Introduction
Show the video presentation “My Joy Is Full.” Invite class members to consider the following questions:
Opening scene
Imagine you’re just off camera in the multitude. What are you thinking and feeling?
Ordination of the Twelve Disciples
As a Nephite, what does the ordination of these disciples mean to you?
Healing of the man with the withered hand
What does the man’s hand represent? What will be the result of his healing?
Healing the blind woman
What does the woman’s blindness represent? Who is blessed as a result of this miracle?
Blessing the children
I imagine my children running joyfully to the Savior. I love the look of relaxed comfort on the face of the actor who portrays Jesus in this segment. Remember the Savior earlier that day had admonished the Nephites, “ye must … become as a little child, or ye can in nowise inherit the
Throughout this lesson, keep a prayer in your heart asking for the Holy Ghost to teach you what you can do in your life to apply these wonderful teachings of the Savior.
Jesus commands the people to ponder
Jesus announced that he needed to leave the Nephites for a time. Before he left, he counseled the people in 3 Nephi 17:2-3.
- What does it mean to ponder?
- Read quote by Elder Wirthlin:
“Pondering, which means to weigh mentally, to deliberate, to meditate, can achieve the opening of the spiritual eyes of one’s understanding. Also, the Spirit of the Lord may rest upon the ponderer” (in Conference Report, Apr. 1982, 33; or Ensign, May 1982, 23).
- How and when can we prepare our minds to be taught the truth?
Jesus administers the sacrament
Read 3 Nephi 18:7, 10–11 and look for answers to the following questions:
- What do we promise by taking the sacrament?
- What is promised to us as we worthily partake of the sacrament?
- Note that the promise that we can always have Jesus’ spirit to be with us when we remember him is a self-reinforcing cycle. The Spirit helps us remember Jesus, which further invites his Spirit to be with us, which strengthens our remembrance of Jesus…
Meaning of the bread
The bread represents Jesus’ body. The body represents our mortality and our ability to act. In Alma 5:15,
Meaning of the water
The water represents Jesus’ blood. Blood is a symbol of life and of death. Our remembrance of Jesus’ blood reminds us that he willingly died for us. Read Leviticus 17:11. As we partake of the water and remember the death of Jesus, we recommit to accept his atonement, repent of our sins, and strive to follow Jesus in all things.
Jesus teaches the people to pray
Just before ascending to his Father, Jesus counseled the people in 3 Nephi 18:21 to pray in their families. What blessings come to your family as you faithfully pray in your families?
- In 3 Nephi 19:13 the disciples were baptized and received the Holy Ghost. Immediately thereafter the Savior appeared and began to minister to them again, as he had promised to do.
- Read 3 Nephi 19:15-18. What did Jesus do? He went a little way off and prayed too. Compare this event with the events in
- What did Jesus pray for? Read 3 Nephi 19:19-23. Compare this prayer with Jesus’ intercessory prayer as recorded in John 17.
- I find it interesting that in both the Book of Mormon when Jesus appeared to the Nephites and in the events at
Conclusion
As we remember the Savior in all we do and pray in our families with real intent, we can have the great blessings promised to us. Finish by reading 3 Nephi 19:21, 23 and 28, in which Jesus prays for us!
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