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Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/3-nephi-18-19-prayer.html Near the conclusion of the Savior’s visit to the Nephites on the first day, He encouraged the people to go to their homes and ponder and pray about His teachings to prepare for His visit the next day (see 3 Nephi 17:3). Our righteous desires and prayers can qualify us to be filled with the Holy Ghost. Elder Robert D. Hales of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles…“The Holy Ghost ……
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Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/3-nephi-17-joy.html Used this video to teach this chapter. President Ezra Taft Benson:“That man is greatest and most blessed and joyful whose life most closely approaches the pattern of the Christ. This has nothing to do with earthly wealth, power, or prestige. The only true test of greatness, blessedness, joyfulness is how close a life can come to being like the Master, Jesus Christ. He is the right way,…
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Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/3-nephi-14-judging.html Love this video from Mormon Messages called: Looking through Windows
Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/3-nephi-1-7-anaconda.html Need to cover a lot of chapters at once?A fellow seminary teacher, David Palmer, did the following activity for 3 Nephi 1-7, he says: “I will occasionally put the desk in a snake like order and put questions on each desk and allow students to work on the questions as music is played, then after a min. or so they switch to the next desk. Just makes…
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Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/helaman-13-16-samuel-lamanite.html The only Lamanite Prophet in the Book of Mormon… SamuelWe looked up scriptures to see what Samuel wanted the people to know.using an idea from a fellow seminary teacher, Debbie Duran,we made a spiritual wallI gave each of them a pieces of paper and had them write what keeps them close to the gospel.Then I handed them arrows in which they needed to write a temptation of…
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Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/sunrise.html Leaving seminary each morning I often get these spectacular views on my way to work… It is hard to believe that often as of late…This is what I see when I pull into the church parking lot at 5:45 AMWe have had many days cancelled because of the weather this year. In order to get through all 160 lessons, I either have to just forget about what…
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Bro Simon Says
April 26, 2014
Originally posted on The Book of Mormon Translation Challenge:
Click graphi to read 2 Nephi 32-Jacob 1 Painting credit: Al Young These pages mark a major transition in the Book of Mormon. Nephi’s final words are found in chapters 32-33. Once again we find his great anxiety for our welfare and his pattern for plainness…
Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/helman-8-9-pride.html yet another lesson in which I get to use the talk by Ezra Taft Benson calledBeware of PrideMay 1989 EnsignI started off class by showing them this video: We discussed the characteristics of an octopus:uncanny eyesightsqueeze into tight spaces-no skeletonhide and waitmaster at disguisesGrow large tentacles President Benson says:”The Doctrine and Covenants tells us that the Book of Mormon is the “record of a fallen people.” (D&C 20:9.) Why did…
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Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/helaman-6-7-holy-ghost.html Our attitudes and actions can result in an increase OR a decrease of the influence of the Holy Ghost in our lives. From this great blog post, by Russel Simon, I was able to show a fantastic visual to the class! I ask you, are you:Cup DownCup SidewaysCup UpOur position is determined by our attitudes and actions. Elder David A. Bednar said:“We should also endeavor to discern when…
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Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/helaman-5-remember.html When I say “Pop Rocks” what comes to your mind? After you have tasted these exploding candies, you will ALWAYS REMEMBER them. It is easy to recall what they felt like, tasted like and I bet you can even remember when and where you first tasted them. Here’s a statement by President Spencer W. Kimball. Read what he said about the importance of remembering the gospel teachings we…
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Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/helaman-1-2-contention.html Envy, Contention are dangerous and lead us to things we would normally not do! I made a insert for their scriptures or journal: (feel free to copy and paste and size it for your own use) ELDER JEFFREY R. HOLLAND, April 2012“…there are going to be times in our lives when someone else gets an unexpected blessing or receives some special recognition. May I plead with us not to be…
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Jennifer Smith
April 26, 2014
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2014/04/alma-40-42-what-happens-when-we-die.html Life is often viewed in the world as an incomplete puzzle.People have pieces of understanding, BUT often don’thave a complete understanding of how life and deathfit together I broke them up into two groups for this activity. I made up my own pattern for a puzzle. On each piece I wrote a scripture verse from Alma 40-42 that related to the spirit world and the Resurrection.Then I…
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