Discussion Questions

As a group, spend time reading John 15:9-17 and answer the following questions. What stood out to you from this passage? What does this passage teach us about God (his character, his will, his plans, his principles)?
Why do you think that friendship is so often misunderstood in our culture? What are the ways that our culture gets it right/wrong? How does the biblical picture of friendship by the way of the Trinity stand in contrast?
Do you agree that friendship involves vulnerability, commitment and enjoyment? How can we help one another to open our hearts and lives to have this type of friendship with one another?
How do our friendships showcase the gospel of Jesus to a world that is fragmented and isolated? How should our friendships be used to further our witness, not hinder it?

Prayer Points

Pray that God would grow us as people who practice true, biblical, committed, and loving friendships.
Pray that God would heal us from pains that we’ve experienced in friendship.
Pray that our friendships would serve as a gospel witness to a lost and broken world, a world that deeply longs to be loved and known.