Fruit of the Spirit – Love
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Video Questions
- How did love show up in the story from the video?
- How was this love the result of being connected to the Spirit?
Love is choosing to put the interests of another or others first, no matter the potential cost or benefit.
Scripture
Read John 13.1-5:
1 It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.
2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
- What does Jesus’ washing his disciples’ feet signify?
- How can we follow in Jesus’ footsteps?
General Questions
- How do you love God? What methods do you find to be most meaningful?
- Why does God want us to love him? Does he need our love?
- What role does the Spirit play within Christian community?
- What about love within Christian community is difficult? What about it seems to come naturally to you?
- How do you think your friends, neighbors, and family members who do not yet know Jesus need to be loved? How can you be the one to show them this love?
- How do you think they would answer the question of how they need to be loved? How can you be the one to show them this love too?
Challenge
Pray for an opportunity to love someone tangibly and practically in your life who needs it. The person could be within the church or someone who does not yet know Jesus. If you sense the Holy Spirit leading you to act, don’t hesitate! Just obey and tell your group about it when you meet again!
Prayer
Father, words will never be sufficient to express to you our gratitude for loving us in the way you do. You created the universe, including us. You preserved for yourself a people. Among this people you sent your Son to be born into poverty and to grow up in virtual anonymity. He lived a perfectly exemplary life. He died a sacrificial death and was risen to new life by your unlimited power. And he promised to be with us all the way to the end of time and he has made good on this promise by sending us the Spirit. Father, teach us to love in the ways that he loved. May we, by the power of your Spirit, live our human lives the life we see him living in the Scriptures. In Jesus’ name, Amen.