Solid Rock Generosity • Week 5
Pray to open your time together.
Then play the week one video, and each share something that stood out to you.
Play this video.
Today’s Scripture
The rain and snow come down from the heavens
and stay on the ground to water the earth.
They cause the grain to grow,
producing seed for the farmer
and bread for the hungry.- Isaiah 55:10 NLT
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights
- James 1:17
But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth…
- Deuteronomy 8:18
You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body
and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex!
Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it.- Psalm 139:13-14 NLT
…for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.
- Philippians 2:13
Discussion and Personal Application
Applying the scripture passage above, discuss the following questions as a group. Journaling can help make your learnings stick.
What are some abilities or talents that God has given you? Encourage and acknowledge those abilities in one another.
What thoughts surface for you from the verses in today’s reading? Specifically how do these verses describe God's character?
What is the relationship between gratitude and generosity? Is that a connection you naturally make? Why or why not?
What would you need to do in order to live more generously?
Be specific.As a group or family, are you willing to be accountable to one another in living more generously? What would that look like? How can you encourage one another to embrace the generous heart of God and live it out as a community?
Prayer
As we refresh our Unshakeable vision, ask God to expand your heart so you may recognize all He has done in and for you. Pray that you would grow in maturity and gratitude. Pray that God would lead us as a church family “to will and to act in order to fulfill His good purpose.”
