Lesson for May 7, 2017

Lesson for May y, 2017 We had a spotlight on Jennifer Atwood. Then there was a visiting teaching spotlight by Lisa Merrill with a video from lds.org. . Today our lesson was given by Charlene Farnwortrh as a member of the Relief Society presidency. It was on visiting teaching messages we are asked to take to our sisters. One of her favorite parts of visiting teaching is the discussion part. She wonders why we are asked to take specific messages. The reason we go visiting teaching is to become closer to Christ. She went through the messages we had so far this year. How does Relief Society prepare women for their divine roles?--January. She asked how does Relief Society help women fulfill Heavenly Father’s divine role for women? Inspiration. Strength. Knowing who we are. Purpose. Influence. Worth. Covenants. Connection. Unity. Then we had a discussion. Claudia Laycock said she’s glad she’s a woman. She has worked in a man’s world all her career and did a lot of firsts. Charlene handed out a sentence with blanks: “I will organize the women after the order of the priesthood” by Joseph Smith. She also used videos from mormon.org to illustrate certain points. How can we express our love for Jesus Christ’s Atonement? We know that all shall be made alive through Christ’s Atonement. Discussion came up with the message, Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Charlene called on sisters. One said we could focus on the Savior during the sacrament Barbara Aldredge said at Women’s Conference at BYU they talked about accepting callings and asking for help from Christ to do those callings. Others mentioned serving. Others said to share what we know. March was about the enabling power of Jesus Christ to help our weaknesses become strong. We can help to lift the burdens of others. Christ can heal us. He sees us as glorious beings who can achieve great things. For the gospel to be effective in our lives, we need to be firmly attached to Christ. Christ invites us to come unto him and be transformed. Our faith can make us whole. Jesus said, I will go before your face. I will be on your right hand and on your left. Chelsey Jolley said that Greg made a commitment before he went to graduate school he said he wouldn’t do homework on Sunday. He kept his callings. He often woke up early to do his homework, but he did not break his commitments to the gospel and he was blessed to become good at his academic work. In April the message was about the Oath and Covenant of the Priesthood. We need to know what it is. In D&C 84:33-44 is the oath. It is about the priesthood power used by Christ to create the worlds. Those who hold the priesthood become the sons of Abraham. He that receives Christ receives his father and receive the benefits of everything our Heavenly Father has. The love of Jesus Christ is our guide, if we are to become aware of those in need we can help.