What first comes to your mind when you hear the word "love?" Have someone write down the answers on a board or flip chart.

How are the answers similar and/or different?

What do you see and hear in this video? How does it connect with God's love story?

1 John 4:16-21

How must we be in the world?

What does love do with fear?

What is the test of our love?

Where do you see the type of love Jesus and John spoke about being displayed in our society?

Where do you not see the type of love Jesus and John spoke about being displayed in our society?

How would you describe God’s loving purpose for the world?

Where do you see it shown? What story can you tell?

What story can you tell about it not being shown?

How do you show it? What's your story?

Find other stories from YouTube, the web, the newspapers, and your life that answer these questions.