Faith Talk – November 16, 2025
Faith Talks are designed to help you keep the conversation going beyond Sunday morning. Use this guide with your family or friends to reflect on the sermon and Life Group lesson, pray together, and put God’s Word into practice. Think of this guide as a starting place—then let God shape the conversation.
Sermon
Title: Love Is the Theme
Scripture: 1 John 4:13-21
Overview: John reminds believers that God’s love is not abstract—it is revealed through the Son, affirmed by the Spirit, and confirmed as we remain in Him. True love drives out fear, reflects God’s character, and must overflow into love for our brothers and sisters.
Main Points:
Discussion Questions:
For Kids
For Students & Adults
Application: Ask God to deepen your understanding of His love so that you can love others with patience, humility, and sacrifice—especially when it’s difficult.
Scripture: 1 John 4:13-21
Overview: John reminds believers that God’s love is not abstract—it is revealed through the Son, affirmed by the Spirit, and confirmed as we remain in Him. True love drives out fear, reflects God’s character, and must overflow into love for our brothers and sisters.
Main Points:
- A Powerful Testimony
- A Prolific Truth
- A Personal Test
Discussion Questions:
For Kids
- Who showed us what God’s love is like?
- How does God help us love others?
- What is one way you can show love to someone this week?
For Students & Adults
- How does understanding God’s love give you confidence instead of fear?
- Where do you see the Spirit’s work in helping you remain in God’s love?
- What relationships in your life need to be reshaped by sacrificial, Christlike love?
Application: Ask God to deepen your understanding of His love so that you can love others with patience, humility, and sacrifice—especially when it’s difficult.
Life Group
Scripture: Jeremiah 17; 29–31
Christ/Gospel Connections:
All of Scripture points back to Jesus. In our study each week, every age group’s lesson includes a note about how the message connects to Christ. Use these Christ/Gospel Connections as a springboard for meaningful discussion about who Jesus is and what He has done for us.
Preschool – The people couldn’t follow God’s rules perfectly, so God made a new promise. When we trust in Jesus, we are part of this new promise, and God’s teachings are with us forever.
Kids – Like God’s people, we all have sinful hearts that do not obey God or love Him rightly. Through Jesus’ death on the cross, God made a new covenant. Those who trust in Jesus have their sin forgiven and have the law written on their hearts.
Students – Jeremiah prophesied about a coming day when God would write His law on His people’s hearts and provide lasting forgiveness of sin. This prophecy points to God’s provision of Jesus. Through Jesus, God offers us forgiveness, and through the Holy Spirit, God enables us to obey His commands.
Adults – The new covenant was established through Jesus, the Son of God, who was a substitute for the penalty of our sin. He fulfilled the law completely and writes the law on our hearts, and we are adopted as children of God. Through the new covenant, all who believe and trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior are saved as a free gift because of God’s grace and mercy.
Discussion Questions:
For Kids
For Students & Adults
Christ/Gospel Connections:
All of Scripture points back to Jesus. In our study each week, every age group’s lesson includes a note about how the message connects to Christ. Use these Christ/Gospel Connections as a springboard for meaningful discussion about who Jesus is and what He has done for us.
Preschool – The people couldn’t follow God’s rules perfectly, so God made a new promise. When we trust in Jesus, we are part of this new promise, and God’s teachings are with us forever.
Kids – Like God’s people, we all have sinful hearts that do not obey God or love Him rightly. Through Jesus’ death on the cross, God made a new covenant. Those who trust in Jesus have their sin forgiven and have the law written on their hearts.
Students – Jeremiah prophesied about a coming day when God would write His law on His people’s hearts and provide lasting forgiveness of sin. This prophecy points to God’s provision of Jesus. Through Jesus, God offers us forgiveness, and through the Holy Spirit, God enables us to obey His commands.
Adults – The new covenant was established through Jesus, the Son of God, who was a substitute for the penalty of our sin. He fulfilled the law completely and writes the law on our hearts, and we are adopted as children of God. Through the new covenant, all who believe and trust in Jesus as Lord and Savior are saved as a free gift because of God’s grace and mercy.
Discussion Questions:
For Kids
- Why did God make a new covenant?
- How does Jesus help our hearts love God?
- What is one way you can obey God this week?
For Students & Adults
- What does it mean for God to “write His law on our hearts”?
- How does the new covenant change the way you understand obedience?
- Where do you see God transforming you from the inside out?
Pray Together
- Thank God for His faithful love and for making a new covenant through Jesus.
- Commit to walking in obedience from the heart, not just in outward behavior.
- Ask God to grow Christlike love in your relationships and deepen your trust in God’s promises.
Activity
Heart Reminders
Supplies: Paper, scissors, markers or crayons
Instructions:
Instructions:
- Cut out heart shapes from the paper.
- On each heart, write or draw one way God shows His love for us.
- On the back, write or draw one way you can show God’s love to someone this week.
- Share your hearts with your group or family, then place them somewhere you’ll see them as a reminder to live out God’s love.
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