Generosity of Jesus: The Generous Pursuit 3/22
Life Group Questions
How have you ever seen someone promote the good of another, possibly at their own expense?
How and why are we trained in the west to hold onto our resources?
Read the Scripture: Luke 12:29-34
Reflect on the sermon. Is there anything that stood out to you? How are you encouraged or convicted?
In what ways does this Scripture turn us away from ourselves and towards others?
Jesus said, “Instead, seek his kingdom, and these things will be added to you.”
Think about what it means to seek the things of the kingdom?
What is communicated by the phrase, “Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also”?
In what ways does God and Jesus Christ reframe our perspective?
How do finances shape your heart?
Do your finances reflect how you trust God?
Luke 12:33 — Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Where else do you see in Scripture the idea that we gain when we give away?
Luke 12:33, “Sell your possessions, and give to the needy. Provide yourselves with moneybags that do not grow old, with a treasure in the heavens that does not fail, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
Personally, where could you partner with God right now? As a group, where could you partner with God right now?
Think about where the world is broken.
How is God seeking the Shalom of this brokenness?
Are you in a place to give of yourself?
Luke 6:38 — give, and it will be given to you. Good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, will be put into your lap. For with the measure you use it will be measured back to you.”