Agency and Accountability (Credit Unknown)
Family Home Evening Lesson on Agency by Deseret
Book
Agency Lego Handout
How to remove emptiness from your
life and fill your life with indescribable joy
Whatsover ye sow, that shall ye also reap.
I have
always liked the idea of a hinge. You point out how at the hinge the decisions
you make seem very minor with relatively no influence, but the slightest
alteration there will have big impacts on the reach of the sway at the other
end! It could make a fun focal point/handout as well as visual. Another thing
that I pointed out to our girls was that agency isn't free - it comes with a
price. I actually prefer the term "moral agency" that implies the responsibility
tied to it and how serious it is. But what I helped my girls understand is that
Satan is crafty and one of his great ploys is to convince you that you can
sidestep, avoid and/or eliminate consequences. The reality is that while they
may be or seem delayed, they are never removed, changed or avoided. We only have
control over our decisions, the consequences are set and not something we can
alter or change. It is my personal opinion that one of his greatest tools is the
appearance of a delayed consequence which many take as confirmation that they
missed the bullet. (Idea shared by Holly Schwendiman
/
ga07302007)
Choose
the Right (Hymn Book pg. 239)
Dare to
Do Right (Children's Songbook, pg. 158)
Do What
is Right (Hymn Book pg. 237)
I Lived
in Heaven (Children's Songbook, pg. 4)
Let Me Soar, August 1976, New Era
Morning of your life, October 1980, New Era
Song for the River, January-February 1983, New Era
Act Well Thy Part
Don't Let Chance Determine Your Choices
Get It Together
Get Yourself Into a Tight Squeeze
Good Call
Have a Choice Experience
Keep yourself free
Make Waves
Make Your Own Fortune
No Man Can Serve Two Masters
Play Your Part
Rings True
Which Side Are You On?
God's
Counting on You
One Liners
Quick
Quotes
The war
in the pre-mortal existence when we fought for our agency (Moses 4:1-3)
Staying on the right track
The Banana and
Monkey Story by President Kimball
U-Dandy Resented Restraint
Adversity
& Agency by M. Russell Ballard
"Agency--a
Blessing and a Burden", Oct. Gen. Conf. 1999 by Sharon G. Larsen
"Using Agency Wisely" by Elder Donald L. Hallstrom,
January 2006 Ensign
With Agency comes Responsibility
- Used in conjunction with Young Women Lesson