January Apprentice Inspirements

Note from Sister Edwards:  
You have over a month to work on these, so get a good head start, especially on the master book.  Remember to BRING your inspirements to class! :) 

JANUARY THEME: Conscience is the most sacred property. 

 

Read and mark your favorite parts of the following. 

1) “Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge” by Elder Richard G. Scott  here.

2) TJED for Teens, chapter 5. (I hope you took time over Christmas break to read chapter 4.) 

3) The 5,000 Year Leap – read principle 7 (even if you already have) and choose one other principle: 14, 15, 27.  Come prepared to teach those principles to the class.  

Write down your favorite quotes or ideas in your reflection journal. And choose one of the following, being ready to share it in class:

• Julie B. Beck said that, “The ability to qualify for, receive, and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill that can be acquired in this life” (April 2010).  What are your thoughts about this statement?  Write down your thoughts and include points from Elder Scott’s article.  Of course if you’d rather create a poem, a piece of music, or some artistic creation to record your thoughts about this, that’s fine too.  
• Create a collection or collage of quotes and scriptures about personal revelation (receiving answers to prayers, promptings of the Spirit) (check www.lds.org).  Feel free to illustrate your collection if you’d like. Record how it could affect your life in different areas (academically, family, spiritually, etc) if you take Sister Beck’s challenge and become really good at this one single skill. 
• Make an outline of the steps DeMille and Brookes recommend for a quality scholar phase education in TJED for Teens.  Take time to ponder each step and write down at least one goal related to each step.  You could also draw your outline and goals, or make a brainstorm mind map. (Here's a silly example of a mind map for The Three Little Pigs.) 

• What has been your favorite principle(s) that we’ve read this school year in The 5,000 Year Leap?  What ways do you see that our government is following your favorite principle(s)?  What ways are they not following it/them? If you were serving in Congress, what would you try to do to change things? Come prepared to make a presentation about these ideas with some kind of props, object lesson, visual aid, or Power Point. 
• Study the word “revelation.”  Searching both the scriptures and words of prophets and apostles, record what you find in answer to these questions:  Record as many ways as you can find that God gives revelation, both to individuals and to the Church.   What are keys to receiving revelation?   Record a plan for improving your own habits to be better able to receive and follow personal revelation.  Be ready to present your findings and your plan to the class. 
• Choose your own inspirement to help you “swallow” what you learned from the readings.  Approve with your parent or Sister Edwards first.