Establishing a Christ- Centered Home - Maynes

This is a great talk to listen to as a family. Please follow the promptings of the spirit while teaching this lesson to your class or family. Click here to listen to the lesson. And click on the link below to print out the worksheet. Please let me know how your lesson goes.

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Gospel Principles # 35 Obedience

Gospel Principles # 35 Obedience

Pre lesson thoughts and prep material.

The section that struck me the most was "No obedience Is Too Small or Too Great to Obey"

Activity: Have sisters write a commandment that they have a hard time obeying because they think is too small ex. drinking caffeine, have FHE, gather food storage. Now have them reflect on why the lord would issue that commandment. Ask them if this commandment would keep them out of the celestial kingdom. Probably not- but a rebellious heart would. I like to call this the Laman & Lemuel attitude.

Now have them think what commandment is to big. Your Abraham & Isaac commandment. Paying tithing, going to the temple, giving up coffee? Why are they not obeying this commandment. To hard? - Really is it to hard? The Lord will never give us a commandment that we can't do. Help them to make a ladder they can climb up, so they can achieve this commandment.

This is a lesson for sisters to really take a self reflection on themselves.

Freedom to obey (agency) is the principle that we fought for before we came to earth. Why would one rebel against the very thing we fought for?

Additional Reading material The Example of Abraham President Spencer W. Kimball Ensign, June 1975, pp. 3-7

Quote : All blessings, then, are conditional upon faithfulness. One is ordained to the priesthood with a conditional promise; one is married and sealed in the temple on condition of his faithfulness. And so far as I know there is nothing--no blessing in the world--that anyone can receive except through faithfulness. - The Example of Abraham

President Spencer W. Kimball
Ensign, June 1975, pp. 3-7

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Pride and Priesthood - Uctdorf

I got to teach this lesson. I love to teach because its great practice and I always learn so much. This was such a great talk and Pres. Uctdorf spoke such wonderful words that I just made a worksheet that people listened to the talk and filled it out.

We then discussed the last quote on humility.

A few friends also took extra worksheets for FHE.

Please share your thoughts, comments, and impressions you receive as you re listen to this talk.

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October 2010 General ConferencePride and the Priesthood Dieter F. UchtdorfSecond Counselor in the First Presidency

President Benson called Pride ______________________

Pride Breeds ___________ or ______________ and places us _____________

Pride usually begins with “_________________________ ,” it always seems to end with “___________________________________.”

When our hearts are filled with pride, we commit a grave sin, for we violate the two great commandments. 1. __________________ 2___________

Who fell before the earth was formed? _________________.

**Personal thoughts on examining our self.

Pride is ________

When Pride has many faces when we count our blessings as being ______, ______,________ the sin of “Thank God I am ___________________. We desire to be __________or ________________.

Pride can turn to evny. They seek to _________, ________,______________ to self-elevation. They secretly _____________.

What do all of God’s children wear. ?

Our Team is called

Our Goal is ___________ . Is law is _____________________

We are to build, uplift, encourage_____________________

Draw your banner, shirt ,logo. Does it exclude others? Is there an “I”

Make a goal to help cheer on other team.

**According to Pres. Uchtdorf - The world of sports, politics, ethnicity & religion are perfect observers of the sin of pride. What else?? Why does the natural man hate the one, but love the other ?

We should be greatful for things but when does it become negative. When we ______________. We focus on our own ___________,____________,_________. That’s when pride ______________.

________warned “God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.” 11 ________explained, “None is acceptable before God, save the meek and lowly in heart.” 12 And by design, the Lord chooses “the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty.” 13 The Lord does this to show that His hand is in His work, lest we “trust in the arm of flesh.” 14

What are the three things he means when he says strive to be like the savior?

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________ is a switch that turns off priesthood power. 21 ________ is a switch that turns it on.

Some suppose that humility is about beating ourselves up. Humility does not mean convincing ourselves that we are worthless, meaningless, or of little value. Nor does it mean denying or withholding the talents God has given us. We don’t discover humility by thinking less of ourselves; we discover humility by thinking less about ourselves. It comes as we go about our work with an attitude of serving God and our fellowman.

