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1) Read 2 Corinthians 8:1-4. What is your initial reaction to this text and/or to the sermon?

2) The "Thrive" marker we focused on in this week's sermon is abundance. Here's how the conference defines it: "Abundance calls churches to recognize and steward the rich resources—both tangible and intangible—that God has provided, embracing a mindset of generosity and trust in God's provision." Where do you see examples of abundance at Central? What resources are we "rich" in?  

3) It can be hard to focus on abundance or work toward abundance when our culture operates in a "scarcity" mindset. Where do you see this scarcity mindset in our world? In our current political climate? How does it affect you and how you make decisions in your life?

4) Where do you see abundance in your own life? What does it look like to build abundance in your own life outside of the typical markers of money and material things? 

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