Holy ghost talk

About half a year ago, I had the privilege of giving a talk on the Holy Ghost after a new member baptism. In thinking about how I wo...

We’ve all heard countless lessons, talks, and conference addresses on the importance of the Holy Ghost in our lives, and we can easily reel off a list of the amazing ways He can bless us. But there are aspects of the Holy Ghost that are commonly overlooked or forgotten, and it is important to understand all the resources and gifts available to us through Him so that we can go through life obtaining the most peace and happiness possible.

For our Family Home Evenings lately we've been going through the gospel essentials book to help our daughter be ready for baptism. This past Sunday, the lesson was on the gift of the Holy Ghost, and I pulled out a talk I had given at my nephew's baptism last April. I had a box full of items to help remind us of things pertaining to the Holy Ghost and had the boys being baptized come up and pull something out of the box. Then we would talk about what it represented and I had a scripture or…

a fun lesson on the Holy Ghost perfect for baptism talks #holyghost #church

Update May 2015: Hello Friends! Thanks for visiting my blog and your interest in this Holy Ghost talk. I've had this talk up for almost 5 years and it's still my most visited blog post- thanks! I've been offering the pdf for free, which was fine when I got 2-3 email requests a week, but lately it's been like 80 requests a week and I can barely keep up! To help make up for my time, I'm going to start selling the pdf file for $1.50. Feel free to use my idea or make your own traffic light, but…

I can't wait until I'm 8! My sister, Merrilee, was asked to speak today at their Stake Baptism Day. We had had the chance to talk prior to today about what she might be able to talk about while giving a talk about the Holy Ghost. We thought it might be fun to use all of the letters in the spelling of Holy Ghost to describe what the Holy Ghost does for each of us. Merrilee took this even further and put together a fun handout for each one of the Primary Children that got baptized. Merrilee…

We’ve all heard countless lessons, talks, and conference addresses on the importance of the Holy Ghost in our lives, and we can easily reel off a list of the amazing ways He can bless us. But there are aspects of the Holy Ghost that are commonly overlooked or forgotten, and it is important to understand all the resources and gifts available to us through Him so that we can go through life obtaining the most peace and happiness possible.

This is the talk I gave at a recent baptism on the Holy Ghost. I get to talk about the gift that you are about to receive. It is a v...

*Update (3/5/2017)* You can now view and download the file for the Tootsie Roll handout. Scroll to the bottom of the post for the link! Last month in Young Women we talked about the Godhead as part of the new "Come Follow Me" Youth curriculum. The new curriculum focuses a lot on having the Youth participate more in lessons so that through this participation and application of the lessons in their daily lives, they may become converted to the Gospel. With each lesson I prepare, I really try…

Download Lesson for Free: Holy Ghost Camping Adventure PDF Morning Meeting (John 14:26-27; 15:26; 16:13-14). Hold up the picture of the L...