Getting Started:

Q: How would you describe Orchard Grove to others?

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Q: Why is it uncomfortable rethinking your stance to position on a given subject?

RE-READ: John 13:34-35 NLT

“So now I am giving you a new commandment: Love each other. Just as I have loved you, you should love each other. Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.”

• What is it about the idea of love that seems weak or insufficient?

• Why is it difficult to love your enemy?

  • Why is it difficult to love yourself?

RE-READ: Matthew 22:35-40 NIV

“An expert in the law, tested him with this question: ‘Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?’

Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.’”

• The word “hang” in the last sentence means “subservient.” In other words, all the law and prophets are subservient, or second, to the command to love.

  • How does this change your approach to what the Bible says?

  • How does it change your approach to life in general?

• How do you live out John 13:34-35 in practical ways?

what is the loving thing to do?

BEFORE YOU LEAVE

What is an “old” way of thinking\doing\acting that you\we need to move away from, and what is something “new” you\we can move towards, especially as we head into the Next 20 at OG?