Abraham 1

Abraham 1

By Amberly Cotton

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What is one New/Cool/interesting thing that you learned from your scripture study this week?

​What would you tell your friend that could help her remain faithful? Can she hope to obtain her desires despite her circumstances? Why?

Imagine that you have a friend who is a member of the Church who has a difficult home life where the Lord’s commandments are taken lightly and there is no support to keep them. She wants to receive all the blessings that come from living the gospel, but some of her family members make it difficult for her. In fact, they often ridicule her and discourage her from living her beliefs.

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Write your answer in your journal

​Why did Abraham desire these blessings?

Write your answer in your journal

​What spiritual blessings did Abraham desire?

Read Abraham 1:1-2

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Underline the phrases in Abraham 1:2, “I sought for” and “desiring to receive.”​

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What are some synonyms for the word DESIRE and Seek?

Write Desire: (insert synonym)

Seek: (insert synonym)

​- Neil A Maxwell

“Desire denotes a real longing or craving. …

“… What we insistently desire, over time, is what we will eventually become and what we will receive in eternity”

​- Joseph B. Wirthlin

“The word seek means to go in search of, try to discover, try to acquire. It requires an active, assertive approach to life. … It is the opposite of passively waiting for something good to come to us, with no effort on our part”

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Ask Yourself: How can I desire and seek for righteousness?​

Write something down that you can do. (Try not to write something too personal. I invite you to write the very personal things in your journal)

Read Abraham 1:3-4

​We are gonna quiz you about this:

Look for what happened to Abraham because he desired and sought for the blessings of the gospel.

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Multiple Choice

What happened to Abraham because he desired and sought for the blessings of the gospel?

• Abraham received the priesthood.

• Abraham was baptized

• Abraham followed his father's footsteps.

• Abraham started a new line of Priesthood

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If we seek for righteousness, God will

us according to our desires.

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Think about the phrase "If we seek for righteousness, God will bless us according to our desires." How could this phrase help your friend remain faithful even though her family members make it difficult for her to live the gospel?

Read Abraham 1: 5-7

Look for what made Abraham's life challenging​

Poll

Which of Abraham's challenges would you find most difficult to handle? Why?

(You can select more than 1)

• Your friends and family worshipped Idols.

• Your friends and families heart's are set to do evil.

• Your friends and family stop/ aren't following the Covenant path.

• Your friends and family start to make sacrifices of people.

Who did Abraham receive the priesthood from?​

Abraham’s record shows that his fathers had “turned from their righteousness” (Abraham 1:5) and therefore could not confer the holy priesthood upon him. Thus Abraham did not receive the priesthood from his father, Terah. Yet Abraham became a “rightful heir” to the priesthood through his righteousness, and he “sought for the blessings of the fathers” who held the priesthood (Abraham 1:2). Doctrine and Covenants 84:14–16 indicates that “Abraham received the priesthood from Melchizedek, who received it through the lineage of his fathers, even till Noah,” who had received it through the lineage of his fathers, all the way back to Enoch and Adam.

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Read Abraham 1:8-11​

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​What happened to the Daugters Of Onitah?

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The Deliverance of Abraham - YouTube

Watch what happened to Abraham​

Compare to Facsimile No. 1​

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Cool THINGS I LEARNED FROM FACSIMILE No. 1​

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His legs make it look like he is walking.

Despite Abraham's challenges, He will con​tinue on the covenant path.

​Look at Abraham's legs

They face God, not the knife.

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When He is facing challenges, Abraham has his eyes on God, not his challenges.​

Look at Abraham's eyes

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Based on the examples of Abraham and the three daughters of Onitah, what can we choose to do regardless of the circumstances in which we live?

This will help me follow Jesus Christ, because...​

​​START DOING:

This will help me follow Jesus Christ, because...​

​STOP DOING:

What am I going to do differently today?

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Write one of the following. (Put the number so we know what question you are answering.)

1. Good news from this week.

2. Something we can pray for you.

3. A cool fact about you.