so WHAT
week 2
• What does selflessness have to do with the love that is
from God? How can you be more selfless (Philippians 2:3,4)?
• What does God’s Word command us concerning making
partnerships? What can immoral and ungodly relationships
do to us? • Why is Jesus the only source of true and unfailing love?
How does His love help you love the people around you?
Samson and Delilah
notes
now WHAT
• Choose one person (family member, friend, or the person
you’re reaching out for Christ) whom you can treat with
selfless love by doing him or her an act of kindness this week.
• Is there any ungodly relationship or partnership in your life?
Meditate on 2 Corinthians 6:14 and live it out.
• Have you accepted the unconditional and unfailing love of
Jesus Christ? If not yet, ask your Victory group leader to lead
you in a prayer of acceptance.
prayer
• Ask God to produce in you more of His love and selflessness.
• Pray for purity and holiness in your daily living and in
your relationships.
• Ask Jesus for more of His sacrificial love so you can share
it to the people around you who don’t have a relationship
with Him yet.
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• What was your favorite motto about love when you were a
student? Why was it your favorite?
• What romantic movie is unforgettable for you? Why?
• Recall the most romantic act that you did. Who was it for
and why did you do it?
word
Some time later, he fell in love with a woman in the
Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah. 5The rulers of the
Philistines went to her and said, “See if you can lure him
into showing you the secret of his great strength and how
we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue
him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels
of silver.” Judges 16:4,5
4
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Love is not happy with sin. Love is happy with the truth.
1 Corinthians 13:6 (NLV)
Stop forming inappropriate relationships with unbelievers.
Can right and wrong be partners? Can light have anything in
common with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14 (GW)
WHAT
Samson got himself involved in immoral and ungodly relationships,
which caused his downfall. God commands us in His Word to
not make unholy partnerships with those whose lives are not
surrendered to Jesus. Genuine love does not delight in sin but
rejoices in the truth. It does not compromise our love for God
and faith in Him. How does the love of God help you to say “no”
to sin?
Samson was a Bible character who had extraordinary strength but had
character lapses especially in his relationships with women. Even if God
chose him for a special purpose, he married a Philistine, got involved
with a prostitute, and then fell again for another Philistine named
Delilah. His compromises eventually led to his downfall and miserable
death. What lessons can we learn from Samson’s story?
1
True love does not give in to immorality and ungodliness.
True love is not selfish but selfless.
Love is not rude, it is not selfish, and it cannot be made angry
easily. Love does not remember wrongs done against it.
1 Corinthians 13:5 (ERV)
Samson was selfish—he only did what he thought was good for
him and did not consider his great calling from God, his parents,
and people. However, God’s Word teaches us a love that is selfless
and the kind that thinks of others before self. How is selfishness
expressed in our generation today? How will selflessness benefit
our godly relationships? 3
Jesus Christ is the only source of true love.
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life
for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and
sisters. 1 John 3:16
Christ’s love for us is unconditional—He loved us while we were
still sinners. Our love fails from time to time but God’s love never
fails. Therefore, we must accept Christ’s love in our lives so that
we can share it to our families, friends, and other people around
us. How did Christ’s love touch and change your life?