Lesson 7

Lesson Title: "Our Purpose in Life"

OTHER RESOURCES:

• Resource Guide for Young Women Manual 3 at lds.org.

  OBJECTIVE:

  Each young woman will seek to know and fulfill her purpose in life.

  PREPARATION:

  1. Prepare a copy for each young woman of the five ways we can learn about our purpose in life, found in the second section of the lesson.
  2. If it is available in your area, you may want to show Man’s Search for Happiness, which is part of the Come unto Me videocassette (53146).
  3. Assign young women to present any stories, scriptures, or quotations you wish.

  ATTENTION GETTER:

  Quotation:
  
  Explain that at times we may all feel unimportant and wonder if our lives really matter. Elder Gordon B. Hinckley has assured us that each person is important in the Lord’s eternal plan and that He has a purpose for those of us who are born in this dispensation.
  
  “I believe that God has … chosen each of you for something of consequence in his grand design. … He loves you and he has a work for each of you to do” (in Conference Report, Oct. 1972, p. 106; or Ensign, Jan. 1973, p. 91).

  LESSON:

  Lesson 7 at lds.org

  CONCLUSION:

  Hand out the copies of the five ways we can learn about our purpose in life. Encourage each young woman to consider the ideas and strive to learn more about her life’s purpose.

  MID-WEEK ACTIVITY IDEA:

  Have a video party and watch "Man's Search for Happiness" and then visit about it.