Matthew 6: ³³But more than anything else, put God's work first and do what he wants. Then the other things will be yours as well. (CEV)

Matthew 7: ¹⁹Every tree that produces bad fruit will be chopped down and burned.   20You can tell who the false prophets are by their deeds..... ²⁴Anyone who hears and obeys these teachings of mine is like a wise person who built a house on solid rock. ²⁵ Rain poured down, rivers flooded, and winds beat against that house. But it did not fall, because i twas built on solid rock.²⁶Anyone who hears my teachings and doesn't obey them is like a foolish person who built a house on sand. ²⁷The rain poured down, the rivers flooded, and the winds blew and beat against that house. Finally, it fell with a crash. (CEV)

Matthew 13: ²³The seeds that fell on good ground are the people who hear and understand the message.They produce as much as a hundred or sixty or thirty times what was planted. (CEV)

John 15: ²He cuts away every branch of mine that doesn't produce fruit. But he trims clean every branch that does produce fruit, so that it will produce even more fruit.....   ⁵ I am the vine, and you are the branches. If you stay joined to me, and I stay joined to you, then you will produce lots of fruit. But you cannot do anything without me.  ⁶If you don't stay joined to me, you will be thrown away. You will be like dry branches that are gathered up and burned in a fire. ⁷Stay joined to me and let my teachings become part of you. Then you can pray for whatever you want, and your prayer will be answered. ⁸When you become fruitful disciples of mine, my Father will be honored. (CEV)

2 Peter 1: ³We have everything we need to live a life that pleases God. It was all given to us by God's own power, when we learned that he had invited us to share in his wonderful goodness. ⁴God made great and marvelous promises, so that his nature would become part of us. Then we could escape our evil desires and the corrupt influences of this world.  ⁵Do your best to improve your faith. You can do this by adding goodness, understanding,  ⁶self-control, patience, devotion to God,  ⁷concern for others, and love. ⁸If you keep growing in this way, it will show that what you know about our LORD Jesus Christ has made yourlives useful and meaningful. ⁹But if you don't grow, you are like someone who is nearsighted or blind, and you have forgotten that your past sins are forgiven. ¹⁰ My friends, you must do all you can to show that God has really chosen and selected you. If you keep on doing this, you won't stumble and fall.  ¹¹Then our LORD and Savior Jesus Christ will give you a glorious welcome into his kingdom that will last forever. (CEV)

Philippians 2: ¹²My dear friends, you always obeyed when I was with you. Now that I am away, you should obey even more. So work with fear and trembling to discover what it really means to be saved. ¹³God is working in you to make you willing and able to obey him. ¹⁴Do everything without grumbling or arguing. ¹⁵Then you will be the pure and innocent children of God. You live among people who are crooked and evil, but you must not do anything that they can say is wrong. Try to shine as lights among the people of this world, ¹⁶as you hold firmly to the message that gives life. Then on the day when Christ returns, I can take pride in you. I can also know that my work and efforts were not useless.

1. What happens to a person if they spend most of their time on things and problems that are important to God?
2. How does God make us willing and able to serve Him and to be like Jesus? How does He keep our interest?
3. Why does the Bible quite often tell us to shine like lights to the people who we are acquainted with?
4. When we are not growing to know Jesus better or to become more like Him what should we do?
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