The Family: A Proclamation to the World
Lesson 8 – Family Responsibility & Success
Excerpt:
“Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and or their children. “Children are an heritage of the Lord” (Psalms 127:3)…Husbands and wives-mothers and fathers-will be held accountable before God for the discharge of these obligations…Happiness in family life is most likely to be achieved when founded upon the teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ. Successful marriages and families are established and maintained on principles of faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities.”
Objectives:
-Husbands & Wives, Parents & Children, Siblings should all love and serve each other
-Happiness is found when applying the teachings of Jesus Christ: faith, prayer, repentance, forgiveness, respect, love, compassion, work, and wholesome recreational activities
Song:
Activity:
Hold a family council this night. Openly discuss positives in the home in addition to what the family collectively feels could be improved upon. Brainstorm for ideas to improve the aforementioned situations. Construct an implement a plan to gradually make those improvements. Be sure to follow up on the progress.
To demonstrate the importance of family unity, give each member two Popsicle sticks. Let each person snap one of the stick in half. It’s rather easy to break one stick. Now have everyone take their remaining Popsicle stick and stack them together. See if anyone can snap all of them at once. It’s much more challenging if not impossible. When we stick together and support each other as a family, we will be much stronger against adversity.
Scriptures:
Mosiah 4:14-15
3 Nephi 18:21
D & C 93:40
D & C 130:2
Quote:
“No other success can compensate for failure in the home.” –President McKay
Conference Talk:
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