We have started memorizing John 3:5. It is a short one. It's about being born again. We had a lesson on the subject before, but I felt like we needed to discuss it again.
To help us understand more about the subject, we watched seven minutes of Elder D. Todd Christofferson's talk called "Born Again." My favorite part of the talk is where he says:
"You may ask, Why doesn't this mighty change happen more quickly with me? You should remember that the remarkable examples of King Benjamin's people, Alma, and some others in scripture are just that-- remarkable and not typical. For most of us, the changes are more gradual and occur over time. Being born again, unlike our physical birth, is more a process than an event. And engaging in that process is the central purpose of mortality.
"At the same time, let us not justify ourselves in a casual effort. Let us not be content to retain some disposition to do evil. Let us worthily partake of the sacrament each week and continue to draw upon the Holy Spirit to root out the last vestiges of impurity within us. I testify that as you continue in the path of spiritual rebirth, the atoning grace of Jesus Christ will take away your sins and the stain of those sins in you, temptations will lose their appeal, and through Christ you will become holy, as He and our Father are holy."
For the rest of class, to ease us back in and to review recent Bible stories, we watched some of the Bible Stories for Children Video: "The Good Samaritan", "Jesus Tells Three Stories--The Lost Sheep, The Lost Coin, The Lost Son," and "The Ten Lepers." They are important stories and it was a good review.
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