MenuFor adult study: "Consider the Lilies"
The story summary and questions were written in a way that makes it possible to use a New Testament reference in place of the Urantia reference. A selected chapter from a 1932 book, titled Treasure-House of the Living Religions, supports a spiritual theme that is found within the story. Children will use a one page handout that includes a coloring picture.
Paper 165:5.1-3
The Urantia Book
The story summary and questions were written in a way that makes it possible to use a New Testament reference in place of the Urantia reference. A selected chapter from a 1932 book, titled Treasure-House of the Living Religions, supports a spiritual theme that is found within the story. Children will use a one page handout that includes a coloring picture.
Paper 165:5.1-3
The Urantia Book
They neither toil nor spin
Students may read Paper 165:5.1-3
Jesus instructed his apostles on how they should live as gospel messengers. He told them not to worry about finding food or proper clothing. He said, “Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap.” Yet they find the food they seek. Jesus also said, “Consider the lilies, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these.” Jesus assured the apostles that the Father in heaven knows they need these things.
Discussion Questions
The apostles dedicated their lives to spreading the gospel. They needed to trust their ordinary needs to God. Talk about their simple food and clothing. Jesus said, “Do not worry about your life.” What can we do when we start to worry?
Procedure for using the PDF handouts with children
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Additional reading:
Read what Jesus said to three of his apostles about trusting in the overcare of the Father. Pay special attention to the first four sentences of paragraph 3.
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Re: Trusting God
133:1.4 ... Ganid, I have absolute confidence in my heavenly Father’s overcare; I am consecrated to doing the will of my Father in heaven. ...
137:1.6 ... In the coming kingdom, be not mindful of those things which foster your anxiety but rather at all times concern yourselves only with doing the will of the Father who is in heaven.”
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New Testament reference
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Chapter 8—Trust and Guidance—p.32
O our Lord! In Thee do we trust. To Thee do we turn.
To Thee shall we come back at the last. (Islam)
Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
And lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge Him;
And He shall direct thy paths. (Judaism)
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