Study Guide

This guide is designed to help your group move from reading to conversation, and from conversation to real change. Each session maps to one chapter in the book. The structure is simple: read the chapter during the week, then gather to talk honestly about what you found there.

Each session gives you a scripture passage to anchor the conversation, a set of discussion questions, a way to put the chapter into action before the next session, and a prayer to close. That is all you need.

What each session covers

1. Session 1: Why Love?
2. Session 2: What Is Love?
3. Session 3: Love Is Patient
4. Session 4: Love Is Kind
5. Session 5: Love Does Not Envy
6. Session 6: Love Does Not Boast
7. Session 7: Love Is Not Proud, Does Not Dishonor, Is Not Self-Seeking
8. Session 8: Love Is Not Easily Angered
9. Session 9: Love Keeps No Record of Wrongs
10. Session 10: Love Does Not Fear
11. Session 11: Love Rejoices, Protects, and Perseveres
12. Session 12: Love Is a Choice
13. Session 13: What Is the Absence of Love?
14. Session 14: How Do You Know If You Truly Love Others?
15. Session 15: How to Manage Pain and Hurt While Trying to Foster True Love
16. Session 16: How Do You Love God?
17. Session 17: Loving Jesus
18. Session 18: What Now?

How it works

Each group member needs a copy of the book. The study guide is free. Print one per person, or share the PDF on a screen during your meeting. Each session takes 60 to 90 minutes.

Some of the questions are uncomfortable. That is by design. The book does not shy away from hard truths, and neither should your group. But honesty requires safety. Set that tone from the first session.