Dear
Family and Friends
I
do hope that all of your children are enjoying school😊
I know that for some of them transitioning to a new grade and/ or a new school
so they may struggle. Be gentle and loving with them and let them know that you
are there for them. Keep in close contact with their teacher(s). You may even
need to make contact with their teachers on a daily basis for a few weeks so
that your children do not fall behind or between the cracks☹
Send a little ‘love’ not in their pockets or their lunch boxes to remind them
that they are loved, even just a little smiley face in a heart works wonders😊
Our
children are such precious gifts from God. We need to help and support them in
any way we can. Some of our children just need a smile and a hug, others need
constant supervision, but they all need love and encouragement😊
They need to be taught to be honest in all they do and in all they say. They
need to be taught that they should not repeat things about another person,
because it may not be the truth. Often times when you repeat something it is
hurtful for someone☹They need to be taught that they should
be happy with all they have and not to want more because their friends have
more.
They
need to learn to be kind to everyone. Oh, how does that old saying go? I think
it goes something like this: always be kind to everyone because you never know,
the very person you treat poorly might be your boss someday😊
Our children are very precious and oh, so very impressionable. Every child – no
matter what age they are they need to know that they truly are each a child of
God, that they have a Heavenly Father who loves them. They need to know that they
can talk to Him any time in any place and the each need to know that their
Heavenly Father answers their prayers. It’s up to each one of us to teach these
truths to each one of them😊
For
this week’s lesson we will be studying 1 Corinthians chapters 8 – 13; our
lesson in Come, Follow Me program is called “Ye Are the Body of Christ”. What
does it mean for each one of us to be the body of Christ?
I think to be the body of Christ we need to
be His hands and His feet here on the earth and do the things that He would do
if He were here in the flesh.
He would
heal the sick - or at least give them comfort and visit them. He would give to
the poor. He would feed the hungry. He would clothe the naked. He would do
things for those who could not do those things for themselves. He would teach a
person how to fish instead of just providing them with a fish that would only
feed them for one meal. He would love everyone, and He would be sure that each
individual felt His love😊
In
this week’s lesson we will learn more of Paul’s teachings – I would like to
begin with the same quote given at the beginning of the lesson in our manual -a
quote from Elder Richard G. Scott that was shared in our class:
He taught that we “can leave the most precious, personal direction of the Spirit unheard” if we fail to record and respond to “the first promptings that come to [us]” (“To Acquire Spiritual Guidance,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2009, 8). I have read this talk many times and it has a lot of teachings in it. You can read the whole talk here:
He taught that we “can leave the most precious, personal direction of the Spirit unheard” if we fail to record and respond to “the first promptings that come to [us]” (“To Acquire Spiritual Guidance,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2009, 8). I have read this talk many times and it has a lot of teachings in it. You can read the whole talk here:
Here is some introductory information
that comes directly from our Come, Follow Me for Individuals and Families
manual:
In
Paul’s time, Corinth was a wealthy trade center with residents from all over
the Roman Empire. With so many different cultures and religions in the city,
Church members in Corinth struggled to maintain unity, so Paul sought to
help them find unity in their belief in Christ. This unity was to be more than just
peaceful coexistence; Paul wasn’t asking them merely to tolerate each
other’s differences. Rather, he taught that when you join the Church of
Jesus Christ, you are “baptized into one body,” and every body part is needed
(1 Corinthians 12:13).
When one member is lost, it’s like losing a limb, and the body is weaker as a result. When one member suffers, we should all feel it and do our part to relieve it. In this kind of unity, differences are not just acknowledged but cherished, because without members of diverse gifts and abilities, the body would be limited. So whether you feel like you’ve always been at home in the Church or find yourself wondering if you truly belong, Paul’s message to you is that unity is not sameness. You need your fellow Saints, and your fellow Saints need you.
