Learning to Love...Continued from page 4
Susan Nikaido
14. In which of the following areas are you most easily tempted to envy others? Check any that apply.
____ Possessions
____ Looks
____ Career
____ Spouse
____ Talents
____ Relationships
____ Self-confidence
____ Children’s achievements
____Other (describe):
15. Why is envy inconsistent with love?
16. Read Romans 12:15. What did Paul say our attitude is to be when good things happen to others?
17. Consider the following qualities of love described thus far in the article. Put a star by the one you feel is strongest in your life. Place a check mark next to the area in which you’d most like to grow.
____ Patient
____ Kind
____ Never jealous
18. What do you feel God has been saying to you through this study about the way you love?
19. Choose one of the people you listed in question one at the beginning of this session. What changes could you make this week in order to love that person better?
Parting Thought
If love is the greatest command, then unloving, selfish, or hateful acts would be among the greatest of sins.
?Anne L. Meskey, “What’s the Big Deal About Love?” Issue 79
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