Study Guide for "Remember Your Way Back Home"

In this talk, Elder José A. Teixeira uses the metaphor of salmon finding their way back to their birth streams to illustrate the importance of remembering and persevering on our journey back to our Heavenly Father. He provides four key reminders to help us rekindle feelings of our heavenly home and stay true to our divine heritage and purpose.

Before Reading

Before reading or listening to the talk, consider the following questions:

How does Elder Teixeira use the behavior of salmon to illustrate a spiritual principle?
What are the four reminders Elder Teixeira provides to help us remember our pathway back to our Heavenly Father?
How can understanding our divine heritage affect our feelings and actions?
What role does prayer play in recognizing the path back to our Heavenly Father?
How does service to others guide us on our path back to our Heavenly Father?

Topics

Remembering Our Divine Heritage

Elder Teixeira emphasizes the importance of remembering that we are children of God, which is the first step on our journey back to our heavenly home. He encourages us to regularly remind ourselves of this divine heritage and to trust the guides we have been given from God.

We have a divine heritage. Knowing that we are children of God and that He wants us to return to His presence is one of the first steps on the journey back to our heavenly home.

Knowing who you are changes what you feel and what you do.

Understanding who you truly are better prepares you to recognize and remember your way back to your heavenly home and yearn to be there.

What does it mean to have a divine heritage?
How can remembering that we are children of God affect our feelings and actions?
Why is understanding our divine heritage crucial in our journey back to our heavenly home?
How can you regularly remind yourself of your divine heritage?
In what ways can you trust the guides you have been given from God?
How has understanding your divine heritage influenced your life?

Building Our Foundation on Jesus Christ

Elder Teixeira teaches that strength comes from remaining righteous, true, and faithful to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. He highlights the importance of building our foundations on Jesus Christ to withstand the temptations of the adversary.

Strength comes to us when we remain righteous, true, and faithful to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ, even when others overwhelmingly disregard the commandments and principles of salvation.

Satan’s mighty winds and storms are beating upon us, but they will have no power to drag us down if we put our trust in the safest place—in our Redeemer.

What does it mean to build our foundation on Jesus Christ?
How does remaining righteous, true, and faithful to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ provide us with strength?
Why is trusting in Jesus Christ crucial in withstanding the temptations of the adversary?
How can you build your foundation on Jesus Christ?
How have you experienced strength from remaining righteous, true, and faithful to Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ?
In what ways can you put your trust in Jesus Christ?

Praying for Guidance and Sustaining Love

Elder Teixeira emphasizes the importance of prayer in our journey back to our heavenly home. He assures us that God is ready to listen to our prayers and promises that through prayer, we will find His sustaining love and recognize the path He has marked for us.

God is fully aware of each one of us and ready to listen to our prayers.

When we remember to pray, we find His sustaining love, and the more we pray to our Father in Heaven in Christ’s name, the more we bring the Savior into our life and the better we will recognize the path He has marked to our heavenly home.

How does prayer help us recognize the path back to our Heavenly Father?
What blessings are promised when we remember to pray?
How does prayer bring the Savior into our life?
How can you make prayer a more consistent part of your life?
When have you felt God's sustaining love through prayer?
How has prayer helped you recognize the path back to your Heavenly Father?

Serving Others as a Pathway Home

Elder Teixeira encourages us to serve others as a way of following Jesus Christ and making the world a better place. He asserts that our loving service to others guides us on our path back to our heavenly home.

As we strive to follow Jesus Christ by serving and showing kindness to others, we make the world a better place.

Our actions can significantly bless the lives of those around us and our own lives as well.

Loving service to others guides us along the path to our heavenly home—the path of becoming like our Savior.

How does serving others help us follow Jesus Christ?
In what ways can our actions bless the lives of others and our own lives?
Why is loving service to others crucial in guiding us on our path back to our heavenly home?
How can you strive to serve and show kindness to others?
What experiences have you had where your service to others has blessed your life?
How has service to others guided you on your path back to your heavenly home?