Rain Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 Quote To support your efforts to learn and live the gospel at home, your teachers will give you opportunities to share your experiences, thoughts, and questions about the scripture passages that you have been studying during the week. Today is Jan 27th. If I study the lesson for today I will be studying the Jan 21-27th plan. If I study after church today then it doesn't work with what I quoted above. Quote Use this resource in any way that is helpful to you. You may find it helpful as a guide or aid for personal and family scripture study. You could also use it for family home evening. The outlines highlight important principles found in the New Testament, suggest study ideas and activities for individuals and families, and provide places to record your impressions. You and your family may already be studying the gospel regularly. Maybe you have a goal to read the Book of Mormon. Or maybe you are reading another book of scripture for a seminary or institute class. Come, Follow Me is not meant to replace or compete with the good things you are doing. There may be ways to learn from the New Testament regularly and still accomplish your other scripture study goals. For example, you might continue reading the Book of Mormon for your personal scripture study and read the New Testament with your family (or vice versa). Or, as you read the New Testament, you could look for Book of Mormon passages that reinforce what you are learning. Follow the Spirit’s guidance to determine how to approach your own study of the word of God. Now from the description we can do it anyway that we see best. Our family just needs to remember that the date it is listed is not actually the date our family would be doing it. Oddly, my mind is really struggling with that idea. I'm not one to be concerned about doing things differently if it feels right for me, but this time around it is really bugging me. So what is your family doing? Reading through the week? Just reading on Sunday? Studying before or after church? Reading on the date it has or a little behind or ahead or not paying attention to the schedule at all? Please don't correct me on using wrong words (reading, studying, lesson, plan etc). I think you can probably figure out what I mean when I say read and it doesn't really matter for this thread how much you study verses read etc. Really just talking about timing. 2
Popular Post mfbukowski Posted January 27, 2019 Popular Post Posted January 27, 2019 6 minutes ago, Rain said: Today is Jan 27th. If I study the lesson for today I will be studying the Jan 21-27th plan. If I study after church today then it doesn't work with what I quoted above. Now from the description we can do it anyway that we see best. Our family just needs to remember that the date it is listed is not actually the date our family would be doing it. Oddly, my mind is really struggling with that idea. I'm not one to be concerned about doing things differently if it feels right for me, but this time around it is really bugging me. So what is your family doing? Reading through the week? Just reading on Sunday? Studying before or after church? Reading on the date it has or a little behind or ahead or not paying attention to the schedule at all? Please don't correct me on using wrong words (reading, studying, lesson, plan etc). I think you can probably figure out what I mean when I say read and it doesn't really matter for this thread how much you study verses read etc. Really just talking about timing. The page where it says the dates PLUS the ideas for personal scripture stories were to be done during the week between the 21st and the 27 (monday thru sunday). Now on Sunday the 27 after church we do the ideas for family scripture study (page 16) Keep notes in the book or margins etc- of John 1 to be shared next week in class, along with the scripture study of Jan 28- Feb 3rd. So two weeks of scripture study is shared in Sunday school class. The reason they don't give you hard and fast rules is so that you can adopt it to your family's needs. 8
bluebell Posted January 27, 2019 Posted January 27, 2019 Our family will be studying the Jan. 28-Feb. 3rd lesson tonight for FHE. That way we’ll be ready to talk about it during Sunday school. We only study this Manuel on Sundays. 1
changed Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 (edited) from https://www.lds.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-sunday-school-new-testament-2019/04?lang=eng we had a family discussion tonight about Nathanael. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! The first impression you get is that Nathanael is a critical un-trusting skeptic - complaining about Nazareth, not believing Philip, "Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Has to go see for himself, - contrasted with the beautiful greeting he receives - Jesus recognizes him as someone with no guile. I told the kids how it is good to be skeptical like Nathanael was, that Jesus appreciated his honesty, that everyone has to go on their own and see for themselves, that no-one can just rely on the words of another. It was a good discussion. To me - someone with "no guile" - honestly shares their opinion and concerns about things, thinks on their own, acts to discover on their own. As opposed to those who are "fake", dishonest, just follow the crowd etc. etc. ... the type who would just believe Philip without any further investigation etc. Edited January 28, 2019 by changed
Popular Post ksfisher Posted January 28, 2019 Popular Post Posted January 28, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, changed said: from https://www.lds.org/study/manual/come-follow-me-for-sunday-school-new-testament-2019/04?lang=eng we had a family discussion tonight about Nathanael. 46 And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile! The first impression you get is that Nathanael is a critical un-trusting skeptic - complaining about Nazareth, not believing Philip, "Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Has to go see for himself, - contrasted with the beautiful greeting he receives - Jesus recognizes him as someone with no guile. A quick comment on this. I think the problem with Nathanael’s initial comment is that he dismisses Christ not because of anything he knows about Christ, but because he comes from Nazareth. His opinion of Christ is prejudiced by his opinion of the town or the people who come from the town. Cuddos to Nathanael for actually going and seeing. Cuddos for being honest. Cuddos for then following the Savior. A caution to all of us to avoid prejudice. Edited January 28, 2019 by ksfisher 5
Tacenda Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 (edited) Nevermind, found my answer. Edited January 28, 2019 by Tacenda
Popular Post Maidservant Posted January 28, 2019 Popular Post Posted January 28, 2019 I am doing a tiny "devotional" each evening with my son--it's just us--or that's the idea, many evenings it doesn't happen but then we pick up again. We usually take one or two of the subheadings and read them and take turns reading the scriptures involved. If there is a subheading that doesn't seem to apply to us, I don't use it. We don't do long discussions or anything. At this point, I feel blessed if I can keep a commitment to do it at all. Having said that, I absolutely can tell a difference in the home spirit when we do take those few moments. 7
Garden Girl Posted January 28, 2019 Posted January 28, 2019 I study a little each day all week long, i.e., for today's lesson I studied Jan 21 - 27... there are many more scriptures referenced to study besides John 1 for a wider picture.. GG 1
Popular Post mnn727 Posted January 28, 2019 Popular Post Posted January 28, 2019 We are actually taking a 15-30 minutes before bed 4 or 5 evenings to go over all the material and click and watch/read the extra material at the links. We have a laptop hooked up to our TV in the Family Room, so its easy for everyone to see and read. 5
Rain Posted January 28, 2019 Author Posted January 28, 2019 19 hours ago, mfbukowski said: The page where it says the dates PLUS the ideas for personal scripture stories were to be done during the week between the 21st and the 27 (monday thru sunday). Now on Sunday the 27 after church we do the ideas for family scripture study (page 16) Keep notes in the book or margins etc- of John 1 to be shared next week in class, along with the scripture study of Jan 28- Feb 3rd. So two weeks of scripture study is shared in Sunday school class. The reason they don't give you hard and fast rules is so that you can adopt it to your family's needs. Yes, that's why I quoted above. While I can adapt things easily I do like a sense of order, so the idea of studying the next lesson on a day it is not dated for was bugging me more than it normally would for some reason. Doing it for personal study for the week isn't working well as 3 of the 4 of us have other things we are studying so we came to the conclusion we would do it just for family study on Sunday and my high school senior, who is spiritual, a good kid etc, is not liking the idea of reading through it, following the ideas etc. We are in a bit of a conundrum. 2
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