SMALL GROUP QUESTIONS:

1. When you were growing up, what was one thing you were taught (or not taught) about money?

2. The message said the biggest competition for our hearts isn’t Satan — it’s money, security, and stuff. Do you agree? Why or why not?

3. In what ways have you personally felt the pull to trust money more than God?

4. Jesus says, “You cannot serve both God and money.” What does it look like in real life when someone is serving money? What does it look like when they’re serving God?

5. The sermon defined greed as: “Assuming everything that comes to me is for me.” How does that definition challenge you?

6. Which tendency do you relate to more — consumer (spend quickly) or hoarder (save out of fear)? What do you think drives that?

7. How has financial fear shaped your decisions or your stress levels in different seasons of life?

8. Jesus said the solution to financial anxiety is order — seeking God first (Matthew 6:31–33). What does putting God first practically look like for you?

9. Why is it so difficult to trust God with our finances, even when we trust Him in other areas?

10. How would living Give → Save → Live (instead of Live → Save → Give) begin to change your stress, your peace, or your home?

11. What is one practical change you could make this month to begin moving toward Give — Save — Live?

12. If freedom comes from saying, “Money doesn’t own me — God does,” what is one step you feel God calling you to take this week to put Him first financially?