Everyone loves love! But if we’re being honest, we’re not as good at love as we think we are. We love good things in bad ways and love bad things in sinful ways. We need Someone who can help us rightly order our loves. Thankfully, that person is Jesus, the one who loved perfectly. // 1. How would most people in our world today define “love?” Is it just a feeling for most people? Is it more than a feeling? // 2. List in two columns: Good things people love and Bad things people love. List some things that go under each. Do some of those “good things” become bad things if we love them too much? Why do people love bad things that hurt themselves or hurt others? Is it really “love” if someone is getting hurt? // 3. Read John 15:9-12. How do we make sure we’re “remaining in God’s love?” How does obedience bring us “joy?” Isn’t obeying God hard or boring? // 4. Read Ecclesiastes 2:1-11. What did Solomon love? Did he have any order or restraint to his love? How did he feel about the things he thought he loved after all was said and done? (vv.10-11) What does this teach us about what we love? How do we make sure we don’t love the wrong things or people? How does loving God most help us put these things into perspective?
