Teaching By the Spirit
We have talked about how to recognize the spirit and different ways we can see the hand of God in our lives. Now we want to apply that recognition into something greater. Quote 1.
Simon Says (5min)
- What skill did you have to focus on to know what Simon was saying?
- LISTEN. Quote 2
Group Activity (20 min)
- How to plan a mini lesson
- Begin with a prayer to be guided by the spirit.
- Read material you will teach together.
- Come up with an idea of what you want to focus on when you teach.
- Split into pairs.
- You will be studying a topic to teach to another pair in the class. (Hand out copied pages from PMG - pgs 31-32, 36-38,51-53, 61-66, 85) You have 10 min:
- Who is God?/Godhead
- What is the Book of Mormon?
- The Restoration
- The Atonement
- The Spirit World
- Faith
- Repentance
- Baptism
- Gift of the Holy Ghost
- Enduring to the End
- Eternal Marriage
How do you feel the Spirit lead you
- Planning? Teaching?
Quotes
- “As the Lord’s servant, you are to do His work in His way and by His power. Some missionaries feel confident that they know how to be successful. Others lack such confidence. Remember, however, that your confidence and faith should be in Christ, not in yourself. Rely on the Spirit rather than your own talents and abilities. Trust the Spirit to guide you in every aspect of your work. The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that the Spirit is basic to teach and preaching.”
- President Boyd K. Packer taught: “THe voice of the SPirit is described in the scripture as being neither ‘loud’ nor ‘harsh.’ It is ‘not a voice of thunder, neither… a voice of great tumultuous noise.’ But rather, ‘a still small voice of perfect mildness, as if it had been a whisper,’ and it can ‘pierce even to the very soul’ and ‘cause [the heart] to burn.’ The Spirit does not get our attention by shouting or shaking us with a heavy hand. Rather it whispers. It caresses so gently that if we are preoccupied we may not feel it at all.
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