Study for the week following Sunday 5th October
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Study leaders notes 20 mins!
this sentence is not to be read out it is for the leader only. in our discussion we will think about who’s money is it anyway.
The sentences in blue are supplementary questions which can be used if & as necessary. The statements in red are possible answers that you may wish to draw out in your discussion. Other pointers are in purple.
(8 mins) In this present climate we’re all living on a budget. Take the following items of expenditure and rank them in order of importance.
As you go, discuss why you would place each item where you have(eg we choose value brands of food so we can have treats; we keep cloths till they wear our to save for a holiday).
Food; Clothes; Rent / Mortgage;
1. Is there anything missing from the list?(rank where) You can take giving to charities as a separate item, but… Save giving to Church till the end.
Read 2 Corinthians 9:6-15
(7 mins)
In verses 6-9, Paul uses an agricultural illustration. Don’t expect to get a big crop if you skimp in your sowing.
2i. What reasons does Paul give for us being generous? 7 – God loves one who gives generously
8 – God is able to give more than we need Do you believe / have you found this to be true?
2ii. What would you say to someone who says I can’t give, I have no money to spare? Is ‘a bit’ / ‘what you can’ enough?
In verses 10-11, Paul seems to promise that if we are generous, God will always give us what we need.
2iii. Do you believe / have you found this always to be true? What about those living in extreme poverty – what does these verses have to say about them?
our giving 12ameets the needs of God’s people in need.
In verses 12-15, Paul is speaking about our giving being for those in need.
2iv. Do you think this passage speaks to our general giving to Church? In what ways?
(5 mins) 3. Following our discussions, in what ways have we been challenged with regards to our giving as…
…as individuals?
…as a parish? |
