COMMUNITY GROUP GUIDE

“From Anxiety to Trust”

Luke 12:13–34

Icebreaker:
Share about a time when someone’s generosity deeply impacted you. What did it do to your heart?

BIG IDEA:

Your treasure reveals your trust.
And generosity is how the Father reshapes the heart.

Jesus moves from:

  • The rich fool (false security)

  • To anxiety (misplaced trust)

  • To generosity (Kingdom investment)

Part 1: What Am I Trusting?

Read Luke 12:13–21.

The rich man wasn’t violent or corrupt.
His problem was planning his life without reference to God.

Discussion Questions:

  1. Where are you most tempted to build “bigger barns” in your life?

  2. What, if taken away, would most destabilize your sense of security?

  3. Is it easy or hard for you to honestly ask, “Lord, show me where I trust something more than You”?

Reflection:
Greed hides behind words like “wisdom” and “prudence.”
Where might that be true for you?

Part 2: What Does My Anxiety Reveal?

Read Luke 12:22–31.

Jesus connects worry to our view of God.

Anxiety is not just emotional — it is theological.

Discussion Questions:

  1. When you feel anxious about provision, what story are you telling yourself?

  2. What do you believe God is like in those moments?

  3. How would your financial decisions change if you deeply believed “Your Father knows what you need”?

Key Truth:
Jesus doesn’t say, “Don’t plan.”
He says, “Don’t panic.”

The difference between hoarding and generosity is often whether we believe we are fathered.

Part 3: Where Is My Treasure Going?

Read Luke 12:32–34.

“Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.”

Your money doesn’t just reveal your heart — it directs it.

Discussion Questions:

  1. Where does most of your “margin” (lifestyle money) go?

  2. Has anyone ever been stunned by your generosity?

  3. Are you intentionally investing in anything that will outlive you?

Reflection:
Generosity is not what mature Christians do after they grow.
It is how the Father grows us.

Connecting to Our Season

As Frontier steps into a new building and a new chapter:

  • We are not being asked to perform generosity.

  • We are being invited to become a people of integrity and trust.

  • The building is not the point.

  • Formation is the point.

Discuss:

  • What kind of people do we want to become in this next decade?

  • How does generosity shape that identity?

Weekly Practice (Personal Application)

Encourage everyone to practice these three things this week:

  1. Review the last 60 days of spending with the Holy Spirit.
    Ask: “What is this forming in me?”

  2. Identify one place you’re gripping tightly.
    Ask: “What would loosening this look like?”

  3. Ask God for one person or one need to invest in intentionally.

Prayer Time

Close by praying in two directions:

  1. For anyone carrying heavy anxiety around provision (rent, payroll, bills, uncertainty).

  2. For a deeper revelation of God as Father — that trust would replace panic.

End by asking:

“Father, show us where our treasure is — and reshape our hearts.”

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