When recently did you receive an act of love that reminded you of Christ’s sacrificial love?  When recently did loving someone cost you something?

 


Read Mark 10:1-12.  What stands out to you about this passage?  How does Jesus’ appeal to creation in Mark 10:6–8 reshape the way we think about marriage, not primarily as a personal arrangement or legal contract, but as a covenantal gift meant to reflect God’s faithful, self-giving love?  

 


Where do you see the Pharisees’ posture (seeking clarity, permission, or justification rather than transformation) mirrored in your own approach to obedience, relationships, or sexuality?

 


In what ways does Jesus’ teaching expose not just broken marriages, but broken hearts? How does it reveal areas of reliance on self-control, willpower, or moral confidence rather than humble dependence on grace to maintain relationships?

 

 

How does the gospel reality that Jesus both, names sin and restores sinners shape the way you respond when marriage has been marked by adultery, abuse, abandonment, or deep disappointment?

 

Who in your life needs to know the restorative power of Jesus’ grace and truth after experiencing heartache or heartbreak from marriage?