The Blessed Life
Week 3: Eye of the Generous
November 24th, 2024
Pastor Kyle Johnson
The blessed life is
Oh, taste and see that theLORDis good!Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him! —Psalm 34:8 (ESV)
The Parable of the Rich Fool
13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” 15 And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 16 And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, 17 and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ 18 And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ 20 But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ 21 So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.” —Luke 12:13-21 (ESV)
The eye needs to
The eye needs to see what
What is God
What is
In all my prayers for all of you, I always praywith joybecause of your partnershipin the gospel from the first dayuntil now, being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completionuntil the day of Christ Jesus. —Philippians 1:4-6 (NIV)
When we see God’s
What is he
Notes:
Discussion Questions:
1 – Read Psalm 34:8. How have you seen God working in your life and through this church?
2 – Read Luke 12:13-21. Why is greed such a problem that we need to guard against it? What does generosity do to greed?
3 – What does it mean to you to be “rich toward God”?
4 – What is something you can do this week to move a step further in being more generous towards the things you see God doing?