November 19, 2014-

Weekly Training Meeting

November 19, 2014

Announcements:

No Training next week

The week after that will be the last training of the semester

Tuesday is Friday classes next week- make sure you get subs if you need to

Group Thinking:

What have you learned about learning this semester?

• Participation encourages ownership
• It’s ok to learn in a different way than others
• You have to have the intention of using it
• So much of effective learning requires asking the right questions
• Sometimes we spread the most time finding the right question
• My learning should be used to LIFT others up
• The learning that I want to achieve, that is to understand the mind and will of God for me and his other children, is only possible through the infinite power of the Atonement, so I better invite it.
• You cannot be saved in ignorance
• Environment influences it
• there must be a need behind the learning. Also, as an agent you are accountable to create/see this need; not your professor
• Being an agent in learning is vital
• Learning requires faith, agency, and consecration through out
• First I obey then I understand
• The more I learn the more I realize I don’t know
• Knowledge is obtained by the spirit, the spirit combined with knowledge will change hearts, minds, and the world
• God understands perfectly the patterns of learning
• I need to be vulnerable- no pride
• The more you put in, the more you get out of it
• It’s more important to embody what we are learning then to spend time talking about it
• Practicing for the right reasons (Spirit)
• Learning is better retained and received when it springs from the desires of the learner

What are evidences in your life that your learning and teaching has changed?

• My missionaries rely on God more
• my relationship with Jesus Christ looks a lot different
• I see people differently
• The training model becomes a principle not application
• I am more accepting to different points of view
• I associate with my LA roommate in a different way, by spending more time understanding her, especially her desires
• There is more rejoicing in my classrooms as missionaries truly learn
• The Lord shows me my weakness. Accepting and seeking help from others
• I pray more 
• I ask for help
• Going from failing Chem to excelling at Chem
• I’m more reliant on God and less reliant on my experience
• My heart pondereth- continually on learning and teaching
• Talk less, listen more
• I am more comfortable going deeper with others
• I give people the benefit of the doubt

The Plan of Salvation

-JFSmith said that we testify that the plan of salvation is the gospel of Jesus Christ

L2=L3

Gospel in the BD- Good news- Christ’s Atonement

Think about this as a group and why it is said this way.

D&C 76, 88, 138

3 Nephi 27

2 Nephi 31

2 Nephi 9

November 12, 2014-

Weekly Training Meeting

November 12, 2014

To Complete Assignment: Write Lisanne an email about what you learned from the study below. Write a follow-up email about how your prayers are changing.

Announcements:

• Positions opening at the MTC— you should apply if you want! 
• Tuesday before Thanksgiving is Friday BYU classes— get a sub if you need to
• infield and pday are flopping for thanksgiving week
• the holiday google doc for thanksgiving need to be done by Friday, November 14th
• christmas subs need to be done by Dec 1
• If you are leaving before the end of the semester and will be gone next semester you are responsible for subs until Jan 5
• Fill out the awards list and fill it out

Group Thinking:

How does God answer prayers?

Which do you struggle with most?

Questions

prerequisites necessary to ask the right questions

Or

Answers

attitude and desires necessary to trust or help answers to come

Why is it difficult for you? Figure out where you at and why it’s difficult for you.

BD: Prayer

“Prayer is the act by which the will of the Father and the will of the child are brought into correspondence with each other. The object of prayer is not to change the will of God but to secure for ourselves and for others blessings that God is already willing to grant but that are made conditional on our asking for them. Blessings require some work or effort on our part before we can obtain them. Prayer is a form of work and is an appointed means for obtaining the highest of all blessings.”

Think if this happens 100% all the time or 5% of the time. 

Do I receive blessings God is willing to grant because of my asking?

Do I recognize the answers given?

Study:

Study stories to consider what others learned about the preparation and work necessary before and after prayers are given. 

Enos 1- Enos

Mosiah 21:13-15- Limhi’s people

Mosiah 26:13-33- Alma

Alma 20-22- King Lamoni’s Father

Ether 2-3- Brother of Jared

John 17- Jesus Christ

2 Nephi 4- Nephi

1 Nephi 11- Nephi

1 Nephi 17-18- Nephi

Find your own

Chart- Questions Answers                        God                                Me

Practice:

• Practice questions in prayer with proper prepositions
• Consider what you have asked for in the last week…
• What needs to change in terms of having active faith
• Prepare for the preparation you need to have for a prayer this week

November 5, 2014- Humility and Gratitude in Prayer

Weekly Training Meeting

November 5, 2014

To Complete Assignment: Write Lisanne an email about what you learned from the study below. Write a follow-up email about how your prayers are changing.

Announcements:

• Positions opening at the MTC— you should apply if you want! 
• Tuesday before Thanksgiving is Friday BYU classes— get a sub if you need to

Group Thinking:

Mormon culture realizations this week… or.. how are your negative cultural tendencies changing?

What would testimony look like in a prayer and what would doctrine look like in a prayer?

Build your testimony into the doctrine

Show your belief in God and his help with your testimony

Doctrine:

Ether 3:2-5

2 Nephi 9:46

Alma 31:17-18 (Interesting…)

3Nephi 19:20-23

Alma 33:5-11

Alma 22:18

Find your own

You can use these topics to guide you through these scriptures if you would like.    

Person/Scripture

Doctrine

Why doctrine was used

What effect it had of ministry/relationship with God

Practice: (choose context)

• Practice your prayer with elements of humility and gratitude 
• Practice prayer with: Testimony, Doctrine, Humility and Gratitude 

Evaluation:

• What are you learning from your prayer?
• What are you learning from your partner’s prayer?
• What effect does humility and gratitude have on prayer?

Invitation:

• Incorporate Humility and Gratitude into prayers (as well as testimony and doctrine)
• Tell someone about it
• Write about effects in your journal
• practice