Daughters in My Kingdom by The Church of Jesus Christ ...

“Our glorious Mother Eve” and our “Father Adam” were leaders for their children, teaching them “the joy of our redemption, and the eternal life which God giveth unto all the obedient.” Rebekah and Isaac ensured that priesthood covenants and blessings would not be lost for their family. A widow in the city of Zarephath was able to take care of her son because she had faith to follow the prophet Elijah. Two thousand sixty young warriors fought valiantly to protect their families, trusting their mothers’ promise that “God would deliver them.” As a young man, Jesus Christ “increased in wisdom and stature, and in favour with God and man,” nurtured by the love and concern of His mother, Mary, and her husband, Joseph. In fact, the lesson gives examples of women throughout the scriptures who have done exactly this.įaithful women and men have been true to this theology of the family and followed these standards, doctrines, and practices whenever the gospel has been on the earth. Women have always played an important, yet often unrecognized role in keeping and protecting hearth and home. The title of this chapter invokes a powerful image, one that hearkens back to ancient Roman times where priestesses kept ritualistic hearths in service to the gods. Temporal Responsibilities and Eternal Roles The place to begin to improve society is in the home….We are trying to make the world better by making the family stronger.

Daughters in My Kingdom by The Church of Jesus Christ ...