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I teach Gospel Doctrine (I absolutely love it!) and today I combined the two lessons in Ether (because we have more lessons than we do weeks left in the year). Here is something I put together for my lesson:
Lessons Learned from the Book of Ether
1. Do more than pray - “Pray” is used only once in the book of Ether, by Moroni (Ether 12:36). Rather, the brother of Jared converses with the Lord. He “cries” unto the Lord and the Lord “has compassion” on him and his family. (Ether 1)
2. The Lord gives us the answer/solution sometimes and other times he expects to come up with it ourselves, and then present it to him for His approval. (Ether 2)
3. Do all that we can do - Ether didn’t just grab a handful of rocks - he moltened them and got them as close to perfect as possible (white and clear, even as transparent glass). (Ether 3:1)
4. By Faith all things are possible. (Ether 3, 12)
5. Men are created in the image of God. (Ether 3:15)
6. Whatsoever thing persuadeth men to do good is of our Savior and Heavenly Father. (Ether 4:12)
7. If we come unto Christ, He will show us the greater things and give us knowledge. (Ether 4:13)
8. Faith is things hoped for and not seen. (Ether 12:6)
9. It is only after we exercise faith that we will receive a witness. (Ether 12:7)
10. It is only through Faith that miracles are wrought. (Ether 12:12)
11. We are given weaknesses that we may be humble and to ask for help. (Ether 12:27)
12. We must have both Faith and Hope (Ether 12)
13. Even though we are not perfect, we can still be a tool in God’s hands. (Ether 12:23-27)
14. It is Faith, Hope, and Charity that bringeth unto Him, the fountain of all righteousness. (Ether 12:28)
15. Only the righteous will be preserved upon this land. (the book of Ether)
There are some really great things, and some really sad things, contained within the book of Ether. I love Moroni's commentary throughout.
FYI, I found a really great site this weekend that had some cool posters about Book of Mormon heros... The site is www.realheroposters.com. Check them out - I ended up ordering like 7 of them. :)
Sunday, December 14, 2008
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2 comments:
Loved your outline, sorry you don't get to give it tomorrow, but Dad and I are looking forward to doing our own family "church" tomorrow now that we are "snowed in".
I remember that time you were at college and Jason had to dig out your apartment when it snowed that one Sunday. Good subject for another blog...
Could you email me this text, I can't copy it from your blog.
Brother David Steindl-Rast :
Gratefulness is the key to a happy life that we hold in our hands, because if we are not grateful, then no matter how much we have we will not be happy -- because we will always want to have something else or something more.Yours is a nice blog.
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