LIFE GROUP FOCUS QUESTIONS
LIFE GROUP FOCUS QUESTIONS
“What About Love?”
Week of June 12-18, 2016
Texts: John 15:9-13, Luke 23:32-37, Acts 10:36-39
“What About Love?”
Week of June 12-18, 2016
Texts: John 15:9-13, Luke 23:32-37, Acts 10:36-39
GETTING STARTED: From what you know of Jesus’ ministry on earth, which
of His actions/decisions/encounters most reveals Jesus’ love, not counting
His death on the cross?
GETTING STARTED: From what you know of Jesus’ ministry on earth, which
of His actions/decisions/encounters most reveals Jesus’ love, not counting
His death on the cross?
DIGGING IN:
1. Read and drill down on the John 15:9-13 text. How many times is the
word “love” used in this text and what ideas are generated for you
about love just from these five verses?
DIGGING IN:
1. Read and drill down on the John 15:9-13 text. How many times is the
word “love” used in this text and what ideas are generated for you
about love just from these five verses?
2. Do you agree that love is the foundational emotion? Give reason(s)
for your answer.
2. Do you agree that love is the foundational emotion? Give reason(s)
for your answer.
3. Speculate why there are so few references of Jesus’ love for specific
individuals, including His own immediate family.
3. Speculate why there are so few references of Jesus’ love for specific
individuals, including His own immediate family.
4. Why is Jesus’ remark “Father, forgive them; they don’t know what
they are doing” such a defining remark of His ministry? (Hint: Think
about what else He might have said in that moment or what you
would have said.)
4. Why is Jesus’ remark “Father, forgive them; they don’t know what
they are doing” such a defining remark of His ministry? (Hint: Think
about what else He might have said in that moment or what you
would have said.)
DIGGING DEEPER:
1. Where and who has been your best source to learn about love?
DIGGING DEEPER:
1. Where and who has been your best source to learn about love?
2. Recall a time when you loved someone who didn’t deserve it, or was
hard to love, and how that experience affected you.
2. Recall a time when you loved someone who didn’t deserve it, or was
hard to love, and how that experience affected you.
3. What next step do you aspire to in possessing a love like that of
Jesus?
3. What next step do you aspire to in possessing a love like that of
Jesus?
PRAYER SUGGESTION: “Lord, I want to live with a confidence that comes
from knowing you love me and accept me.”
PRAYER SUGGESTION: “Lord, I want to live with a confidence that comes
from knowing you love me and accept me.”