When one member is lost, it’s like losing a limb, and the body is weaker as a result. When one member suffers, we should all feel it and do our part to relieve it. In this kind of unity, differences are not just acknowledged but cherished, because without members of diverse gifts and abilities, the body would be limited. So whether you feel like you’ve always been at home in the Church or find yourself wondering if you truly belong, Paul’s message to you is that unity is not sameness. You need your fellow Saints, and your fellow Saints need you.
Wow! What do you think about Paul’s
message? Unity is not sameness. We truly need one another, and we need each other’s
gifts and talents😊 I am needed and each one of you are
needed!!! I believe that our gifts and talents complement each other and help us
each to do our part to help one another when we are in need. In class we talked about Paul
use of analogies and imagery in 1 Corinthians 8–13, such as a runner in a
race, a human body, and “a tinkling cymbal” (1 Corinthians 13:1).
1 Though I speak with the
tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal
What do each of you, your family members and friends think about
this imagery? How did the analogies and the imagery help you and your family
members and friends understand a gospel truth?
We all face temptation, but God provides a way
to escape it.
In what was can you help your family members and friends to discover
the powerful truths found in 1 Corinthians 10:13?
13 There hath no temptation taken you
but such as is common to man: but God is faithful,
who will not suffer you to be tempted above
that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape,
that ye may be able to bear it.
Our instructor had divided the verse into
parts and asked us to put the phrase into our own words. Then he took the
statements that we had written and put them back together and asked us to find
more meaning and applications to each of our lives. He asked if we had experiences
that we wanted to share when we found the promises in this verse to be true. Do
any of you have an experience that you would like to share with me? If you do,
please leave me a message in the comments section😊 I
would love to hear from you.
This is an activity that you might want
to do with your family as well. It wouldn’t be a bad idea for you to help them
to memorize this verse. By breaking it down and memorizing one part at a time is
especially helpful for your younger children. Then when you think they have it
down fairly well you can start taking away words and having them fill in the
missing words as you repeat the verse with them. In this way they will remember
it, as well as making a memory of studying the scriptures together as a family😊 When your children see you studying your
scriptures individually, they know that studying the scriptures is important to
you.
My mother always said that God won’t give you
anymore that you can handle. I know this to be true, He won’t give us any more
than He knows that we can handle with His help!!! You
know there are so many examples of this in the scriptures – evidences, if you
will – that show us how our Heavenly father is always there for us, providing a
way for us to get through our trials, to ease our burdens.
I truly do believe that is what He has done for me all through my cancer journey, thus far. He has made my burdens light so that I can do all the things that I still need to do before I leave this earth life😊 I am not sure just why, but He has been so good to me!!!
I truly do believe that is what He has done for me all through my cancer journey, thus far. He has made my burdens light so that I can do all the things that I still need to do before I leave this earth life😊 I am not sure just why, but He has been so good to me!!!
Here is a question for each of you:
27 And
now, my brethren, I wish from
the inmost part of my heart, yea, with great anxiety even
unto pain, that ye would hearken unto my words, and cast off your
sins, and not procrastinate the
day of your repentance;
28 But
that ye would humble yourselves before the Lord, and call on his holy
name, and watch and
pray continually, that ye may not be tempted above
that which ye can bear, and thus be led by
the Holy Spirit, becoming humble, meek,
submissive, patient, full of love and all long-suffering;
If you noticed from my underlining in these verses, I have
underlined things we should and should not do. In verse 27 it teaches us that we
should hearken unto His words (the scriptures); cast off all your sins ( be
willing to repent of what you are doing that is wrong and give it up – to do it
or them no more); and this next part is
of utmost importance: we should not procrastinate the day of our repentance –
we should do it now!!!!
In further underlining in verse 28 we are taught that we a.)
should humble ourselves before the Lord, b.)that we should call on His Holy
name, and c.)that we should watch and pray continually, so that we will not be
tempted above that which we can bear.
Through our humbling ourselves before the Lord and praying continually, we open ourselves up to being led by the Holy Spirit (or the Holy ghost). This verse also teaches us that in doing these things we are becoming humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love. And all long-suffering.
