PaulSShenjereMutiswa_Discipleship Project

Discipleship Project – OBEDIENCE Name: Paul S Shenjere Mutiswa Instructor name: Brother Allen Matthews Class: REL 250-G, Section: REL 250 C General Instructions Save this template on your computer with a filename such as “Jon Doe Discipleship Project.” Your writings and reflections for the entire project should be included in this one document, but the document is uploaded three times, once for each deadline in your course (Plan, Mid-Semester Reflection, Final Reflection). Follow the calendar and instructions in your course for submitting each assignment on time and in the appropriate assignment. Project Plan (Due in Week 03) Before writing your plan:  Ponder what Elder Kim B. Clark (“ Eyes to See and Ears to Hear ,” October 2015) has taught at General Conference: “Whatever level of spirituality or faith or obedience we now have, it will not be sufficient for the work that lies ahead. We need greater spiritual light and power. We need eyes to see more clearly the Savior working in our lives and ears to hear His voice more deeply in our hearts. This marvelous blessing comes when we open our hearts and receive, truly receive, the Lord Jesus Christ, His doctrine, and His Church into our lives. We do not have to be perfect, but we need to be good and getting better . We need to strive to live the plain and simple truths of the gospel.” Elder Clark encourages those seeking to be good at getting better and to regularly ask ourselves two questions: a) What am I doing that I should stop doing? b) What am I not doing that I should start doing?" (CES Fireside, August 2015)  Watch or Read following: o Elder Larry Lawrence, What Lack I Yet ? Ensign , October 2015 o View LDS Media: What Lack I Yet? Now spend some time reflecting on gospel principles/doctrines taught about Christ and being a disciple of Christ. Next, prayerfully identify and share one area of discipleship you would like to make progress on. Remember, you will be focused on improving yourself in this one area for ten weeks. Write a 300- to 400-word project plan answering the following questions: 1. Describe the area of discipleship that you want to improve in your life and what caused you to desire to work on this area in your life at this time. Share a doctrine or principle that inspires you to improve in this area and where it is found in the scriptures or Church publications. 2. Set a goal and specifically describe the steps you will take to develop the attribute you have chosen and apply the doctrine or principle to your life over the next 10 weeks. 3. Identify any anticipated challenges , and explain what you will do to overcome them. 4. Explain how you will keep a personal record or journal of your progress over the next 10 weeks. One field that struggle in, is to just obey small promptings that I receive day in day out. All I want is to be obedient. Doctrine and Covenants 58:24-29 helps us understand how obedience also helps us progress while on this earth and help us to become more like our Heavenly Father. Obedience is said to be a celestial law, one that is irrevocably decreed in heaven. When one is not obedient, he is not unified with God’s plans and such cannot live with God. One thing that I will always do is get a notebook, to write all promptings that I get and follow them. The reason why I said I will get a notebook is that whenever I get prompted to do something I ignore and say it’s just a thought, I then end up forgetting that prompting other than to have obeyed and do as I was prompted to. I might lose my notebook but I will not lose my