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Lesson #3

God Is Our Heavenly Father

Read through the commentary and the accompanying scriptures, then answer the questions in the assessment. When you have completed this lesson click on the next lesson located just below.

God is our Heavenly Father

Commentary

"Before enjoying the harvests of righteous efforts, let us therefore first acknowledge God’s hand. Otherwise, the rationalizations appear, and they include, “My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth” (Deut. 8:17). Or, we “vaunt” ourselves, as ancient Israel would have done (except for Gideon’s deliberately small army), by boasting that “mine own hand hath saved me” (Judg. 7:2). Touting our own “hand” makes it doubly hard to confess God’s hand in all things (see Alma 14:11; D&C 59:21)." (Neal A. Maxwell, “Consecrate Thy Performance,” Ensign, May 2002, 36)

Scripture

Judges 7:2

2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.

Questions

1 - Why does God want to confess His hand in all things?

2 - How has pride hurt or hindered your own life?

3 - What are dangers you see from having pride?

4 - Before we enjoy blessings we should first, (check all that apply)