Self-Reliance and Spiritual Growth Through Service
Explore the connection between self-reliance, spiritual growth, and service as highlighted in quotes and teachings by President Marion G. Romney. Learn how self-reliance is essential for serving others and supporting one's spiritual well-being. Delve into the concepts of education, health, food storage, employment, and more in the context of self-reliance and personal development.
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Hymn #94: Come, Ye Thankful People, Verse 1 Hymn #94: Come, Ye Thankful People, Verse 1 1. Come, ye thankful people, come; Raise the song of harvest home. All is safely gathered in Ere the winter storms begin. God, our Maker, doth provide For our wants to be supplied. Come to God's own temple, come; Raise the song of harvest home.
Some of the Concepts Learned in Some of the Concepts Learned in Earlier Lessons Earlier Lessons The Learning Model The Honor Code Disciple Leadership Lifelong Learning Academic Planning and Career Exploration Decision Making Goal Setting Time Management
Questions Questions 1. How do the concepts you learned in earlier lessons relate to self-reliance? 2. How are these principles and teachings spiritual and not temporal? Doctrine & Covenants 29:35, but no temporal commandment gave I unto him, for my commandments are spiritual
Self Self- -reliance Topics reliance Topics 1. Education 2. Health 3. Food Storage 4. Employment 5. Others?
President Marion G. Romney President Marion G. Romney Quote #1 Quote #1 Can we see how critical self-reliance becomes when looked upon as the prerequisite to service, when we also know service is what godhood is all about? Without self-reliance one cannot exercise these innate desires to serve. How can we give if there is nothing there? Food for the hungry cannot come from empty shelves. Money to assist the needy cannot come from an empty purse. Support and understanding cannot come from the emotionally starved. Teaching cannot come from the unlearned. And most important of all, spiritual guidance cannot come from the spiritually weak. (President Marion G. Romney, The Celestial Nature of Self-reliance, 1982)
Application for Quote #1 Application for Quote #1 Discuss the following about the quote: 1. Impressions and thoughts about the quote. 2. The council given in this quote might help someone struggling with _________.
President Marion G. Romney President Marion G. Romney Quote Quote #2 #2 There is an interdependence between those who have and those who have not. The process of giving exalts the poor and humbles the rich. In the process, both are sanctified. The poor, released from the bondage and limitations of poverty, are enabled as free men to rise to their full potential, both temporally and spiritually. The rich, by imparting of their surplus, participate in the eternal principle of giving. Once a person has been made whole or self-reliant, he reaches out to aid others, and the cycle repeats itself. (President Marion G. Romney, The Celestial Nature of Self-reliance, 1982)
Application for Quote #2 Application for Quote #2 Discuss the following about the quote: 1. Impressions and thoughts about the quote. 2. The council given in this quote might help someone struggling with _________.
President Marion G. Romney President Marion G. Romney Quote Quote #3 #3 We are all self-reliant in some areas and dependent in others. Therefore, each of us should strive to help others in areas where we have strengths. At the same time, pride should not prevent us from graciously accepting the helping hand of another when we have a real need. To do so denies another person the opportunity to participate in a sanctifying experience. (President Marion G. Romney, The Celestial Nature of Self-reliance, 1982)
Application for Quote #3 Application for Quote #3 Discuss the following about the quote: 1. Impressions and thoughts about the quote. 2. The council given in this quote might help someone struggling with _________.
