After Abram wins the war and returns with all that had been taken, two kings present themselves to him: the king of Sodom (whose city had been plundered by those whom Abram has now defeated) and the king of Salem (peace, Shalom). <\/em><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
How do these kings approach Abram? What do you notice about their priorities and motivation? How do they treat Abram?<\/p>\n
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How does Abram respond to each of these kings? What is the difference between Abram\u2019s giving a tithe (10%) to Melchizedek and returning everything to the king of Sodom?<\/p>\n
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In what ways might you be holding onto the booty of Sodom? How does holding onto the wealth of Sodom affect the way you might retain the tithe that honours God?<\/p>\n
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What are some practical ways in which we can check our hearts when it comes to the way we think about wealth and possessions?<\/p>\n
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Respond (20 mins):<\/h2>\n
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Spend a few minutes in personal reflection. What is the Holy Spirit impressing on your heart? (3 mins)<\/p>\n
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Take time to share how the Holy Spirit is challenging you. How can you be accountable to each other? Consider keeping a record for the purposes of prayer and accountability. (12 mins)<\/p>\n
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Pray for each other. (5 mins)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discipleship"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5758,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions\/5758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nlec.org.au\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}