Assess Your Learning 6

This lesson is intended to help you evaluate the goals you have set and the growth you have experienced during your recent study of the Book of Mormon.

Measuring growth

What are the following tools used for?

How are each of these tools valuable and important?

Just as it is important to measure physical health and growth, it is also important to evaluate your spiritual health and progress. This lesson will provide you with an opportunity to do this.

What have you learned recently that you are grateful for?
What changes have you noticed in your feelings and attitudes lately?
What are some ways you have applied what you have been learning?

Complete the following activities to evaluate your spiritual learning and growth. Consider asking Heavenly Father to help you identify the progress you have made and areas you might need to improve in.

Explain important truths about the plan of salvation and the role of Jesus Christ

From your study of Alma, you may have learned some things that can help you better explain truths about the plan of salvation and the important role of Jesus Christ.

Choose one of the following activities to complete.

Activity 1: The plan of salvation

Imagine that one of your friends recently had a loved one pass away.

Thinking about some of the truths from your recent study, what could you share with your friend about the plan of salvation? How might this help him or her? (See Alma 11; 12; 40.)

Activity 2: The role of Jesus Christ

Imagine talking to someone who is skeptical about your belief in Jesus Christ.

Thinking about some of the truths from your recent study, what could you share with this person about the important role of Jesus Christ? (See Alma 26; 34; 36.)

Feel an increased desire to change because of Jesus Christ

In your recent study, you have learned about many people who changed because they learned about Jesus Christ.

Study the following scriptures to help you remember the change that these people experienced. Consider what you felt while studying about these people.

Lamanites taught by Ammon: Alma 17:13–16 (before); Alma 19:33, 36 (after)
King Lamoni’s father: Alma 20:8–14 (before); Alma 22:15–18 (after)
Alma the Younger: Alma 36:6 (before); Alma 36:18, 24–26 (after)

What did you notice about their willingness to change?

Reflect on your desire to change because of Jesus Christ. The following questions may help you do this. You may consider responding to these in your study journal.

Have you felt some of the same desires that these people in the Book of Mormon did? Why have you felt this way?
What do you think could lead or has led you to feel these same desires?

Receiving revelation from the Holy Ghost

An important objective in seminary is to help you increase your ability to receive personal revelation from the Holy Ghost.

Reflect on recent experiences you have had receiving personal revelation from the Holy Ghost. You might review some of the notes you wrote in your scriptures or study journal as you have studied in class or at home.

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Answer at least two of the following questions.
- What insights have you received from the Holy Ghost in your recent study of the Book of Mormon?
- What has the Spirit helped you understand or feel about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?
- What righteous actions has the Holy Ghost recently prompted you to take?