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Lesson 190 · Preparing for Future Education and Employment
Discovering Your Talents and Abilities
Help students discover their God-given talents and abilities in preparation for future employment.
Teach from the manual first
The lesson comes from the Church’s seminary manual
Use the official lesson as written. These activities take a few minutes to open or review class, and the send-home card helps families reinforce what was taught.
Heavenly Father has blessed each of His children with divine gifts, talents and abilities.
New Testament Seminary Teacher Manual (2027). Follow your coordinator’s pacing guide.
Open class
Every good gift
Elder Rasband’s “Fear not,” James 1:17 and D&C 46:11.
Review
Discovering my talents
Critical-thinking steps 1–3 from the lesson, privately on phones.
Send home
Fear not: you have talents
Send this to your class chat after the lesson. Students and parents can open the story and resources at home, alone or with family.
“Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.”James 1:17
Ask: What talent has someone noticed in you that you hadn’t noticed yourself?
Try: Ask a family member what talents they see in you. Write down what they say.
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