Through our humbling ourselves before the Lord and praying continually, we open ourselves up to being led by the Holy Spirit (or the Holy ghost). This verse also teaches us that in doing these things we are becoming humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love. And all long-suffering.
Let’s focus our study
of 1 Corinthians 10:13 on temptations that
are in Paul’s words, “common to man.” What temptations are ‘common to man’? We could start by identifying the temptations
Paul warns against in verses 1–12.
1 Moreover, brethren, I would not
that ye should be ignorant, how that all our fathers were under
the cloud,
and all passed through the sea;
4 And did all drink the same spiritual
drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was
Christ.
6 Now these things were our examples,
to the intent we should not lust
after evil things,
as they also lusted.
7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were some of them; as it is written, The people sat
down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.
8 Neither let us commit fornication,
as some of them committed, and fell in one day three and
twenty thousand.
11 Now all these things happened unto them
for ensamples: and they
are written for
our admonition, upon
whom the ends of the world are come.
Let’s make a list of some modern examples
of common temptations: temptations to be dishonest, to steal
something, maybe to repeat something about someone, or to judge others
for one reason or another – I believe that this is my worst offense, especially
if I am driving. I have little patience with these who cannot drive correctly.
And I have my worse potty mouth ever when I drive, I am working on both of
these things though😊
You know that I have a new granddaughter
born March 2nd this year. She is so-o-o tiny and petite as compared
to her brothers at the same age. She is a cute as a button😊 I
have been having her in the car without her mom a lot lately and she doesn’t
like to ride without someone sitting beside her. if no one is there she will
cry – oh, boy will she cry!!! I am not real sure where I was going with this
train of thought… I think I may have gone off the track I was on…
Though she has helped me to curb my
tongue when I am driving because I sing to her. I know I can’t carry a tune in
a bucket, but she seems to enjoy it for some reason. Most of the time she stops
crying whenever I sing to her as were amble down the road😊 Sometimes
I can I get her brother (the youngest of the two boys) to sing along with me.
We sing various nursery rhymes and some preschool songs to her or ‘I Am a Child
of God’ or other primary songs😊 She doesn’t seem to like the radio as
much!
How might a person, with God’s help, “escape” these temptations?
I have found through my own experiences that prayer and fasting work well in
most of these examples. You could take this one step further in discussing
these with your family by doing some role-playing of some of these situations.
Then asking them what they have learned from the role playing that you did about
how God has helped them to ‘escape’ these temptations.
Now, let’s consider 1 Corinthians 10:13 in the context of
Paul’s overarching desire for unity among the Saints. This may be very helpful
for you, your family members and friends to think about it in this context. Here are a couple of questions for you: What
can we each do to help one another “escape” and “bear” the temptations we might
face? How does unity help us resist temptation? You could ask your family
members and friends how does unity in our family help us resist temptation?
13 There
hath no temptation taken you
but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who
will not suffer you to be tempted above
that ye are able; but will with the temptation also
make a way to escape,
that ye may be able to bear it.
This next section comes from the manual Come,
Follow Me, for Individuals and Families:
Ideas for Personal
Scripture Study
God provides a way to escape
temptation.
Spiritual experiences,
even miraculous ones, do not exempt us from temptations that are “common to
man” (1 Corinthians 10:13). That may be one reason Paul
wrote about how the Israelites in Moses’s day struggled with temptation, even
though they witnessed mighty miracles (see Exodus 13:21; 14:13–31). As you read 1 Corinthians 10:1–13, what warnings in the
Israelites’ experiences seem applicable to you? What kinds of “escape” from
temptation has Heavenly Father provided for you? (see also Alma 13:27–30; 3 Nephi 18:18–19).
