August 30–September 5
Doctrine and Covenants 94–97
“For the Salvation of Zion”
Ideas for Family Scripture Study and Home Evening
Song:
“I Love to See the Temple,” Children’s Songbook, 95
Prayer:
Thought/Scripture:
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Doctrine and Covenants 95:1–11.
What do we learn about chastening from these verses?
What do we learn about the Lord?
How do these insights affect the way we receive chastening or chasten others?
Lesson:
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Doctrine and Covenants 97:10–21.
The Prophet Joseph Smith taught, “Anyplace where the Saints gather is Zion, which every righteous man [or woman] will build up for a place of safety for his [or her] children” (Teachings: Joseph Smith, 186).
How can we build Zion in our home?
What principles do we find in Doctrine and Covenants 97:10–21?
As a family, choose a principle to focus on this week.
For more ideas for teaching children, see this week’s outline in Teaching Stripling Warriors Come, Follow Me—For Primary.
Prayer:
Treat:
Cake Batter Fudge
Ingredients
- 1 can, 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups white chocolate chips, I used Ghirardelli
- 3/4 cup White Cake Mix, heated in the oven or ensure reaches temperature
- 1/4 cup sprinkles and more for topping, those are similar to mine
Instructions
- Start by toasting your flour in the oven, if you want to use that method, as listed above. Or skip this step.
- In a bowl heat, your sweetened condensed milk and white chips until melted.
- Then add in your cake mix (if you didn’t toast in oven, ensure it reaches 160 degrees).
- Add in your sprinkles and pour into an aluminum foil lined 8×8 pan.Top with more sprinkles and store in the fridge for 2 hours to set before slicing
- Doctrine and Covenants 95:8.
How have making and keeping temple covenants brought “power from on high” into our lives? Perhaps family members could share how they feel about the temple or share experiences when they have felt blessed with “power from on high” through worship in the temple.
To help those preparing to enter the temple, you could review the videos, photos, and instruction found at temples.ChurchofJesusChrist.org. To help children learn about the temple, you could use “Your Path to the Temple” (in Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [special issue of the Ensign or Liahona, Oct. 2010], 72–75).
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- Doctrine and Covenants 97:8.
According to this verse, how can we be “accepted of” the Lord? How is that different from being accepted by the world? What does it mean to “observe [our] covenants by sacrifice”? How have we done this?
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For more ideas for teaching children, see this week’s outline in Come, Follow Me—For Primary.
Suggested song: .
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