ICEBREAKERS
Make sure to start off with prayer. Then choose one or more questions to open up with.
1. What is your biggest and wildest dream?
REVIEW & TALK-IT-OUT
Go through each main point and scripture from the message and use the corresponding questions in discussion with your group.
There are several different approaches to money and wealth.
1. PRIDE
Deuteronomy 8:17-18 (NIV)
You may say to yourself, “My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.” But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth.
TALK-IT-OUT #1:
How is pride active in your life right now?
TALK-IT-OUT #2:
What skills or talents has God blessed you with?
2. POVERTY
1 Timothy 6:17–19 (NIV)
Command those who are rich in this present world not to be arrogant nor to put their hope in wealth, which is so uncertain, but to put their hope in God, who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment. Command them to do good, to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share. In this way they will lay up treasure for themselves as a firm foundation for the coming age, so that they may take hold of the life that is truly life.
TALK-IT-OUT #3:
Do you think that God wants you to be poor? Why or why not?
3. PROSPERITY
TALK-IT-OUT #4:
How do you react when you feel like you are not getting blessed like you want to be?
READ Matthew 25:14–30 (NIV)
TALK-IT-OUT #5:
What does God ask us to do with what He has given us?
TALK-IT-OUT #6:
What is something practical you can do this week to maximize what God has given you?