THE LESSON
I was challenged by how this talk was structured. I actually read this many times. At first, it was a little confusing.
However, the spirit whispered to me and I was able to get the answer.
I'm not sure if Elder Quentin Cook made an introduction in his talk. What I realized was, he directly stated the first principle of righteousness and unity.
The pattern was stating the principle and giving examples.
In this talk, I learned three (3) principles of righteousness and unity. Elder Cook gave clear examples to understand each principle.
He closed his talk with his conviction that we can strive to be a people with one heart and one mind. And his prayer for us.
THE STUDY GUIDE
For this lesson, I will write down the three principles I found from this talk and present them to the class. It depends on the class condition, it could be on a paper or slide presentation.
My plan would be to state the principle and discuss it.
I think the longest part of this lesson is discussing principle number 3 because it has a lot of examples and explanations.
For principles 1 and 2, it is better to share the stories shared by Elder Cook in our own words. Avoid reading it from Elder Cook word for word will help us manage our time well in teaching. We always hope that we will able to cover all the important points in the lesson.
To wrap up the lesson, asking the students, what are the things that we can do that our hearts knit in righteousness and unity?
I'll end the lesson by affirmation of Elder Cook's message and my testimony.
WHAT I LEARNED
I learned from this talk that righteousness and unity work together. When we choose to be righteous, we become unified with one another.
Being righteous means to love God with all our heart and to love our neighbor as ourselves.
When we follow this, there is an increase in unity in our homes, church, and in our society.
When I was in Taiwan, I attended sacrament meeting. We were a number of foreigners. There were Americans, Filipino, Thailander, and Chinese attended sacrament meeting and classes. We look different from each other and we don't understand each other. However, there is unity between us because we strive to understand each other by speaking English even though it is hard for us to speak English. We joined the choir even if it is hard to sing Chinese hymns. There is a feeling of inclusion and respect between us.
The important thing I learned from that experience as a foreigner is that we don't group ourselves from other foreigners. I think it is not a competition of which race works better than the other. Instead, we find comfort from each other on how to cope up with different cultures like in Taiwan.
I'm excited to share with you today this study guide. If you would like a copy of this, you can download it by clicking the link below.
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Hearts Knit in Righteousness and Unity By Elder Quentin L. Cook
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