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Lesson Title: "Worthy Thoughts"
OTHER RESOURCES:
OBJECTIVE:
Each young woman will understand that virtuous thoughts lead to a virtuous life.
PREPARATION:
- Prepare a poster of this scripture, or write it on the chalkboard: “Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly” (D&C 121:45). Prepare a handout of this scripture for each young woman. See the suggestion at the end of the lesson.
- Prepare to present the counsel from Elder Boyd K. Packer about worthy music and worthy thoughts. You may want to copy the counsel and cut it into strips for the young women to read.
- Review the counsel about music on page 20 of For the Strength of Youth.
- Assign young women to present any scriptures, stories, or quotations you wish.
ATTENTION GETTER:
Use the introduction at the beginning of the lesson.
LESSON:
Lesson 34 at lds.org
CONCLUSION:
*Suggest that each young woman select a hymn that she could use as Elder Packer suggested. Encourage them to memorize the words of the hymn and to use it as a channel for their thoughts to follow.
HANDOUT:
Print off this handout onto white paper. It is the handout referred to in the lesson. Cut around the "music note" handout. Glue it onto a piece of black paper and then cut around it leaving about 1/2" of black showing. Classy looking!
Download Handout
This handout it will open in Microsoft Word.
MID-WEEK ACTIVITY IDEA:
Have class members evaluate the music recordings they have at home and discard those that will not help them have worthy thoughts.
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