Vision Week 3 - Thriving in the Word

 
 

NOTE: The Passages for this weeks study are taken from the “plan to thrive” available here physical copies will be available this coming Sunday.
The Plan to Thrive is a tool designed to accompany this vision series with passages and questions that will help you reflect and plan on the habits needed to really thrive as followers of Jesus.

Open in Prayer

Read the following passages. Either Print them for your group OR encourage everyone to open up this page on their phones to see them all in one place.
www.citylightchurch.com.au/vision/4)

Matt 6:19-21

“Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal, but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal. For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also”
Hebrews 13:5-6

Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?”
Luke 12:15

And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.

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. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also


Mark 8: 36
What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul?

DISCUSS:

  1. What things stood out to you as you read over these passages?

  2. Why is a love for money so incompatible with following Jesus?

  3. Given that Greed can be blinding, how can we know if it is a problem for us?

  4. How have you seen a desire for money and possessions choke out a love for Jesus in your life?

  5. How have you seen a desire for Christ choke out a love for money and possessions?

  6. How can you practice contentment and live simply?

Encourage the group to look at the stewardship section of the plan to thrive this week to think more deeply about how to be generous this year.


PRAY (TOGETHER OR IN SMALL GROUPS) In response to the following two questions.


1. What is one area that you are struggling to trust God with your finances?
2. What is one way you would like to be more generous this year?