group time by allowing to share in the conversation
  Have you ever experienced a natural disaster?
  
  
• Dig Questions :: Help the group dig into God’s Word to discover what it says.
  What did the disciples learn about Jesus from this experience?
  
  
• Engage Questions :: Help the group wrestle with the meaning of this passage to us today.
  How does this affect our faith?
  
  
• Become Questions :: Helps us personalize God’s Word in their hearts.
  Why is God often the last person we turn to in hard times?
  
  
• Do Questions :: Challenges the group not to be content with just internalizing the passage but rather living it out.
  How do we help each other trust Jesus in hard times?

Try It Out
1. Write out 5 – 10 questions before your group meeting and run them past another facilitator you respect.



2. Look for ways to ask fewer questions to create dialogue in your group.