READ Isaiah 61:1-2 and Luke 4:14-19
TALK NOTES:
CROWBREAKER: What does a “broken heart” look like in real life? Have you or someone you know experienced it?
DISCUSSON QUESTIONS:
Reflective Understanding: According to this passage, what does it mean that the Spirit of the Lord is “on” Jesus? How does that empower His mission?
Focus on the Brokenhearted: What does the phrase “bind up the brokenhearted” suggest about the way Jesus responds to emotional and spiritual pain? (Hint: think about healing, care, and intentional restoration.)
Freedom and Release: How are freedom for the captives and release from darkness for prisoners connected to healing a broken heart?
The Lord’s Favor vs. Vengeance: The passage mentions both the “year of the Lord’s favor” and the “day of vengeance.”
How might these two themes help someone who is hurting reconcile God’s justice and mercy?
Personal Application Where in your life — or in the lives of those around you — do you see a need for Jesus to “bind up the brokenhearted”?
What might it look like to invite His healing today?
FOR FURTHER STUDY:
More Beautiful Than Before: How suffering transforms us by Rabbi Steve Leder
Broken Heart: A One-Act Play by Linda McDonald
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