It’s Hard to Believe that You’re Loved | 1 John 3:19-24
Aaron Gray | May 9, 2021

Love. Countless songs have been written about it. It’s at the core of every good book or movie. It’s one of the most important aspects of being a human being, and yet so many times it is an elusive feeling. In 1 John, we see that our desire for love finds its deepest fulfillment in the love of God that was shown through Jesus Christ.

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Discussion Questions

  1. What sorts of ways do you commonly give love? What ways do other people communicate their love to you? How can we help one another grow in both?

  2. Why is God’s love at the center of our experience of all love? What is the greatest demonstration of God’s love to us?

  3. In what ways do you experience shame? Why is it so common for us to hide our shame instead of bringing it to God for his healing?

  4. How does God’s love empower us to take the message of the cross out to a world that needs to know God’s love?

Prayer Points

  1. Pray that God would make us a more deeply loving church. Pray that we would all know and feel that we are truly loved.

  2. Pray that God would help us to take his love to our family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc. so that they could come to know his perfect love.

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