Special: Stewardship vs Ownership (A Journey of Generosity)
This guide is intended for personal reflection and to help facilitate a meaningful group discussion. Take a moment to watch the video and read over the guide before your group meeting. Be prepared with some personal examples to help encourage discussion. If helpful, before you meet, print out or email a copy of this guide to all those who will attend the meeting.
Discussion Questions
Being a cheerful giver as God calls us to be doesn’t just happen. We have to be diligent about pursuing this kind of generosity. And yet that pursuit, just as much as giving itself, is what brings us joy. Because we are no longer striving to determine the perfect algorithm of what to give, how much to give, and who we give to. Instead, we’re pursuing God’s heart. When we do that, he leads and guides us.
SETTING A FINANCIAL FINISH LINE
Often we come at generosity backwards. We promise God and ourselves that we’ll be more giving once we have more to give. Instead, consider establishing Financial Finish Lines. Answer the question: “How much is enough?” through prayer, counsel, and time in God’s Word.
What do you need financially that will allow you to live comfortably and donate the rest?
What things can you eliminate to meet this goal?
IT'S ALL HIS
What is your view of money? Is it something you earn, yes? Is it something you should pursue at all costs? To be generous with the money entrusted to us, we need to search our hearts about the hold it has on our lives. And rather than fearing money, see it for what it is and more importantly, who owns it all anyway.
How do you view money? Is it a tool or a pursuit?
How many decisions do you make where money is the main motivation?
How can your faith in God start to transform you into a cheerful giver?
How can discipline play a role in this?
5 Ideas to Explore the Mark Further
There’s no limit to the ways you can explore the Marks of a Faith Driven Entrepreneur. What we provide below are five ideas we think might lead each one of us to an even greater understanding of our God-given call to create.
Journal: Write down what your next faithful step will be. How can you face the unknown with confidence, not in yourself but in God?
Interact: This month, take the time to face your fears of failure. Pray unceasingly. Ask God for his help and guidance rather than relying on your own strength. How can you embrace your faith in a God who loves you and wants the very best for you?
Consider: During today’s video session, Jessica said that business plans are important. A clear vision is important. But no matter how much we try to close that gap between the known and the unknown, eventually we will need to take the leap. It will require faith every time, no matter how big of a jump it is. Are you ready? What’s holding you back?
Act Differently: Try your best to work from a place of courage this month. This boldness comes from your faith in God and everything you believe him to be.
Learn From Others: Visit faithdrivenentrepreneur.org to learn more or join the conversation by listening to our weekly Faith Driven Entrepreneur Podcast.
Entrepreneurs can travel a lonely road. But you’re not alone. You’re sitting next to a group of like-minded business owners right now. One of the best ways to grow the Faith Driven Movement is to multiply your group.
Is someone in your group ready to raise his or her hand to start a Faith Driven Entrepreneur Group at a local church? Apply at faithdrivenentrepreneur.org/lead-a-group
