Tuesday, April 28, 2009

CH 18 - Love part 1

Chapters 18 and 19 talk about loving others and loving ourselves. On Monday we talked about loving others and how we live that out. What are some cause that keep us from showing love in certain situations and what does love really look like. Our culture provides us with all kinds of expectations and figurative explanations about what our love should look like, but what does Jesus have to say about unconditional love towards others ...and what about the intolerance issues and the hatred issues that surround us every day?

Here are some questions that we used to stimulate our discussion :

1. How important is it to God that we love each other?
2. What are some practical ways we can love other people (and not just those "in church")?
3. What are some connections you have with people who are not in a relationship with Jesus? What are some things you have in common?
4. Talk about an experience you have had with being either accepted or rejected.
5. Why are some Christ-followers threatened by people who are not Christ-followers?
6. How do we use love like money?
7. How have you seen this (using love like money) be destructive in relationships?

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