27 And
now, my brethren, I wish from the inmost part of my heart, yea, with
great anxiety even unto pain, that ye would hearken unto
my words, and cast off your sins, and not procrastinate the day of your repentance;
28 But
that ye would humble yourselves before the Lord, and call on his holy name, and watch and pray continually, that ye may not be tempted above that which ye can bear, and thus be led by the Holy Spirit, becoming humble, meek, submissive, patient, full of love and all
long-suffering;
29 Having faith on the Lord; having a hope that ye
shall receive eternal life; having the love of God always in your hearts, that ye may be
lifted up at the last day and enter into his rest.
30 And
may the Lord grant unto you repentance, that ye may not bring down his wrath
upon you, that ye may not be bound down by the chains of hell, that ye may not suffer the second death.
18 Behold,
verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always lest ye enter
into temptation; for Satan desireth to have you, that he may sift you
as wheat.
19 Therefore
ye must always pray unto the Father in my name;
The sacrament unifies us as members of
Christ’s Church.
In our class our instructor talked about how the sacrament can
unify our ward in our individual efforts for each one of us to become more like
the Savior. He had us read 1 Corinthians 10:16–17 and asked us what
the word communion could mean in this context. He said we
could look for possible definitions in a dictionary. I looked it up the
footnotes first and then I looked it up in the Bible Dictionary.
So these are my thoughts, when we partake
of the water – the cup – it is the communion of the blood of Christ and when we
partake of the bread – it is the communion of the body of Christ _ the Sacrament😊
one bread one body – though there are many of us – we become one through the
Sacrament, we have a partnership with Jesus and we fellowship with one another.
We are renewing our baptismal promises that we made to the Lord to always
remember Him.
16 The cup of blessing which
we bless, is it not the communion of
the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is
it not the communion of the body of Christ?
17 For
we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers
of that one bread.
Footnote c -- GR aid,
fellowship, partnership.
Communion
A word used generally in Protestant and Catholic Christianity to
memorialize the sacrament of the Last Supper. It is so called because in
partaking of the sacramental emblems (the bread and water, or wine), one seeks
fellowship with the Master, for it is done in remembrance of Him. Paul uses the
concept in speaking of the meaning of the bread and the cup of the Lord’s
Supper (1 Cor. 10:16–21).
He also speaks of the communion of the Holy Ghost (2 Cor. 13:14).
He then asked us how has partaking of the sacrament together helped each one of us individually to feel more united? I think what unites us as we partake of the sacrament is that we may be all different individually but as we come together we have our focus upon Jesus Christ – upon the blood He freely spilt for each one of us individually and upon His body which he also gave up freely to pay the price of our individual sins and transgressions.
What can we do to foster unity during sacrament meeting? I think
preparing for the sacrament by listening to inspiring music, thinking about any wrong doings,
transgressions or sins that we need to repent of and to repent of them prior to
Sunday, studying our scriptures, studying about Jesus Christ, all these things should
be done prior to the Sabbath day. Thinking of the welfare of others as we meet
together. Smiling and greeting all we meet prior to the sacrament meeting is
helpful as well, I think. All these things should help foster unity among those
present. Our greetings should be in reverent tones
During the sacrament we can remember His Atonement, remember
that we are each a child of God and that we are each loved by the same Father
in heaven and too, by His Son, Jesus Christ, we could keep a favorite scripture
or hymn, primary song in our minds, being as reverent as we can so as not to
disturb others in their concentration upon the sacrament. These things should
help allow everyone to keep their focus upon the Savior and His Atoning
sacrifice for us all.
How does Paul’s counsel “let a man examine himself” relate to
this goal? 1 Corinthians 11:28. We are to examine ourselves
to be sure that we have repented of all our sins and discretions of all of our
wrong choices, or judgment of others, our cross words or thoughts, anything that
would make us unworthy to take the sacrament
This next section for personal scripture study
comes from the manual Come, Follow Me, for Individuals and Families:
Ideas for Personal
Scripture Study
The sacrament unifies us as followers of Christ.
