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The Habit of Giving

Large Group Question

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giving financial resources to a church?

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A Guideline for Giving2 Corinthians 9:6-15

Context for the Passage

Paul is collecting money for the church in

Jerusalem that had fallen on hard times.

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Why Give?Small Group Bible Study on Handout

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Our Body,

Public or Private?

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Our Body,

Public or Private?

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Our Body,

God’s Temple

1 Corinthians 6:12-20

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Stewarding our

Relationships

The Habits of Vital Relationships

and Sharing My Faith

Darkness of isolation

self

self

self

self

self

Created for Community

self

self

self

self

self

So God created human beings in his own image.

In the image of God he created them;

male and female he created them.

Genesis 1:27

Who is My Neighbor?

Intimate Soul Mate

Close Friends

Family

Chosen Community

Others like you

Others not like youenemies

Safe Space(Intimate

Neighbor)

Neutral Space(Comfortable Neighbor)

Scary Space(Uncomfortable

Neighbor)

Healthy

boundary

Self/Spirit

How does

God’s love flow

in this picture?

Two Gathering Spaces for the Church

STemple

Courts

SHomes

Acts 2:43-47

Group Discussion: List the positives and negatives for

both types of church gatherings in light of loving your

neighbor and stewarding all of our relationships.

Two Gathering Spaces for the Church

S Temple CourtsS Positive

S Pooled resources

S Energy

S Sense of part of larger vision

S Negative

S Impersonal

S Isolation

S beauracracy

S HomesS Positive

S Intimacy

S Needs met

S Belonging

S Negative

S Limited resources

S Isolation from larger community

Acts 2:43-47

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Welcoming the

Stranger

What is the purpose of

our public worship

space?