This coming Sunday (12-17-17), we are going to talk about how our zealous works need to be motivated & stirred up by love. If we desire to be zealous like our Lord Jesus, love must be the primary reason why we want to serve the Lord and one another. The Lord’s love needs to stir us up to be concerned for the physical and spiritual well-being of others.

Here are some passages you can look up and mediate upon to prepare for the lesson:

• 1 Corinthians 13:1-3
• 1 Corinthians 14:1-4; 12
• 1 Corinthians 13:4-7

Here are some questions you can also think about:

• Can you enter your name in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7?
  • Do your good works show love towards others?
  • Are your actions motivated by pride and selfishness or by love for others?
• Are there things you are unwilling to do for others?
• Are there people you are unwilling to serve?
• Are you only willing to love if you don’t have to make sacrifices?

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This coming Sunday, ​we are going to talk about how we can display more courage for the Lord. Too often we can allow the fears that we face and the things people do to discourage us to keep us from doing what is right. When we allow this to happen, our zeal can diminish and our “fire” can burn out. 

Here are some passages you can look up and mediate upon to prepare for the lesson:

• 2 Timothy 1:6-7
• 2 Timothy 1:11-14
• Joshua 1:5, 9
• 1 Peter 3:13

Here are some questions you can also think about:

• Are you living courageously for the Lord?
• Are there things that you are allowing to cause you to fear? 
  • A desire to please men and to have them like us?
  • A love for the things of the world that we don’t want to lose: our lives, our possessions?
  • A lack of trust in God’s promises?
• Are you allowing fears and discouragement to lead you to be ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ?

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