Although
the ordinance of the sacrament involves a personal commitment between an
individual and the Lord, it is also an experience we share with others—we almost always partake of the sacrament together, as a body of
Saints. Read what Paul taught about the sacrament, and think about how this
sacred ordinance can help “many” become “one” in Christ (1 Corinthians 10:17).
How
might you draw strength from partaking of the sacrament with other believers?
How does this influence the way you prepare for the sacrament and how you strive
to keep your baptismal covenants?
17 For
we being many
are one bread, and one
body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
Why did Paul write
about head coverings and hairstyles?
Paul
referred to cultural customs of dress and grooming in order to teach about the
relationships between men, women, and the Lord. While we do not follow these
customs today, we can still learn from Paul’s declaration in 1 Corinthians 11:11 that men and women are
both needed in the Lord’s plan, both in marriage and in the Church. As Elder
David A. Bednar taught, “The man and the woman are intended to learn from,
strengthen, bless, and complete each other” as they progress together toward
exaltation (“We Believe in Being Chaste,” Ensign or Liahona, May,
2013, 42; see also Mark 10:6–9).
If you would like to, you can read the entire talk here:
We should seek for gifts of the Spirit to benefit
all of Heavenly Father’s children.
·
How do you think you can help your family members and friends to
review the spiritual gifts Paul described and how can you help your family
members and friends to recognize the great variety of spiritual gifts? You could
give your family members and friends some time to make a list of as many gifts
of the Spirit they can think of.
When they are done, you can ask your family members and friends to share with one another what they wrote until every gift they listed has been mentioned. Then you, your family members and friends could find other gifts to add to their lists by searching 1 Corinthians 12 and Elder Marvin J. Ashton’s list in his talk “There Are Many Gifts,”
When they are done, you can ask your family members and friends to share with one another what they wrote until every gift they listed has been mentioned. Then you, your family members and friends could find other gifts to add to their lists by searching 1 Corinthians 12 and Elder Marvin J. Ashton’s list in his talk “There Are Many Gifts,”
Spiritual gifts you may not have thought of.
Elder Marvin J. Ashton shared these examples of what
he called “less-conspicuous gifts” of the Spirit: “The gift of asking;
the gift of listening; the gift of hearing and using a still, small
voice; the gift of being able to weep; the gift of avoiding
contention; the gift of being agreeable; the gift of avoiding
vain repetition; the gift of seeking that which is righteous; the
gift of not passing judgment; the gift of looking to God for guidance;
the gift of being a disciple; the gift of caring for others; the
gift of being able to ponder; the gift of offering prayer; the
gift of bearing a mighty testimony; and the gift of receiving the
Holy Ghost” (“There Are Many Gifts,” Ensign, Nov.
1987, 20).
You can read his whole talk here: https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1987/10/there-are-many-gifts?lang=eng
I read through this talk and found there are many more gifts than I
knew about before hand – what about you?
Which of these gifts have you or your family members and/or
friends seen in people you or they know? How do you think developing these
gifts might help you, your family members and friends to become like Jesus
Christ?
To help your family members and friends to see examples of how
developing their spiritual gifts helps edify the Church? You might want to ask
your family members and friends to think of spiritual gifts people in the
scriptures had. For some ideas, you could ask your family members and friends
to search one of the following scripture references:
Scriptural examples of
spiritual gifts.
After they have finished looking up their scriptures have them share
the spiritual gifts that they think that person had. Now for a couple more questions: How did these
people’s spiritual gifts bless themselves and others? How can we use our
spiritual gifts to bless others and edify the body of Christ, or the Church?
(see 1 Corinthians 12:12–31; see also 1 Corinthians 14:12).
12 Even
so ye, forasmuch as ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that ye may
excel to the edifying of the church.
To help your family members and friends to understand how to
develop spiritual gifts, you could read together 1 Corinthians 12:27–31; Moroni 7:48; 10:23, 30; Doctrine and Covenants 46:8; and this quotation by
President George Q. Cannon:
Seek spiritual gifts.
