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"Getting Ready to Serve"  Preparation:• Write each one of President Benson’s suggestions for preparing (below) on construction paper and have tape ready to hang them up. Hymn: “We’ll Bring the World His Truth” (Children’s Songbook, page 172) Scripture: Doctrine and Covenants 78:7 “For if you will that I give unto you a place in the celestial world, you must prepare yourselves by doing the things which I have commanded you and required of you.” Lesson: Read Doctrine and Covenants section 4. Discuss what it means to serve with all your heart, might, mind, and strength. What are the qualifications for missionary work? (Desire, faith, hope, charity, love, and an eye single to the glory of God.) Why do you think these are Heavenly Father’s qualifications? Point out that in this section it teaches us that going on a mission is a service to God and that the world is ready for missionaries. With these qualifications in mind, how can we get ready for a mission? (Parents can discuss preparation for a mission as a senior couple, children for when they turn 19 or 21.) Make a list of their responses, which might include praying every day, studying the scriptures and being familiar with key verses, remaining morally clean, fulfilling callings, etc. It is important now to get ready for serving, because it is such a sacred calling and so much is expected of us. Read the following story by Elder Ben Banks to illustrate the importance of preparing. “Nine years ago, my son Ben came to me and said, ‘Dad, why don’t you, myself, and anyone else that would like to leave a few days early and ride our bikes to the family reunion in Flaming Gorge?’ I said, ‘That sounds great, but we only have one motorcycle!’ Ben said, ‘No, Dad, I mean pedal bicycles.’ I thought he was kidding. He promised to outline and prepare a training schedule for us. ‘We’ll get up early Saturday mornings and for three hours we’ll go out and ride over the courses I will outline, so that when the time comes we will be prepared to go,’ he said. I said, ‘Okay,’ not really knowing what I was in for. I didn’t own a bicycle and knew I would have to use my daughter’s old, heavy, ten-speed bicycle with what seemed like bent wheels and a seat that was terribly hard. I also knew that getting up early on Saturday mornings was not one of my favorite things. But knowing that some of my sons wanted me to go with them, I said, ‘Okay.’ As the time for training and preparation came, I found all kinds of excuses not to go on the training rides. However, one Saturday I rode with them to the top of Parleys Canyon and back. It was hard, but I thought I would be okay. The time for the trip came. I joined my boys the second day of the trip, as I had meetings the first day. The journey that second day took us from Heber City to Roosevelt, approximately one hundred miles. As we checked into the motel that evening, I called my wife at home and told her I had never hurt so badly in my life. Every muscle, bone, and fiber in my body hurt from my head to my feet. The next day I hated to see the dawn come, knowing what it would be like to sit on that hard seat and pedal all day once again to reach our destination—especially the stretch from Vernal to Flaming Gorge, which would include approximately 36 miles with grades up to 9 percent and ninety-degree-plus temperatures. Needless to say, for me the whole trip was a very trying and arduous task. But for my sons, who spent a lot of time waiting at the top of the hills for their slow, unprepared dad, it was exciting, fun, and rewarding.” (Ben B. Banks, “The Value of Preparation,” Ensign, Nov. 1989, 40) President Benson suggested four ways to prepare: (Tape these up somewhere so everyone can see) 1. Physically-- A two-year mission today requires good physical health. It requires that you keep your body clean. When tempted to take things into your body which are unsuitable, have the courage to resist. Live the Word of Wisdom and keep your body pure- a pure vessel for the Lord. >> CLICK HERE for the Entire FHE Lesson Need a hymn book? >> Click here
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Hyrum Smith: A Life of Integrity
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