Gospel Principles # 31 Honesty

Gospel Principles # 31 Honesty

Gospel Principles # 34 Developing our talents

Gospel Principles # 34 Developing our talents

My girl friend did this lesson and did an wonderful job, as always. Good job friend.

She paraphrased the book "The Little Engine That Could"A little girl engine who had the opportunity to challenge herself even though she was small and didn't think she could. But did, pushed herself up the mountain and never gave up on herself.

1. Discover -Look outside the box. I realized I had a talent to write when I had to preform in a talent show and "on stage" talents are not my forte. So I wrote and performed a poem about how I was not good at dancing or singing, but I was good at writing and being proud of that and cheering myself on. My poem ended like this. " I want to show you who I am. Alix with an "i" I am. I am my own fan. Number one go Alix you can. This is my nick, this is my nack. Writing poems I can do that.

2. Have faith in yourself.- Just because there are 3 thousand other chefs, decorators, singers, writers, athletics does not me I can't also be one. And its ok if you are not the best because there is always, always someone better. My Dad used to golf with some buddies who were better than him. When he got home we would ask. Did you win? He would then respond nope 2nd place with a huge smile. Yep he might not have gotten first, but he still had just as much fun as the first place guy and he was first place at his own goals and getting better.

3. It takes time, effort, patience, practice. Yes it does!! The world does not show Tiger Woods practicing hours or the daily sacrafices Lance Armstrong took. It shows him great. Great as a child, great now. He didn't just wake up great. He worked really hard. Really hard. Now we all have talents, not all the same. But we are all given the opportunity to obtain al the spiritual girts we need to achieve in this world. Keep chugging. The road is long and hard. I am going to pick up some old writing pieces that I was to proud to work on, work on them and then re submit them into the world.

4. Share and celebrate. Don't be embarased if your writing is not the next best seller, but something you are very proud of. Sing even if you are not the next American Idol winner. Set little goals. Be excited about those mild stones. Cheer yourself on. Cheer others on as you see them climbing their mountains

So start now. Like I did. Think about what you want to develop. Write it down. commit to it. Write why you are scared in an upward pattern, like a mountain. Then take one step at a time. Chug little engine. Cross off those fears, and goals as you come across them. See yourself climb. .

Now as always; Share your thoughts. Please also share your goals, fears, accomplishments, unique talents you've come across. Your testimony to why God has given us these blessings/talents and how you have shared them with others.

Gospel Principles # 32 Tithes and Offerings

Gospel Principles # 32 Tithes and Offerings

Gospel Principles # 33 Missionary Work

Gospel Principles # 33 Missionary Work

This week we had a great lesson on Missionary Work. Three things that I learned from her lesson were.

1. There is really no way you can say "yes I am doing 100% missionary work all the time, and I am 100% satisfitsifed with my contribution, and also live a normal life" so you have to make goals. Obtainable goals. Mine are a. take my kids to church each Sunday and teach them the gospel each week. b. do what I suppose to do so I can receive prompting and answer question my kids, or co-workers, friends ect.. c. live my life in a way that is a non verbal missionary tool. I am an example and people watch me. Right now these are my goals and that at the end of the day, week, month I can do a mentally check off and feel good about living this principle.

2. My job is to teach not to convert. Phew- I've always stressed about this. I don't want to tell people what they believe is wrong, or that their efforts are not good enough, or put off the perception that I am better because I believe to have the full truth. My job is to teach people in a humble way; and if they accept they accept and if they don't they don't and thats just ok.

3. Just because others take Book of Mormon's on the plane and teach the gospel to the lucky passenger next to them. I don't have. If I am ever on a plane I'm wresting with 2 kids and a husband, or if I EVER get the luxury of going alone. I am sleeping or putting on the headphones and shutting out the world. And I should not have the thought in the back of my head man I should be like so and so who teaches on the plane. I should teach in a way I feel comfortable.