President George Q. Cannon (1827–1901) of the First
Presidency said that it is our duty “to pray to God to give [us] the gifts
that will correct [our] imperfections. … They are intended for this
purpose. No man ought to say, ‘Oh, I cannot help this; it is my nature.’ He is
not justified in it, for the reason that God has promised to give strength to
correct these things, and to give gifts that will eradicate them. If a man
lack wisdom, it is his duty to ask God for wisdom. The same with everything
else” (Millennial Star, Apr. 23, 1894, 260).
48 Wherefore,
my beloved brethren, pray unto the Father with all the energy of heart,
that ye may be filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all
who are true followers of his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye
may become the sons of God; that when he shall appear we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this
hope; that we may be purified even as he is pure. Amen.
23 And
Christ truly said unto our fathers: If ye have faith ye can do all things which are
expedient unto me.
30 And
again I would exhort you that ye would come unto Christ, and lay hold upon every good gift, and touch not the evil gift, nor the unclean thing.
8 Wherefore,
beware lest ye are deceived; and that ye may not be deceived seek ye earnestly the best gifts, always
remembering for what they are given;
Now for a couple more questions for you to ask your family
members and friends: What do these resources teach each one of us about how to
obtain spiritual gifts? How do you think that developing spiritual gifts make
us more like Christ? Ask your family members and friends to select a gift that they
would like to obtain and then to seek the Lord’s help in acquiring that gift.
This next part for personal scripture study comes directly from
the manual Come, Follow Me for Individuals and Families:
Ideas for Personal
Scripture Study
Spiritual gifts are given to benefit all of Heavenly
Father’s children.
The
list of spiritual gifts in 1 Corinthians 12–13 is not exhaustive. But it
is a good place to start as you identify and ponder the spiritual gifts
Heavenly Father has given you. The article “Spiritual Gifts” in Gospel Topics (topics.lds.org) may help you understand these gifts
better. You might add to Paul’s list gifts you have noticed in others, in
yourself, or in people in the scriptures. If you have a patriarchal blessing,
it may also mention some of your spiritual gifts. How do these gifts help us
build God’s kingdom? Consider what you will do to seek “earnestly the best
gifts” (1 Corinthians 12:31).
31 But covet earnestly the
best gifts: and yet shew
I unto you a more excellent way.
18 Behold,
verily, verily, I say unto you, ye must watch and pray always lest ye enter
into temptation; for Satan desireth to have you, that he may sift you
as wheat.
19 Therefore
ye must always pray unto the Father in my name;
Charity is the greatest spiritual gift.
Often times people associate charity as giving donations to the
poor or kindness toward others. I think that being charitable and being kind to
one another fit right I with the greatest commandment and the second one being
like unto the first. In doing these things you are showing charity, but Paul’s
description is even more expansive. You might ask your family members and
friend to read and ponder 1 Corinthians chapter13 as this may be very
helpful to you and your family members and friends in your study.- and
understanding,
Then ask them to think of someone that they know, who is a good
example, of one or more of the aspects of charity that Paul mentions in this
chapter of scripture. You could ask one or more of your family members if they could
describe the person they thought of and a time when they thought this person
showed Charity. Another thing you may want to do is to make a list of the parts
of Paul’s description on a paper or chart. Then ask your family members to
share ideas about what they think that it means to “suffereth long” or “not
[be] easily provoked” as it is written in 1 Corinthians 13:4-5.
4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind;
charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not
puffed up,
How did the Savior exemplify these attributes of charity? How do
we develop charity? We can search Moroni 7:46–48.
46 Wherefore,
my beloved brethren, if ye have not charity, ye are nothing, for charity never
faileth. Wherefore, cleave unto charity, which is the greatest of all,
for all things must fail—
47 But charity is
the pure love of
Christ, and it endureth forever;
and whoso is found possessed of it at the last day, it shall be well with
him.
