DON'T FORGET! Remember Your First Love.

The following questions are to be used as a study aid for the sermon preached by Pastor Tommy Dove at the Grace Place on Sunday, March 23, 2014. To get the most from these questions, go to https://soundcloud.com/#graceplacehermitage and listen to the service first.

These questions can be used in your private Bible study during the week or as the topic for a small group study. For more information on hosting or leading a small group study, click on "GP Small Groups" under "GP Ministries" at www.graceplace.us.

Fellowship: (Break bread with your community, share life from last week, announcements for next week)

Icebreaker: (Get to know your fellow believers a little bit better using this week’s topic)

What do you use to help you remember?

What is the most difficult thing you have ever had to memorize?

What things are easy for you to remember?

What things are hard for you to remember?

Worship: (Optional for communities who have the time and talent)

“First Love” Avalon (Find it on GP Community Group Facebook page)

Scripture: (Read the word together – use different readers, different versions, just read it)

Revelation 2:1-7

Lesson: (Delve deeper into the Word and into the sermon using open-ended questions)

Having a ritual but lacking a relationship sounds a bit like the story of Jesus visiting the home of Mary and Martha.  Martha was tied up getting the work done while Mary sat a Jesus’ feet.  Jesus said Mary had chosen the best thing.  Relationships trump good works.   

What was the church at Ephesus doing right?

How can hard work be wrong?

How is perseverance a good thing?

Why was the church at Ephesus being criticized?

What do you think are signs of losing your first love?

What happens to a relationship without love?

What do we need to do to keep our first love fresh?

Prayer: (Share each other’s burdens, become a community of believers)