Week 44: Finding Answers to Gospel Questions

Song: Search, Ponder, and Pray (CS. 109)

Thought: Part of becoming spiritually self-reliant is learning how to answer our own gospel questions. Revelation often occurs when we earnestly seek answers to sincere questions and have faith in the promise made by the Savior: “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you” (Matthew 7:7). We can find answers to our own gospel questions as we pray, study the scriptures and words of the living prophets, and seek the guidance of the Holy Ghost. (Come, Follow Me)

Object Lesson: Have your family sit in a circle. Using a single die take turns asking yes or no questions and then rolling the dice. If the number is even then the answer is yes, if it is odd then the answer is no. After a few rounds stop and ask your family if this is a very accurate method for getting answers to important questions. Ask them for ideas on how we can receive answers to gospel questions. Talk about how Heavenly Father will answer our questions. Consider sharing the story of the brother of Jared. He had two questions about their journey across the ocean in barges: how would they have air? and how would they have light? Heavenly Father answered both of those questions, but in different ways. (Ether 2:18-25)

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Lesson Activity: Ask your family the following questions: Why does the Lord want us to be a question-asking people? What is the difference between asking questions about the gospel and doubting its truthfulness? Invite them to look for answers to these questions in the section titled “Is It True?” from President Dieter F. Uchtdorf’s talk “The Reflection in the Water.” What else do they learn from this section of President Uchtdorf’s talk?
Use this handout to help facilitate this lesson on seeking answers to gospel questions.

This Week's Challenge: Encourage each of your family members to think of a question that they have about a gospel topic. Have them write that question down on a piece of paper or post-it note then place that question in their scriptures. Challenge them to spend the next week studying and praying about that topic in search for an answer.