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Week 4: Sept 29-Oct 5

Series: One Assembly - Growing Together, Abiding Together

Sermon Title: Stewardship (pt 2): Treasure

Text: Matt 6:19-24; Proverbs 3:9-10; 2 Cor 9:6-12


Outline:

  1. Stewarding your money well is a HEART issue. 
  2. Stewarding your money well is an HONOR issue. 
  3. Stewarding your money well is a spiritual HORTICULTURE issue.


My Story:

1. Describe how you have learned to handle money.


2. Are you comfortable talking about money issues? Why does this topic make us uncomfortable sometimes? 


3. What inspired or challenged you in the sermon this week? What raised questions for you?



Digging Deeper:

1. Read Matthew 6:19-24. It is clear in this passage that underneath the topic of money is the deeper issue of the condition of our hearts. How is the condition of our hearts revealed in how we spend our money? 


2. Read Proverbs 3:9-10 & Malachi 3:8-10. How do we honor the Lord with our wealth? A large survey conducted titled,  “The State of the Plate” indicated in 2015 that only about 7.4% of professed churchgoers tithe their income (that is, give the firstfruit of 10%). In the U.S.A., it was estimated that this number drops to just above 3%. What do you think this reveals about the condition of our hearts/priorities? 


3. Read 2 Corinthians 9:6-12. Reflect on verse 10. How does this verse mean? Why would God want to multiply someone’s “seed for sowing”? How is the biblical principle of sowing and reaping found here to be distinguished from the false prosperity gospel? 


Personal reflection: 

To honor the Lord with our first fruits is to acknowledge God first as our ultimate provider. Read Deuteronomy 8:18. Take some time to give thanks to God for His provision in your life.

Sign ups:

Our Community Groups run on a schedule of 10-week blocks and consist of a Winter, Spring, and Fall Session.


The Fall Session will begin on September 8th and signups will begin in August.


Below is the list of groups that met during the previous Session.


WEC Community Groups, Spring Session 2024 (April-June)


Jeff & Alice Chown - Gathers via Zoom on Sunday evenings at 6pm.


Jeff & Tracy Cioppa - Gathers at the church in the Oasis Bldg. on Sunday evenings at 6pm.


Matt & Katielynne Gay - Gathers at their home (Great Bridge/Greenbrier, Chesapeake) on Friday evenings at 6:30pm.


Drew & Meghan Knofczynski - Gathers at their home (Haygood, VB) on Tuesday evenings at 6:30pm.


Tim & Amanda Parsons - Gathers at their home (Indian Lake, VB) on Friday evenings at 6pm.


Adam & Krystal Rastetter - Gathers at the church on Friday evenings at 6:30pm.


Steve & Lisa Roby - Gathers at their home (Birchwood Gardens, VB) on Friday evenings at 6:30pm.


Noah & Erin Shaffer - Gathers at their home (Windsor Oaks West, VB) on Sunday afternoons at 12:30pm.


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