Series: Mixed Emotions-Message 1 of 5 — Where Is God When You Hurt? November 2, 2025
SCRIPTURE
Luke 7:11–16 (NLT)
11 Soon afterward Jesus went with his disciples to the village of Nain, and a large crowd followed him. 12 A funeral procession was coming out as he approached the village gate. The young man who had died was a widow’s only son, and a large crowd from the village was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his heart overflowed with compassion. “Don’t cry!” he said. 14 Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. “Young man,” he said, “I tell you, get up.” 15 Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother. 16 Great fear swept the crowd, and they praised God, saying, “A mighty prophet has risen among us,” and “God has visited his people today.”
OPEN
1. Describe how you’re feeling in one word (no cussing 😄).
Why do you think that word surfaced for you today?
DISCUSSION
2. What’s the difference between looking at someone and seeing them?
Where do you feel unseen or unnoticed in your life right now?
3. In verse 13, Scripture says Jesus’ heart overflowed with compassion.
How does it help you to know Jesus feels deeply when you’re hurting?
4. Jesus touched the coffin — crossing religious, cultural, and social lines.
What “lines” do you think people sometimes feel keep them from Jesus today?
5. The widow lost her husband and her only son — she lost support, security, and identity.
Where have you personally felt loss, and how did it impact your hope?
PERSONAL APPLICATION:
6. The sermon repeated, “Just one touch.”
In what area of your life do you need one touch from Jesus right now?
7. Which emotion hits closest to where you are today?
o Unsettled
o Anxious
o Afraid
o Depressed
o Hopeless
8. What would it look like to invite Jesus into that emotion?
PRAYER FOCUS:
8. Pray for:
o Those who feel unseen
o Those who feel hopeless
o Those needing a breakthrough
Ask God to give someone in the group hope back this week.