RON
BLUE with JEREMY WHITE
HEIRS SPLITTING
TRANSFERRING WEALTH & WISDOM to the next GENERATION
SMALL GROUP STUDY GUIDE
HEIRS SPLITTING
3 KEYS to FINANCIAL CONTENTMENT
RON BLUE
with KAREN GUESS
PROCESS THE WEALTH TRANSFER I
MEMORY VERSE
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
2 TIMOTHY 4:7 (NIV)
This is an inspiring story about someone who turned their finances over to God. They learned to bless others and became a blessing themselves. This is an inspiring story about someone who turned their finances over to God. They learned to bless others and became a blessing themselves.This is an inspiring story about someone who turned their finances over to God. They learned to bless others and became a blessing themselves.This is an inspiring story about someone who turned their finances over to God. They learned to bless others and became a blessing themselves.
Important quote that should stand out from this story or a wrap up point should go here.
COME
TOGETHER
Open your group with prayer.
This should be a brief, simple prayer, in which you invite God to give you insight as you study. You can pray for specific requests at the end of the meeting, or stop momentarily to pray if a particular situation comes up during your discussion.
Before you start this first meeting, get contact information for every participant. Take time to pass around a copy of the Small Group Roster on page, a sheet of paper, or pass around your Study Guide, opened to the Small Group Roster. Ask someone to make copies or type up a list with everyone’s information, and email it to the group during the week.
DISCUSS
1. Have you ever been involved with an estate that wasn’t planned out ahead of time? What happened?
2. What makes wealth transfer conversations so difficult?
• Whether your group is new or ongoing, it’s always important to reflect on and review your values together. On page ??? is a Small Group Agreement with the values we’ve found most useful in sustaining healthy, balanced groups. We recommend that you choose one or two values—ones you haven’t previously focused on or have room to grow in—to emphasize during this study. Choose ones that will take your group to the next stage of intimacy and spiritual health.
• If your group is new, welcome newcomers. Introduce everyone—you may even want to have name tags for your first meeting.
• We recommend you rotate host homes on a regular basis and let the hosts lead the meeting. Studies show that healthy groups rotate leadership. This helps to develop every member’s ability to shepherd a few people in a safe environment. Even Jesus gave others the opportunity to serve alongside Him (Mark 6:30-44). Look at the FAQs in the Appendices for additional information about hosting or leading the group.
• The Small Group Calendar on page ??? is a tool for planning who will host and lead each meeting. Take a few minutes to plan hosts and leaders for your remaining meetings. Don’t skip this important step! It will revolutionize your group. If anyone is hesitant, simply tell them to think about it, and you’ll get back to them.
WATCH
VIDEO SESSION 1
Use the Teaching Notes space provided to record key thoughts, questions and things you want to remember or follow up on. After watching the video, have someone read the discussion questions and direct the discussion among the group. As you go through each of the subsequent sections, ask someone else to read the questions, and direct the discussion.
TOGETHER LEARN
1. What does it mean to “finish well?”
2. What concerns do you have about transferring wealth to your children and/or grandchildren?
3. What consideration have you given to Kingdom causes in your planning?
TOGETHER GROW
1. Before the group meeting you were asked to complete the Quantifying Your Wealth to Transfer exercise on page ?? of the Splitting Heirs book. What surprised you about the results of this exercise?
2. What are you the most passionate about? How are you investing in what you are passionate about?
3. What if your doctor said an aggressive cancer would take your life in less than a month. Would you be spending your last days with lawyers and accountants scrambling to make final plans or enjoying the sweet final moments with your family?
4. Apply the previous scenario to your aging parents, if they are still alive. What conversation can you have now?
5. What is your life mission statement? If you don’t have one, then take some time before the next meeting to write out a life mission statement for yourself.
IMPORTANT GROUP LOGISTICS
Take a look at the Circles of Life diagram below and write the names of two or three people you know who need to know Christ. Commit to praying for God’s guidance and an opportunity to share with each of them. Perhaps they would be open to joining the group? Share your lists with the group so you can all be praying for the people you’ve identified.
FAMILY
immediate or extended
FAMILIAR
Neighbors, kids’ sports, school etc.
FUN gym, hobbies, hangouts
FRIENDS
FIRM work
• Also consider someone—in this group or outside it—that you can begin going deeper with in an intentional way. This might be your mom or dad, a cousin, an aunt or uncle, a roommate, a college buddy, or a neighbor. Choose someone who might be open to “doing life” with you at a deeper level and pray about that opportunity.
• This week, how will you interact with the Bible? Can you commit to spending time in daily prayer or study of God’s Word (use the Daily Devotions section to guide you)? Tell the group how you plan to follow Jesus this week, and then, at your next meeting, talk about your progress and challenges.
• Commit together to taking a risk and going deeper in your group and in your relationships with each other.
• Ask, “How can we pray for you this week?” Invite everyone to share, but don’t force the issue. Be sure to write prayer requests on your Prayer and Praise Report on page ???.
Close your meeting with prayer.
READING PLAN
The Splitting Heirs book is a great way to reinforce what you are learning in your small group time every week. The work you do on your own will greatly benefit you and your group time. Read the following chapters before your group’s next meeting.
Chapter 3
FOR ADDITIONAL
STUDY
If you feel God nudging you to go deeper, take some time before the next meeting to dig into His Word.
Explore the Bible passages related to this session’s theme on your own and jot your reflections in a journal or in this study guide. A great way to gain insight on a passage is to read it in several different translations. You may want to use a Bible app or website to compare translations.
READ ECCLESIASTES 7:11-12.
• How is wisdom considered to be a shelter?
• How can wisdom preserve the life of its possessor?
• If money is also considered as a shelter, how does it not preserve the life of its possessor?
READ JOB 1:21-22.
• The account of Job recounts a test of someone whose wealth and children were taken from him. If you found yourself in this situation, what might your reaction be?
• What about Job’s reaction surprises you?
• How could someone find the ability to praise God amid a “cursed” situation?
DEVOTIONS DAILY
1
READ: Proverbs 15:15
Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.
RESPOND: What is wealth producing in your life? How do you imagine things could be?
2
READ: Proverbs 20:21
An inheritance claimed too soon will not be blessed at the end.
RESPOND: How will an inheritance affect your family members?
3
READ: Proverbs 13:22
A good person leaves an inheritance for their children’s children, but a sinner’s wealth is stored up for the righteous.
RESPOND: Which category would you place yourself in? How do you feel about the implications of that category?
4
READ: Proverbs 19:21
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
RESPOND: How do your plans compare with God’s purpose?
5
READ: Proverbs 20:5
The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out.
RESPOND: Who does this for you? How could someone in this role be helpful to you?
6
REFLECT on the verses from this past week, and use the following space to write any thoughts God has put in your heart and mind about the things we have looked at in this session and during your Daily Devotions time this week.
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