Scriptures
Strength of Youth
True to the Faith
Make a Choice
Make a choice
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Joshua 24:15 "...as for me and my house we will serve the__________."
Who is the Lord.
100
Agency & Accountability "Remember true_________ comes from using your agency to choose__________; loss of __________ comes from choosing____________."
What is freedom, obedience, freedom, disobedience.
100
"You are also responsible for developing the_________ and ___________ Heavenly Father has given you."
What are abilities and talents.
100
Your alarm goes off in the morning to get ready for seminary. What do you do?
1. Get up and start getting ready for seminary (go to page 3). 2. Hit the snooze button, you can sleep in and miss seminary today. (Go to page 2)
100
After Sleeping through your alarm and so missing seminary you get ready for school, you go downstairs to eat breakfast with your family and notice that your sibling just finished eating all of your favorite cereal. You grab something quick to eat then go to school. When you get to school you see a new girl/boy standing all by herself/himself waiting for school to start. What do you do?
1. You smile as you walk by but don’t say anything. (Go to page 4) 2. You say hi and invite her/him to come hang out with your friends. (Go to page 5)
200
2 Nephi 2:27 "Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh ; and all things are given them...And they are free to choose _________ and ______________, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose ___________ and ________________, according to the captivity and power of the devil"
What are liberty, eternal life, captivity, death?
200
Agency and Accountability "while you are free to choose your course of action you are not free to ________ ___________ ___________."
What is choose your consequences.
200
"the consequences may not be____________, but they will always________________."
What is immediate, and follow?
200
Because you got up on time, you made it to seminary where you had an Awesome lesson on the New testament and felt the spirit. You also made it to school early. There’s a new girl/boy there waiting for school to start. You go over and talk to her/him and know you’ve made a new friend. During class someone makes a comment that when people die, they just die and don’t go to any sort of Heaven. You know that’s not true. What do you do?
1. You raise your hand and tell the class that you don't believe thats true and what you believe. (Go to page 12) 2. You slunk down don’t say anything. (Go to page 13) ** After school you can’t stop thinking about how you should’ve told the class about Heaven. You make the decision to say something tomorrow and feel the spirit and know it’s the right decision. END
200
You don’t see the new girl/boy again until lunchtime when he/she’s sitting all by herself/himslef. You pretend not to see her/him and sit with your friends. During lunch, one of your friends pulls out a magazine with a “which celebrity would you like to kiss most” quiz in it. She passes it to you to take the quiz and you notice the first question has words you aren’t comfortable reading. What do you do?
1. Take the quiz so your friends don’t laugh at you. (Go to page 11) 2. Tell your friends you don’t want to take the quiz and explain why. (Go to Page 10)
300
2 Nephi 2:26 "And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to________ for ______________ and NOT to be ____________ __________, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given."
What is act for themselves, acted upon
300
the ability to choose right from wrong and to act for yourself. Next to the bestowal of life itself, the right to direct your life is one of God’s greatest gifts to you.
What is agency?
300
You are responsible for the decisions you make. You should not blame your ________________, your _____________, or your ________________ if you choose to disobey God’s commandments. You are a child of God with great strength.
What are circumstances, family, and friends?
300
The girl/boy you invited to come hang out with your friends turns out to be really cool. She/He invites you and all of your friends to come to her house on Friday night for a party What do you do?
1. You say no thank you because your ward has a youth temple trip on Friday. (Go to Page 6) 2. You say yes because all of your friends will be there and besides, the youth are going to the temple next month too. (Go to page 7)
300
On Friday, you go with your ward to the temple and do baptisms for the dead for people in your family. You feel the Spirit the entire time and know you made the right choice. END.
What is right thing to do
400
2 Nephi 2:16
What did the Lord give unto man?
400
Have the _________ __________ to stand firm in obeying God’s will, even if you have to __________ ___________. As you do this, you set an _____________ for others to follow.
What is moral courage, stand alone, example?
400
Because you are here on earth you exercised your ___________ to follow heavenly Fathers plan...You have the ________ ____ ____________ righteousness and happiness, regardless of your circumstances.
What is agency or the ability to choose?
400
You go to mutual on Weds and the activity is about avoiding bad media like magazines and books and movies. Your leader reads an article from the New Era about staying away from things that make you feel uncomfortable. You feel the spirit and know that you made the right choice. END.
Excellent choices today:)
400
The Party is awesome! All of your friends are there and they've brought super cute boys and girls over for a couple of hours. While there your new friend turns on a rated R movie. What do you do?
1. Tell you're friends you don’t want to watch the movie, and explain why. (Go to page 8) 2. Pretend you do not feel well and makeup an excuse to leave instead of hanging out and having fun. (Go to page 9) ** Your mom comes to pick you up with your older sibling. On the way,your older sibling tells your mom all about the amazing experience they had at the temple that night and you tell yourself in the future that you’re going to make better decisions because you wish you’d gone to the temple too. You made some bad choices today:(-400
500
"But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves."
What is James 1:22
500
You are accountable to Him for what you do with your __________ and how you spend your _____________. Choose to do many good things of __________ _________ ________ __________.
What are your talents, time, your own free will?
500
Your use of this gift determines your ______________ or ______________ in this life and in the ________ ___ ____________.
What are happiness and misery, life to come?
500
Your new friend turns off the movie like you ask and later during the night one of the your other friends thanks you for speaking up because the movie made them feel uncomfortable too. You tell your friend about the standards of youth and why you don’t watch rated R movies. You invite her to mutual next week. (Go to page 10)
You go to mutual on Weds and the activity is about avoiding bad media like magazines, books and movies. Your leader reads an article from the New Era about staying away from things that make you feel uncomfortable. You feel the spirit and see that your friend does also so you invite them to church on Sunday and they agree. Woot -Whoot!! You made the right choice. END.
500
In your class after lunch, your teacher asks if anyone wants to sign up for a really fun club that all of your friends are volunteering for. They will be meeting to do activities every other Wednesday night. What do you do?
1. You say yes because you know that half of the activities they do are service related and this year’s mutual theme is about embarking in the service of God. (go to page 15) 2. You say no because mutual activities are on Weds nights. (Go to page 16)
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