Any needy ones?
Questions for Home Groups or Private Reflection
3 principles and 5 questions
1. An open hand not a tight fist
2. Sowing leads to reaping – it’s a promise
3. Trial+poverty+joy = GENEROSITY
- But will the Israel/early church principle work today?
- Did it even work then – is this unrealistic idealism?
- How are we to share?
- How can we make best use of our money?
- What do we do about lazy people – should we be generous to them?
These 5 questions form the basis both for our thinking in church, and for those meeting in groups this week. It is a prayer meeting week so there are few groups.
For some there are extra issues
- How can I practice generosity when I have no control of family income or expenditure?
- How can I be generous when I have very little?
- Is it a good aim to pass on to the next generation more than I received; to increase my family’s wealth?