Jesus calls us to love our enemies, those who are hardest to love, despite what they might have done to us.HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsReflection Questions:1. Who are the enemies in your life?2. What does Jesus mean when he says, “pray for those who persecute you”?3. How can you pray for your enemies this week?

Jesus calls us to a selfless love, which regards the dignity and worth of others, regardless of our differences.HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsReflection Questions:1. Which character(s) in the Good Samaritan story do you most identify with? 2. When have you been helped by a person who is different from you in some way? 3. What next step will you take to love others across our differences?

Jesus calls us to love God with the entirety of our lives: heart, soul, mind, and strength.HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsReflection Questions:1. What is your experience each day in trying to figure out what to wear?2. Who in the church has been a spiritual influence in your life?3. How will you be more actively engaged in worship?

There may be many causes of fear in our lives, but in many cases, the greatest and most reliable antidote is the love of God, for “perfect love casts out fear.”HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsReflection Questions:1. What would your life look like if you more fully abided in God’s love? How would your family, community, co-workers, church, people in the community know?2. Where do you have fear? How can love enter into it?3. How might you live love without fear this week?

God loved us so much that God gave us Jesus (John 3:16). We are called to love one another, as an expression of the love of God (1 John 3:16)HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsReflection Questions:1. What does it mean to ‘lay down’ one’s life for a friend?  Can you give an example of that?2. What are some ways you see our church loving ‘in deed and truth?’3. Where is Jesus standing in front of you, inviting you to boldly show love to a neighbor?

The light of God’s love convicts us of our sins, especially in the ways that we mistreat each other and cause harm.  HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepshttps://www.barna.com/research/christians-more-like-jesus-or-pharisees/Reflection Questions:1. What do you think it means to be a follower of Jesus? 2. How do your answers to the Barna survey make you more like Jesus? More like the Pharisees? 3. What changes will you make in your life to follow Jesus better?

Just as the sun is the source of life and energy for all creation, so is Jesus the source of love and goodness for all humanity.HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsReflection Questions:1. What animal terrifies you?2. What in your life needs the Light? How are you blocking the Light?3. How do you confess and when was the last time?4.  In what ways will you walk in the Light this week?

In Christ we are never alone. We are connected to God, to each other, and in ministry to the world.HydeParkUMC.org/NextSteps Reflection Questions:1. To stay connected to Jesus who is the vine, what spiritual practices do you observe? 2. In your life, what might the ‘keeper of the vineyard’ need to prune? 3. What does it mean to ‘bear fruit’ in your life?

The way of Jesus gives us the clearest, most direct path toward living life as God intends.HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsReflection Questions:1. Would it make a difference in your life if you heard Jesus’ “Follow Me” as a command rather than an invitation?2. What trouble is in your heart that you need God to help you deal with?3. What are you doing to care for creation to honor Jesus as the Co-Creator? 

In Christ, death is never the last word, just as Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.HydeParkUMC.org/NextStepsREFLECTION QUESTIONS: 1. What does it mean to follow Jesus, the one who invites us into the fullness of life and death? 2. What tomb are you being invited to exit? To come out of? 3. Where do you see new life in your midst?  4. Imagine Jesus in front of you, asking, ‘do you believe this?’ How would you respond?