Lesson for Sunday Feb 8, 2015

Your decisions determine your destiny.  

We are so blessed to have Susie Rasmussen as a teacher in our Relief Society.  She will be leading us in a discussion about this topic from the Ezra Taft Benson manual.

Please read chapter #3 "Freedom of Choice, an Eternal Principle" HERE to be more prepared to add your personal insights in our discussion so we all can learn and benefit from each other.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED SUNDAY'S (2/1) LESSON....

Judy gave a wonderful lesson on the Courage of Women.  She told us a few stories of people who had challenges and had courage to face them and get through them.

We can learn from the story of Queen Esther:
     ~ Fasting with faith and a purpose, along with prayer, blesses us and others for whom we are calling upon the Lord.
     ~ We all have important missions to fulfill in mortality.  Being righteous, obedient, and courageous ensures that the Lord will help us to be successful.
                         WHAT CAN I DO?
                                 ~ Consider how faith-filled and purposeful my own fasting is.  Can I exercise more faith when I fast?


We can learn from the story of Ruth and Naomi:
     ~Treating others with love and kindness helps them see the gospel of Jesus Christ at work in our lives and can help them again a testimony.
     ~As we are faithful and patient, losses we experience will be made up by the Lord according to His timing.
                           WHAT CAN I DO?
                                     ~ Ponder ways I can strengthen my faith in the Lord's ability, according to His timing, to make up any losses I experience in this life.


We can learn from the story of the Shunammite Woman:
     ~Unselfish service brings great blessings into our lives.
     ~ When we have a testimony of the divine calling of prophets, we obey their counsel faithfully and experience the blessings of so doing.
                            WHAT CAN I DO?
                                     ~ Reflect on the blessings I have seen in my life as a result of my own service.  Are there ways I can better serve my friends and or those I do not know?
                                     ~ Evaluate the strength of my testimony of the divine calling of prophets and how quick I am to obey their counsel.

SACRIFICE ~ LOYALTY ~ COURAGE ~ PRAYERFULNESS ~ MEEKNESS ~ DETERMINATION ~ FAITH ~ SERVICE ~ OBEDIENCE ~ KINDNESS ~ CHARITY ~ PATIENCE ~ HUMILITY ~ GRATITUDE