1. DAUGHTER OF GOD
What are some of the things your expect from your earthly father?
Listens, Guides, Teaches, Loves, Comforts, Is constant in the relationship
What are some of the things he expects from you?
Shows appreciation, Confides in and counsels with her father, Is respectful, Is obedient, Loves, Serves, Is constant in the relationship
IS IT ANY DIFFERENT WITH YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN? Shouldn’t you have a similar relationship with your Father in Heaven that you do with your earthly father?
How do we show appreciation to our Heavenly Father? By being obedient, by showing gratitude.
How do we confide in and counsel with our Heavenly Father? In prayer.
How do we learn from our Heavenly Father? By studying his word in the scriptures, by listening to his prophets, and by listening after praying.
How do we show our love for Heavenly Father? By keeping his commandments [John 14:15] and by serving others [Matthew 25:40 and Mosiah 2:17]
You should never doubt your Father in Heaven’s Love… he has given you so many blessings each and every day. Pay attention to the little things in life that come from your Father in Heaven. It is by recognizing these things that you will feel His love more and more.
Our Heavenly Father has promised us great blessings to meet our needs.
2. A YOUNG WOMAN – An Example to the world
"Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."
”Open Letter to Man.” by Jill Jackson Miller
I am a woman.
I am your wife, your sweetheart, your mother, your daughter, your sister—your friend.
I need your help!
I was created to give the world Gentleness, Understanding, Serenity, Beauty, and Love.
I am finding it increasingly difficult to fulfill my purpose.
Many people in advertising, motion pictures, television, and radio have ignored my inward qualities and have repeatedly used me only as a symbol of sex.
This humiliates me; it destroys my dignity; it prevents me from being what you want me to be—an example of Beauty, Inspiration, and Love: love for my children, love for my husband, love of my God and country.
I need your help to restore me to my true position—and to allow me to fulfill the (Potential) for which I was Created.
Oh, man, I know that you will find the way.
SCRIPTURE STORY – DANIEL and his THREE FRIENDS
Chapter 40
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were jews that were invited to live with the King of Babylon. The king sent them food and wine to eat, but the Lord told these boys not to eat or drink the wine. The boys asked for healthy food and water and they ended up being more strong and healthy than those that ate the king’s food and wine.
Chapter 41
The King had a dream that he wanted to understand. He asked his wise man to translate the dream, but they could not do it. Daniel told the king that he could translate his dream. The king liked Daniel and made him a great leader.
Chapter 42
The king of Babylon made a gold idol and wanted all his people to worship it and those that wouldn’t worship the idol would be burned in a furnace. Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego would not pray to the idol, they would only pray to God. Someone told the king and he sent the boys to be burned in the furnace. The boys were thrown into the fire but were not burned. The king afterwards made a law that no one should say bad things about God.
Each of us will have times in our lives when we may have to do something hard but right and will we make the right decision and how will be watching.
Christ taught many things while upon the earth. One of the last things he taught his apostles, was that He set the example – His entire life was set as an example of them and us.…."For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you" (John l3:l5)
When we set a good example to those around us, we not only help build up others, but we show others that we love our Savior and are his disciples.
3. Being a Wife
Someday, you will marry. Your divine role will now be a great wife.
What is your role as a wife? an equal partner, a helper, a companion/friend.
In defining the relationship of a wife to her husband, the late President George Albert Smith put it this way: “In showing this relationship, by a symbolic representation, God didn’t say that woman was to be taken from a bone in the man’s head that she should rule over him, nor from a bone in his foot that she should be trampled under his feet, but from a bone in his side to symbolize that she was to stand by his side, to be his companion, his equal, and his helpmeet in all their lives together.”
Ask the girls, how many of them know how to do the following:
− Sew a button on a shirt
− Make bread
− Mend a hem on pants
− Make one meal all by yourself
− Be a good listener
− Be a cheerleader to others when they do something well
− Be a good friend
− Do you sustain and respect the priesthood?
As woman, we will someday find someone to marry. Will you be prepared to be a good wife?
