1) What if God loves you so much that He doesn’t want to see you with frustration, doesn’t want you to be shackled with guilt or fear, and doesn’t want you driven to try harder? How does it affect you to think of Him like that?
2) Think about Paul’s words in Galations 5:13-14. How do love and freedom keep us away from sin?
3) Consider the difference between serving God out of love versus obligation. How does obedience to God change as our love for God grows?
4) Does the Christian life feel free to you? Or do you feel bound to obey a system of moral commands? Be descriptive in your answer.
5) Which is more difficult for you, relating to God with intimacy or approaching him with reverence? Why do you think this is more difficult for you?
6) What baggage do you carry around with you? How do you think this affects your relationship with God?
7) In the three possibilities of love relationships (with God, neighbor, and self) where are you the strongest? The weakest? What have you found that helps love to grow in each area?
8) It’s time to stop talking about loving God and start spending time directly with Him. Use everything you’ve thought through in this session as you approach God. Be honest with Him about your lack of love for Him. Tell him about your struggles and ask Him to produce more love in your heart. It’s time to stop talking about loving God and start spending time directly with Him. Use everything you’ve thought through in this session as you approach God. Be honest with Him about your lack of love for Him. Tell him about your struggles and ask Him to produce more love in your heart. (You may find this prayer from Chapter 6 helpful:) “Jesus, I need to give myself up. I am not strong enough to love You and walk with You on my own. I can’t do it, and I need You. I need You deeply and desperately. I believe You are worth it, that You are better than anything else I could have in this life or the next. I want You And when I don’t, I want to want You. Be all in me. Take all of me. Have your way with me”.
