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queries
Queries of observation and
gratitude:


When did a person demonstrate
God’s love to you in recent days?
Queries of forgiveness:

When did a person wound you or fail
to show love to you in recent days?

How can you process that pain so
as not to pass it on?
Queries of self-examination and
confession:

When did you fail to show love in
recent days? How? What can you
learn from that experience?
Queries of self-examination and
celebration:

When did you have the experience of
expression God’s love to another person
(or creature) in recent days? What
response do you have now?
Queries of anticipation and petition:

What opportunities do you expect in
the coming days to show God’s
love to others? What prayers arise
in your heart now to prepare for
those opportunities?
Queries of compassion and
intercession:

Whose pain or need do you feel
now, and what good do you
desire for that person?
Queries

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Queries

  • 1.
  • 3. Queries of observation and gratitude: When did a person demonstrate God’s love to you in recent days?
  • 4. Queries of forgiveness: When did a person wound you or fail to show love to you in recent days? How can you process that pain so as not to pass it on?
  • 5. Queries of self-examination and confession: When did you fail to show love in recent days? How? What can you learn from that experience?
  • 6. Queries of self-examination and celebration: When did you have the experience of expression God’s love to another person (or creature) in recent days? What response do you have now?
  • 7. Queries of anticipation and petition: What opportunities do you expect in the coming days to show God’s love to others? What prayers arise in your heart now to prepare for those opportunities?
  • 8. Queries of compassion and intercession: Whose pain or need do you feel now, and what good do you desire for that person?

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