Love Is…

This week, while you meet with your Faith Formation Group you may want to reflect on our Scripture passage by reading 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (printed below) and discuss the questions from the Scripture and Sermon as a way to begin a conversation. 

1Cor. 13:4  Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud ⁵ or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. ⁶ It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. ⁷ Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

Questions for Consideration:

1. Have someone in your group read chapters 12, 13 and 14 of 1 Corinthians. Within the context of Paul’s letter discuss why you think Paul wrote this long passage about love? 
2. How have you found this type of love lived out within your church community? Your Home? Your life?
3. In what ways do you show love through your patience? How can you grow within this trait of love?

As you meet this week, we encourage you to also take time to open yourselves up as a group and dialog on the following Wesley Challenge question:  Am I jealous, impure, critical, irritable, touchy, or distrustful? (Pages 109-112 in The Wesley Challenge)