COLLECTIVE LEADERS DISCUSSION GUIDE

Hey leaders thank you so much for opening a space and your heart to people this week. We’re incredibly grateful for the way you create space for honest conversations and real growth. You don’t have to be perfect, you just need to be present. 

Collective Schedule & Flow

Welcome & Connection (5–10 min) · Opening Prayer (1–2 min) · Message Discussion (30–40 min) · Prayer Requests & Prayer (10 min) · Closing & Dismissal

Help Me, I’m Stuck

📖 Mark 5:24–34

MAIN IDEA

You don’t heal by sitting and watching your life…
you heal by stepping back into it.

1. A New Mindset

“Moving forward doesn’t start when things change around you—it starts when something changes within you.”

  • The woman didn’t get healed when she touched Jesus—she started getting free when she heard about Him.

  • Her environment stayed the same, but her internal dialogue shifted.

  • What you hear shapes what you say.

  • What you say shapes where you go.

Key Thought:
You don’t need new circumstances—you need a new conversation.
Your words don’t just describe your reality—they direct it.

2. A New Attitude

“Breakthrough doesn’t happen to passive people—it happens to persistent people.”

  • She didn’t casually walk to Jesus—she pushed through the crowd.

  • The crowd wasn’t against her—but it was still in her way.

  • Not everything blocking you is evil—but it still requires effort to overcome.

She tapped into something deeper—faith-fueled strength.

Push = Persist Until Something Happens
The enemy doesn’t stop you by overpowering you—he stops you by outlasting you.

3. A New Identity

“God doesn’t just heal what happened to you—He redefines who you are.”

  • She was known as “the sick woman”… until Jesus called her “Daughter.”

  • Her condition labeled her—but Jesus renamed her.

Healing fixed her body.
Identity changed her future.


Your miracle may fix your past—but your identity secures your future.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

  1. Where in your life do you feel stuck right now?

  2. What voices or conversations have been shaping your mindset lately?

  3. What would it look like to change your inner dialogue this week?

  4. Where do you need to push instead of quit?

  5. Do you relate more to her condition or her identity? Why?

  6. What would change if you truly saw yourself as who Jesus calls you?

PRACTICAL STEP

This week:

  • Replace one negative thought with truth from God’s Word

  • Speak life out loud over one area you feel stuck in

  • Take one action step you’ve been avoiding

Small steps break big cycles.

PRAYER

Jesus,
Thank You that we don’t have to stay stuck.
Change our mindset, strengthen our persistence, and remind us of who we are in You.
Help us step back into the life You’ve called us to.
In Jesus’ name, amen.