“Ye Are the Children of the Covenant”
Sharing Time – We can spend the whole time on this.
September 16-22, 3 Nephi 1-7 “Lift Up Your Head and Be of Good Cheer.”
The announcement of the birth, death and visit in America of Jesus Christ
Becoming converted to the gospel of Jesus Christ requires patience and effort.
Because of Jesus Christ, I can “be of good cheer.”
The Lord will fulfill all His words in His time.
I am a disciple of Jesus Christ.
When I exercise faith in Jesus Christ, I don’t need to fear.
September 23-29, 3 Nephi 8-11, “Arise and Come Forth Unto Me.”
Jesus Christ Appears to the righteous individuals left after the great destruction.
Jesus Christ is the Light of the World.
Jesus Christ is eager to forgive.
The Lord requires “a broken heart and a contrite spirit.”
I can learn to hear and understand God’s voice.
Jesus Christ invites me to gain a personal witness of Him.
September 30-October 6, 3 Nephi 12-16, “I Am the Law, and the Light.”
Jesus Christ teaches faith, repentance, baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, the
The Be Aptitudes, the Higher Law, Seek, Knock, and Receive.
I can be a true disciple of Jesus Christ.
Blessed are those who believe without seeing.
I can strive to purify the desires of my heart.
Heavenly Father will give me good things as I ask, seek, and knock.
October 7-13, 3 Nephi 17-19, “Behold My Joy is Full.”
Ponder Christ’s teachings, He heals, and prays, blesses children, institutes the
sacrament, more about baptism, the Gift of the Holy Ghost, and words understood
only by the heart.
The Savior is my perfect example of ministering.
The Savior taught me how to pray.
I can be filled with the Spirit as I take the sacrament.
I can “hold up” the light of Jesus Christ.
Disciples of Jesus Christ seek the gift of the Holy Ghost.
October 2024 General Conference
Themes included: Covenants (194 times), temple worship (179 times), the
necessity of both the gospel and the Church, prepare for the Second Coming of
Jesus Christ (Pres. Nelson repeated 7 times), Be a Peacemaker.
READ D&C 1:37-38
“37 Search these commandments, for they are true and faithful, and the prophecies and promises which are in them shall all be fulfilled. 38 What I the Lord have spoken, I have spoken, and I excuse not myself; and though the heavens and the earth pass away, my word shall not pass away, but shall all be fulfilled, whether by mine own voice or by the voice of my servants, it is the same.”
In the latter days, God will perform a marvelous work.
??? Did the Nephites and the Lamanites have the Book of Mormon? No
??? For whom was the Book of Mormon written? (title page of the BofM)
READ 3Nephi 20:30-32
“30 And it shall come to pass that the time cometh, when the fulness of my gospel shall be preached unto them; 31 And they shall believe in me, that I am Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and shall pray unto the Father in my name. 32 Then shall their watchmen lift up their voice, and with the voice together shall they sing; for they shall see eye to eye.”
??? Who are the watchmen spoken of?
??? What evidence do you see that the Lord is now performing a “marvelous work.” [many evidences: growth of the Church, increasing work in temples, blessing to members of the Church.]
3 Nephi 22; 24 - God is merciful to people who return to Him.
READ 3 Nephi 22:7-8
“7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment, but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.”
??? This passage is often applied to Israel. Do you see it in your own life?
??? Have you felt the tender mercies of the Lord bless you following repentance?
READ 3 Nephi 22:10, 13
“10 For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed, but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee. 13 And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.”
??? Do you feel the kindness of the Lord in your life?
??? What examples can you give of God teaching us?
??? Does the gospel bring you peace?
3 Nephi 23:6–13, Recording spiritual experiences can bless my family.
READ 3 Nephi 23:6
“6 And now it came to pass that when Jesus had said these words he said unto them again, after he had expounded all the scriptures unto them which they had received, he said unto them: Behold, other scriptures I would that ye should write, that ye have not.” [Christ then asks them about the prophecies of Samuel the Lamanite regarding the graves being opened and the dead arising after Christ’s resurrection and commands them to put his message in the record.]
??? What would you say about your own record keeping?
??? What is the value and for whom is there value of our record keeping?
[Bill’s letters home from Viet Nam, my record of miracles +/-]
3 Nephi 20:10–12; 23; 26:1–12 - The Savior wants me to search the scriptures.
READ 3 Nephi 20:11
“11 Ye remember that I spake unto you, and said that when the words of Isaiah should be fulfilled—behold they are written, ye have them before you, therefore search them—"
READ 3 Nephi 26:12
“12 Therefore I, Mormon, do write the things which have been commanded me of the Lord. And now I, Mormon, make an end of my sayings, and proceed to write the things which have been commanded me.”
??? When we read, study, ponder and take notes of the scriptures, whose words are we studying?
??? How has such study blessed your life?
3 Nephi 24:7–12 - Paying tithing opens the windows of heaven.
READ 3 Nephi 14:10-12
“10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in my house; and prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of Hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it. 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the fields, saith the Lord of Hosts. 12 And all nations shall call you blessed, for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the Lord of Hosts.”
??? What is tithing?
??? What is tithing used for?
??? Who is blessed by the payment of tithes?
??? What do people mean when the say they pay tithing with faith, not money?