Unit 1 Choice 1

List several Themes of the Book of Acts – Acts 1-8, 10-12 & Bible Dictionary entry “Acts of the Apostles”

Twelve Apostles bear witness of Jesus Christ throughout all lands

Testify of Jesus Christ’s Resurrection

Teach of the Holy Ghost

Teach of how to gain salvation

Perform Miracles with the power of the Priesthood

Testify of the Apostasy

Teach the gospel by witnesses

Baptize and give the Gift of the Holy Ghost

Preach to everyone (not only the Jews)

Establish the Church wherever the apostles went

• In order to complete this assignment I read in all the headings of the above chapters and wrote down specific things that the apostles did in Acts.
• I decided to do this assignment because I had a desire to know what the main reasons were for having Acts be in the Bible and what made Acts different from  the other books in the Bible.
• I think the best thing about this assignment was having to read just from the chapter headings. When you just read chapter after chapter you sometimes can miss the big picture of what is going on in Acts and so this assignment opened my mind to the important themes found within. This assignment could be improved by us having to read an excerpt from a current apostle about what he thinks the themes of Acts are and why they are important

Unit 2 Choice 1 #2

1.       By fasting and praying, the Lord will give you personal revelation about how you can be happy .

2.       Remember that you have had hands laid upon your head by priesthood holders who set you apart to be a missionary. With that blessing, the Lord recognized you and blessed you with special abilities to be a successful missionary. He trusts you!

3.       As a missionary, you have been blessed to have a companion and as well as other missionaries within you mission to help and support you. Just as Saul had Barnabas and John, they are able to help to give relief and to lift you up during troubled times. The Lord loves his missionaries and so he set up a perfect system to help us to be happy so use his system!

·         In completing this assignment, I read through verses and picked our key words and phrases within to help me to find doctrine that would motivate a missionary.

·         I chose to do this assignment because I have cousins on missions and so I wanted to find some uplifting words of wisdom that I could give them.

·         The best thing about this assignment was that it got me to really think and apply these 5 verses. While reading those verses previously, I did not and probably would have ever thought to apply those scriptures for guidance in that situation. Helps me to remember that I need to be pondering and really “feasting” upon the scriptures. This assignment could be improved by having several scenarios that I could relate the same scriptures to.