PROBLEM: What good is it to focus on our decisions and forget about our hearts? Any discussion of “who should I be?” must begin with a proper understanding of who God is. God is . agape is an of the will, “an intelligent, purposeful attitude of esteem and devotion; a selfless, purposeful, outgoing attitude that desires to do good to the one loved.” God created humankind and us with his mark. God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them. (Gen. 1:27 NET) Jesus is the image of God. “the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature” (Heb. 1:3). “He is the image of the invisible God,...” (Col. 1:15) “Who should I be?” Be like Jesus. “For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers” (Rom. 8:29) We're being restored & repaired to represent Him as God's image-bearer. ...“being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another” (2 Cor. 3:18). Jesus’s Love is Expressed With *Boundless Luke 10:29 , No Matter the Cost How should we live as His children? “Whoever says he abides in him ought to walk in the same way in which he walked” (1 John 2:6). “For to this you have been called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps” (1 Pet. 2:21) Focus on your love categories. Focus on your love first. Matt. 22:35–40, 1 Cor. 13:1–3 Focus on your first love. Continuing the Conversation: In your observation, how has our American culture impacted or defined the idea of “love”? The love of God is supernatural and beyond human love. His agape is an act of the will, “an intelligent, purposeful attitude of esteem and devotion; a selfless, purposeful, outgoing attitude that desires to do good to the one loved.” How has this special kind of love impacted you the most? CAUTION!! (A moment of humble transparency needed here!) From your own individual perspective, what types of people or people groups tend to seem most unlovable to you? What might it look like or what might need to change if you were to love the unlovable ones the way Jesus did?