These questions are a guideline for your personal or small group study based on Sunday's sermon passage. Feel free to study and meditate on the passage more deeply. ​​

1. How do you usually interpret uncomfortable circumstances in life, something to escape or something God might be using for a purpose?

2. How can you tell the difference between a difficult season God is asking you to endure and one He may be asking you to leave?

3. Why do you think it matters that Scripture shows Jesus experiencing real exhaustion and weakness?

4. Where in your everyday life might God already be placing opportunities for spiritual conversations or ministry?

5. Who might God be placing in your path right now that you’ve been tempted to overlook or avoid?

6. Why is it sometimes difficult to accept loving correction from God or others?

7. What “Samaria” might God be asking you to stay present in instead of rushing past it?