Day One | Read the Essay from Core 52, Chapter 31
Day Two | Memorize the Core Verse
Mark 12:28-31
Day Three | Story Reading
Exodus 20
Day Four | Verse Meditation
Deuteronomy 6:4-5
Deuteronomy 10:12
Luke 10:26-27
Day Five | Application
Identify a random act of kindness you could do in each of these spheres: at work (or school), at home, and in the community.
Group Discussion
- Can you give an example of what it looks like to love God with all your (answer one at a time): Heart, soul, mind, strength/resources?
- Brainstorm together some of the spiritual dangers of loving God with only one or two parts of our person. For example, what spiritual problems could a person encounter if she loved God with her mind but not her heart? Or if he loved God with resources but not soul? Etc.
- Can you give practical examples of the interplay between fear, obedience, love, and service in one of your relationships (parent/child; friend; husband/wife). If you were asked “Are you neighborly?” how would you prove it?
- Strategize asa group one corporate act of kindness you could do in your community.