Using Agency Wisely: Consequences
Filed under: For the Strength of the Youth, Life Lessons, Making Decisions, Old Testament
In order to learn to make wise use of our eternal gift of agency, we must understand that each choice we make has consequences. These consequences can affect our entire lives and even our eternities. They also affect others. When we learn to evaluate the consequences of our choices, we are better able to make wise choices and get the most from our agency.
In the past, many Mormons used the term “free agency” to describe our God-given right to choose for ourselves. Today, church leaders discourage that term, because agency is not free, and they want us to understand this. Instead, they encourage the use of the term “moral agency.” Read more
Teens: Find the Spirit in Quiet Moments
Filed under: Life Lessons, Living the Gospel, Peer Pressure
It was a defining moment in our recent Sunday School class. We had been talking about the need and value of repentance, of the happiness it can bring to those who come back to the light and love of Christ, of the need to let go of the things of this world, when a woman raised her hand.
Teens: Finding Tender Mercies in Trials
Filed under: For the Strength of the Youth, Life Lessons, Living the Gospel
“But behold, I, Nephi, will show unto you that the tender mercies of the Lord are over all those whom he hath chosen, because of their faith, to make them mighty even unto the power of deliverance” (1 Nephi 1:20).
Teens: Is Being a Little Off Course Okay?
August 22, 2008 by Laurie W · Leave a Comment
Filed under: For the Strength of the Youth, Life Lessons, Living the Gospel, Peer Pressure“It can’t hurt.”
Teens: Perspective
July 29, 2008 by Laurie W · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Discovering Yourself, Life Lessons, Living the Gospel, Service OpportunitiesThis was the lesson I gave in my Young Women’s class recently. I didn’t make it to Sunday School, where most of my spiritual epiphanies originate, so I’m taking my inspiration from the messages I delivered in class.
Teens: A Loving Heavenly Father
There is a time in the life of Jesus Christ where my appreciation and love for our Heavenly Father knows no bounds.
Teens: A Father Who Doesn’t Give Up
June 3, 2008 by Laurie W · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Book of Mormon, For Parents & Leaders, Life Lessons, Scripture TimeJune is perhaps one of my favorite months. No, not because school is almost out (hooray!). I love the fact that we get to celebrate fathers.
Teens: Making Weak Things Strong
May 19, 2008 by Laurie W · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Book of Mormon, Life Lessons, Living the GospelI took a weightlifting class my senior year of high school, and loved it! After just a few weeks of working the different machines I discovered new, fairly awesome muscles in places I didn’t think muscles existed.
Teens Activity: Changing One Step at a Time
Changing bad behaviors isn’t going to happen overnight, no matter how eager we may be to make it happen. The further into sin we are, the more difficult it will be to turn around. It’s important to help youth understand that making significant changes to better our lives needs to be a step-by-step process.
Teens:When Feeling Lost, Count Your Blessings
I’ve been fairly weepy the last few weeks (though I heartily exclaim there is no coincidence with my kids being off-track at the same time). It feels something like being two seconds away from bursting into tears at any moment. The littlest thing, whether it’s a tender or a frustrating moment, will set me off.
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