As we grow we need to put aside
Love Is: Patient, kind, rejoicing in the truth, bearing all things, believing all things, hoping all things, enduring all things, eternal.
Love is not: Envious, boastful, arrogant, rude, self-seeking, irritable, tracking wrongs, rejoicing in unrighteousness
Often we have a (childish) and (shallow) understanding of love
Jesus perfectly displayed love in his (life) and (death)
Agape Love
Used
Love which is
Love practiced in
SMALL GROUP GUIDE
Welcome
Weekly Vision Casting We define a disciples according to Matthew 4:19—a disciple is someone who follows Jesus, is being changed by Jesus, and who is living on mission with Jesus.Does a couple of people have stories to share about what being on mission has looked like for them lately? Let’s celebrate together!
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Warm Up Question
Study: Head, Heart, and Hand Questions
Personal Prayer Requests
SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS
Warm Up Question:
What is the silliest belief you had as a child, that you latter grew out of (such as you can use a house hose in place of a gas station hose to fill up a car…)
HEAD: These questions help us examine the Word.
1. Read 1 Corinthians 13:1-3. Why are other gifts useless without love?
2. How is the spiritual gift of love different from other forms of love?
3. Who do you know that practices/practiced Agape love well, how did they display that love
HEART: These questions help us wrestle with what we believe.
4. Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-7. Of the list of attributes Paul associates with love (4-8a) which are hardest for you to practice? Which are easiest? (if it helps you can also see the list annotated on the sermon guide)
5. Read 1 Corinthians 13:11-13. Why is love the greatest spiritual gift we can have?
HAND: These questions help us bring truth and beliefs into our everyday life.
6. How can you grow or practice love this week?
7. Who do you need to love better this week?