Group Discussion Guide
Priorities, Part 2
This guide is designed to help your group create a space for genuine connection and conversation within your discussion time. Don't feel pressured to address every question each week. Instead, allow the Holy Spirit to guide you as you lead your group in uncovering what God intends to communicate during your time together.
This guide comprises three sections: Loving, Learning, and Living. Each section aims to steer your conversation towards meaningful discussions about spiritual growth as individuals and as members of the body of Christ.
This guide comprises three sections: Loving, Learning, and Living. Each section aims to steer your conversation towards meaningful discussions about spiritual growth as individuals and as members of the body of Christ.
LOVING
First moments together as a group to connect and pray (approx. 10-15 min).
Open with prayer and invite God to be part of your conversation and relationship.
- How have you seen God at work in your life since the last time we met?
- What has been one high and one low since the last time we met?
- How did you do with living out what we talked about last time we met?
Open with prayer and invite God to be part of your conversation and relationship.
LEARNING
The majority of the group discussion is devoted to open dialogue, reflecting on God’s Word and its personal application to each of our lives (approx. 60-75 min).
Scripture References from Message: Matthew 6:19-34
Big Idea from Message: What you do with your money shows who or what you trust most.
What do you think about Tyler’s statement, “The Bible is best experienced through obedience?” How has this truth worked in your own life?
Matthew 6:19–34 teaches us to shift our focus from earthly possessions to eternal treasure by trusting God as our provider. Jesus invites us to seek His Kingdom first, reminding us that worry fades when we live with God’s priorities and depend on His daily care. How might following a “me first” spending strategy show that you are more concerned with storing up treasures on earth rather than in heaven?
How might having our financial priorities misaligned with God’s kingdom priorities create a culture of worry or anxiety in our lives?
Matthew 6:24 teaches that we can’t serve both God and money - our loyalty will always lean toward one. The language used here is closer to being enslaved to the “love of money,” rather than simply speaking of money itself. Why do you think this distinction matters?
Is there a place in your life where you need God to provide (financially, relationally, medically, etc)? If so, what would it look like for you to live in trust of his provision rather than trying to serve the master of worry?
Scripture References from Message: Matthew 6:19-34
Big Idea from Message: What you do with your money shows who or what you trust most.
What do you think about Tyler’s statement, “The Bible is best experienced through obedience?” How has this truth worked in your own life?
Matthew 6:19–34 teaches us to shift our focus from earthly possessions to eternal treasure by trusting God as our provider. Jesus invites us to seek His Kingdom first, reminding us that worry fades when we live with God’s priorities and depend on His daily care. How might following a “me first” spending strategy show that you are more concerned with storing up treasures on earth rather than in heaven?
How might having our financial priorities misaligned with God’s kingdom priorities create a culture of worry or anxiety in our lives?
Matthew 6:24 teaches that we can’t serve both God and money - our loyalty will always lean toward one. The language used here is closer to being enslaved to the “love of money,” rather than simply speaking of money itself. Why do you think this distinction matters?
Is there a place in your life where you need God to provide (financially, relationally, medically, etc)? If so, what would it look like for you to live in trust of his provision rather than trying to serve the master of worry?
LIVING
The challenge for the week ahead is to grow in our faith and lovingly hold each other accountable through the community.
This week, take time to think through your “spending strategy.” Does it seem to align with the “me first” strategy or God’s kingdom first strategy? If it helps, go through your spending over the past week and label things as either me, others,or God. How is your spending weighted? Depending on what this exercise reveals, what changes, even small, might you need to make to begin living into a life of generosity focused on God and the life of his kingdom come on earth as in heaven?
This week, take time to think through your “spending strategy.” Does it seem to align with the “me first” strategy or God’s kingdom first strategy? If it helps, go through your spending over the past week and label things as either me, others,or God. How is your spending weighted? Depending on what this exercise reveals, what changes, even small, might you need to make to begin living into a life of generosity focused on God and the life of his kingdom come on earth as in heaven?