{ "lessonDate": "2026-09-09", "lessonNumber": 110, "lessonTitle": "Proverbs 3 — \"Trust in the Lord\"", "semester": "fall-2026-ot", "source": "Seminary manual, Lesson 110 — Proverbs 3", "scriptureBlock": "Proverbs 1–4; 15–16; 22; 31; Ecclesiastes 1–3; 11–12", "bookName": "PROVERBS 3", "deckType": "scripture", "lessonObjective": "Help students memorize Proverbs 3:5–6 and name one real situation where they will trust the Lord's counsel over their own judgment this week.", "doctrinePrinciple": "If we trust in the Lord with all our heart, He will direct our paths.", "personalScriptureStudy": { "chapters": "Proverbs 3:1–12, and Isaiah 55:8–9", "questions": "Verses 5 and 6 are a Doctrinal Mastery passage — mark them so you can find them fast. What exactly are we asked to do, and what exactly is promised in return?" }, "teacherNote": "SUPPLIES: a sturdy wall or door frame. Two volunteers stand three feet from it — one leans toward it for support, one leans away until they lose balance. Run that before Card 3; it is the whole lesson in ten seconds. DOCTRINAL MASTERY: Proverbs 3:5–6. Key scripture phrase, exactly: \"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; … and he shall direct thy paths.\" Have them mark it distinctively. Lesson 106 (Doctrinal Mastery Practice 7) was about memorizing key phrases — call back to it and use the same method today. BOARD: write \"Trust,\" collect the qualities that make a person trustworthy, and at the end of class ask which of those qualities the Lord demonstrates. Optional video: \"Trust in the Lord\" (3:30).", "cards": [ { "card": 0, "sectionName": "CONTEXT SETUP", "tagline": "Lean toward. Not away.", "title": "PROVERBS 3 — CONTEXT SETUP", "subtitle": "A Doctrinal Mastery Passage.", "columnHead": "THE PASSAGE AT A GLANCE", "bullets": [ "Proverbs 3:5–6 is a Doctrinal Mastery passage — one we memorize.", "The key phrase: \"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; … and he shall direct thy paths.\"", "It is built as an if-then. If we trust Him, then He directs our paths.", "\"Lean not unto thine own understanding\" does not mean stop thinking.", "Lean toward a sturdy wall and it holds you. Lean away and you fall.", "\"With all thine heart\" means trusting Him where it costs you something.", "\"In all thy ways\" — the small decisions too, not only the big ones." ], "keyFacts": { "Reference": "Proverbs 3:5–6 — Doctrinal Mastery", "Key Phrase": "\"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart\"", "Structure": "An if-then: if we trust, then He directs", "Watch For": "\"Lean not,\" \"all thine heart,\" \"all thy ways\"", "Main Theme": "Trusting Him over our own understanding", "Christ Connection": "He does nothing except for our benefit (2 Nephi 26:24)" }, "bandHeading": "WHY TRUST HIM OVER YOURSELF?", "timeline": [ { "title": "HIGHER WAYS", "ref": "Isaiah 55:8–9", "text": "His ways are higher." }, { "title": "NOT THE ARM OF FLESH", "ref": "2 Nephi 4:34", "text": "Trust Him forever." }, { "title": "FOR OUR BENEFIT", "ref": "2 Nephi 26:24", "text": "All of it, for us." }, { "title": "TAKE HIS COUNSEL", "ref": "Jacob 4:10", "text": "Do not counsel Him." }, { "title": "ALL WISDOM", "ref": "Mosiah 4:9", "text": "He has all wisdom." }, { "title": "HE DIRECTS", "ref": "Proverbs 3:6", "text": "He shall direct thy paths." } ], "scrollQuote": { "text": "Trust in the Lord with all thine heart.", "attribution": "Proverbs 3:5" }, "artPrompt": "A warm painterly golden-hour scene of a lone traveler standing at a fork in a mountain road, the right-hand path lit by the rising sun and the other in shadow." }, { "card": 1, "sectionName": "DIRECT TEXT INTERACTION & AI", "tagline": "If we … then He …", "title": "PROVERBS 3 — DIRECT TEXT INTERACTION & AI", "subtitle": "Find The If. Find The Then.", "focusHead": "OUR FOCUS TODAY", "focusText": "Read Proverbs 3:5–6 and finish this sentence: \"If we …, then the Lord will ….\" Then read why the other passages say He is worth trusting.", "scripturesHead": "TODAY'S SCRIPTURES", "scriptureKey": "The key: Proverbs 3:5–6", "scriptureList": [ "Proverbs 3:5–6 — the passage we memorize", "Isaiah 55:8–9 — His ways are higher than ours", "2 Nephi 4:34–35 — not the arm of flesh", "2 Nephi 26:24 — He does nothing except to benefit us", "Jacob 4:10 — take counsel from His hand" ], "aiUseHead": "HOW WE USE AI", "aiUse": [ "Define: What does \"lean not\" mean?", "Structure: Find the if and the then.", "Compare: How do the others back it up?", "Stay Spiritual: AI supports — the Spirit teaches." ], "aiPromptHead": "AI PROMPT TO TRY", "aiPrompt": "\"Read Proverbs 3:5–6. Break it into the 'if' part and the 'then' part. Explain what 'lean not unto thine own understanding' does and does not mean — I do not think it means stop thinking. Then help me name a real situation where trusting Him would actually cost me something.