Perfecting the Saints — One Lesson at a Time
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/11/jacob-4-focus-on-christ.html How do we focus on Christ? Jacob 4:14 tells us that many of us look beyond the mark. What is the mark? Elder Neal A. Maxwell tells us the mark is Christ. (Jesus of Nazareth, Savior and King. Ensign, Dec 2007)
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/11/jacob-4-plates.html Jacob tells us in Jacob 4:1-2 that the plates were difficult to write on. But they would preserve the knowledge of his people for their posterity far better than any other means. I took a cereal box and cut it up into rectangles that would fit into their journals. Then covered them in heavy duty foil. Each person was to take a toothpick and write their testimony or something…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/11/jacob-3-feast-on-gods-love.html Jacob 3:1-2: Jacob exhorts the pure in heart to: Look unto God with firmness of mindPray unto him with exceeding faithLift up your heads and receive the pleasing word of GodFeast on Gods love What is God’s love? How can we feast on it? I had each of them take a graham cracker Spread on frostingThen write something from the scriptures, gospel principal or thing they learned in…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/11/jacob-2-pride.html President Dieter F. Uchtdorf of the First Presidency. ..“At its core, pride is a sin of comparison, for though it usually begins with ‘Look how wonderful I am and what great things I have done,’ it always seems to end with ‘Therefore, I am better than you.’ …“… This is the sin of ‘Thank God I am more special than you.’ At its core is the desire to be admired…
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I wrote this script to use as a reader’s theater in my Seminary class while teaching Jacob 7.
I made this study booklet for my class’ study of Jacob 5 over this weekend. It has a list of things that I think will make study of this difficult chapter easier for my students. It includes a list of symbols and their likely meaning. It includes information on some botanical aspects of olive tree production. It includes a list of assignments to help students delve more deeply into the…
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Downloaded from: http://ldsscriptureteachings.org/2013/11/12/angels-speak-the-words-of-christ/ In 2 Nephi 31 Nephi teaches what we should do after we are baptized. We are to “feast upon the words of Christ,” and “endure to the end.” (2 Nephi 31:20) In chapter 32 he illustrates what it means to … Continue reading →
Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/11/startled.html We happened to have a very small class the other day…THREE students. What a delight it is to have this type of one on one with them!At the conclusion of class, none of them wanted to leave.One went out of the room for a minute,next thing the rest of us knows, a pioneer woman was walking in the room!we were startled and surprised, then it hit us…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/11/2-nephi-32-prayer.html 2 Nephi 32:3 we talked about ways to actually “feast” on the words of Christ Nephi gives us some great advice on prayer:Elder David A. Bednar of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, counsel on how to “pray always.”“There may be things in our character, in our behavior, or concerning our spiritual growth about which we need to counsel with Heavenly Father in morning prayer. …“During the course of the…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/11/2-nephi-29-31.html What two things must we do to become part of God’s covenant people? (Look in 2 Nephi 30:2 for the answer.) One other thing we need to do…We need to be baptized. What do you remember about your baptism?If Christ was perfect, why did He have to be baptized? Read 2 Nephi 31: 5-9 for the answers.Nephi spoke of a gate opening to a path What is…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/11/2-nehphi-28-spiritual-crocodiles.html My all time favorite chapter to teach, Satan’s Playbook!! Nephi prophesied of some of the challenging conditions in the latter days, including the false teachings and pride of many churches that would be built up. He taught how to recognize false doctrines and worldly attitudes, and he warned of ways that Satan will try to distract us from righteousness. using an idea I found here, I was…
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Downloaded from: http://seminarymoments.blogspot.com/2013/11/2-nephi-21-22-new-carpet.html We meet at the stake center. This past month new carpet was being laid. We worked around the mess and still managed to have some fun lessons. I had gotten an idea for a game from a fellow LDS seminary teacher. I changed it up a bit to work with my class size and save trees :) The original directions had you putting a question into an envelope and handing…
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