Using the September 2002 Liahona

Discussion Ideas

• “Patience, a Heavenly Virtue,” page 2: President Thomas S. Monson tells of the Saints in the German Democratic Republic who patiently endured. Has the Lord given you promises, perhaps in your patriarchal blessing, that you are waiting to see fulfilled? How can you develop patience and faith like the Saints in Germany?

• “‘He Loved Them unto the End,’” page 10: Elder Jeffrey R. Holland explains that one thing will never fail us: the pure love of Christ. How can you draw on this unfailing source of spiritual sustenance and support?

• “My Friend and Fellow Servant: The Example of Luan Felix da Silva,” page 14: Are we often so tied up in our own troubles that we fail to reach out to those who need us? How can you be more like Luan Felix da Silva in concentrating on the needs of others?

• “Opening the Windows of Heaven,” page F2: President James E. Faust’s grandfather gave the best of his farm’s produce as tithing. How can we exhibit that same spirit today, even though we pay tithing with money?

Call for Family Home Evening Experiences

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Photograph by Kelly Larsen