There are thing around the house that you will need to do as a wife cook dinners, do laundry, etc but more importantly there are also attributes you need to have to be a support and helpmeet to your husband.
4. MOTERHOOD
It has been alarming recently to feel the full fury of Satan’s attack on families and woman as mothers. Alternative lifestyles, abortion, cohabitation, divorce, immorality, and violence are issues that are screaming in our faces at every turn.
The Proclamation on the family teaches us what Heavenly Father thinks about the ways of the world.
− Alternative lifestyles: “Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose. …
− We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.”
− Abortion: “We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God’s eternal plan.”
− Cohabitation: “Marriage between man and woman is essential to [God’s] eternal plan.”
− Divorce: “Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children.”
− Immorality: “We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity … will one day stand accountable before God.”
− Violence: “We warn that individuals who … abuse spouse or offspring … will one day stand accountable before God.”
With strong testimonies of the gospel and a firm knowledge of eternal doctrines, you young women will have the courage to face a world that is desecrating families.
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) talked about the influence of strong women of God upon the world: “Much of the major growth that is coming to the Church in the last days will come because many of the good women of the world (in whom there is often such an inner sense of spirituality) will be drawn to the Church in large numbers. This will happen to the degree that the women of the Church reflect righteousness and articulateness in their lives and to the degree that the women of the Church are seen as distinct and different—in happy ways—from the women of the world.”
We as women in the church are distinct and different in happy ways because we know who we are eternally. We are all divinely appointed to these womanly roles of mothering and nurturing.
Grateful daughters of God know it is the nurturing nature of women that can bring everlasting blessings, and they live to cultivate this divine attribute. Surely when a woman reverences motherhood, her children will arise up and call her blessed (see Prov. 31:28).
Always remember that women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are coarse; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.
What are some of the things your expect from your earthly father?
Listens, Guides, Teaches, Loves, Comforts, Is constant in the relationship
What are some of the things he expects from you?
Shows appreciation, Confides in and counsels with her father, Is respectful, Is obedient, Loves, Serves, Is constant in the relationship
IS IT ANY DIFFERENT WITH YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN? Shouldn’t you have a similar relationship with your Father in Heaven that you do with your earthly father?
How do we show appreciation to our Heavenly Father? By being obedient, by showing gratitude.
How do we confide in and counsel with our Heavenly Father? In prayer.
How do we learn from our Heavenly Father? By studying his word in the scriptures, by listening to his prophets, and by listening after praying.
How do we show our love for Heavenly Father? By keeping his commandments [John 14:15] and by serving others [Matthew 25:40 and Mosiah 2:17]
You should never doubt your Father in Heaven’s Love… he has given you so many blessings each and every day. Pay attention to the little things in life that come from your Father in Heaven. It is by recognizing these things that you will feel His love more and more.
Our Heavenly Father has promised us great blessings to meet our needs.
- John 14:16–18-comfort
- Jacob 4:10-guidance and counsel
- Matthew 7:7–11-help with solving problems, understanding
- John 3:16-God’s greatest evidence of his love
2. A YOUNG WOMAN – An Example to the world
"Be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity."
”Open Letter to Man.” by Jill Jackson Miller
I am a woman.
I am your wife, your sweetheart, your mother, your daughter, your sister—your friend.
I need your help!
I was created to give the world Gentleness, Understanding, Serenity, Beauty, and Love.
I am finding it increasingly difficult to fulfill my purpose.
Many people in advertising, motion pictures, television, and radio have ignored my inward qualities and have repeatedly used me only as a symbol of sex.
This humiliates me; it destroys my dignity; it prevents me from being what you want me to be—an example of Beauty, Inspiration, and Love: love for my children, love for my husband, love of my God and country.
I need your help to restore me to my true position—and to allow me to fulfill the (Potential) for which I was Created.
Oh, man, I know that you will find the way.
SCRIPTURE STORY – DANIEL and his THREE FRIENDS
Chapter 40
Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego were jews that were invited to live with the King of Babylon. The king sent them food and wine to eat, but the Lord told these boys not to eat or drink the wine. The boys asked for healthy food and water and they ended up being more strong and healthy than those that ate the king’s food and wine.
