Week 5 – God’s Love
7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. 8 Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. 9 In this the love of God was made manifest among us, that God sent his only Son into the world, so that we might live through him. 10 In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 12 No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us.
1 John 4:7-12 (ESV)
Read through the passage of Scripture above several times and then reflect on it by answering the following three questions:
What?
What is something that stands out to you from this passage of Scripture? What is one truth that you can take from it and hold in your heart and mind this week?
How?
How should you respond to this text this week? What is a measurable step of obedience that you can take this week in response to what you have read?
Who?
Who is someone in your life who could benefit from what you have learned from this passage of Scripture? Who does this passage of Scripture encourage you to pray for or engage with the gospel?
*I am using a “52 Week Bible Memory” plan as our selection guide for each week’s passage. You can download it from this site.