Discipleship Project
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Discipleship Project – Click or tap here to enter Title.
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Instructor name: Brother Kirk Burbidge
Class: REL 250C, Section: D-2
General Instructions
Save this template on your computer with a filename such as “Jon Doe Discipleship Project.” The thoughts and goals you share on this document will guide your efforts throughout the rest of the semester. You will have the opportunity to report and reflect on your progress on your weekly personal reports. Please feel free to return to this document often and
make necessary adjustments and changes as you feel prompted. Project Plan 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 the rest of the semester. 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 several 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 coming weeks.
The area of discipleship that I want to improve within my life is prayer. I am inspired to improve my daily prayers because as I ponder about Jesus Christ and the apostles, they prayed humbly to our Heavenly Father so much. Jesus Christ is one of the holiest people to have ever walked this earth and He did so by diligently praying all the time to our
Heavenly Father. If I were alive when He was walking on this earth, I know that the moment he was in the same room as me, I can recognize that Holy Spirit immediately. He was such a holy person that everyone was able to identify the Spirit as He walked into every room and street. I am inspired to become like our Savior, connected with our Heavenly Father and be able to have others recognize the Spirit and feel Heavenly Father’s love for them as I also interact with them.
A talk I read was given by Elder Juan A. Uceda of the Seventy in November 2016 titled “The Lord Jesus Christ Teaches
Us To Pray”. Elder Uceda had shared “Jesus knows that our Heavenly Father hears and gives what is best for us. Why is it
that sometimes we don’t want to receive? Why? At the very moment we say, ‘Father in Heaven,’ He hears our prayers and
is sensitive to us and our needs. And so His eyes and His ears are now connected to you. He reads our minds, and He feels
our hearts. You cannot hide anything from Him. Now, the wonderful thing is that He will see you with eyes of love and mercy—love and mercy that we cannot fully understand. But love and mercy are with Him the very moment you say, ‘Father in Heaven’”. This quote is basically saying that our connection and relationship with Heavenly Father is dependent on US! Heavenly Father wants us to talk to Him, to share our thoughts and concerns, and to rely on Him. Through this, we are able to create a stronger relationship with Him!
My goal is to pray at minimum, each morning when I wake up and each night before I go to bed. To fully develop the habit of praying each morning and night, one thing I plan on doing is creating a playlist of hymns covered by the piano to invite the Spirit in before I start my prayer. As I listen to hymns, they invite the Spirit into my life and with that, will inspire me to connect and communicate with our Heavenly Father. My greatest challenge, is that currently, I am not praying at all. As much as I do know better, I don’t make enough time daily in my life to sit down and talk to my Heavenly Father. I know this will be the greatest challenge of them all, which is breaking into that habit of prayer. I am able to anticipate that each morning as I get up and each night I lay in bed, my husband will also be next to me. To motivate myself through this great challenge, looking over at my husband will inspire me to pray not only for me, but for us, as a couple. I think that it is just as important to have Heavenly Father in tuned with my marriage. This is a great motivator for me because my husband and I often do our own things and never get to connect until the end and beginning of each day.
To keep track of my progress, I plan on creating a planner where I mark each morning and night I have prayed. Along
with marking that planner, I think it will also be beneficial if I add in a few lines where I can document what my prayer was about or any blessings I received on that day.
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