How can materialism act as a spiritual fog?
Apr0
Matthew 6: 19 – 24
What would you consider to be your most treasured possession?
Compare and contrast the best banks on planet earth with God’s treasury in heaven.
Why does it make any sense at all to invest with God rather than on the earth?
How would a person even go about investing treasure in heaven?
Why is Jesus concerned with where his disciples choose to invest their treasure?
In what location would you say the bulk of what you value most in life has been invested?
How does a person go about changing what they have come to find important?
How does this teaching reflect Jesus’ core values of being “poor in spirit” and “meek?”
Based on the context of this conversation, what might it mean to have “good eyes” or “bad eyes”?
How does a person’s cultured eye impact the internal desires of their heart?
How can our material desires negatively impact our spiritual life?
How caught up are your desires in things that are selfishly material or purely financial?
In what way does our neighborhood promote an attitude of materialism?
What are some tools that we can use to combat the negative effects of materialism in our lives?
What potential challenges come into a person’s life when they are working for two bosses?
What is it about God and Money that make them incompatible co-supervisors in someone’s life?
What is an appropriate role for money to play in the lives of Jesus’ disciples?
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