2. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE GENESIS 18-21 GRAB YOUR JOURNAL

3. GROUP WORK STUDENTS WILL ROTATE TO DIFFERENT STATIONS AND WORK THROUGH THESE SCRIPTURE BLOCKS; I WILL PRESENT THE CONTEXT AT THE BEGINNING AND THEN GIVE A MESSAGE FROM THE HEART AT THE END, BASED ON ELDER HOLLAND’S MESSAGE

4. THREE HOLY MEN IF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY CAME TO YOUR HOUSE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? READ AND DISCUSS GENESIS 18:1-8 WHAT DOES THIS TEACH US ABOUT HOW WE SHOULD TREAT THE SERVANTS OF THE LORD?

5. IS ANYTHING TOO HARD FOR THE LORD? WHAT IS THE HARDEST THING THE LORD ASKS LDS YOUTH TO DO? READ GENESIS 18:9-14 CROSS REFERENCE LUKE 1:37. SHARE SOME EXAMPLES OF HOW THIS IS TRUE.

6. SODOM & GOMORRAH NAME A WICKED CITY. WHY DOESN’T GOD DESTROY IT? READ AND DISCUSS GENESIS 18:20-32 HOW IS THIS AN EXAMPLE OF MERCY?

7. THE SIN OF SODOM WHAT WAS THE SIN OF SODOM? READ AND DISCUSS GENESIS 19:1-5 (CHECK THE FOOTNOTES) FIND DOCTRINE IN THE FAMILY PROCLAMATION THAT TEACHES US THE LORD’S STANDARDS ON CHASTITY.

8. LOOK NOT BEHIND THEE READ AND DISCUSS GENESIS 19: 15-17, 24-26 CROSS REFERENCE D&C 133:14-15 WHAT DOES GOD WANT US TO LEAVE BEHIND? WHY DOESN’T HE WANT US TO LOOK BACK?

9. ISAAC IS BORN HAVE YOU SEEN ANY MIRACLES IN YOUR LIFE? SHARE WITH YOUR GROUP. READ AND DISCUSS GENESIS 21:1-5

10. STEPS TO DESTRUCTION GEN 13:12 – SLOWLY TURNS HIS ATTENTION TO THE WORLD GEN 19:1 – HIS HOME IS IN SODOM GEN 19:4-8 – SODOM’S SINS GEN 19:14 – NO INFLUENCE OVER FAMILY MEMBERS GEN 19:16 – LINGERS – DOESN'T WANT TO FLEE GEN 19:17-20 – REFUSES TO LISTEN AND FOLLOW THE PROPHET GEN 19:24 – SODOM’S DESTRUCTION GEN 19:26 LOSES WIFE GEN 19:33-36 – WICKEDNESS PERMEATES HIS FAMILY The case study of Lot Gen 13:12 Gen 19:1 Gen 19:4-8 Gen 19:14 Gen 19:16 Gen 19:17- 20 Gen 19:24 Gen 19:26 Gen 19:33- 36 How/why did Lot’s daughter’s think this was a good idea? What happened to their minds?

11. In 1979 a large passenger jet with 257 people on board left New Zealand for a sightseeing flight to Antarctica and back. Unknown to the pilots, however, someone had modified the flight coordinates by a mere two degrees. This error placed the aircraft 28 miles to the east of where the pilots assumed they were. As they approached Antarctica, the pilots descended to a lower altitude to give the passengers a better look at the landscape. Although both were experienced pilots, neither had made this particular flight before, and they had no way of knowing that the incorrect coordinates had placed them directly in the path of Mount Erebus, an active volcano that rises from the frozen landscape to a height of more than 12,000 feet. As the pilots flew onward, the white of the snow and ice covering the volcano blended with the white of the clouds above, making it appear as though they were flying over flat ground. By the time the instruments sounded the warning that the ground was rising fast toward them, it was too late. The airplane crashed into the side of the volcano, killing everyone on board. It was a terrible tragedy brought on by a minor error—a matter of only a few degrees. Through years of serving the Lord and in countless interviews, I have learned that the difference between happiness and misery in individuals, in marriages, and families often comes down to an error of only a few degrees.

12. “REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE” (LUKE 17:32) SHORTEST VERSE IN THE NEW TESTAMENT www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-8YKQwBHbc What’s the principle (moral of the story) based on Genesis 19:17?

13. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE (JRH, BYU DEVOTIONAL, JAN 13, 2009- 6:28) www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-8YKQwBHbc

14. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE (JRH, BYU DEVOTIONAL, JAN 13, 2009- 6:28) www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-8YKQwBHbc

15. JOURNAL WHAT DOES GOD WANT YOU TO LEAVE BEHIND? WHY DOESN’T HE WANT YOU TO LOOK BACK? Why SALT?

16. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE (JRH, BYU DEVOTIONAL, JAN 13, 2009) “Let people repent. Let people grow. Believe that people can change and improve. If something is buried in the past, leave it buried. Don’t keep going back with your little sand pail and beach shovel to dig it up, wave it around, and then throw it at someone, saying, “Hey! Do you remember this?” Splat!” ― Elder Jeffrey R. Holland Genesis 19:26

17. REMEMBER LOT’S WIFE GENESIS 18-21