Relief Society/Priesthood lesson The Spiritual Gifts of Healing, Tongues, Prophecy, and Discerning of Spirits: Joseph Smith Lesson #33
This is a very rough draft of my lesson outline. I am going to have to think and ponder on it more over the next few days but I wanted to get it posted for you to have some idea’s and questions. I don’t have an object lesson but I think the lesson is long enough without it. You will need to use your judgement on how you want to go with the lesson. I have seen suggestions that talk about issues not in the manual, especially on some of the Women blogs. I think it is important to emphasize that the proper use of all these gifts comes with Faith in Jesus Christ and by those that have the Gift of the Holy Ghost. The gift of Healing is one area where Prayer can lead to healing but the proper use of the Gift of the healing is with the power of the Priesthood. I have seen other lessons that leave out the gift of discernment thinking it is not important but I personally feel that it is the most important after the gift of prophecy. It is through this gift that we can avoid many evil influences, and also be lead and guided by many good influences as we live our life. I think there is confusion when the lesson discusses the use of Priesthood, especially among the feminist bloggers, but that use is Priesthood in my opinion is what gives each of us the Gift of the Holy Ghost. You might interpret it otherwise.
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