\"", "afterHead": "AFTER YOU GET A RESULT", "after": [ "Say the key phrase out loud, twice.", "Mark the passage so you can find it.", "Name the situation you would need it for." ], "rememberHead": "REMEMBER", "rememberText": "\"Lean not unto thine own understanding\" is not an instruction to stop thinking. It is about what you lean on when your thinking and His counsel disagree.", "bandHeading": "EXAMPLE QUESTIONS WE CAN EXPLORE WITH AI", "bandQuestions": [ "What is Doctrinal Mastery?", "What does \"lean not\" mean?", "What is \"the arm of flesh\"?", "What does \"acknowledge\" mean?", "Why say \"all thy ways\"?" ], "scrollQuote": { "text": "And lean not unto thine own understanding.", "attribution": "Proverbs 3:5" }, "artPrompt": "A warm painterly golden-hour scene of a thick ancient stone wall in warm light, a traveler resting one hand against it, a long road running alongside." }, { "card": 2, "sectionName": "TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE", "tagline": "Where is it hard?", "title": "PROVERBS 3 — TALK ABOUT EXPERIENCE", "subtitle": "Name The Place You Lean The Wrong Way.", "goalHead": "DISCUSSION GOAL", "goalText": "Name a real place where your own judgment and the Lord's counsel pull in different directions.", "howHead": "HOW TO DISCUSS", "how": [ "Everyone gets a chance to share.", "Talk about the situation, not the person.", "\"This one is hard for me\" is an honest answer.", "Keep the Savior at the center." ], "aiHead": "CONTINUE TO USE AI", "aiText": "Find one more verse about trusting God, and bring back what it promises.", "questionsHead": "THINK ABOUT THESE TOGETHER", "questions": [ "What makes it hard to trust the Lord over your own judgment?", "What advice would you give someone stuck on exactly that?", "When have you or someone you know trusted Him instead of themselves — and what happened?" ], "bandHeading": "EXAMPLE QUESTIONS TO DISCUSS", "bandQuestions": [ "What would you trust me with?", "What makes someone trustworthy?", "Where do I trust myself more?", "Which of His qualities help?", "What has He already done?" ], "scrollQuote": { "text": "For my thoughts are not your thoughts.", "attribution": "Isaiah 55:8" }, "artPrompt": "A natural photograph of five teenagers talking in a classroom, one leaning back against the wall, bright morning light through the windows." }, { "card": 3, "sectionName": "CHRIST-CENTERED ACTION", "tagline": "All thine heart.", "title": "PROVERBS 3 — CHRIST-CENTERED ACTION", "subtitle": "One Place You Will Do It His Way.", "columns": [ { "head": "START WITH JESUS", "text": "The Savior asked for His Father's will over His own when it cost Him everything. He is why the promise holds — He does nothing except for our benefit.", "citation": "See Matthew 26:39; 2 Nephi 26:24.", "art": "A warm painterly golden-hour portrait of the resurrected Savior in white robes standing on a hillside at sunrise, hands extended in welcome." }, { "head": "LEAN TOWARD THE WALL", "text": "Lean toward something sturdy and it holds you up. Lean away from it and nothing catches you. That is the difference verse 5 is describing.", "citation": "See Proverbs 3:5.", "art": "A warm painterly golden-hour scene of a massive ancient stone wall catching the low sun, a road running close beside it." }, { "head": "WHERE WILL YOU TRUST HIM?", "text": "Take the situation you named this morning and pick one thing you will do His way this week instead of yours.", "citation": "See Proverbs 3:6; Jacob 4:10.", "art": "A natural photograph of a teenager writing in a journal at a desk in early morning light." } ], "ideasHead": "IDEAS: HOW COULD I TRUST HIM?", "ideas": [ "Do it His way.", "Ask before you choose.", "Keep the hard commandment.", "Follow counsel you dislike.", "Wait instead of forcing.", "Say the phrase daily." ], "planHead": "MAKE A PLAN", "planQuestion": "Where will you trust Him this week?", "plan": [ "What is the situation, exactly?", "What would His way look like?", "What will it cost you to do it?" ], "challengeHead": "CHALLENGE THIS WEEK", "challengeText": "Memorize the key phrase — \"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; … and he shall direct thy paths\" — and say it before the decision you named.", "rememberHead": "REMEMBER", "rememberText": "\"He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world\" (2 Nephi 26:24). Trust here is not blind. It rests on what He has already done.", "scrollQuote": { "text": "And he shall direct thy paths.", "attribution": "Proverbs 3:6" }, "artPrompt": "" } ], "journalPrompt": "Write the situation where you currently trust your own judgment more than the Lord's counsel. Then write what you learned about Him today that makes Him worth trusting, and name one specific thing you will do His way this week. Finish by writing out Proverbs 3:5–6 from memory." }