- You are God’s precious daughters, and you have a great work to do. In
order to accomplish your divine mission and live the plan of happiness, you too
must be steadfast and immovable “at all times and in all things, and in all
places.” – Sis. Dalton
-What do you
think it means to be “stead fast and immovable”?
-Draw a
picture of the three sheds on the board
-Several
years ago I was given a photograph of three sheds, two of which were leaning on
the third and smallest shed. The accompanying caption read: “You need to be
strong when you are the last one to take a stand.” You too need to be strong.
As you are faithful and righteous, others will look to you for support and
strength.- Sister Dalton
-Movie with
Pres. Monson
-Has there
ever been a time when you have had to stand alone?
-Share an
experience
-A young man
I know well was elected to be the student body president at a large university.
The university sent him to a leadership seminar where student leaders from
across the United States gathered in Chicago, Illinois, to be trained and
educated. They participated in an initial game outdoors on the college campus
so that they could become acquainted with each other. The students were
presented with current issues facing today’s youth and were asked to take a
position. In response to the issue presented, they were directed to run to
several trees in the grassy area marked “strongly agree,” “partially agree,”
“strongly disagree,” or “mildly disagree.”
Toward the
end of this exercise, the leader asked, “Do you believe in premarital sex?”
Without hesitation, this young man ran to the tree marked “strongly disagree.”
To his amazement, he was the only one there! All the other student leaders were
laughing and pointing at him and saying, “Oh, Jess, you are so funny. We all
know you’re not really serious.” At that moment Jess said he knew exactly what
he must do and so he loudly declared, “I’m not funny. I’m serious!” There was a
stunned silence, and then the group dispersed, leaving Jess standing alone by
the tree. He felt out of place and, yes, weird. But he wasn’t weird. He was
right. And he was not alone. During the week, many of the student leaders came
to him privately and said that they wished they had known years earlier what he
knew. Jess later said, “It was easy because I knew that I represented not only
the university but my family, the Church, and the Savior.”
A testimony
that Jesus Christ is the Savior and Redeemer made Jess firm and quick to
respond. You can gain that same confidence as you pray daily, search for
answers in your scriptures, and obey the commandments. As you sincerely seek to
gain a testimony, the knowledge that will come through the Holy Ghost will assist you with your challenges,
with questions, and with living the standards. And it will be easy for you also
to commit to be steadfast and immovable at all times and in all things and in
all places.
The precious
gift of your body enables you to exercise your agency and put your faith and
obedience into action. Have you ever noticed that nearly all of Satan’s attacks
are directed at your body? Pornography, immodesty, tattoos, immorality, drug abuse, and
addictions are all efforts to take possession of this precious gift. This was a
gift that was denied Satan. Obedience to the commandments and standards enables
each of you to be steadfast and immovable in protecting the precious gifts of
your agency and your body.
-Show VIDEO "You are never alone"
-We are never truly alone. When we stand BOLD for what is
right the Lord will ALWAYS stand with us
Testimony and handout
I made lion broaches for my girls to help them to remember to stand bold as the lion.
I just used oven baked clay (walmart had a multi pack for about $8. The dark brown shape is from a cookie cutter. I got mine from walmart it was less then $3 for a pack of several different sizes. Then I used a medicine cup for the face, shaped the snout and used a permanent marker for the eyes and nose. The girls loved them, and they look adorable of a scarf! Let me know if you would like pictures of the things I used. Enjoy!
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