A 3-Week series to help you develop the right priorities, perspective, and practice.

• What’s the most unexpectedly generous thing someone has ever done for you or that you’ve done for someone else?

• If we know generosity is good, why is it still so hard to practice it consistently? What are some examples of a scarcity mindset? What’s at the root of that?

1. According to Paul, what is the difference between planting ‘a few seeds’ and planting ‘generously’ (v.6)? What does that reveal about the kind of harvest God wants for us?
2. Verse 7 says giving begins with a decision “in your heart.” Why do you think God cares more about the heart behind the gift than the amount of the gift?
3. Why do you think God loves a ‘cheerful giver’? What makes cheerful generosity different from pressured generosity?
4. In verse 8, Paul says God will “generously provide all you need.” How does this promise confront a scarcity mindset?
5. According to verse 9, what is remembered forever—our income or our impact? How does that shift our perspective on generosity? ver your treasure is, there the desires of your heart will also be.” What does your current “treasure trail” reveal about your heart?
6. Jesus uses the image of the eye as a lamp. How do your “focus points” (what you consistently look at, pursue, or dwell on) shape your spiritual life?
7. Jesus ends by saying we cannot serve both God and money. What does divided loyalty look like in real life?

1. GET A PLAN. (“Generous people PLAN to do what is generous…” Isaiah 32:8)

• Do you currently have a plan to give, or do you give spontaneously? How is that shaping your heart?
• If your money had a voice, what would it say you value most?
• What would change if generosity became a scheduled priority instead of an occasional reaction?

2. CHECK YOUR POSTURE. (Cheerful. Thankful. Grateful. Humble.)

• When you give, which emotions usually show up—joy, fear, pride, pressure, gratitude?
• Do you ever feel the temptation to be ‘seen’ in your generosity? How does Jesus challenge that in Matthew 6:1-4?
• How does remembering what Christ gave for you (2 Cor. 8:9) reshape your attitude about giving?

3. PARTICIPATE NOW. (“One of these days” usually becomes “none of these days.”)

• What’s one excuse you tend to use for delaying generosity?
• What does Luke 16:10 teach us about starting small? Why is that both encouraging and challenging?
• If God looked at your current generosity, would it show that you’re ready to be trusted with more? Why or why not?

4. POUR OUT WHAT GOD HAS PUT IN. (Scarcity holds tight. Faith releases.)

• Where do you most feel the pull of scarcity in your life right now?
• How does Luke 6:38 challenge the idea that giving leaves you with less?
• What would it look like for you to live with more open hands this week?

• Where have you personally seen God provide when you chose to be generous?
• What part of this teaching confronts your heart the most—planning, posture, participation, or pouring out?
• What would practicing irrational generosity look like in your actual day-to-day life?
• What fear do you need to release to trust God with your generosity?
• If generosity is part of our spiritual DNA, what keeps us from expressing it consistently?
• If you really believed God will always supply what you need, what act of irrational generosity would you take on faith this week?