Christ Community Downtown
Life Up in Smoke - May 15 | Downtown
Wealth Up in Smoke- 9 & 10:45am & ON-DEMAND
Locations & Times
Christ Community - Downtown Campus
208 W 19th St, Kansas City, MO 64108, USA
Saturday 11:00 PM
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Conversation Starters help us dig deeper, connecting Sunday’s sermons with our Monday lives. These prompts have been designed to help Community Groups grow in their relationship with God, with one another, and with their neighbors. Please know that these questions are meant to be a resource to you. You do not have to follow them verbatim or get through them all. We trust you to know your group and to ask the questions based on your group needs.
In Ecclesiastes 5:8-20, the Teacher talks about how to steward the wealth that God blesses us with during our lives. Throughout these verses, he says the accumulation of wealth and resources can be meaningless since we cannot take them with us. But, he also points to the blessing that comes when God allows us to enjoy the wealth He has given to us.
1. What stood out to you from Sunday’s sermon?
2. Read Ecclesiastes 5:8-20. Was there a part that especially stung as you read it? Talk about it together.
3. What can you do to maximize your joy in the good gifts God has given you?
4. In what ways does our culture glorify and or demonize wealth? How do you struggle with glorifying or demonizing wealth?
5. What can you remember about what Jesus said about wealth? (see Luke 12:13-21 for one example). How are you living this out?
PRAYER PROMPT
Thank God for the wealth that He has given you. Pray that He would lead you away from putting your ultimate hope in your wealth or financial resources. Also, pray that the Lord would give you the grace to enjoy the wealth He has blessed you with and use it to help the poor and marginalized around you.
Conversation Starters help us dig deeper, connecting Sunday’s sermons with our Monday lives. These prompts have been designed to help Community Groups grow in their relationship with God, with one another, and with their neighbors. Please know that these questions are meant to be a resource to you. You do not have to follow them verbatim or get through them all. We trust you to know your group and to ask the questions based on your group needs.
In Ecclesiastes 5:8-20, the Teacher talks about how to steward the wealth that God blesses us with during our lives. Throughout these verses, he says the accumulation of wealth and resources can be meaningless since we cannot take them with us. But, he also points to the blessing that comes when God allows us to enjoy the wealth He has given to us.
1. What stood out to you from Sunday’s sermon?
2. Read Ecclesiastes 5:8-20. Was there a part that especially stung as you read it? Talk about it together.
3. What can you do to maximize your joy in the good gifts God has given you?
4. In what ways does our culture glorify and or demonize wealth? How do you struggle with glorifying or demonizing wealth?
5. What can you remember about what Jesus said about wealth? (see Luke 12:13-21 for one example). How are you living this out?
PRAYER PROMPT
Thank God for the wealth that He has given you. Pray that He would lead you away from putting your ultimate hope in your wealth or financial resources. Also, pray that the Lord would give you the grace to enjoy the wealth He has blessed you with and use it to help the poor and marginalized around you.
Prayer Requests
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Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20
Speaker: Gabe Coyle, GabeC@cckc.church
Scripture: Ecclesiastes 5:8-20
Speaker: Gabe Coyle, GabeC@cckc.church
> We all have an on again/off again love affair with money.
> Money is the worst lover, yet we all have a crush.
#1 “Oblivious Lover” Syndrome
#2 “We’re Different” Syndrome
#2 “We’re Different” Syndrome
> 3 Reasons to Call Off your love affair with money…
1. Money won’t satisfy you. When was the last time you said “I have enough money” and believed it?
2. Money won’t stop the worry. What was the longest stretch where you didn’t stress about money?
3. Money won’t stay. How long can this love affair with money really last?
1. Money won’t satisfy you. When was the last time you said “I have enough money” and believed it?
2. Money won’t stop the worry. What was the longest stretch where you didn’t stress about money?
3. Money won’t stay. How long can this love affair with money really last?
> What need are you hoping money will meet for you?
> Give your heart to a better love.
1. Wake up to Who’s really behind the good in your life.
- Objectify money.
2. Let God occupy all your thoughts around money.
3. God isn’t going anywhere.
1. Wake up to Who’s really behind the good in your life.
- Objectify money.
2. Let God occupy all your thoughts around money.
3. God isn’t going anywhere.
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