This week's FHE lesson topic comes from the Come, Follow Me reading of Hebrews 7-13. Check out this week's Come, Follow Me study ideas on LDS Living for additional resources and suggestions.
Thought
“If we have faith in Jesus Christ, the hardest as well as the easiest times in life can be a blessing. In all conditions, we can choose the right with the guidance of the Spirit. We have the gospel of Jesus Christ to shape and guide our lives if we choose it. And with prophets revealing to us our place in the plan of salvation, we can live with perfect hope and a feeling of peace. We never need to feel that we are alone or unloved in the Lord’s service because we never are. We can feel the love of God. The Savior has promised angels on our left and our right to bear us up. And He always keeps His word.”
(Henry B. Erying “Mountains to Climb” Ensign or Liahona May 2012)
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Scripture
“Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward” (Hebrews 10:35).
Lesson
You will need a quart jar of water and a ping pong ball.
Display the jar of water and drop the ping pong ball into it. Using your finger, try to push the ball under water several times. Point out that the ball always pops back up to the surface. Ask: What would happen if I poked a hole in the ball? (Over time, water would seep in, and the ball would sink to the bottom.)
Compare this demonstration to having faith. If we exercise faith in Jesus Christ, our trials will have no power to bring us down. It is only if we let fear or doubt seep in that trials have power to overcome us.
(Adapted from: Jennifer Jackson and Beth Lefgren, Objects Lessons Made Easy: Memorable Ideas for Gospel Teaching, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2006])
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Video
As you watch this video from President Erying, pay attention to how you feel. Listen for messages from the Holy Ghost about how to endure trials faithfully.
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