Small Group Resources

July 13 - 19

Sermon Series: Daily Dose

Week 4: Love

Ice Breaker, if Needed

What is the most boring fact about you?

Discussion Questions

1. Read John 15:9-17 several times. As you listen or read, build a picture of everything that defines Godly love. Meditate on the commands that flow from our position as friends of the Lord. Share what is most striking, convicting, or piercing to you right now. What is the ultimate command? How are you a friend of Jesus? How has He enlisted you in His business? 

2. Read Matthew 24:9-13. What causes love to grow cold? What is the difference between a love you fall into and a love you choose? Which love resists attacks? Which love guards against wickedness? Read John 15:12-13. How has Jesus loved you? Knowing this, how can He help you resist attacks on your heart? What must you do to remain in Him? What happens to wickedness as you persist in love? 

3. What is tolerance? How might tolerance be the unloving choice? What is the difference between “goodness” and declaring “it’s all good!” What is the difference between kindness and being “nice” about someone’s sin? Why would Jesus lay down His life if “it’s all good!”? 

4. Does God make you love Him? Why or why not? What does this say about the nature of Godly love? Read 1 Corinthians 13:4-8. What happens in human relationships when force, ownership, and control are confused with love? 

5. Read 1 John 4:18. Why does the enemy seek to keep you afraid? How do you behave when fearful? How do you choose to actively feed your fears, justifying them or seeking confirmation of their validity? What would happen to your fear if you remained in His love?

6. Are you in strife with someone? Ask yourself: Have I sinned against them? Am I loving them? What do I need to confront in my heart? Read 1 Corinthians 13:1-3. Why is doing the right thing, without love, hollow? How will you keep your love from growing cold? Pray for each other that in all things, we will choose love!