Date: 2020/07/26

Speaker: Chris Fowler

Series: 1 Thessalonians

Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 4:9-12

Love & Live in a Way that Impacts the Church & the Lost…

I. Love Each Other in a Way that Shows Clear Continual Growth! (9-10)
II. Live before the Lost in a Way that Enhances the Gospel, but Doesn’t Hide it! (11-12)

Practical Implications
– Do a Love Check on your Life:
– Ask God to Grow your Love:
– Do a Testimony Check:
– 1 Thess Challenge:

Sermon and Discussion Guide – 07.26.20
Spend 10-15 Min Catching up on Life:
– What are some highs and lows from this past week? What is something God has shown or taught you?
Read 1 Thess 4:9-12 and Discuss the Following Questions:
1. How does Paul encourage and challenge the Thess in the area of love? What stands out from this?
2. Describe your understanding of the additional commands in v 11. How would these impact + or – the Thessalonians’ witness?
3. Love is such a big concept: what do you think are the important and different aspects of love in community/relationships w/ believers? Why?
4. How do you see the commands of 10b-11 playing out in your life and people around you? (Both + and -) How do they affect our witness?
5. What are some strong and weak areas of your love in community?
6. How might genuine Christian love be a helpful starting place on conversations about race/reconciliation/justice? How might this be effective and helpful in our witness to a lost world/culture?
7. What tangible step can you take to apply this passage to your life? When will you do it? Who will you tell/ask to help?