Lesson for July 22, 2018

Today Lana Horrocks taught us about “God Wants All do His Childreen to be Watched Over ad Cared For.” The aim is to discuss ministering to out sisters. We talked about our challenge from last week to behold the Man. Sometimes we behold the Man in other people. Lana began the lesson by quoting from Sister Bingham, that said that our service to others is how much we have of attributes that are like Christ’s attributes. She showed the church video about tapestries and what it means to be a disciple of Christ. A spiritual tapestry. Elder Robert D. Hales suggested Christlike attributes are an interwoven tapestry. As we strengthen one attribute, we strengthen others. A constellation of interwoven attriubutes help us in our discipeship. We are all called to be disciples of our Savior. We might not have endless miracles, but we can be part of a miracle by doing small things. Several sisters discussed how being served contributed to miracles in their lives, including other members who were good examples or leaders to them. Lana discussed companionship>. Has your ministering sister helped your faith grow. The sister being ministered to can make the ones doing the ministering feel valued. We discussed patience and feeling patience in adversity. We need to support each other through faith and conveying to others our faith. True ministering is accomplishe through love. We need to be brave in our testimony of Christ. We can mentor the younger sisters through including them in Relief Society and fee valued and of service. We all have experiences that are special and we can lift others through our example and our words.

Lesson for July 15, 2018

Today our lesson was taught by Kari Allssup about a talk given by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Behold the Man!” Kari started by making a list of life’s greatest feelings: joy—babies, grandkids, the temple, parents, food, gospel, accomplishment. Missionary work marriage, nature, conversion, family talents, love, flowers, understanding. In comparison life’s greatest despairs—death, sickness, wayward family members, divorce, loneliness, mental health issues, failure, addiction, loss of employment, inactivity in the Church. Elder Uchtdorf said those who find a way to view the holiness of the man find ways to behold the man. These words were used by Pontus Pilate to refer to beholding Christ. He is there for us. Behold as a word is deeper than Saying to look. Behold is to observe. Beholden is to owe and recognition. Elder Uchtdorf ask us what do we need to do to behold the man? Out of perfect I’ve He gave all that we might receive all and we owe him to show our own dedication. Our personal worship and scripture study can help us develop dedication. This phrase is related to the ordinance of the sacrament. Do we know Jesus or do we know the facts about him? Do we know the Savior or do we just know about him? Some sisters accepted the challenge to fat from social media and read their scriptures instead. They were uplifted. Realizing the sacrifice of Jesus to affect our lives can uplift us and help us to connect with others. The Lord knows where you are and can help you with your trials where you are and can wipe clean our problems, little or great. Learning to behold the man is to learn to trust Christ. When we behold Jesus Christ, we can see Him as He is and not create Him in our image. ask yourself if you will recognize Him when He ones again. Reflect on your favorite stories of Jesus. Mentioned were the woma with the issue of blood. She was wealthy, but humble enough to touch the hem of His cloak. Imagine the humility that took for her to be that humble in a public place. She was in despair enough to be humble enough to seek help from Christ.The woman who was caught in adultery shows Christ’s Patience. In Ether 12:19, it says there were many whose faith was so strong they could not be kept from within the veil and could behold the Savior. We’re being invited over and over to come close enough to the Savior that we can behold him. Take a moment to assess where we are in the process of holding the Savior.

Lesson for July 8, 2018

Today our lesson was given by Karli Stewart about the talk by Elder Bednar, “Meek and Lowly of Heart.” The challenge last week was to take a personal inventory of ways to stay safe. Karli said that this was an excellent talk. She looked up the definition of meekness.The world’s definition was humble and weak, but the gospel’s definition is to be willing to follow and act as we should. We live in coarsening times and we may misunderstand meekness. Karli split us up into groups to discuss meekiness. We discussed examples in the scriptures, such as Pahoran. It’s not all about us. We need to have patience and meekness. Or Amulek who was told by an angel o receive Alma and become his partner. It resulted in Amulek becoming a great missionary. First, meekness isn’t passive. Our meekness can increase as we practice it, along with other attributes that would enhance meekness. The strength to withhold immediate judgment. The bad example was the rich young ruler who rejected Christ’s injunction to sell his goods and gain riches in heaven. Meekness goes against the natural man, yet it is a Christlike attribute. Sometimes it is hard to give up our position or our belongings because it establishes our self-identity. It is harder to give up such things due to pride. Then we inhibit ourselves. The opposite of meekness is pride. Ezra Taft Benson gave a great talk about Pride that tells about the opposite of pride. Temper and anger gets in the way of meekness, as does selfishness. our greatest example of meekness is Christ who said, :If it be Thy will.’ w need to focus on what Heavenly Father wants us to be. Karli asked us to write down what may be holding us back from being meek. If we are meek and try to be meek, we can develop this attribute.