Keep the Change

Being Rich Toward God

Review this week’s message.

Key Scriptures

Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.”
Luke 12:15 NIV

“But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will get what you have prepared for yourself?’ This is how it will be with whoever stores up things for themselves but is not rich toward God.”
Luke 12:20-21 NIV

Moreover, when God gives someone wealth and possessions, and the ability to enjoy them, to accept their lot and be happy in their toil—this is a gift of God.
Ecclesiastes 5:19 NIV

Jesus looked at him and said, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God! Indeed, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”
Luke 18:24-25 NIV

The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it …
Psalm 24:1 NIV

“Bring the whole tithe into the storehouse, that there may be food in my house. Test me in this,” says the LORD Almighty, “and see if I will not throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so much blessing that there will not be room enough to store it.”
Malachi 3:10 NIV

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”
Matthew 6:19-21 NASB

He who has a generous eye will be blessed, for he gives of his bread to the poor.
Proverbs 22:9 NKJV

… “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. If anyone says anything to you, say that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”
Matthew 21:2-3 NIV

Start talking. Find a conversation starter for your group.

When you were a kid, what did you think it looked like to be rich?

Start thinking. Ask a question to get your group thinking.

Which part of this message was most impactful for you and why?
“If I could only have ______, I’d be happy and fulfilled.” How would you have answered that question before hearing this week’s message? Has your thinking shifted since then? If so, how?
In what ways do you think like a steward, and in what ways do you think like an owner? What would it look like to think more like a steward?

Start sharing. Choose a question to create openness.

Pastor Chris encouraged us to invest more than we spend. Where are you currently spending your resources? (It could be time, influence, money, etc.) How could you invest those things instead?
How is God calling you to step into His story through generous living?

Start praying. Be bold and pray with power.

Father, thank You for Your abundant generosity. You’ve given us every good thing we have. Help us to embrace the opportunities You give us to bless others through generosity. In Jesus’ name, amen.

Start doing. Commit to a step and live it out this week.

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