Discussion question your group will work through:
1.Lysa opens with the honest confession that her struggle with food was really a spiritual issue in disguise. Before reading this book, how would you have described your own relationship with food — as a physical habit, an emotional crutch, a spiritual problem, or some combination? What made you pick up this book?
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Made to Crave: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food by Lysa TerKeurst is built around one provocative, liberating idea: you were made to crave. Craving is not the enemy — misplaced craving is. God wired us for deep, persistent longing precisely so that we would pursue more of Him. But in a culture of abundant food and instant comfort, many of us have quietly trained our appetites to turn toward the pantry rather than toward prayer. This participant's guide, designed to accompany the Made to Crave book and video series, walks readers through the biblical and practical foundations of reclaiming their God-given cravings and redirecting them toward the One who can actually satisfy them. The result is not just a healthier body, but a more vibrant, honest, and surrendered spiritual life.
This study guide is designed for six weeks of group or individual study, following the six sessions of the Made to Crave video curriculum (with additional weeks for the introduction and a closing review). Each week, you are invited to read the corresponding chapters in the book, watch the video session if you have access to it, and then work through these questions — either on your own with a journal or together with a small group. There are no wrong answers here. The goal is honesty before God and before one another. Come prepared to be challenged, to laugh, to confess, and to be encouraged.
By the end of this guide, you will have done more than learn facts about nutrition or spiritual disciplines. You will have examined the deep emotional and spiritual roots of your relationship with food, identified the lies you have believed about your body and your worth, and built a framework for lasting change grounded not in willpower but in worship. Lysa's transparent, warm, and often humorous voice will feel like a trusted friend walking alongside you — and these questions are designed to help you hear both her voice and God's voice more clearly.
9-Week Schedule
- Week 1Introduction — Made to Crave8 questions
- Week 2Session 1 — Created for More7 questions
- Week 3Session 2 — The Desire to Be Healthy and Honoring to God8 questions
- Week 4Session 3 — Getting a Plan and Finding Your Spiritual Motivation8 questions
- Week 5Session 4 — The Emotion Connection7 questions
- Week 6Session 5 — Maintenance and Setbacks8 questions
- Week 7Session 6 — Victory Is Possible7 questions
- Week 8Deeper Reflections — Specific Struggles and Spiritual Practices7 questions
- Week 9Review & Reflection — The Journey Continues8 questions
Week 1: Introduction — Made to Crave
Free sampleRead the Introduction of Made to Crave Participant's Guide. Key Scripture: Psalm 42:1–2; Philippians 4:11–13.
1.Lysa opens with the honest confession that her struggle with food was really a spiritual issue in disguise. Before reading this book, how would you have described your own relationship with food — as a physical habit, an emotional crutch, a spiritual problem, or some combination? What made you pick up this book?
2.The central thesis of Made to Crave is that "God made us to crave — to desire, to want, to long for — and ultimately He made us to crave more of Him." Why do you think God would wire us with cravings rather than simply giving us contentment from the start? What does that design choice reveal about the kind of relationship God wants with us?
3.Lysa distinguishes between the physical desire for food (which is good and God-given) and the pattern of turning to food to meet emotional or spiritual needs that only God can meet. In your honest experience, can you identify moments when food has functioned as a substitute comfort — a way of numbing, rewarding, or soothing yourself rather than turning to God?
a.What emotions or circumstances most often trigger that kind of eating for you?
b.What would it look like to pause in that moment and bring those feelings to God instead?
4.Psalm 42:1–2 pictures a deer panting for streams of water and uses that image to describe the soul's thirst for God. How does that image land for you personally? Does your soul feel like it is panting for God, or has that longing grown quiet? What might have quieted it?
5.Lysa is candid that she spent years trying to get healthy through willpower and failed repeatedly. She argues that willpower is not a strong enough foundation for lasting change. Do you agree? What has been your experience with discipline-based approaches to eating or health?
6.The introduction frames this journey as a spiritual adventure, not merely a health program. What would it mean for you personally to pursue physical health as an act of worship rather than an act of self-improvement? How does that reframe the goal?
