Read 1 Corinthians 16.1-4. How do these first encourage you? How do they challenge you? What are the primary implications of these verses?
What do these verses say about the nature of God?
What do these verses say about the love of God?
Read 1 Corinthians 16.2. What are the five essential features of stewardship noted in this verse?
What is your current practice in tithing?
How does this text seem to call for an offering that is over and above the tithe?
Read 1 Corinthians 16.3-4. Where and to whom is the money from the Corinthian church ultimately going to go?
How do you see giving financially as a way to partner with God in His ministry in the neighborhood and the nations?
Read 2 Corinthians 8.1-9. What is God’s purpose in inviting you to give financially? How have you experienced God through giving financially? How has God used giving in your transformation process?
Read 2 Corinthians 9.12-15. How do you see giving as an “expression of thanks” to God? How do you see giving as an act of your obedience as a Christ follower? How does God see giving as more than a financial transaction?
How is God inviting you to trust Him more deeply not just financially, but with all of your life?
