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TEACHING ACTIVITIES   LESSON #1 THE WOMEN WHO SAVED MOSES (Exodus 1-2)   TRUTH: Before Moses could deliver Israel, God used courageous women to deliver Moses.   FIRE IN THE BONES: I get the fire in the bones for this lesson as I consider the influence that many righteous women have had in my life. This is an opportunity for us to honor their influence, examples, and sacrifices. Your class may walk in that day thinking that they are going to have a lesson about Moses. I mean,

LESSON #1 FEAST OR FAMINE: WISDOM IN THE GOOD TIMES (GENESIS  41)   TRUTH: Wise disciples prepare in seasons of plenty so they can remain steady in seasons of scarcity.   FIRE IN THE BONES: For some fire in the bones for teaching this principle. Keep in mind that this lesson could just inspire your students to start preparing now for possible difficult situations in their future. People don’t always understand just how quickly circumstances can change and this lesson can help

Teaching Activities NOTE: So as I explained in the Insight video, rather than splitting Joseph’s story strictly by the Come Follow Me designated chapters, I prefer to teach it in two parts. That lets us see Joseph’s life as one cohesive narrative, while still focusing this week on the early events and next week on what follows. And that’s because Joseph’s life is one of the most principle-rich stories in scripture, and it’s worth slowing down to see the bigger picture. LES

Teaching Activities   NOTE And right off the bat here, I have to say that this was a really tough week to put together. The reason being that back in 2022, this lesson was split it into two separate lessons, but this time they are combining them into one. So, there are entire lesson ideas in these chapters that I love and that could easily carry a class on their own, but I had to choose what felt most essential, most relatable, and most likely to bless the widest range of tea

TEACHING ACTIVITIES   LESSON #1 AGAINST HOPE, BELIEVE IN HOPE-THE ENDURANCE TEST (Genesis 12-21)   TRUTH: If I continue to trust God with hope when His promises seem delayed, then He will fulfill them in His time and way.   FIRE IN THE BONES: Now this lesson is going to be incredibly relevant to almost everyone because this is how God often works with his children while in mortality. We are all going to have endurance tests of faith in life. In fact, many of your students are

TEACHING ACTIVITIES   LESSON #1 THIS PROMISE IS YOURS ALSO (ABRAHAM 1-2)   TRUTH: God has great blessings and promises for the seed of Abraham—but they come with a sacred responsibility to bless the world without becoming like it.   FIRE IN THE BONES: A fire in the bones gets sparked in my heart for this lesson as I consider how fundamental the Abrahamic covenant is in understanding who the children of Israel are in the Old and New Testaments, and who WE are as part of God’s

Teaching Activities   LESSON #1 DON’T MISS THE BOAT (Genesis 6-7, Moses 8)   TRUTH: If we hearken to God, then He will provide a way for us and our families to rise above a corrupt world.   FIRE IN THE BONES: I find great relevance in this very, very ancient story. I’m sure that many of our students feel concern about trying to raise faithful families in a loud, confusing, and spiritually corrosive world.  Noah lived in a world like that, but God helped him to escape. Help yo

TEACHING ACTIVITIES Moses 7   LESSON #1 Building a People, Not a Place (Moses 7:1-27)   TRUTH: Zion is not a place first; it is a blessed people, built by unity, righteousness, and compassion.   FIRE IN THE BONES: I get a fire in the bones when I realize that this is a chance to inspire in my students a builder’s mentality. In the restored Church of Jesus Christ we are endeavoring to create a covenant community. So this lesson is a kind of invitation to become part of somethi

NOTE: And this is an interesting week because we basically only have one chapter to study. I really don’t do anything with Genesis 5 since it gives us so little compared to what Moses 6 gives us. Now, because of that, I always like to include a lesson from last week’s chapters this week, an additional lesson from a short 5 verse story from Moses 5. There was so much we had to look at last week that I felt this particular lesson would fit better into this weeks’ time frame. An