Deep Dive 1 John 4:9-12

                          Read1 John 4:7-12
1. When have you been motivated by love?

2. Which do you think is a more powerful motivator: love, fear, or hate? Why?

3. How did God show His love? (4:9)

4. Why did God send His Son? (4:9)

5. What is love? (4:10)

6. Why should Christians love one another? (4:11)

7. What is the result of loving one another? (4:12)

8. When you have difficulty loving other believers, what is it that makes it difficult?

9. In what way do we testify that God sent Jesus to be the Savior of the world?

10. What specific steps will you take this week to demonstrate your love for another? Start with  1 or 2 specific people?


 Think of one or two things that you have learned that you’d like to work on in the coming week. Remember that this is all about quality, not quantity. It’s better to work on one specific area of life and do it well than to work on many and do poorly (or to be so overwhelmed that you don’t try).