Category: Live Generously (2024)

Matthew 25:31-46
Mathayo 25:31-46

We finish up our Live Generously sermon series with Pastor Bruce teaching about giving. Listen to the sermon and then reflect using the follow up questions.

Sermon Follow Up Questions:
1. How easy is it for your to give, with no strings or expectations attached?
2. Think of a Good Samaritan situation you recently faced. How did you handle it? What ran through your mind at the time?
3. If it is true that whatever we do we do to Jesus, how does this influence your desire to be more freely generous with your gifts and graces?
4. What are some regular, deliberate, ongoing giving opportunities that could come together into a giving plan for you?

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Matthew 25:14-30
Mathayo 25:14-30

Check out this sermon from Pastor Bruce from our Live Generously series. After you listen, use the questions below for reflection.

Sermon Follow Up Questions:
1. Who is rich? How do you decide?
2. What are some of the most common ways you tend to compare yourself to others?
3. What makes comparison such a waste of time?
4. What would you describe as some of the most desirable "fruit" a Christian can grow?

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Matthew 25:1-13
Mathayo 25:1-13

Pastor Bruce continues to teach us about living generously. Listen to his sermon and then use the follow up questions to reflect.

Sermon Follow Up Questions:
1. What's your initial reaction to hearing Jesus tell us to be serious about choices and commitments we make in life? Does He leave much room for fun?
2. What makes some Christians less financially wise than unbelievers? When is this a good thing? When is it maybe not such a good thing?
3. What do your financial plans look like? Do you feel good about them? What can you do about this?
4. What would you consider the greatest potential dangers of not stewarding money wisely? How have you learned some of these lessons the hard way?

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Matthew 23:1-12
Mathayo 23:1-12

Listen to Pastor Bruce's sermon from our Live Generously series and then use the following questions to reflect.

Sermon Follow Up Questions:
1. What makes you angry? And what does that tell you about what you truly love?
2. How much guilt or shame do you feel over your financial attitudes or your history with money?
3. When or with whom does greed pose the greatest temptation to you?
4. What's a small start you could take toward overcoming the greedy impulses in your life?

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Matthew 22:15-22
Mathayo 22:15-22

How do you decide how to handle your finances? Check out this sermon from Pastor Bruce and then use the questions below to reflect.

Sermon Follow Up Questions:
1. What are some of the Martha-style obligations and expectations of yourself that consistently prevent you from enjoying Mary's style of freedom?
2. Thinking about some of the financial decisions you're currently or will soon be facing, what might make the difference between an okay choice and a best choice?
3. How might a lack of extreme gratitude to God affect how you handle your money?
4. What are some of the competing motives you notice when making spending decisions?

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1 Timothy 6:17-19
1 Timotheo 6:17-19

Continuing our Live Generously series, Pastor Bruce teaches us about greed. Listen to the sermon and then use the follow up questions below to reflect.

Sermon Follow Up Questions:
1. How many of your goals in life are financial in nature?
2. Why do you think Jesus never came out and declared wealth as being bad, or evil, or sinful?
3. How have you been influenced by greed, and what effect do you think it has on your relationship with God?
4. What kinds of changes could you make that would counter the temptation toward greed?

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Matthew 20:28
Mathayo 20:28

Pastor Bruce teaches us about humility in this sermon from our Live Generously series. Listen to the sermon and then use the following questions to reflect.

Sermon Follow Up Questions:
1. What does it mean to you to be "poor in spirit?" Why would Jesus call this a "blessed" or "happy" attribute to have?
2. What makes it hard for you to be humble?
3. What have you learned about humility from your own or another's experience with a shortage of money?
4. Where could you simplify your lifestyle and give yourself some increased financial freedom?

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Philippians 1:21-30
Wafilipi 1:21-30

Continuing our Live Generously sermon series, Pastor Steve teaches us about stewarding life. Listen through the sermon and then use the following questions as a reflection.

Sermon Follow Up Questions:
1. Describe what you see as your life's purpose. It doesn't have to be fancy or long. What are the areas of life where you feel successful right now?
2. How do you feel you are progressing toward your purpose? What things in your life contribute to building purpose?
3. What do you feel are some of the hindrances toward living out your purpose or even knowing it?
4. Spend time in prayer that God would clarify your purpose. Pray toward freedom from hindrances.

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Matthew 18:21-35
Mathayo 18:21-35

Check out this sermon from Pastor Bruce continuing our Live Generously series. After you listen, use the questions below to reflect.

Sermon Follow Up Questions:
1. How would you describe the tension or relationship between faith and contentment?
2. Why might God require persistence on our part, even in prayer? Can you think of reasons why God shouldn't just give us stuff?
3. What are some inspiring examples of faith that you've seen in others?
4. What current financial need or situation in your life could be fertile ground for planting a deeper measure of faith?

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Luke 11:1-13
Luka 11:1-13

Listen to the sermon from Pastor Bruce and then use the following questions to reflect.

Sermon Follow Up Questions:
1. What do you think a life of discontentment would look like? Where do you think it would lead?
2. Who is someone you know who is truly content? What do you think helps make them that way?
3. How could having a consistent "daily bread" focus impact your life, especially when it comes to how you handle and think of money?
4. Jesus tells us that God clothes and takes care of the birds of the air and the lilies of the field. What other examples can you think of where God's complete provision, wisdom, and forethought are clearly seen?

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