WeChat ESL Class on May 21, 2016

A. High Lights of your week

B. Breaking News in the world

C. Short Conversations:  

    1. Walking the Dog

A: Where are you going?
B: I have to walk the dog.
A: What kind of dog do you have?
B: I have a little poodle.
A: Poodles bark a lot.
B: They sure do.
A: They bark at everything.
B: They never shut up.
A: Why did you get a poodle?
B: It's my mom's dog.
A: So she likes poodles.
B: She says they're good watchdogs.

   2. Going to the Beach

A: Let's go to the beach.
B: That's a great idea.
A: We haven't been in a while.
B: We haven't been in a month.
A: The last time we went, you almost drowned.
B: No, I didn't.
A: Then why did the lifeguard dive into the water?
B: I think he wanted to cool off.
A: He swam right up to you.
B: And then he turned right around.
A: Maybe you're right.
B: Maybe we should get going.

D. Idioms: Fill in the blanks.

1. How did you find out that Jill was engaged?

I got the information from a very reliable source.

You mean Jill told you so herself?

That's right. I got it straight from the _________ mouth!

2. They went to a poetry reading, but they got bored and restless. As far as they were concerned, it was for the ____________! They left during an intermission because they found the reading totally uninteresting and meaningless.

E. Bible Story - Matthew 6:24-34

24 “No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.[a]

Do Not Be Anxious

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26 Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they?27 And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? 28 And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you,even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ 32 For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

34 “Therefore do not be anxious about tomorrow, for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble.
Words to Know :

• avoid – have nothing to do with (something) 
• provide – to get things for us 
• worry – to let bad thoughts and feelings come into our minds because of fear 

Questions :

1. Why did Jesus tell the people they should avoid “worry”? 

2. What is the greatest joy for God? 

3. What did God promise us? 

4. What is the “condition” for receiving that promise? 

5. How is it possible for God to provide everything we need? 

6. Did Jesus mean people should not have to work – just let God provide what we need? 

7. Did Jesus say that God will give us everything we want?

God’s Greatest Joy :

Jesus often taught groups of people gathered around Him. One day He explained to them the need to avoid worry. Worry does many bad things to the mind and body. That is not the way God wants people to live. The greatest joy for God is for people to trust Him. He has promised to help us get everything we need if we remember that everything in the world already belongs to Him. He has the power, the love and the desire to provide us with everything we need, if we give Him first place in our hearts.