LUKE 16:1-15

1. The shrewd manager was not making friends with his master (v.1-2).
   • When you don’t do your job well, what are you doing to your boss?
   • How does responsible behavior at work build true friendships?
2. The shrewd manager made friends with his customers (v.3-7).
   • Since the manager is not accused of theft, how is he reducing the bills?
   • Why was it in his best interest to give the customers a better deal?
3. It is wise to use worldly wealth to make friends (v.8-9).
   • What factors keep us from using worldly wealth to make friends?
   • What lasting benefits come when we use our wealth to make friends?
   • How well are we investing our wealth in making friends?
4. Investing wealth in friendships protects us from loving money (v.10-13).
   • How can we be more trustworthy in handling the blessings God has given us?
   • What does investing in friends have to do with loving God?
5. God knows who loves money more than friends and is not impressed (v.14-15).
   • What is wrong with justifying our choice to not invest in friends?
   • Why is the choice to invest in friends valuable to God?

Call to Action: To deliberately invest more of our wealth in making friends.