Physical and Emotional Health/Repentance
Obedience to the Word of Wisdom brings liberty by...
Free from harmful addictions, have control over your life, healthy body, alert mind, guidance of the Holy Ghost
What can you do in your family to increase liberty?
Be cheerful, helpful, considerate, peacemaker, show love, share your testimony, honor your parents, willingly help, family prayer, family scriptures study.
If you live with the spirit of thanksgiving, what will you have that brings liberty?
Greater happiness and satisfaction in life and whatever else you came up with.
Service means sacrifice and that seems like bondage. How can service actually be liberty?
It brings us closer to Heavenly Father, we are filled with love, we overcome selfishness, it brings happiness, our capacities increase, we can be an instrument in God's hands
How are you blessed by living the standards in For the Strength of Youth
That's what I would have said.
Being addicted to coffee, tea, tobacco, alcohol can cause you to be in bondage by...
Harmful to body and spirit, weakens your judgement and self-control, can lead to alcoholism, destroys individuals and families.
How does teasing, fighting, and quarreling bring bondage in families?
Yep
How can you express gratitude for your blessings?
Those are great ideas.
How can service affect others who are in bondage?
Sometimes others might be in bondage and you might be an instrument in the Lord's hands to deliver them out of bondage.
How can praying each morning and night help you achieve liberty?
He is the source of all wisdom. He will hear and answer your prayers.
Addictions limit your ability to make choices for yourself. Is this bondage or liberty?
Duh!
Your friends will influence how you thinking act, and even help determine the person you will become. How can your friends bring liberty or bondage?
Remember that
Sometimes observing the Sabbath feels more like bondage than liberty. So, how is it actually liberty?
It invites the Spirit to be with you, brings you closer to the Lord and your family, gives you an eternal perspective, and spiritual strength, to name a few.
Kng Limhi's people had to pay tribute of 1/2 of all they had to the Lamanties and that was considered bondage. We have to pay 1/10 of all we have to the Lord. Why isn't that bondage?
Choosing to live the law of tithings is a blessing and a privilege.
How can studying the scriptures each day and applying what I read to my life keep me from bondage?
The scriptures are a powerful source of personal revelation and guidance and a constant strength to your testimony
What happens if you delay repentance?
Lose blessings, opportunities, spiritual guidance, further entangled in sinful behavior, more difficult to find your way back.
If your friends urge you to do things that are wrong, what will bring you liberty?
Stand for the right even if stand alone.
Why is working on Sunday like being in bondage?
We are not free to attend our Sunday meetings or keep the Sabbath Day holy. We don't get to rest from our usual labors. We don't get to draw closer to the Lord.
How does tithing bring liberty to the Church?
It is used to build temples and meeting houses, translate and publish the scriptures, do missionary and family history work, and build the kingdom of God on the earth.
Why should I follow the teachings of the prophets?
They will lead you in paths of happiness
How does Satan disguise repentance as bondage?
He makes you think you cannot repent.
How can being a good friend bring liberty to others?
Since you know, I hope you will be a good friend.
What are we free to do on Sunday?
Go to Church, partake of the sacrament, be reverent, spend quiet time with family, study the gospel, fulfill church callings, serve others, write letters, write in your journal, do family history work, etc.
Fasting feels like bondage because I can't eat. Can it really be liberty?
It strengthens self-discipline, fortifies you against temptations, brings blessings spiritually and temporally
If I follow the guidelines in For the Strength of Youth, how will my liberty increase?
You will have more opportunities, greater vision, you will be strengthened. You will be given help to meet your trials and challenges. You will have a stronger testimony and true joy. You will come to know your Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ, and you will feel Their love for you.