Where is Your Treasure?

Key ideas:

• Attention shapes our allegiance.
• Paganism is about manipulating outcomes to try and control the world.
• Jesus calls us to do what is right and entrust the outcomes to God.

Discussion Questions:

1. What are some strategies for diverting our attention away from the things that would make material wealth and status our master and refocusing that attention in a way that deepens our trust in God?
2. What are some signs that money, possessions, or status might be controlling us?
3. Jesus calls us to consider the birds and lilies (Matthew 6:25-34) as examples of God’s provision. What does this passage teach us about the difference between responsible planning and anxious striving?