After the Trial of Our Faith
Open talk in Gospel LibraryContents
Before Reading
Before reading or listening to the talk, consider the following questions:
- What is the role of faith in meeting our trials?
- How does the temple and the covenants made there strengthen us in our trials?
- What is the responsibility of parents in teaching their children to love the gospel?
- How can personal revelation and the counsel of prophets guide us in our trials?
- What is the impact of our example on our children's faith?
Topics
Facing Trials with Faith
Elder Alvarado teaches that no matter the obstacles we face in life, we can trust that Jesus Christ will prepare a way forward as we walk with faith. He emphasizes that we receive no witness until after the trial of our faith.
No matter the obstacles we face in life, we can trust that Jesus Christ will prepare a way forward as we walk with faith.
God has promised that all who live according to the covenants they have made with Him will, in His time, receive all His promised blessings.
- What does it mean to walk with faith during trials?
- How does the trial of our faith lead to a witness?
- What trial are you currently facing and how can you exercise faith during this trial?
- Reflect on a time when a trial of your faith led to a witness. What did you learn from that experience?
The Role of the Temple and Covenants
Elder Alvarado underscores the importance of the temple and the covenants made therein. He shares that these are key to strengthening our lives, our marriages, our families, and our ability to resist the attacks of the adversary.
The end for which each of us strives is to be endowed with power in a house of the Lord, sealed as families, faithful to covenants made in a temple that qualify us for the greatest gift of God—that of eternal life.
The ordinances of the temple and the covenants you make there are key to strengthening your life, your marriage and family, and your ability to resist the attacks of the adversary.
- How do the temple and the covenants made there strengthen us?
- What is the relationship between temple covenants and resisting the adversary's attacks?
- How can you personally strengthen your commitment to temple covenants?
- What steps can you take to make the temple a more central part of your life?
Teaching Children to Love the Gospel
Elder Alvarado emphasizes the responsibility of parents in teaching their children to love the gospel. He highlights the importance of setting a righteous example and helping children understand the "why" of the gospel.
We cannot assume that our children will learn to love the gospel on their own; it is our responsibility to teach them.
As we help our children learn how to use their agency wisely, our example can inspire them to make their own righteous choices.
- What is the role of parents in teaching their children to love the gospel?
- How can parents inspire their children to make righteous choices?
- How can you better teach your children to love the gospel?
- What steps can you take to set a more righteous example for your children?
Seeking Personal Revelation and Following Prophetic Counsel
Elder Alvarado encourages us to seek personal revelation and to follow the counsel of living prophets. He also emphasizes the importance of understanding the gospel for ourselves.
Seek to learn divine truths and seek to understand the gospel for yourselves.
As you seek guidance from your loving Heavenly Father, listening to the counsel of living prophets and watching the example of righteous parents, you too can become a strong link of faith in your family.
- Why is it important to seek personal revelation?
- How can following the counsel of living prophets strengthen our faith?
- What steps can you take to seek more personal revelation?
- How can you better follow the counsel of living prophets?
Influence of Our Example on Our Children's Faith
Elder Alvarado discusses the profound impact of our example on our children's faith. He shares that the influence we have on our children is more powerful as they see us walking faithfully on the covenant path.
The influence we have on our children is more powerful as they see us walking faithfully on the covenant path.
Enos and the stripling warriors were strengthened by the faith of their parents, which helped them meet their own trials of faith.
- How does our example influence our children's faith?
- What lessons can we learn from Enos and the stripling warriors about the influence of parents" faith?
- How can you better model a faithful walk on the covenant path for your children?
- Reflect on an example from your own life where your parents" faith influenced your own.
