Key Thought: We make many choices we don’t even seem to think about. Some choices are eternal and life-changing. We need to think our choices through carefully.

April 13, 2019

1. Have a volunteer read Matthew 22:35-37.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What does Jesus’ answer tell us about free will?
3. Personal Application: What have you done this week to show God that you love Him? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states: “How can a person love God with their whole heart, soul, and mind? I don’t even know what this means or looks like. Even our relationships with our family, spouses, and friends are limited.” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Proverbs 18:24

1.  Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. How do we show our friendliness? What kind of actions or attitudes show a friendly person to you?
3. Personal Application: What factors influenced your choice of friends when you were young? How different is it now? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “Have you ever had friends who hurt you in any way? It seems like I don’t have any real friends I can rely on or trust.” How would you respond to your friend?

3. Have a volunteer read Ecclesiastes 2:10,11..

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. What role does music play in your life? How does music affect those you know?
3. Personal Application: What do you want to be remembered for in your life? What do people think of when your name is mentioned? Share your thoughts
4. Case Study: One of your neighbors states, “Everybody wants to excel and be known for something. We want money to get what we need and want. We want to be looked up to as famous for something: sports, acting, singing, knowledge, politics. That is a natural drive in us. There’s nothing wrong with that.” How would you reply to your neighbor?

4. Have a volunteer read James 1:23-25.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the main idea of this text is.
2. Does it matter if your spouse is an SDA Christian or not? Is it enough just to be a member of the church? If a person in the church was looking for a faithful, devoted SDA Christian, how would you measure up?
3. Personal Application: Do you believe that a spouse should complement you in being an opposite? Their weakness are your strengths, your weaknesses are their strengths? Should men and women’s roles be homogenized and blurred, or distinct and divided? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: Think of one person who needs to hear a message from this week’s lesson. Tell the class what you plan to do this week to share with them.

(Truth that is not lived, that is not imparted, loses its life-giving power, its healing virtue. Its blessings can be retained only as it is shared.”Ministry of Healing, p. 148).

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