1. ‚Decisions for Eternity‛
Elder Russell M. Nelson
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2. Announcements:
NEXT LESSON (Rob Driggs): ‚Small & Simple
Things‛ by Elder Valenzuela
 March 19: Fireside by Elder Lund @7:30 @ MSB
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3. Starter Question:
Would you rather???

4. Would you rather…
Would you rather have toes
as long as your fingers OR
fingers as long as your
toes?

5. Would you rather…
Have the ability to see 10
years into your own future
OR one year into the future
of the world?

6. Would you rather…
Would you rather be able to
read anyone’s mind all the
time OR always know their
future?

9. ‚Decisions for Eternity‛
Elder Russell M. Nelson
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11. ‚Decisions for Eternity‛
‚Each day is a day of
decision. President Thomas S.
Monson has taught us
that, ‘decisions determine
destiny.’…You are never too
young to learn, never too old
to change. Your yearnings to
learn and change come from a
divinely instilled striving for
eternal progression. Each day
brings opportunity for
decisions for eternity.‛

14. D&C 6:14
‚Verily, verily, I say
unto thee, blessed art
thou for what those
hast done; for thou hast
inquired of me, and
behold, as often as thou
hast inquired thou hast
received instruction of
my Spirit. If it had not
been so, thou wouldst
not have come to the
place where thou art at
this time.‛

15. ‚Decade of Decisions‛
1. The decision to stay morally clean
 2. The decision to serve in His Kingdom
 3. The decision to follow the Prophets
 4. The decision to accept & follow the
will & timing of the Lord
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16. 1. The decision to be morally clean
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18. ‚A pivotal spiritual attribute is that
of self-mastery- the strength to
place reason over appetite. Selfmastery builds a strong conscience.
And your conscience determines,
tempting, and trying situations.‛

19. 2. The Decision to serve in His Kingdom

21. Find an example in the
scriptures of a person, or group,
that had to make a decision to
serve in the kingdom.

22. 3. Decision to follow His Prophets

25. 4. Decision to accept & follow the
will & timing of the Lord

26. Elder Oaks, ‚Timing‛

27. What do we
learn in the process
of waiting?

28. ‚Continue in patience‛

29. Any final thoughts?
What are you taking
away today?

30. Would your pre-mortal
self would be happy with
your mortal self, because
your post-mortal self
depends on it.

31. LESSON:
Rob Driggs:
‚Small & Simple Things‛
by Elder Valenzuela

32. References:
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‚LDS Follow the Prophet‛ Elder Maxwell Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOpEhA2kpko
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‚Choices‛ by James E. Faust (April 2004) http://www.lds.org/generalconference/2004/04/choices?lang=eng&query=making+correct+decisions#listen=audio
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‚Making Right Decisions‛ by L. Tom Perry (October 1979)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/1979/10/making-the-right-decisions?lang=eng#watch=video
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‚Timing‛ by Dallin H. Oaks (January 2002) http://www.byutv.org/watch/0ba01d21-18f24af1-819a-8aa58f8dbbb4/byu-devotional-address-dallin-h-oaks-12902
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‚Decisions for Eternity‛ by Russell M. Nelson (October 2013)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/10/decisions-for-eternity?lang=eng
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‚Preparing for the Decade of Decisions‛ by Robert D. Hales
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2007/04/to-the-aaronic-priesthood-preparing-for-the-decade-of-decision?lang=eng
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‚Decisions Determine Destiny‛ by President Monson
http://speeches.byu.edu/?act=viewitem&id=1505

33. Starter Question:
If you could go back and
re-do high school, what would
you change?