11. Choose the Good Part: Spiritual Essentialism
Most of us have more things expected of us than we can possibly do. Our spiritual and physical health depend upon our ability to regularly assess what is needful in our lives and to let the rest go. Using the Savior’s admonition to Martha to choose what is needful, Angie leads a discussion on the four key relationships that will help us determine what is spiritually essential in our lives.
"I’m going to make a simple and bold statement: I believe it is vital for our spiritual and physical health to learn how to regularly assess what is needful in our lives and to let the rest go."
RESOURCES AND REFERENCES:
1. Good, Better, Best by Dallin H. Oaks
2. Of Things That Matter Most by Dieter F. Uchtdorf
3. Martha and Mary, Ensign Magazine, April 2019 Camille Fronk Olson
4. The Power of Plainness by Marvin J. Ashton
5. Luke 10: 41-42 "And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things: But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her."
6. Matt 16:26 "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
7. D&C 88:63 "Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
8. John 6:35 "And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst."
9. Acts 2:17 "And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:"
10. Mosiah 4:27 "And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order."
11. Revelation for the Church Revelation for Our Lives by Russel M. Nelson
12. The Family: A Proclamation to the World
13. Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life by Henry Cloud and John Townsend