Participate in an activity that encourages thankfulness instead of materialism.
Tami Rudkin
Things you will need:
5-7 pieces of play money for each person (paper money or coins)
Fine-tipped markers
Small chest or basket
As people are getting seated, hand out 5-7 pieces of play money to each person. Explain to them that we are going to be thinking of our treasures, and the play money is symbolic of those riches. Ask them to take a few minutes to ponder their riches and to write a different ...
Prodigal Sons moves Jesus' famous parable into the world of modern business. Told through the lens of the older son, this story is a great reminder of how moving away from God in either direction can destroy us, and of how much our Father loves us and longs to get us back.
This is a bundle of two movies, a PDF discussion guide, and an announcement poster.
Help Darryl decide if he should confront his group members about their lifestyle.
Darryl is starting to get very worried about one of the couples in his small group. The husband and wife are both in their thirties, and they have two children. On the outside, things look pretty normal for their family—they are professing Christians, they attend church and small group regularly, and they even have some Bible training from a Christian college.
While our households often reflect popular television shows, God has a better plan for us.
Too often the lives of Christians look just like the rest of the world's, reflecting popular television shows like Desperate Housewives, Extreme Makeover, The Apprentice, and CSI. This four-part course will look at how we can live radically different lives that take time for meaningful relationships, reorient our ideas of success, make us an apprentice of Christ, and let us face our doubts.
Examine how closely our lives fit into Jesus' ideals.
The following 10-week course will help your group look thoroughly at their lives and how closely they fit into Jesus' ideals. Your group will be compelled toward spiritual growth in areas like these: unity, judging others, courage, forgiveness, joy, repentance, worship, greed, guilt, and anger.
Week One
Church Unity Myths We should question some refrains of unity in diversity.
God wants to free us from money's bondage and help us put it in its proper place.
Money can put us in bondage. God wants to free us from this bondage and help us put money in its proper place by considering it his rather than ours. This six-session course will challenge the way you see money.
Session One
Money Belongs to GodOnly by recognizing where money comes from can we be free of its power. Psalm 24:1; Mark 4:14–21; 10:17–31; 1 Corinthians 4:7 God wants to help us ...
Receive practical, biblical perspectives on managing money, tithing, generosity, and more.
These six Bible studies can help you grow in your relationship to God and get practical, biblical perspectives on managing money, tithing, and generosity.
Session 1
Biblical Economics We need to adopt the biblical values of thrift, generosity, contentment, and trust.
Session 2
Faithful FinancesWhat false lessons does our society teach about money, and how can the Bible—and church history—correct ...
To be truly free from the power of money, we must surrender it to God.
Few things are so dangerous to our spiritual lives than the insidious pull of earthly riches. How many of us hunger and thirst for righteousness as we do for comfort, power, and control? This is a complicated subject because the pull of money is so subtle. This 12-session course will help you, your small group, or your Sunday school class begin to face the hold that money has on us and find joy in ...
Discover Biblical insight on how we can use all of our resources - time, talents, gifts and finances - for the glory of God.
The purpose of this five-session study is to provide encouragement and Biblical insight on how we can use all of our resources—time, talents, gifts and finances—for the glory of God.
Session One
Spending TimeThe eternal value of numbering our days. Psalm 90 This study will instruct us on the value of numbering our days. By doing so, we realize how few we actually have, spend them wisely, ...
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