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The Gospel and the Productive Life Student Manual Religion 150 The Gospel and the Productive Life Student Manual Religion 150 Published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Salt Lake City, Utah Comments and corrections are appreciated. Please send them, including errors, to: Seminaries and Institutes of Religion Curriculum Services 50 East North Temple Street Salt Lake City, Utah 84150-0008 USA Email: [email protected] Please list your complete name, address, ward or branch, and stake or district. Be sure to give the title of the manual when you offer your comments. © 2004, 2017 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America Version 2, 11/17 English approval: 6/17 15025 Contents Introduction . iv 1 Understanding the Plan of Salvation for Heavenly Father’s Children . 1 2 Receiving the Guidance of the Spirit . 7 3 Setting Goals and Managing Time . 17 4 Managing Financial Resources Wisely . 24 5 Having Faith in Jesus Christ Gives Us Power to Provide for Ourselves and Others . 34 6 Providing for Self, Family, and Others . 40 7 Recognizing and Developing Talents and Abilities . 45 8 Building the Kingdom of God on Earth . 51 9 Becoming Self-Reliant in the Lord’s Way . 57 10 Seeking Learning by Study and by Faith . 65 11 Selecting and Becoming an Eternal Companion . 73 12 Observing the Laws of Physical Health . 80 13 Facing the Challenges of Life . 88 14 Honoring Covenants . 96 15 Serving One Another . 103 Introduction When we apply gospel principles in our lives, we can become more productive spiritually and temporally. The gospel teaches us to do our best to prepare for a successful future while enjoying the present. It teaches us to seek our Heavenly Father’s help to develop our potential so that we can contribute to the lives of others and be examples of faithful Latter-day Saints. To do so requires faith in God and effort on our part. The Savior taught that He is the Good Shepherd and that He knows His sheep. He testified, “I am come that they might have life, and they might have it more abundantly” (John 10:10). The fulness of an “abundant” life is eternal life—to live forever as families in God’s presence (see D&C 132:19–20, 24, 55). Eternal life is made possible through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. The Savior’s Atonement can also make our mortal life more abundant. Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917–2008) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles explained, “The Atonement of Jesus Christ has given the Savior the power to help you grow into the [person] He knows you can be” (“Growing into the Priesthood,” Ensign, Nov. 1999, 40). Our spiritual growth must be complemented by our temporal progress. It is important for you to educate and train yourself in order to better provide for your family and serve in the home, Church, and community. The Gospel and the Productive Life course is designed to help you understand relationships between the spiritual and the temporal. The restored gospel does not deal just with spiritual truths. Many spiritual principles have temporal application, and our temporal lives often influence our ability to grow spiritually. President James E. Faust (1920–2007) of the First Presidency taught: “We should try to live providently with respect to our personal lifestyles. Living providently means living well within our means and providing for future needs and events. … We should seek to manage our affairs so that we are better able to accept the calls which might come to us now, as well as in the future” (“Power of the Priesthood,” Ensign, May 1997, 43). The purpose of this manual is to help you understand and apply the principles taught in the Gospel and the Productive Life course. Throughout the course you may be given opportunities to record your own thoughts or insights as well as your answers to questions that are assigned in class. You will need a class notebook or study journal to record these items. A few options for class notebooks or study journals are a spiral-bound or other type of notebook of your choice, the “Notes” v INTRODUCTION section of the Gospel Library app, or an electronic device such as a laptop, tablet, or smartphone. Each chapter of this manual begins with a section titled “Introduction,” followed by a section titled “Principles to Understand,” which lists each of the principles taught in the chapter. These are followed by “Supporting Scriptures and Statements” for each of the lesson principles. The statements are drawn from the teachings of latter-day prophets and apostles and other Church leaders. As you read and ponder their inspired teachings, you will learn how to better apply gospel principles in your life. The next chapter section, titled “Application and Examples,” presents additional information and accompanying questions. The final section, titled “Points to Ponder,” includes additional questions to help you understand and apply the principles you studied in the chapter. Record answers to questions from these last two sections in your class notebook or study journal. vi CHAPTER 1 Understanding the Plan of Salvation for Heavenly Father’s Children Introduction Heavenly Father has a fulness of joy. He loves His children and wants us to become like Him. He prepared the plan of salvation, also called the plan of happiness, to make it possible for us to experience this same joy He feels. As we grow in our understanding of Heavenly Father’s plan and as we keep His commandments, we become more like Him. Principles to Understand • Heavenly Father prepared a plan of salvation that teaches us where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going after mortality. • Understanding our place in the plan of salvation helps us develop faith and find joy in a world with many inequities. • We can use our knowledge of the plan of salvation to help us in our earthly challenges. Supporting Scriptures and Statements Heavenly Father prepared a plan of salvation that teaches us where we came from, why we are here, and where we are going after mortality • Alma 12:30: “God conversed with men, and made known unto them the plan of redemption, which had been prepared from the foundation of the world; and this he made known unto them according to their faith and repentance and their holy works.” • Moses 1:39: “For behold, this is my work and my glory—to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of man.” • Abraham 3:24–26: “We will take of these materials, and we will make an earth whereon these may dwell; “And we will prove them herewith, to see if they will do all things whatsoever the Lord their God shall command them; “And they who keep their first estate shall be added upon; and they who keep not their first estate shall not have glory in the same kingdom with those who keep their first estate; and they who keep their second estate shall have glory added upon their heads for ever and ever.” Elder Richard G. Scott (1928–2015) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “Although our memory of it is withheld, before we came to this earth we lived in the presence of God, our Eternal Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. We shouted for 1 CHAPTER 1 joy when given the privilege of coming to this earth to receive a body and to move forward in God’s plan for our happiness. We knew that we would be tested here. Our determination was to live obediently to be able to return to be with our Father forever. Part of that testing here is to have so many seemingly interesting things to do that we can forget the main purposes for being here. Satan works very hard so that the essential things won’t happen” (“Jesus Christ, Our Redeemer,” Ensign, May 1997, 53–54). Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin (1917–2008) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “In a premortal council at which we were all present, [Jesus Christ] accepted our Father’s great plan of happiness for His children and was chosen by the Father to give effect to that plan. He led the forces of good against those of Satan and his followers in a battle for the souls of men that began before this world was formed. That conflict continues today. We were all on the side of Jesus then. We are on the side of Jesus today” (“Christians in Belief and Action,” Ensign, Nov. 1996, 71). The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles: “The family is ordained of God. Marriage between man and woman is essential to His eternal plan” (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 2010, 129). Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin: “We understand that we will live a postmortal life of infinite duration and that we determine the kind of life it will be by our thoughts and actions in mortality. Mortality is very brief but immeasurably important. … “We know that death is a necessary transition. It will come sooner or later to each of us. Our mortal bodies will return to earth, and our spirits will return to the spirit world. By virtue of the Savior’s atoning sacrifice, we all will be resurrected. Each of us will stand before the judgment bar of the great Jehovah and be rewarded according to our deeds in mortality. “If we make every earthly decision with this judgment in mind, we will have used our mortal probation wisely and its days will give us peace in this life and eternal life in the world to come” (“The Time to Prepare,” Ensign, May 1998, 14, 16–17).
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