7.Paul writes in Philippians 4:11 that he had "learned" contentment — it did not come automatically. What does it encourage you to know that contentment is a learned skill, not a personality trait? What might the learning process look like for you in this season?
8.As you begin this study, what is the one honest hope you are bringing to it — the thing you most want God to do in you over the coming weeks? Take a moment to write it down or share it with your group.
Week 2: Session 1 — Created for More
Read Session 1 chapters of Made to Crave Participant's Guide (Chapters 1–2). Key Scripture: Genesis 3:1–6; 1 Corinthians 10:23.
1.Lysa describes a pivotal moment when she realized that her desire to be healthy was not just about looking better but about "something more" — a spiritual fullness she had been trying to find elsewhere. Have you ever had a moment of similar clarity, when a physical or surface-level goal suddenly revealed a deeper spiritual need underneath it?
Week 3: Session 2 — The Desire to Be Healthy and Honoring to God
Read Session 2 chapters of Made to Crave Participant's Guide (Chapters 3–5). Key Scripture: 1 Corinthians 6:19–20; Romans 12:1.
1.Lysa writes that one of her most important mental shifts was deciding to make choices based on the question "Will this choice honor God?" rather than "How much can I get away with?" How different would your everyday food decisions look if that single question guided them?
Week 4: Session 3 — Getting a Plan and Finding Your Spiritual Motivation
Read Session 3 chapters of Made to Crave Participant's Guide (Chapters 6–8). Key Scripture: Proverbs 16:3; Proverbs 31:17.
1.Lysa is clear that she is not prescribing a specific diet plan, but she does insist that you need a plan — a defined set of boundaries around food. Why do you think having a concrete plan matters so much, even when the plan itself is flexible and personal? What has happened in the past when you tried to "just eat healthier" without specific commitments?
Week 5: Session 4 — The Emotion Connection
Read Session 4 chapters of Made to Crave Participant's Guide (Chapters 9–11). Key Scripture: Psalm 34:18; Isaiah 55:2.
1.Lysa identifies emotional eating — turning to food in response to stress, boredom, sadness, loneliness, or even celebration — as one of the most powerful and underexamined drivers of our eating habits. On a scale of 1–10, how much of a role do you think emotions play in your relationship with food? What emotions are most reliably connected to eating for you?
Week 6: Session 5 — Maintenance and Setbacks
Read Session 5 chapters of Made to Crave Participant's Guide (Chapters 12–14). Key Scripture: Galatians 6:9; Philippians 3:13–14.
1.Lysa is disarmingly honest about her own setbacks — days, weeks, and even seasons when she fell back into old patterns. How has the fear of eventual failure ever caused you to not even start a health journey, or to abandon one once a slip-up happened? What story were you telling yourself in those moments?
Week 7: Session 6 — Victory Is Possible
Read Session 6 chapters of Made to Crave Participant's Guide (Chapters 15–17). Key Scripture: Romans 8:37; 1 Corinthians 15:57.
1.Lysa writes that real victory in this area is not the absence of struggle, but the presence of God in the middle of the struggle. How does that definition of victory differ from how you typically imagined "winning" in this area? Does this definition feel more or less hopeful to you than the idea of never being tempted again?
Week 8: Deeper Reflections — Specific Struggles and Spiritual Practices
Read any remaining chapters or appendix material in Made to Crave Participant's Guide. Key Scripture: Hebrews 12:1–2; James 1:2–4.
1.Hebrews 12:1 calls us to "throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles." Lysa applies this to the specific foods, habits, and thought patterns that most reliably derail us. What is the one thing you most need to "throw off" in this area — and what has made it so hard to let go?
Week 9: Review & Reflection — The Journey Continues
Review your notes, journal entries, and memory verses from all sessions of Made to Crave Participant's Guide.
1.Looking back across the entire study, which single chapter, session, or idea had the most impact on you — and why? What was it about that particular concept that broke through in a way others didn't?
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