Sunday, December 4, 2016

2017 Sharing Time Theme: Choose the Right



 


     Song: “As a Child of God”
      Scripture: “Wherefore, men are free … to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men” (2 Nephi 2:27).
     
      Weeks 1 and 2: Agency is the gift to choose for ourselves.
      Week 3: In the premortal life, I chose to follow God’s plan.
      Week4: Jesus Christ created the earth as a place where I can learn to choose the right.

     Song: “Choose the Right”
      Scripture: “If ye do keep his commandments he doth bless you and prosper you” (Mosiah 2:22).

     Week 1: Noah was blessed for choosing the right.
      Week 2: Jesus’s disciples were blessed by choosing the right.
      Week 3: Nephi was blessed for choosing the right.
      Week 4: Church members today are blessed for choosing the right. 
    
      Song: “Stand for the Right”
      Scripture: “O, remember, my son, and learn wisdom in thy youth; yea, learn in thy youth to keep the commandments of God” (Alma 37:35).

      Week 1: God speaks through living prophets.
      Week 2: The First Presidency and the Twelve Apostles are prophets.
      Week 3: God’s prophets and apostles speak to us in general conference.
      Week 4: I am blessed when I choose to follow the prophet.

      Song: Your choice about Jesus Christ
      Scripture: “For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I  have done to you” (John 13:15).

      Week 1: Jesus Christ is the perfect example for me.
      Weeks 2 and 3: Jesus Christ taught me the right way to live.
      Week 4: I feel my Savior’s love when I try to be like Jesus Christ.

     Song: “When I Am Baptized”
      Scripture: “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost” (Acts 2:38).
     
      Week 1: As I repent, I can be forgiven.
      Week 2: When I am baptized and confirmed, I am following Jesus’s example.
      Week 3: The Holy Ghost can help me.
      Week 4: When I take the sacrament I renew my baptismal covenants.

     Song: “Nephi’s Courage”
      Scripture: “I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded, for I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way for them that they may accomplish the thing which he commandeth them” (! Nephi 3:7).

      Week 1: I pray to Heavenly Father for strength to do what is right.
      Week 2: When I pay my tithing, Heavenly Father will bless me.
      Week 3: I obey the Word of Wisdom by eating and drinking that which is good and avoiding that which is bad.
      Week 4: When I dress modesty, I respect my body as a gift from God.

      Song: “The Wise Man and the Foolish Man”
      Scripture: “Wherefore, let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the Lord” (1 Nephi 3:16).
     
      Week 1: Fasting and prayer can strengthen my testimony.
      Week 2: Being kind is doing and saying nice things to others.
      Week 3: Reverence is deep respect and love toward God.
      Week 4: Honesty is telling the truth regardless of the consequences.

      Song: “I’m Trying to Be like Jesus”
      Scripture: “If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after those things” (Articles of Faith 1:13).

      Week 1: Having good friends will help me choose the right.
      Week 2: I should read, listen to, and look at things that are pleasing to Heavenly Father.
      Weeks 3 and 4: I should do things on the Sabbath that will help me stay close to Heavenly Father.

     Scripture: “If thou lovest me thou shalt serve me and keep all my commandments” (D&C 42:29).

      Week 1: We are blessed when we keep the commandments.
      Week 2: I should respect and worship God.
      Week 3: I should honor my parents.
      Week 4: I should respect others.

     Scripture: “And also all they who receive this priesthood receive me, saith the Lord” (D&C84:35).
     
      Week 1: Worthy young men receive the priesthood when they are 12 years old.
      Week 2: We receive the ordinances of salvation through the priesthood.
      Week 3: I can receive strengthening power through priesthood blessings.
      Week 4: I can go to the temple to receive ordinances for my ancestors when I am older.

     Scripture: “And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).

      Week 1: I can be a missionary by serving others.
      Week 2: I can be a missionary by setting a good example.
      Week 3: I can teach my friends about Jesus Christ and His Church.
      Week 4: I can prepare now to serve a fulltime mission.

      Scripture: “Behold, I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, I am the life and the light of the world” (D&C 11:28).

      Week 1: Heavenly Father sent His Son to earth.
      Week 2: Jesus grew in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man.
      Week 3: Jesus Christ is the light and the life of the world.
      Week 4: Joseph Smith saw and testified of Jesus Christ.

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