Ice Breaker
What’s the most expensive thing you’ve ever purchased, outside of your home/college education? How long did it take before you regretted that purchase, if at all?
Discussion Questions
- Read Matthew 25:14-19.
- What are your initial observations from this text?
- On Sunday, Joel reminded us that a “bag of gold” would’ve been = 200 Pounds of gold. Today, at ~$1,900/oz of Gold à 200lb bag would = $6 Million (So, the first person was given $30M, the 2nd $18M & the 3rd was given $6M). How do these amounts make you feel?
- What’s the first thing you’d do if someone gave you $30,000,000?
- What’s the difference between a manager and an owner?
- Do you feel more like an “owner” or a “manager” of your finances? How does each begin to shape your view of money?
- Click this link to download a spreadsheet/pdf for tracking your finances.
- If your money could talk, what would it say is most important to you?
- Read Matthew 25:20-21.
- In the context of this parable, what do you think the master means when he says, “Come and share your master’s happiness!”?
- If you truly believed the goal of the master was for you to share in His eternal happiness because of your investments, instead of acting out of fear, what’s one thing you can do in this season to faithfully manage what has been entrusted to you?