The Lord spoke this parable,

“The land of a rich man brought forth plentifully; and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger ones; and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, ‘Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you; and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”

As he said these things, Jesus cried out: “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

1. What is the man in this story busy thinking about?

2. What should he be busy thinking about according to this Gospel? Why?

3. What does it mean to be rich? Whatdoes it mean to do an action toward someone?

4. What does a person have to do in order to be rich toward someone? So, what do you think being rich toward God means?

5. What are you busy worrying about? How can you give that part of your life away to God?

6. What would you have to do in order to be rich toward God with that part of your life?