Key Thought: Paul draws our attention to many practical, real life principles that are born of heaven and can be understood only by those who are spiritually minded.
March 21, 2026

1. Have a volunteer read Colossians 3:1-4.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What condition does Paul indicate is necessary for us to be heavenly-minded? What do you think that means?
3. Personal Application: Where are your thoughts: usually above or below? If below, how can we change direction? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “What does it mean to you to be heavenly-minded? How does it relate to being earthly good?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Colossians 3:5,6.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How do we experience what it means to be dead to self and to earthliness and alive to things that are above?
3. Personal Application: “What does it mean to mortify your members which are upon the earth? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “ I have accepted Christ and have been baptized, but my sinful nature is always fighting the spirit in me. I don’t think it is easy to put to death a nature I was born with and is aprt of me. How can I gain victory over my sinful nature and kill it?” How would you respond to your relative?

3. Have a volunteer read Colossians 3:12-14.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How are believers described and how does it relate to the qualities they are to put on
3. Personal Application: How well are you representing Jesus in the way you treat others, even those who may be unkind to you? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What kind of influence have you been on others and what kind of influence does the church have on your local community?” How would you respond to your friend?

4. Have a volunteer read Colossians 3:16,17.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What enables Christ to be in control in our lives and what role does music play in all this
3. Personal Application: Whatever we do, do all in the name of the Lord. Can we say that we are doing that? What must you stop doing if you are doing all in the name of the Lord? 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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Key Thought: Paul draws our attention to many practical, real life principles that are born of heaven and can be understood only by those who are spiritually minded.
March 21, 2026

1. Have a volunteer read Colossians 3:1-4.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point is in this passage.
2. What condition does Paul indicate is necessary for us to be heavenly-minded? What do you think that means?
3. Personal Application: Where are your thoughts: usually above or below? If below, how can we change direction? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your relatives states, “What does it mean to you to be heavenly-minded? How does it relate to being earthly good?” How would you respond to your relative?

2. Have a volunteer read Colossians 3:5,6.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How do we experience what it means to be dead to self and to earthliness and alive to things that are above?
3. Personal Application: “What does it mean to mortify your members which are upon the earth? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “ I have accepted Christ and have been baptized, but my sinful nature is always fighting the spirit in me. I don’t think it is easy to put to death a nature I was born with and is aprt of me. How can I gain victory over my sinful nature and kill it?” How would you respond to your relative?

3. Have a volunteer read Colossians 3:12-14.

1. Ask class members to share a short thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. How are believers described and how does it relate to the qualities they are to put on
3. Personal Application: How well are you representing Jesus in the way you treat others, even those who may be unkind to you? Share your thoughts.
4. Case Study: One of your friends states, “What kind of influence have you been on others and what kind of influence does the church have on your local community?” How would you respond to your friend?

4. Have a volunteer read Colossians 3:16,17.

1. Ask class members to share a thought on what the most important point in this text is.
2. What enables Christ to be in control in our lives and what role does music play in all this
3. Personal Application: Whatever we do, do all in the name of the Lord. Can we say that we are doing that? What must you stop doing if you are doing all in the name of the Lord? 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).

Source: https://ssnet.org/blog/12-living-with-each-other-teaching-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=12-living-with-each-other-teaching-plan

Daily Lesson for Monday 16th of March 2026

Children have a vital role as part of the family firm. They need to know they are loved and valued as members of the family and citizens of the heavenly kingdom. Family worship is crucial, simple but regular, morning and evening. At an early age, children can start helping with cleaning and other responsibilities. Most important, they should heed Paul’s command: “Obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord” (Colossians 3:20, NKJV).

1. Proverbs 22:6,15

2. Matthew 19:14

3. Deuteronomy 6:6-7

4. Proverbs 1:8-9

Rightly trained for the Lord, by precept and example, children will be a blessing to the family, the church, and beyond. And Paul’s instruction for parents, like his instruction for husbands and wives, is balanced and reciprocal: “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged” (Colossians 3:21, NKJV). How parents, particularly the father, interact with and discipline children profoundly impacts their spiritual upbringing.

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Studies show, too, that when both parents go to church, a higher percentage of children remain churchgoers, as opposed to if only one parent goes. Even more surprising, consistent church attendance by the father, even more than by the mother, means a greater number of children remain in church as adults. The role of the father, then, in the spiritual formation of his children, cannot be underestimated. How crucial that fathers take their roles seriously.

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Daily Lesson for Sunday 15th of March 2026

Several sets of instructions for Christian homes are included in the New Testament (see Ephesians 5:21-33; Ephesians 6:1-9, Colossians 3:18-25; Colossians 4:1, Titus 2:1-10, 1 Peter 2:18-25; 1 Peter 3:1-7). Notably, these “household codes,” as they are called, are not completely hierarchical but include elements to make the relationships more reciprocal and mutually edifying.

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Some men quote, “Wives, submit to your husbands” (Colossians 3:18, ESV) and stop there, but notice the important qualifier Paul adds: “as is fitting in the Lord.” Nowhere does the New Testament teach that women are to submit to all men; nor that wives are subservient or subjugated; nor that they are to blindly submit to their husbands’ every whim or desire. Paul’s point is that the wife’s loyalty is to the Lord first and to her husband second. The wife’s individuality must not be swallowed up by her husband, nor can he act as her conscience.

Christ’s love for the church in giving Himself up for her illustrates how husbands should love their wives (Ephesians 5:25). They will be faithful regardless of the cost. They will make decisions that are in the best interests of the wife, though normally these interests should be aligned. Love like this makes it easier for the wife to obey God’s command to respect her husband (Ephesians 5:33).

A healthy Christian marriage is characterized by mutuality—­consulting each other, thinking things through together, and making decisions as a couple. Sometimes, when making decisions that have serious implications for the whole family, it may be appropriate to include children in these discussions, but never should parents quarrel in front of them. After such a process, if the husband and wife are unable to come to an agreement, the biblical path to peace is for the wife to acquiesce to her husband’s judgment, provided it does not violate the Word of God. By the same token, most, if not all, husbands can recall times they were happy that they listened to their wives and took their advice. The more the husband and wife work together as a team, the happier the marriage will be.

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Daily Lesson for Sabbath 14th of March 2026

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Read for This Week’s Study

Colossians 3:18-25; Colossians 4:1-6; Ephesians 5:22-25,33; Proverbs 22:6,15; 1 Peter 2:16; 1 Thessalonians 5:17.

Memory Text:

“Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one” (Colossians 4:6, NKJV).

When people live and work in close proximity, they meet a va­riety of challenges. Differences of opinion may cause tensions; arguments may ensue. The closer the relationship, the more important it is for everyone in that relationship to get along.

The closest relationships are, of course, within the family. The home has sometimes been called “the family firm.” It’s an interesting way to describe how the home operates. There are definite similarities between running a business and running a household. There should be general agreement on values, goals, and objectives. Everyone should get along with each other and do their part well for things to run smoothly. The same principles apply to the church, which is essentially a large family.

In our passage for this week, Paul provides some vital principles for how a Christian family functions best. Because the Christian home should be governed by biblical principles, it necessarily functions somewhat differently from the typical Roman household. Paul also gives other valuable principles that are helpful for a variety of social relations, both inside and outside the home.

*Study this week’s lesson to prepare for Sabbath, March 21.

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