Chapter 41
The King had a dream that he wanted to understand. He asked his wise man to translate the dream, but they could not do it. Daniel told the king that he could translate his dream. The king liked Daniel and made him a great leader.
Chapter 42
The king of Babylon made a gold idol and wanted all his people to worship it and those that wouldn’t worship the idol would be burned in a furnace. Shadrach, Meshach and Abendego would not pray to the idol, they would only pray to God. Someone told the king and he sent the boys to be burned in the furnace. The boys were thrown into the fire but were not burned. The king afterwards made a law that no one should say bad things about God.
Each of us will have times in our lives when we may have to do something hard but right and will we make the right decision and how will be watching.
Christ taught many things while upon the earth. One of the last things he taught his apostles, was that He set the example – His entire life was set as an example of them and us.…."For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you" (John l3:l5)
When we set a good example to those around us, we not only help build up others, but we show others that we love our Savior and are his disciples.
3. Being a Wife
Someday, you will marry. Your divine role will now be a great wife.
What is your role as a wife? an equal partner, a helper, a companion/friend.
In defining the relationship of a wife to her husband, the late President George Albert Smith put it this way: “In showing this relationship, by a symbolic representation, God didn’t say that woman was to be taken from a bone in the man’s head that she should rule over him, nor from a bone in his foot that she should be trampled under his feet, but from a bone in his side to symbolize that she was to stand by his side, to be his companion, his equal, and his helpmeet in all their lives together.”
Ask the girls, how many of them know how to do the following:
− Sew a button on a shirt
− Make bread
− Mend a hem on pants
− Make one meal all by yourself
− Be a good listener
− Be a cheerleader to others when they do something well
− Be a good friend
− Do you sustain and respect the priesthood?
As woman, we will someday find someone to marry. Will you be prepared to be a good wife?
There are thing around the house that you will need to do as a wife cook dinners, do laundry, etc but more importantly there are also attributes you need to have to be a support and helpmeet to your husband.
4. MOTERHOOD
It has been alarming recently to feel the full fury of Satan’s attack on families and woman as mothers. Alternative lifestyles, abortion, cohabitation, divorce, immorality, and violence are issues that are screaming in our faces at every turn.
The Proclamation on the family teaches us what Heavenly Father thinks about the ways of the world.
− Alternative lifestyles: “Gender is an essential characteristic of individual premortal, mortal, and eternal identity and purpose. …
− We further declare that God has commanded that the sacred powers of procreation are to be employed only between man and woman, lawfully wedded as husband and wife.”
− Abortion: “We affirm the sanctity of life and of its importance in God’s eternal plan.”
− Cohabitation: “Marriage between man and woman is essential to [God’s] eternal plan.”
− Divorce: “Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other and for their children.”
− Immorality: “We warn that individuals who violate covenants of chastity … will one day stand accountable before God.”
− Violence: “We warn that individuals who … abuse spouse or offspring … will one day stand accountable before God.”
With strong testimonies of the gospel and a firm knowledge of eternal doctrines, you young women will have the courage to face a world that is desecrating families.
President Spencer W. Kimball (1895–1985) talked about the influence of strong women of God upon the world: “Much of the major growth that is coming to the Church in the last days will come because many of the good women of the world (in whom there is often such an inner sense of spirituality) will be drawn to the Church in large numbers. This will happen to the degree that the women of the Church reflect righteousness and articulateness in their lives and to the degree that the women of the Church are seen as distinct and different—in happy ways—from the women of the world.”
We as women in the church are distinct and different in happy ways because we know who we are eternally. We are all divinely appointed to these womanly roles of mothering and nurturing.
Grateful daughters of God know it is the nurturing nature of women that can bring everlasting blessings, and they live to cultivate this divine attribute. Surely when a woman reverences motherhood, her children will arise up and call her blessed (see Prov. 31:28).
Always remember that women of God can never be like women of the world. The world has enough women who are coarse; we need women who are refined. We have enough women of fame and fortune; we need more women of faith. We have enough greed; we need more goodness. We have enough vanity; we need more virtue. We have enough popularity; we need more purity.