Micro-Training # 06
Help learners come unto Jesus Christ
Help learners intentionally strive to be more like Jesus Christ
Theme
How to help learners come unto Jesus Christ in placing Him at the center of our teaching and learning experience.
Illustrate
The restored gospel enables us to become like Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. The Savior has shown the way. He has set the perfect example, and He commands us to become as They are (see 3 Nephi 12:48). As we learn of Him and seek to incorporate His attributes into our life, we and our students can achieve this goal through the power of Jesus Christ and His Atonement.
The scriptures describe Christlike attributes that are essential for you and your students to develop throughout your life. Christlike attributes are gifts from God. Help your students identify these attributes and understand that they come to us as we use our agency righteously. Teach your students to ask Heavenly Father to bless them with these attributes and seek His help with a desire and willingness to improve.
As you do these things, you can help your students increase their capacity to act in faith, both in and outside of class, as they intentionally strive to become more like Jesus Christ. Becoming is a process of change in our character and nature. It comes through the redeeming and strengthening power of Jesus Christ. Applied to the principle of faith in the Savior, it means that we increasingly become a more faithful person. Faith in Christ becomes an attribute of our character as we repeatedly and consistently grow in knowledge and understanding of faith in Jesus Christ, act with faith in Him to do what He would do, and seek His gifts and blessings to become like Him and His Father (see Kim B. Clark, “Doctrinal Mastery and Deep Learning,” Feb. 17, 2017; and “Deep Learning and Joy in the Lord,” June 13, 2017).
Invite your students to seek the help of the Holy Ghost in identifying ways they can become more like the Savior. Provide guidance and support to your students as they prayerfully consider specific steps they can take in their efforts to become like Him.
Here are two quotes from our Church leaders:
“Now, my dear brothers and sisters, it takes both faith and courage to let God prevail. It takes persistent, rigorous spiritual work to repent and to put off the natural man through the Atonement of Jesus Christ. It takes consistent, daily effort to develop personal habits to study the gospel, to learn more about Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, and to seek and respond to personal revelation.”
(President Russell M. Nelson, “Let God Prevail,” general conference, Oct. 2020)
“Our personal responsibility is to learn what we should learn, to live as we know we should live, and to become who the Master would have us become.”
(Elder David A. Bednar, “Prepared to Obtain Every Needful Thing,” Ensign or Liahona, May 2019, 102)
Invitation to act
For your next lessons, think about specific invitations you will encourage your students to follow to acquire or develop one of the Savior's virtues, or to strengthen their faith to become more like Jesus Christ. Write down your ideas, implement them, and share your experience with other teachers.
Share your thoughts, experiences or questions with other teachers on your stake teacher's WhatsApp group.
