Proverbs 3: ⁵With all your heart you must trust theLORD and not your own judgment. ⁶Always let him lead you, andhe will clear the road for you to follow........ ¹³God blesseseveryone who has wisdom and common sense..... ¹⁵Wisdom is morevaluable than precious jewels; nothing you want compares with her. (CEV)

Isaiah 48: ¹⁶Come closer and listen! I have never kept secret the things I have said, and I was here before time began.

Jeremiah 33: ³Ask me, and I will tell you thingsthat you don't know and can't find out. (CEV)

2 Corinthians 3: ¹⁵...Try to shine as lights amongthe people of this world, ¹⁶as you hold firmly to the messagethat gives life. (CEV)

Psalms 119: ¹⁰⁵Your word is a lamp that gives lightwherever I walk. .............¹³⁰Understanding your wordbrings light to the minds of ordinary people. (CEV)

Colossians 3: ¹⁰Each of you is now a new person. Youare becoming more and more like your Creator, and you will understand himbetter...... ¹⁶Let the message about Christ completely fill your lives, while you use all your wisdom to teach and instruct eachother.. (CEV)

Matthew 11: ²⁵At that moment Jesus said: My Father,LORD of heaven and earth, I am grateful that you hid all this from wiseand educated people and showed it to ordinary people. .... ²⁸If you are tired from carrying heavy burdens, come to me and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take the yoke I give you. Put it on your shoulders and learn from me. I am gentle and humble, and you will find rest. ³⁰ Thisyoke is easy to bear, and this burden is light. (CEV)

Matthew 13: ¹⁰Jesus' disciples came to him and asked, "Why do you use nothing but stories when you speak to the people?"¹¹ Jesusanswered: I have explained the secrets about the kingdom of heaven to you,but not to others. ¹²Everyone who has something will be givenmore. But people who don't have anything will lose even what little they have. ¹³I use stories when I speak to them because whenthey look, they cannot see, and when they listen, they cannot hear or understand....
    ¹⁹The seeds that fell along the roadare the people who hear the message about the kingdom, but don't understandit. Then the evil one comes and snatches the message from their hearts.²⁰ Theseeds that fell on rocky ground are the people who gladly hear the message and accept it right away. 21But they don't have deep roots, and they don't last very long. As soon as life gets hard or the message gets them in trouble, they give up.
    ²²The seeds that fell among the thornbushes are also people who hear the message. But they start worrying about theneeds of this life and are fooled by the desire to get rich. So the messagegets choked out, and they never produce anything. ²³The seedsthat fell on good ground are the people who hear and understand themessage. They produce as much as a hundred or sixty or thirty times whatwas planted.

1. What does common sense have to do with knowing God as Father andJesus as Lord and Creator?
2. How does holding to the message that gives life make us richer thanpeople who seem to have everything?
3. Why did Jesus speak mostly in stories that even children and ordinarypeople could understand?
4. When we study together, how can we help each other to solve life'smany problems?
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