{"id":2732,"date":"2025-05-14T10:06:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-14T10:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coachingcardia.com\/cardia\/?page_id=2732"},"modified":"2025-05-14T13:35:21","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T13:35:21","slug":"2709-2-9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coachingcardia.com\/cardia\/table-group-studies\/marketplace-christianity\/2709-2-9\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER 9: Tending the Gardens of Our Hearts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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CHAPTER 9: Tending the Gardens of Our Hearts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Week 9 Bible Reading<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • Genesis 49<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Genesis 50<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Proverbs 10<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Proverbs 11<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Proverbs 12<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Discussion Questions<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    1. How can wealth quietly seduce the heart? What are the unseen dangers that come with prosperity?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. What hidden attitudes might have corrupted the rich man\u2019s soul in Luke 12? Do any echo in your own heart?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. What does Jesus mean by \u201cdesires for other things\u201d? How might those desires be dulling your spiritual hunger?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. If Jesus is your true reward, how should that change your life? What are you really chasing\u2014heavenly or earthly rewards?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. What expectations do you place on God? Are they rooted in trust or entitlement?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. How does a life of ease dull spiritual urgency? What is the deeper sin behind comfort addiction, according to Ezekiel 16?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. What\u2019s stopping you from giving more freely? Do you have a cause of love that compels you toward sacrifice?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. What is your wealth for<\/em>? How might fasting or simplifying reorient your heart?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. How do we shift from storing up treasures on earth to investing them in heaven? How might your treasure reveal the true direction of your heart?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. What does the parable of the unrighteous steward reveal about the urgency and strategy of Kingdom living?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. What is your deepest love-cause? What are you willing to sacrifice for it\u2014and is it rooted in the love of God?\u2800<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Accountability Questions:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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      • Did everyone read all five chapters?<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • What application points did you find?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Group Participation:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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        • Prayer: someone takes prayer requests and guides prayer.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Recap: someone recaps the weekly Bible Reading<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Reflection: someone facilitate the Bible study by inviting takeaways from Bible Reading and using the weekly discussion questions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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