Scripture Reading

Genesis 1:26-27 (NRSV) 

26Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, according to our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the wild animals of the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth.”

27So God created humankind in his image,
    in the image of God he created them;
    male and female he created them.

Digging Deeper Questions

Surface: 

• These scriptures talk about God loving and raising people. How do people show love to one another? How does God show love to us?

• How does it make you feel to know that God loves you?

• Nothing separates us from God’s love. What does that mean? 

Deeper: 

• What does it mean to be made in the image of God?

• What do you think God’s love for creation teaches us about God’s love for us?

• ·      Do you think God would ever stop loving you? Why or why not?

• Knowing we are made in God’s likeness and are loved by God, how should we treat each other?

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Deepest: 

• Have you ever felt unworthy of being loved by God or by others? Do our feelings about ourselves change how God loves us? Why or why not?

• What would it look like if we loved others in the same way that God loved everyone?

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