Write: Peaceful, Uneasy
Read situationals:
• Joshua is fifteen years old. Many of his friends of the same age have dates for an upcoming school activity and are encouraging him to get a date as well.
• Jose attends an area conference where the prophet speaks. Afterward he is invited to the stand to shake hands with the prophet.
• Fiona is attending a party with her friends. One of her friends invites the group to watch a video with lots of profanity and crude jokes.
• Yves loves sports, but a member of his team swears every time someone makes a mistake in a game.
• Nadya is called to server as president of her Young Women’s class.
• Kamau is the high school debate president. After his team wins a debate away from home, some of his friends break out some alcohol to celebrate and ask him to join them.
What can influence people to feel differently in the same setting?
Can people change how they feel about situations?
Isaiah 6:1, 5-7
How did Isaiah feel when he was brought into the presence of God?
Alma 36:12-14
How is Alma’s experience like what Isaiah describes?
If a prophet like Isaiah felt unworthy to be in the Lord’s presence how do you think the wicked would feel?
Alma 36:18-20
What happened to help Alma to feel joy?
Mormon 9:1-2
Who is Moroni speaking to in these verses?
Mormon 9:3-4
How would the wicked feel to be in the presence of the Lord?
Doctrine and Covenants 88:27-33
Why wouldn’t some people be comfortable to be in the presence of the Lord?
In what ways do these verses show the Lord’s mercy?
What can we do to feel more worthy to be in the presence of the Lord?
Elder Lorenzo Snow:
“God loves His offering, the human family….He loves them all and His plans are for the salvation of the whole, and He will bring all up into that position in which they will be as happy and as comfortable as they are willing to be” (The Teachings of Lorenzo Snow, comp. Clyde J. Williams [1984], 91).What is a miracle?
What are some of the miracles that are noted in the scriptures?
Do miracles happen today?
Have any of you witnessed a miracle?
What principles of the gospel need to be present for miracles to occur? (Faith and many cases prayer and priesthood power.)
In what ways has the Holy Ghost comforted, warned, or taught you?
What are some of God’s miracles that are all around us? (birth, creation of the earth, restoration of the gospel, patriarchal blessings…)
Mormon 9:21, 27-28
How can having faith in Jesus Christ, not doubting, and living righteously help prepare you to receive miracles?
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