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February Week 3 | Young Women and Relief Society

How Will Heavenly Father Guide My Choices?

Prepare to teach by prayerfully studying, seeking inspiration from the Holy Ghost, and recording impressions about how to help sisters seek God’s guidance.

Share Experiences

The Relief Society president or Young Women class president (or one of their counselors) asks questions like the following to help sisters share experiences:

• What has helped us make righteous choices? How have we encouraged others to make righteous choices? What worked?

• As covenant daughters of God, we engage in the work of salvation. How are we fulfilling this work? For example, what blessings have come to us as we have fellowshipped a new member?

Learn Together

The teacher uses one of the activities below or a related idea from Come, Follow Me for individuals and families to help sisters understand how God guides us. In Relief Society, the president or a counselor leads the discussion. In Young Women, the Young Women president, a counselor, an adviser, or occasionally a young woman leads.

How can we seek direction as we make decisions? Invite the sisters to share their favorite scripture passages that have inspired them to trust God and seek His direction. They could also study “Go Forward with Faith” on pages 42–43 of For the Strength of Youth (2011) and share insights about how to seek God’s direction.

How does God answer prayers? Think of a creative way to review Elder Richard G. Scott’s counsel about the ways God answers prayers (see page 37 of Come, Follow Me for individuals and families). For example, invite the sisters to review his counsel in pairs and share a time when God answered a prayer. How might his counsel change the way we seek and receive personal revelation?

Why is it important not to be commanded in all things? What do the sisters learn about doing good without being asked from Doctrine and Covenants 58:26–27 and the statement by President Ezra Taft Benson on page 39 of Come, Follow Me for individuals and families? Ask a sister to come prepared to share the story on pages 11–12 of Daughters in My Kingdom (2011) about women who actively worked to meet a need, which resulted in the organization of the Relief Society.

Plan to Act

The Relief Society president or Young Women class president (or one of their counselors) concludes the meeting by counseling with sisters about how they can act on what they are learning:

• What decisions in our lives do we need God’s help to make? How will we seek His help?

• Invite the sisters to ponder the following question and, as prompted, share their impressions: What did I learn today that I could share with my family?

How Do I Feel Prompted to Teach This Topic?

Improving Our Teaching

Seek inspiration.

President Thomas S. Monson taught, “When we seek the inspiration of the Almighty in the performance of our responsibilities, we can achieve the miraculous” (“You Make a Difference,” Ensign, May 1988, 43; see also Daughters in My Kingdom [2011], 91).