Do you know what God is really like? Do you have a firsthand experience of His personality, His nature, His presence? Is God a loving God? Is love a part of God? How can the same God who sent His son to punishment and sends others to hell be a God who has love as a central characteristic? 1 John 3:11-24

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Why? We are often asked or ask why. Why are we here? Why do I believe what I believe? Why am I going to school? Why do people love math? Why should I put my faith in Jesus? The answer to the question why is what we imagine the result will be after putting our faith in that idea or thing. Why did Jesus choose to suffer? 1 John 3:11-24

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What is a thing to behold? What is so amazing it is awe-inspiring? It would change depending on what we are influenced by. Why is it harder to marvel at God than it is to marvel at created things? Is it because of boundaries? Isn't Christ the biggest thing to marvel at? 
1 John 2:26-3:10

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Why do people lie? Do they ever get what they hope to accomplish by lying? Why do we lie when it diminishes how people view us? Do people accept the lies that people tell? Why are some willing to accept they are being lied to for the sake of avoiding uncomfortable circumstances? 1 John  2:18-26

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Who or what do you love? What causes us to love? Why do some people love things that others hate? What causes us to love something is that we believe that thing or person or idea will make us happy. We seek what we believe will satisfy us? If I had _____________it will make me happy. Is this ever the genuine case? Does what we love come from God or apart from God? 1 John 2:15-17

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How much influence or lack of influence with Jesus affects us or affects the codes we live by? Are we truthful to who we really are? Do we wear different masks or personas depending on where we are or who we are with? Do we live the same everywhere? Is there a barrier between us and God and, if so, who created it?  1 John 2:7-14

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How much do people influence you? How much of what you are results from the company you keep? Do you truly make your own decisions? Are you influenced and, if so, by who or what? How much of the culture is a part of who you are? 1 John 2:1-6

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What is fellowship? Do we fully understand partnership or fellowship? What breaks fellowship? What causes partnerships and fellowships to end? 1 John 1:5-10

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How much are we willing to endure in order to be part of a group? Why do we long to be part of something? What drives us to fellowship? Is fellowship the purpose of the Gospel? What does it mean to be a child of God? How strong is our desire to be included in the Trinity's fellowship? Is there other things you long to be a part of more than God's family?  1 John 1:1-3

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Are we ready to be with Christ when he returns? No matter how much we accomplish, without love, we are nothing and we gain nothing. How does this truth affect our destiny? How does what is in us effect where we are going? Do we know what we need to know to go where we want to go? Matthew 25:1-13

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