Vincent Poulaert (11) did not always know that Jesus Christ is the Savior, that He and Heavenly Father love him, and that his prayers would be answered. But he knows it now. Early each morning the Poulaert family reads the scriptures together. Last year they were reading from the Book of Mormon. One day they […]
This talk is taken from the April 2010 General Conference ==================== Never, Never Give Up By By Mary N. Cook First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency Have you ever been afraid and discouraged as you’ve faced a challenge that seemed far beyond your ability? Have you ever wanted to give up? Imagine how […]
"My oldest son, Jake, taught Family Home Evening a couple of weeks ago. It all started with a simple experiment. I told Jake that if I poured oil on water it would float on top of the water. Then we went for the food coloring. Then it turned into a discussion, mostly his idea, that […]
Items needed: a picture of a straight road with hills (draw or find one) Lesson Here is another object lesson from my friend Brent Anderson, a former Seminary teacher: "This isn't so much of an object lesson, but the kids really responded to this. The straight and narrow path is, of course, straight and narrow, […]
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets (Amos 3:7). If God himself told His prophet something that the whole world needed to hear, but that prophet lived long ago or far away, how could we get the message? Answer: The prophets carefully wrote it down […]
Pass around the kiwi fruit. Make the point that the kiwi has a rough, unpleasant, hairy, tasteless exterior. Ask the students the following questions: What makes the kiwi fruit seem unappealing? (It's exterior.) What are some outward features by which we judge others? Who might be "kiwi people" around us? When the fruit has been […]
Karen Ashton, “Sharing Time: The Prophets Testify of Jesus Christ’s Birth,” Friend, Dec 1997, 14 Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world (3 Ne. 11:10). From the time of Adam, righteous men looked forward to the birth of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. The prophets taught that […]
In Joshua 24:15 we read: “Choose you this day whom ye will serve; … but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” (Josh. 24:15). Every day I make choices . I choose what to wear, what to say, what to read and watch, and how to act. The ability to make […]
He that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise (Prov. 12:15). Throughout my life, I have received “golden nuggets” of counsel and inspiration from the people around me. Some of those nuggets came from Primary teachers. I was a rambunctious (lively and somewhat mischievous) child who spent many hours sitting outside the classroom door in the time-out […]
Surely the Lord God will do nothing, but he revealeth his secret unto his servants the prophets. (Amos 3:7) Many peaceful events that happened before I was twelve years old were influenced by those sustained as prophets, seers, and revelators. When I was about seven years old, I attended stake conference with my family. Afterward, […]