48 Wherefore,
my beloved brethren, pray unto
the Father with all the energy of heart, that ye may be
filled with this love, which he hath bestowed upon all who are true followers of
his Son, Jesus Christ; that ye may become the sons of God;
that when he shall appear we shall be like
him, for we shall see him as he is; that we may have this
hope; that we may be purified even
as he is pure. Amen.
This next section comes from the manual Come,
Follow Me, for Individuals and Families:
Ideas for Family
Scripture Study and Family Home Evening
As you read the scriptures with your
family, seek inspiration in order to meet the needs of your family. The
following suggestions might help:
Since Paul
compared living the gospel to running a race, you could have a family race to
illustrate his point. Award a crown to everyone who finishes the race, and
discuss how all who are diligent in following Jesus Christ in this life will win
the “incorruptible” prize (1 Corinthians 9:25; see also 2 Timothy 4:7–8). What might a champion runner do
to prepare for a race? Likewise, what can we do to prepare to return to
Heavenly Father?
Paul compared living the gospel to
running a race.
Consider giving everyone a piece of paper with the name of
another family member at the top. Ask everyone to list the spiritual gifts they
notice that person has. You could then pass the papers in a circle until
everyone has had a chance to write about each family member’s gifts.
Why is the Holy Ghost necessary to gain a testimony of Jesus
Christ? What can we do to invite the Holy Ghost to strengthen our testimonies of
Him?
Paul’s analogy of a body
could be a memorable way to discuss family unity. For example, family members
could try drawing a body made only of eyes or ears (see verse 17). What do these verses suggest about how
we should treat each other as family members?
Paul’s
definition of charity might make an inspiring motto for your family. You could
assign each family member to study a phrase in verses 4–8 and teach the rest of the family
what it means using definitions, examples, and personal experiences. How is the
Savior an example of these attributes? You could also make posters together for
each of these phrases and display them throughout your house. Be creative!
For
more ideas for teaching children, see this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Primary.
Do your family members and friends know
that the doctrines of baptisms for the dead and the three degrees of glory are
referred to in the Bible? As you, your family members and friends study 1 Corinthians 14–16 during
the upcoming week you will be learning about these truths.
I just
looked up for a minute and looked down only to find that here we are again – at
the end of our lesson for today😊
I hope that you have enjoyed today’s
lesson, it has been very helpful got me to learn from Paul’s wisdom and his
teachings. We learned of faith, hope, and charity, of these three, charity is
the greatest. I believe that all three are needed but charity is the most important.
Charity never faileth! Charity is the pure love of Christ. Just think of how
our homes, neighborhoods, communities, towns and cities, states and eventually
the world would change if each one of us had more charity one towards another😊
Just another thought; what f we all
focused our lives upon the two greatest commandments. The love the Lord with
all our hearts, might, mind and soul. And the second is like unto it. Love one
another as Jesus did. Don’t you think that if we all became a little more
focused upon these two commandments that we would be a little closer to having
the greatest spiritual gift of charity? Just remember that possessing charity
is the greatest of all spiritual gifts, so we should definitely be diligently seeking
after it.
As always, I hope, and I pray that you
will each remember just who you truly are – a child of God. He loves each one
of you individually and He is there for you. He knows each one of you individually
and He knows what you need each and every day. Pray to Him. He will answer your
prayers. He won’t give you any more than He knows that you can handle – with His
help! 😊
Remember to share what you have learned
with your family members, your neighbors and your friends😊 I
know that this is what we are supposed to be doing and I try, but I think I need
to try harder – especially with my family😊I know how hard it can be to share things
that seem to fall on deaf ears, but I believe that it is still worth every
effort that you make to share the word of God with those you love.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is so
amazing!!! It will change your life for the better to help you to become the
best ‘you’ that you can become in this life if you will follow the teachings of
Jesus Christ with all the diligence you can muster. You will be blessed in this
life and in the life to come😊 I believe this to be true!! I do hope
that you have learned something new in our studies today. Until my next post,
please be sure to make it a spectacular week!!!
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