1. How do you respond when God seems to answer your prayers only partially?

2. Read Mark 8:22-26. What did the people do about the blind man's condition? (8:22)

3. How did Jesus heal the blind man? (8:23-26).

-How was this different from any of the others Jesus healed?

4. What did Jesus urge the man to do after he was healed? (8:26).Why?

5. Why do you think Jesus needed to touch the man twice for him to be completely healed? Are there parallels to this in your spiritual life?

Mark 8:27-30-Peter's Confession of Christ

6. When have you succumbed to peer pressure when you knew you should not have? Are there times you wish you had listened to your peer group? When is it appropriate to listen to your peers?

7. What did Jesus ask His disciples? (8:27).

8. Why do you think people connected Jesus to Elijah and John the Baptist? How did the disciples answer on a more personal level? (8:28-29).

-Who do you say Jesus is?

9. Why do you think Jesus told the disciples to keep quiet about Jesus' identity? Why is it important for Christians to guard against the opposite – hiding your faith?