1. What lessons did you learn about money, positively and negatively, when you were growing up?

2. What is the best money you’ve ever spent?

3. What is the worst money you’ve ever spent?

4. What do you need to improve on in your handling of money?

5. Who invested in you and your life?

1. What are some of the options you’ve tried other than Jesus?

2. Why do you suppose Jesus didn’t explain Himself more clearly when His followers started leaving?

3. What makes people want to explain life from a purely materialistic world view?

4. In what ways has Jesus made you more alive?

1. When have you had a hard time with someone preparing to die?

2. Why do you think most people go seriously into debt?

3. Have you taken shortcuts in life that you still regret?

4. What are some areas of your life where you’ve just had to accept pain?

1. In what ways were the religious leaders of His day so disappointed with Jesus?

2. In what ways were the disciples disappointed with Jesus?

3. What were some of the most surprising revelations concerning God that were revealed in Jesus?

4. What surprises you most about Jesus?

1. Who are the top five people you think of when you consider who you love? How many of them love you back?

2. Who is someone in your life who has made themselves your enemy? How can you love them?

3. What are some blessings God gave you before you ever loved Him?

4. How did God’s goodness help draw you to Him?

5. Who do you still need to work on loving?

1. What are some of the things that cause us to pray less than we should?

2. What is it about the widow in this story that you find most admirable?

3. Why do you think Jesus chose to use an evil judge as a character in this story?

4. What does your personal prayer life look like? How might it improve?

1. How have you been categorized or marginalized by people?

2. When have you been guilty of seeing others in an oversimplified way, marginalizing them?

3. Why can religious people sometimes be so heartless toward the feelings or predicaments of others?

4. When has someone’s sin blinded you to their value?

5. What can you imagine the rest of this woman’s life may have become?

1. Do you ever think about God being good? If so, share with the group the last time you thought about this.

2. What are your thoughts and actions when life gets difficult? What happens when you experience loss, suffering, and pain?

3. Share with the group the last time the Lord impressed upon your heart to get rid of something in your life, and you considered it a sacrifice.

4. If you believe the foundation of your faith is solid, share with the group what you do on a regular basis to ensure it stays that way.

1. How do you see God working in your life on a daily basis?

2. Have you ever felt like the spiritual side of life is completely separate from the material part?

3. In what ways do you feel connected to heaven?

4. When did you begin to really experience your connection to God?

1. What is your earliest recollection of social hierarchy?

2. Have you ever felt like you were beneath others?

3. Why did Jesus elevate those who were low in the pecking order instead of bringing down those who were higher?

4. What has been your experience with pecking order in the church?

5. What should serving each other look like?