Discovery Bible Study
Holistic Health
Contents
- How a Discovery Bible Study works
- 1Made, and called very good Genesis 1:24-31
- 2Work, food, and company Genesis 2:15-25
- 3Shame, pain, and a covering Genesis 3:1-21
- 4A prayer when you are wasting away Psalm 102:1-11
- 5He heals all your diseases Psalm 103:1-22
- 6He restores my soul Psalm 23
- 7He binds up their wounds Psalm 147:1-11
- 8Health to all your flesh Proverbs 4:1-27
- 9Words that heal the bones Proverbs 16:16-24
- 10Strength for the weary Isaiah 40:28-31
- 11Jesus touches the leper Matthew 8:1-4
- 12He took our sicknesses Matthew 8:14-17
- 13The girl, and the woman who touched him Matthew 9:18-25
- 14According to your faith Matthew 9:27-31
- 15Healed at a word Luke 7:1-10
- 16He laid his hands on every one of them Luke 4:38-41
- 17The man nobody could bind Luke 8:26-29
- 18What do you want me to do for you? Matthew 20:29-34
- 19Who sinned — this man or his parents? John 9:1-41
- 20Do you want to be well? John 5:1-16
- 21Carried by friends Mark 2:1-12
- 22Healing his enemy's ear Luke 22:47-53
- 23What I have, I give you Acts 3:1-26
- 24Call for the elders, and pray James 5:13-20
- 25Leaves for the healing of the nations Revelation 22:1-5
How a Discovery Bible Study works
This page is for whoever leads the study. Everyone else only needs the passage.
A Discovery Bible Study has no teacher. The person leading only asks the questions; the Bible does the teaching. That is what makes it simple enough for anyone to lead — no title, no training, no materials, no money.
Eat, digest, grow
- Eat the WordRead the passage aloud, read it again, then close the Bible and have someone retell it in their own words. Reading is the bite, re-reading the chewing, the retelling the swallow. If the group can't retell it, read it once more before going on.
- DigestWork through the four questions. This is where the passage turns into faith and obedience — answered from what the text actually says, not from what someone already knew.
- GrowGrowth is God's part, not yours. One plants, another waters, but God gives the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6–7). Do the cycle faithfully and leave the growing to Him.
The four questions
Answer from what the passage actually says — stay in the text.
- What does this passage show me about God?
- What does it show me about people — and about myself?
- What will I obey this week? (a concrete step, with a day)
- Who will I tell?
The shape of a meeting
- Look backWhat are you thankful for? What is hard right now? How did you obey what we found last time, and who did you tell? Pray briefly for each other.
- Look upRead, re-read, retell — then the four questions.
- Look forwardEach person says out loud one concrete commitment — a sentence that starts “I will…” — and names one person they will tell. Next time, the group asks about both. Asking is what turns a discussion into obedience.
The one rule: don't teach
The moment you start explaining, the group stops discovering. If someone says something that is not in the passage, do not correct them — ask, kindly, “Where do you see that in this passage?” and let them look. The text and the group sort it out. This is the rule that lets someone who has been in two studies lead the third.
Four to fifteen people. About an hour, once a week. Nothing else required.