Look Back: In what area of your life did you engage with God directly this week, instead of the other “voices” in your life? What was the result?
Look Up: Read Genesis 3:5-6, Genesis 11:4 & 1 Samuel 4:3
- What do these verses have in common?
- What motivated the people in these verses to do what they did?
Read Mark 8:35-37
- What does it mean to “lose” your life for Jesus and “the gospel”?
- How do these instructions relate to what happened in the prior section?
Read Matthew 22:36-40 & 1 John 4:7-12
- What do these verses say is really important to God? Why is this so important to Him?
- What do these verses say is needed to truly love other people?
- What do these verses promise will happen if we sincerely focus on loving others “as ourselves”?
Overall (Discovery Bible Study)
- What do these scriptures say about God?
- What do they say about people?
- How will I apply this to my life?
Look Ahead: Where in your life have you been tempted to settle for “imitation” relations rather than the sacrifice of love?
Notes
As we experience AI, don't let it pull us away from God’s love. AI is not the enemy. The problem is a mindset that we should not have to surrender anything, much less our convenience. Self-service asks “what can I get from this”? Love asks “what can I give”? “Real” love requires sacrifice and
• Feeling, not just empathy
• Responsibility, not just advise
• Investment, not just encouragement
• Loyalty, not just agreement
• Commitment, not just availability
• Sacrifice, not just service.
When we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.
