Lesson 1

Lesson Title: "A Daughter of God"

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 1 at lds.org. With Ensign, New Era, and Friend references

OBJECTIVE:

Each young woman will more clearly understand her unique relationship to her Heavenly Father.

PREPARATION:

1. Prepare a poster with the words Daughter of God written on it.
2. Picture 1, A Father and Daughter, located at the end of the manual.
3. Prepare a scroll, card, or paper for each girl with the two quotations from the end of the section "You Were and Are Loved."
4. Assign a young woman to prepare a musical reading of "O My Father" (Hymns, no. 292).

ATTENTION GETTER:

Begin this class period by introducing yourself, and then allow each young woman to do the same. During the introductions encourage each girl to share a fact about herself that makes her unique in her family or among her friends. After the introductions, ask the young women to think about the relationships in their lives. Point out that every girl has different relationships and that, because she is unique, her contributions to these relationships are also unique. Then explain that the young women also have similar relationships. Each young woman is a daughter and has a mother and father, grandparents, great-grandparents, and so on.

LESSON:

CONCLUSION:

Remind the young women that they are literally daughters of Heavenly Father, and he loves them. By their actions and choices, they determine the strength of the relationship they will have with him. He will never turn away. As they do his will, praying for his guidance, they will know the path their lives should follow and be assured that they are daughters of God who are truly loved by their father.

Again refer to the two quotations contained on the scrolls and challenge the young women to memorize this information and use it in their lives.

HANDOUT:

Print off the handout onto pretty paper. This handout includes the two quotes mentioned in the lesson.

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