The Good Life Study: Do Not Covet

1. What was your biggest takeaway from the video teaching time? Why is the sin of coveting such a big deal? How does it strike at the heart of the other commandments? How does following this command help us love our neighbor?

2. Read Exodus 20:17 and Deuteronomy 5:21. What are the specific things this command tells us not to covet? How do people covet after these same things today? How can coveting erode trust and relationship in a community?

3. In the personal reflection time, you were asked to complete this sentence: “I would be happy if…” How did you finish that question? What do you think drives this desire in your heart? How do we tell God-given desires from selfish ones?

4. How are gratitude and contentment the antidotes to the problem of covetousness? How do they help us find satisfaction in the life that God has already given us? How do we, as Christians, model contentment in a culture built on coveting?

5. Read Exodus 20:18-20. What happened when God finished speaking these commands to the people? How did they react? What does this show us about the holiness and power of God? How should our response be similar/different when we read these commands?