May 30 – Matthew 5:43-48 (Love Enemies)

    How different are we if we only love those who love us back?

    What does it mean to be perfect as God is perfect?

    Why are we not comfortable with God taking care of those who we hate?

    What is so challenging about wishing well to those we don’t like?

May 31 – Deuteronomy 23:3-8

     Is God more concerned about our lineage, or about our faith?

    Why did God tell the Israelites not to hate the very people who held them captive?

June 1 – Luke 6:27-36

    Can we really give with no strings attached?

    When we pray for our enemies, is it a prayer of blessings or curses?

    How does love and generosity go together?

June 2 – Romans 12:9-21

    Why do we want to take vengeance that belongs to God and make it our own?

    How do we meet and come along side people where they are at?

    How does blessing our enemies show hospitality and take us out of our comfort zone?

    Do we have enemies because of our own grudges and failure to grow up?

June 3 – Romans 13:8-14

    How is love the fulfillment of the law?

    What does it mean to put on the Lord Jesus Christ?

    What does it mean to love our neighbor?

    What does it mean to walk in the light?

June 4 – James 2:1-13

    What does it mean to be rich in faith?

    Why are we so against favoritism until it benefits us?

     How does love treat everyone equally, no matter what their status is with us?

June 5 – Matthew 18:15-20

    What does it mean to bind and loose?

    Does unrepentance really mean loss of relationship with others?

    Does confrontation aim to restore or estrange the relationship?