Growth Group Questions
Oct. 22 & 25 Week 7: Fall 2017
1.What is the biggest blessing in your life? Why do you consider it to be a blessing?
2. Pastor Gary shared two passages: Matthew 7:1-2 and Luke 6:37-38. Did you notice any similarities? Differences?
3. Did anything about today’s sermon, Your Part Matters - The Blessed Life, surprise or challenge you? What was your take-away from the sermon today?
4. Read Deuteronomy 15:7-15. Do you ever struggle with being generous? Would your friends say that you are generous? Do you agree or disagree that generosity is a heart issue?
5. Pastor Gary gave four ways that you can develop a generous heart. Did you identify with one of the four ways? How might understanding these four ways of developing a generous heart be helpful? (hint: selfish, grieving, generous, grateful)
6. What does the word selfish mean to you? Can you think of a time when you were selfish as an adult?
7. Some translations of the Deuteronomy passage say to give “without a grudging heart.” What does the word grudging mean to you?
8. How hard is it for you to grasp the concept of a generous heart? What would it look like in your life to have a generous heart? What does it mean to be generous? Who is the most generous person that you know?
9. The writer of Deuteronomy reminds the people that they were once slaves in Egypt. What do you remember about God’s redeeming love in your life? Have you been redeemed? Do you remember the time before Christ was in your life? How have you changed?
10. How might your Growth Group pray for you this week?
Extra Credit: How can you take a step to be more generous in your life?