Unprovoked Love

Fellowship Church

Unprovoked Love

September 15, 2024 • Byron Beck

Discussion Questions:

How often do you do an “act of service for God” and hope that someone recognizes your act and pats you on the back? Have you ever served God out of guilt (hoping this would make up for your foolish sins)?

•How often do you serve God with improper/un-Biblical motives?

The goal of this message is to remind us how much we need God’s agape’ love as the motivational force in all of our ministry.

•Can you think of (describe) an example when you served God from the vantage point of no self-seeking motives?

Byron highlights how perceptions of “superiority” and/or “inferiority” can block our desire to serve some people. We need agape’ love from God to overcome our pride and/or low self-esteem.

•Can you think of examples from your life when these bad attitudes hampered you in your service of Jesus?

Read and meditate on 1 John 4:7-11. Is your heart alive with God’s love?

Sacrifice

October 13, 2024 • Byron Beck

Byron Beck | October 13, 2024 | Fellowship Church | Poplar Bluff, MO

Share Your Story

October 6, 2024 • Cody Morgeson

Cody Morgeson | October 6, 2024 | Fellowship Church | Poplar Bluff, MO

Kindness 101

September 29, 2024 • Byron Beck

Discussion Questions: What category of people are the most difficult for you to love? Are there any people in your life who have so deeply hurt or offended you that you struggle to love them? Describe your relationship with hospitality. If Byron is correct and among the many possible expressions of hospitality, its most basic version involves “loving strangers” — what are some of the “most needy strangers” in your circle of influence? Borrowing from Byron’s examples of “ways to love strangers” — how are you doing with: •“Smiling” — is this natural or unnatural for you? •“Courtesy” — is it easy for you to be “mannerly” toward others? Can you let others go before you? •“Contributing” — are you generous toward the needs of others? In Hebrews 13:3 we are encouraged to “lean in” to the needs and lives of strangers around us: •Heb 13:3 — Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies. •Think bout the last time your were sympathetic toward the needs of others and could actually imagine yourself in their shoes.