GROUP QUESTIONS:
1. What image or story or person comes to mind when you think of greed?
2. How would you explain the debt that lies underneath greed? In other words, what causes greed?
3. In what ways has this series made you recognize or realize greed in your own life? If greed is a heart issue and not just a financial one, are there ways you are greedy with things beyond just money?
4. READ Luke 12:15-21. What would you say is the main idea is that Jesus is trying to teach us?
5. Are there any ways that you’ve seen yourself storing up your surplus? Ask yourself this question: Why do I have so much? How would you answer?
6. As we’ve learned, the remedy for greed is generosity. In fact Jesus teaches that generosity is not actually measured by giving out of an abundance, but instead is measured by a willingness to give whatever we have. READ Luke 21:1-4. What was Jesus’ main point? What do you feel like this story might be teaching you?
7. In what ways would you like to be released from greed in your own life? What changes might you be able to make in order to grow in generosity?