Greed & Generosity - The Battle for your Heart Sunday 17th May 2009

Talk by Dave Vinall

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Today's passage was from Luke 12:13-34.

Read through all of Luke 12:13-34. Jesus’ suggestion to get over greed is to trust in God. How do you feel about this? Does it seem realistic? In what ways do you grow in trust with another person? How might this be applied to our relationship with God?

Read Luke 16:1-15. This is a very strange parable to understand. What attitude and principles is Jesus commending to us?

Read 1 Timothy 6:6-19 and Philippians 4:10-13. Do you feel content? If you could be honest with your subconscious for a moment, what do you think it would take to be content? No mortgage, nice car, better pay… Why might these things be deceitful? How do we stop fooling ourselves?
How would you rate your generosity? How do we judge someone’s level of generosity – is it in action or attitude or both? Do you ever give when you don’t want to or don’t enjoy it?

Read 2 Corinthians 9:6-11. This is written as the church in Corinth prepares to send a gift to help the church in Macedonia. What is the link here between sowing and reaping? How might it apply to your life? In verses 11-15 there is a link between giving and worship. When you are generous do you feel like it is worship? Why?

We want to run a money management course for the church and the community. If you’d like to be one of our guinea pigs when we run a pilot course please contact the office. Also get in touch if you would like to be involved in organising these.

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