Motivate Disciples to Know and Love God
Collaborative Discipleship
2 Cultivate God’s Love and Forgiveness 1 Connect
Summary Living a life of confession, repentance and faith allows us to experience How would you feel if you
daily fellowship with God. knew that you had failed
another person who was very
Read 1 John 1:5–2:2 and ask the following questions: important to you?
1 What do you like about this passage?
2 What do you find uncomfortable or difficult to understand in this passage?
3 What appears to be the main idea emphasized in this passage? (Look for repeated
words or ideas.) 3 Care
Since we last met, what
Consider how the following passages increase our understanding of this topic:
happened as a result of
Read Psalm 32:1–5. expressing Christ’s love to
others?
How does King David describe his experience while he was refusing to
acknowledge his sin to God?
How can you, or we, express
How did David respond to God after experiencing forgiveness? Christ’s love to others
this week?
Read Colossians 2:6–14.
How does a person receive Jesus? Here are a few ideas:
How are believers to walk in ongoing fellowship with Jesus? Pray God would meet their
deepest needs.
What has God done with our sins?
Help meet a felt need
What kind of authority or right does Jesus have to forgive us our sins?
they have.
How does it feel to know that Jesus has forgiven all of your sins, even the
ones that cause you to feel ashamed? Encourage them with a text,
note or verbally.
4 What are the beliefs and values promoted in these passages?
Give them a thoughtful gift
5 What do they reveal about our human condition and God’s response? or buy them coffee.
6 How are these beliefs and values similar or different from those that have Invite them to do something
influenced you? (such as your family, culture, peers, church, etc.) fun or meaningful.
7 How might our faith increase and our lives change as we embrace what is true Listen to their story.
and important?
Explore their thoughts on
8 In light of what we’ve discussed, how can we pray for each other right now? the gospel.
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