Read for This Week’s Study: 2 Cor. 8:1–7; Matt. 13:3–7, 22; Gen. 3:1–6; Isa. 56:11; Matt. 26:14–16; 2 Pet. 1:5–9.

Memory Text: “ ‘Now he who received seed among the thorns is he who hears the word, and the cares of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful’ ” (Matthew 13:22, NKJV).

The lesson this week invites us to reflect carefully on the human penchant to obtain as many material possessions as we can, then to hoard them. The lesson is titled, “I See, I Want, I Take,” a title that reflects a very ...