Leader Guide week of 5-11-08

Small Group Leaders Guide
May 11, 2008

I Just Can’t Get Enough
Philippians 4:11-13
1Timothy 6:6-10

Getting Started:
1. If your income increased by 25%, what about your life would change?


Going Deeper:
2. In 1Timothy 6:10, we’re warned about the love of money. How can a person know when his/her desire for more money has crossed the line to become the love of money?

3. In the same verse, the word, “wandered” is used. Describe what it means to “wander” from the faith. Do you think it is a gradual process? How can you guard against a potentially imperceptible departure from the faith?

4. Read Philippians 4:12. In your life, have you found times of being in need pushing you closer to God or further from God? In what way?

5. Read Philippians 4:11. As you look at your life right now, would you say that you are content in your circumstances? If not, what are you doing about it? If so, what practical suggestions would you give to others seeking that same contentment?

6. In “The Lord’s Prayer,” is a prayer for “our daily bread.” What does that mean? Is God already giving you more than your “daily bread?” If so, what do you do with the overage?

7. If you represented all of your income and expenditures (even the little ones) in a pie chart, do you think you would be surprised at the relative sizes of some of the slices? If so, which ones? Which slice would be the biggest? The second biggest? The third?

8. Read 1Timothy 6:9. Has a desire for more money ever caused you to experience that verse first-hand? What foolish or harmful desire would you want to warn someone of if you had the chance?

Putting it into practice:
9. If anything was able to tempt you to begin making money an inappropriate priority, what would that be? Pray about that in your groups.


Quote Of The Week:
Jesus talked much about money. Sixteen of the thirty-eight parables were concerned with how to handle money and possessions. In the Gospels, an amazing one out of ten verses deal directly with the subject of money. The Bible offers 500 verses on prayer, less than 500 verses on faith, but more than 2000 verses on money and possessions.
--Howard L. Dayton, Jr.