Huddle 3.6.22
Intro Question
- What’s something you purchased that didn’t work quite as advertised or you later regretted buying?
Lesson Intro
This week we looked at the two kingdoms we can invest in, our own or God’s. Your life, time, resources, skills, and finances are all being invested into one of those two kingdoms. If we are going to excel in this area of our relationship with Jesus, we have to make sure we are investing wisely.
Bible Engagement
2 Corinthians 8:1-7
1 We want you to know, brothers and sisters, about the grace of God that was given to the churches of Macedonia: 2 During a severe trial brought about by affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.
3 I can testify that, according to their ability and even beyond their ability, of their own accord, 4 they begged us earnestly for the privilege of sharing in the ministry to the saints, 5 and not just as we had hoped. Instead, they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us by God’s will. 6 So we urged Titus that just as he had begun, so he should also complete among you this act of grace.
7 Now as you excel in everything—in faith, speech, knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love for us—excel also in this act of grace.
- What stands out from this text?
- What questions does it raise?
- What do you learn about generosity from this passage?
- How did the Macedonians have abundant joy in the midst of severe trials, afflictions, and extreme poverty?
Topic Questions
- What does it mean to give yourself first to the Lord?
- What is difficult about that?
- When you think about giving what typically comes to your mind first?
- What would it look like to have abundant joy in your generosity?
Bible Engagement
Matthew 6:19-24
19 “Don’t store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal. 20 But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves don’t break in and steal. 21 For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
22 “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light. 23 But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. So if the light within you is darkness, how deep is that darkness!
24 “No one can serve two masters, since either he will hate one and love the other, or he will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- What stands out from this text?
- What questions does it raise?
- What do you learn about Jesus (His practices, priorities, personality, etc.)?
- In this passage what does Jesus say are the differences between earth and heaven?
Topic Questions
- Why does Jesus say to store up for yourselves treasures in heaven?
- How does storing up treasure in heaven benefit you?
- What does it look like to serve or be devoted to money?
- What are some ways people try to serve God and money?
- How can you make sure you are serving God first?
Challenge Question
- Have you been praying about what God wants to do through you for His church during this season?
- What do you feel He has been telling you?