LESSON 3: RECEIVING A TESTIMONY OF
THE BOOK OF MORMON
Before the lesson:
Print out copies of the Book of Mormon Coloring Chart for everyone and have crayons or coloring pencils available. (Click here to download coloring chart)
Prepare Book of Mormon Brownies by adding toothpick flags on each brownie with names of the different books or Prophets.
Print out copies of the Book of Mormon Coloring Chart for everyone and have crayons or coloring pencils available. (Click here to download coloring chart)
Prepare Book of Mormon Brownies by adding toothpick flags on each brownie with names of the different books or Prophets.
Lesson Purpose:
The purpose of this lesson is to help family members get a personal testimony of the Book of Mormon by reading it each day and praying about it.
Opening Prayer
Scripture
Moroni 10:3-5
3 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.
Opening Song:
An Angel From On High (click here for words and music)
The Prophet Speaks
"This morning I speak about the power of the Book of Mormon and the critical need we have as members of this Church to study, ponder, and apply its teachings in our lives. The importance of having a firm and sure testimony of the Book of Mormon cannot be overstated.
We live in a time of great trouble and wickedness. What will protect us from the sin and evil so prevalent in the world today? I maintain that a strong testimony of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and of His gospel will help see us through to safety. If you are not reading the Book of Mormon each day, please do so. If you will read it prayerfully and with a sincere desire to know the truth, the Holy Ghost will manifest its truth to you. If it is true—and I solemnly testify that it is—then Joseph Smith was a prophet who saw God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ.
Because the Book of Mormon is true, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the Lord’s Church on the earth, and the holy priesthood of God has been restored for the benefit and blessing of His children.
If you do not have a firm testimony of these things, do that which is necessary to obtain one. It is essential for you to have your own testimony in these difficult times, for the testimonies of others will carry you only so far. However, once obtained, a testimony needs to be kept vital and alive through continued obedience to the commandments of God and through daily prayer and scripture study". Thomas S. Monson April 2017 General Conference
Briefly describe the setting and story of each painting below
What things do you need to do to get a personal testimony of the Book of Mormon?
How can you start?
As the Prophet asked, we should read the Book of Mormon each day.
Activity
Pass out the Book of Mormon coloring chart and have everyone color the drawings on it.
Let them know this is a help for them to read the Book of Mormon every day.
How can you start?
As the Prophet asked, we should read the Book of Mormon each day.
Activity
Pass out the Book of Mormon coloring chart and have everyone color the drawings on it.
Let them know this is a help for them to read the Book of Mormon every day.
Closing Song
Book of Mormon Stories (click here for words and music)
Closing Prayer
Refreshments
Book of Mormon Brownies
As you serve them say "as we eat these brownies relate the physical nourishment we get from them to the spiritual nourishment we will receive each day as we read the Book of Mormon".
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Other Sources:
- Joseph is a fruitful bough whose branches run over the wall, Gen. 49:22–26.
- Truth shall spring out of the earth, Ps. 85:11 (Morm. 8:16; Moses 7:62).
- The Lord will lift up an ensign to the nations and will hiss unto them, Isa. 5:26.
- A voice shall speak out of the ground, Isa. 29:4 (2 Ne. 26:14–17).
- The vision of all has become as the words of a book that is sealed, Isa. 29:11 (Isa. 29:9–18; 2 Ne. 27:6–26).
- The sticks of Joseph and of Judah shall be one in the Lord’s hand, Ezek. 37:15–20.
- Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, John 10:16 (3 Ne. 15:16–24).
- The Book of Mormon and the Bible will grow together, 2 Ne. 3:12–21.
- The Lord’s words will hiss forth unto the ends of the earth, 2 Ne. 29:2.
- The Lord covenanted with Enos to bring forth the Book of Mormon to the Lamanites, Enos 1:15–16.
- The Book of Mormon was written for the intent that we may believe the Bible, Morm. 7:9.
- The Book of Mormon shall stand as a testimony against the world, Ether 5:4.
- Ask God if these things are not true, Moro. 10:4.
- Christ bore testimony that the Book of Mormon is true, D&C 17:6.
- The Book of Mormon contains the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, D&C 20:9 (D&C 20:8–12; 42:12).
- We believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God, A of F 1:8.