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From Come, Follow Me:
How is the Lord leading you toward your promised land?
"Nothing opens the heavens quite like the combination of increased purity, exact obedience, earnest seeking, daily feasting on the words of Christ in the Book of Mormon, and regular time committed to temple and family history work." President Russell M. Nelson, Revelation for the Church, Revelation for Our Lives
How has God spoken to you? How can these experiences help you going forward? What inspiration have you received as you have participated in family history? Share these experiences with your family.
Record these experiences in individual journals, a family journal, an audio recording, or any method you choose.
Decide how you and your family will become better prepared to receive revelation from God. See the Get Started page in the Family History Guide to see different ways you can begin or continue your family history journey, to reap the rewards including hearing Him more clearly.
President Henry B. Eyring said: “It is important to know why the Lord promised to send Elijah. Elijah was a great prophet with great power given him by God. He held the greatest power God gives to His children: he held the sealing power, the power to bind on earth and have it bound in heaven” Hearts Bound Together
See also: Dale G. Renlund, Family History and Temple Work: Sealing and Healing
As you learn about your ancestors, how has their faith in Jesus Christ strengthened you and your family?
“In remembering our own ancestors, we recognize the scope of Heavenly Father’s plan and creation. The Lord created a place for us to be tested and to have faith, but because very few people get the chance to receive the fulness of God’s covenants while in mortality, the mercy of proxy work reminds us that the Lord loves all His children and has provided a way that all may choose to accept the full blessings of the gospel regardless of their circumstances in mortality (see 2 Nephi 26:20–28, 32–33).
In addition, learning about our ancestors’ lives can remind us that not everything in life will work easily, that there will be disappointments and inequalities in this fallen world. But learning about their lives and performing ordinances for them can also remind us that no one is outside the reach of God’s love (see Romans 8:38–39).” Amy Harris, How Family History Changes Our Hearts and Minds
What can you learn from the experiences of your ancestors? What do you learn about their lives? Share these stories with your family, and record them.
See what ideas you are inspired to try by watching the following videos:
One idea is to play “Family History Charades.” by taking turns (as individuals or in groups) acting out an ancestor story (finding the gospel, being taught by missionaries, gaining a testimony of The Book of Mormon, traveling to Zion, being baptized, etc.) for everyone to identify and name the ancestor or ancestors involved in the story.
Once that person or family is named, talk more about their lives and the legacy they left. What would your life be like had that ancestor not gained a testimony? If you don’t have ancestors who joined the church, this game can also be played using church history stories. You could video the game, and also audio record each story on FamilySearch memories.
Ether 6:5–18, 30; 9:28–35; 10:1–2
From Come, Follow Me:
Consider what you can do to willingly “walk humbly before the Lord” (Ether 6:17) rather than being compelled to be humble?
Family history can help us walk humbly by teaching you that we are part of a family line that extends back for generations, populated with ancestors who experienced challenges and overcame hardships beyond what we can imagine. Because they did not have the advantages and blessings we enjoy today; this perspective can foster a sense of gratitude. Our lives are built upon the efforts of those who came before us.
How family history promotes humility:
Writing a letter of gratitude to an ancestor, can help you put into perspective their gifts to you. To preserve your letter, verbally express your gratitude in a recording, or take a picture of a handwritten or typed letter to save. See instructions for preserving your letters.
Consider also writing a note of gratitude to a living relative.
From Come, Follow Me:
What have you learned from the book of Ether that can help you obtain the blessings described in Ether 8:26?
Ether 8:26 Wherefore, I, Moroni, am commanded to write these things that evil may be done away, and that the time may come that Satan may have no power upon the hearts of the children of men, but that they may be persuaded to do good continually, that they may come unto the fountain of all righteousness and be saved.
One idea is to write down your testimony of Christ. What would you like to say to your living family members and to your posterity - the generations to come? You could then read your testimony as an audio message on FamilySearch using the FamilySearch Memories Audio App or the "Record My Story" feature on FamilySearch Discovery or from FamilySearch memories on your computer here. You could also record it without writing it first. Sharing in many ways and circumstances will leave no question about what you know and love, and what you have experienced.
Write questions to encourage the sharing of testimonies of Christ on slips of paper and place in a basket. Each member could write one question (or a parent or group leader could have the questions prepared ahead of time). Simplify for younger children.
Take turns drawing one slip from the basket and sharing your feelings and gratitude for the Lord's hand in your lives (see O Remember, Remember, Henry B. Eyring - watch a video clip here). Audio recordings of your experience can be recorded on or uploaded to FamilySearch.
Create a booklet or a collection of testimonies of the Savior from the records of your ancestors. Consider making a collection of the stories of the first converts in your family lines.
