Establishing a Christ- Centered Home - Maynes

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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.

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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.