How do the commandments help me learn to be more like Heavenly Father?
This lesson is from quite a while ago. I haven't shared several
youth Sunday school lessons, relief society handouts and some young women handouts and even some recipes and parties.
I'm hoping to share more of them as time goes on!
But if you have something you'd like to see first let me know!
I started this lesson asking the youth to imagine that they are riding along a mountain road, near a steep cliff, with a guardrail along the side of the road. As you are imagining this I want you to think about the following questions-How are the Lord's commandments like the guardrail? How are they like the road or street signs?
We talked about why Heavenly Father has given us commandments: to help us understand His will for us, commanded to love, we obey the commandments because we love Him, to receive celestial glory, warnings, guidance, help, strength.
We read:
D&C 82:8-10
Matthew 22:34-40
Section from Forget Me Not talk from Dieter F. Uchtdorf
In the Forget Me Not talk Elder Uchtdorf talks about how "understanding the 'what' and the 'how' of the gospel is necessary, the eternal fire and majesty of the gospel springs from the 'why'." I encouraged the youth to look deeper and notice the beauty that surrounds us, look more closely at the "why"s, when we realize why we are doing what we are doing it becomes sweeter and more meaningful to us. I also asked them to think about-Why they come to church? Why do they follow the commandments? etc.
We also talked about street signs and their different meanings.
We made a list of attributes of God. We then talked about how specific commandments can help us develop those attributes and become more like our Heavenly Father.
Other questions I asked are: Hoe does this affect the way they think about God's commandments? How might it affect their attitudes toward obedience to the commandments? How might it affect the choices they make?
When we focus on the WHY of the gospel of Jesus Christ, we realize commandments are like specialized instructions almost like a road map of life from our Heavenly Father. Even if life gets ROCKY, if we stay on the ROAD of obedience we will return to our Father in heaven.
For the handout I wanted to give mini Rocky Road candy bars. A full Rocky Road candy bar is always an option too, I just love the mini ones for handouts. It happened to be fast Sunday when I gave this lesson so I didn't actually give a treat, I just ended up giving the tag and the youth was able to take one if they wanted.
Find the Free Printable for the 'Rocky Road Commandment' tag-HERE!
This post may contain affiliate links, but all opinions are my own.
youth Sunday school lessons, relief society handouts and some young women handouts and even some recipes and parties.
I'm hoping to share more of them as time goes on!
But if you have something you'd like to see first let me know!
I started this lesson asking the youth to imagine that they are riding along a mountain road, near a steep cliff, with a guardrail along the side of the road. As you are imagining this I want you to think about the following questions-How are the Lord's commandments like the guardrail? How are they like the road or street signs?
We talked about why Heavenly Father has given us commandments: to help us understand His will for us, commanded to love, we obey the commandments because we love Him, to receive celestial glory, warnings, guidance, help, strength.
We read:
D&C 82:8-10
Matthew 22:34-40
Section from Forget Me Not talk from Dieter F. Uchtdorf
In the Forget Me Not talk Elder Uchtdorf talks about how "understanding the 'what' and the 'how' of the gospel is necessary, the eternal fire and majesty of the gospel springs from the 'why'." I encouraged the youth to look deeper and notice the beauty that surrounds us, look more closely at the "why"s, when we realize why we are doing what we are doing it becomes sweeter and more meaningful to us. I also asked them to think about-Why they come to church? Why do they follow the commandments? etc.
We also talked about street signs and their different meanings.
We made a list of attributes of God. We then talked about how specific commandments can help us develop those attributes and become more like our Heavenly Father.
Other questions I asked are: Hoe does this affect the way they think about God's commandments? How might it affect their attitudes toward obedience to the commandments? How might it affect the choices they make?
When we focus on the WHY of the gospel of Jesus Christ, we realize commandments are like specialized instructions almost like a road map of life from our Heavenly Father. Even if life gets ROCKY, if we stay on the ROAD of obedience we will return to our Father in heaven.
For the handout I wanted to give mini Rocky Road candy bars. A full Rocky Road candy bar is always an option too, I just love the mini ones for handouts. It happened to be fast Sunday when I gave this lesson so I didn't actually give a treat, I just ended up giving the tag and the youth was able to take one if they wanted.
Find the Free Printable for the 'Rocky Road Commandment' tag-HERE!
This post may contain affiliate links, but all opinions are my own.
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