REALLIFE STUDY GROUP
“The Power of Love”
ICEBREAKER: Gary Chapman tells us that there are
predominately five love languages: 1)Acts of Service,
2)Meaningful Gifts, 3)Quality Time, 4 Affectionate Touch, 5)Words
of Affirmation. We all enjoy and
employ each of these languages to express our love but usually everyone has at
least one language that emerges as our most common style. Which language do you employ most often to
express your love to others and which do you most desire?
OUTLINE: 5 Ways To Show Love To Others
TEXT: Mark
STUDY GROUP QUESTIONS:
a.___________________________
b.___________________________
c.___________________________
d.___________________________
e.___________________________
f.___________________________
g.___________________________
h.___________________________
i.___________________________
3. Ruth said your people will be my
people. (Your culture, your style, your way of doing things.) What is the biggest pet peeve that you have
had to adjust to in others?
a. tardiness
b. moodiness
c. rudeness
d. busyness
e.
stupid-“ness”
c. __________________________________________________
4. Ruth said I will die where you die. That was a major commitment. What has loving God cost you or required you
to give up?
a. popularity
b. acceptance
c. finances
(Because of not cheating)
d.
___________________________________________________
5. If you were to say something positive to
the person that has hurt you the most in your life what would it be?
a. I forgive you (
even though you’re still a goof.) Just kidding!
b. God still has a plan for you
c. ____________________________________________________
6. Can you ever remember a time when your
parents, family, or friends put your needs before their own? Explain.
7.
Has there ever been a time that God asked you to give something away
that you really wanted to keep? What was
it?
8. God
is love and loves us unconditionally.
What is the hardest thing about loving others the way God does?