Come, Follow Me
Who am I, and who can I become?

Who am I, and who can I become?

Prepare Yourself Spiritually

We are beloved spirit daughters of heavenly parents, and, as such, we have a divine nature and destiny. By divine design, we have unique gifts and talents that will help us fulfill our destiny as daughters of God. Knowing who we are gives our lives purpose and helps us make the right decisions.

Resources to Help You Prepare

These resources are to help you prepare for the “Learn together” section of the meeting.

Questions to Ponder before You Teach

What does it mean to you to be a daughter of God? How does knowing you are a daughter of God bless you and influence the decisions you make?

How can you help the young women understand the importance of knowing they are daughters of God? How does knowing this affect the choices they make, the way they feel about themselves, and their vision for their future?

What can the young women do to prepare to learn? For example, they could read a talk, watch a video, or study a scripture related to this doctrine.

Teaching in the Savior’s Way

The Savior helped others learn, grow spiritually, and become converted to His gospel. He knew who they were and who they could become. As you teach the young women, help them understand that they are daughters of God and they can become like Him and live with Him again.

Meeting Outline

1. Counsel Together and Share Experiences

Led by a member of the class presidency; approximately 5–10 minutes

Lead a discussion about items such as the following:

  • Our class: Who is missing today? What visits do we need to make? Who should we invite to an upcoming activity? Who needs our help and prayers?

  • Our responsibilities: What assignments do we need to make? What assignments have we fulfilled? How have we invited others to come unto Christ, and how can we invite others now?

  • Our lives: Remind the class of the discussion from the last meeting. What experiences have we had with applying what we learned? What experiences have we had in the past few weeks that strengthened our testimonies of the gospel?

If possible, discuss these items beforehand in a class presidency meeting.

2. Learn Together

Led by a leader or teacher or a member of the class; approximately 25–35 minutes

After studying the above resources and following the inspiration of the Spirit, you may select one or more of the activities below to help class members understand the doctrine.

  • What blessings flow into our lives when we understand our divine identity? To answer this question, young women could review together the stories of Mariama, Renu, and Taiana in Sister Joy D. Jones’s talk, “Value beyond Measure.” What counsel did Sister Jones give to help us “remember and embrace our divine identity”? Invite the young women to find and discuss a scripture passage or a quotation in Sister Jones’s message that helps them understand their true worth to God. Invite them to share one of these scriptures or quotations with someone who needs a reminder of his or her divine worth. As part of this activity, you could show one of the videos in this outline.

  • Think of a simple activity that will help the young women understand that becoming like God requires patience and persistence. This activity should require multiple attempts to accomplish successfully. For example, the young women could repeatedly try to throw an object into a wastebasket without looking. What does this activity teach them about persistent effort? How can they relate this process to becoming like Heavenly Father? Invite each young woman to look for and share statements from Elder Dale G. Renlund’s talk “Latter-day Saints Keep on Trying” that expresses what she learned from the activity.

  • Show the young women a seed, and ask them what plant they think will grow from it. Show them the plant (or a picture of the plant) that the seed produces. Ask the young women how we, as children of God, are like the seed. Invite them to search the following scripture passages and share things they find that teach them about who they are and who they can become: 1 John 3:1–3; Doctrine and Covenants 84:37–38; 88:107; 132:20. Invite the young women to share how this knowledge affects their choices and the way they treat other children of God. As part of this discussion, consider sharing the following statement from President Gordon B. Hinckley: “The whole design of the gospel is to lead us onward and upward to greater achievement, even, eventually, to godhood” (“Don’t Drop the Ball,” Ensign or Liahona, Nov. 1994, 48).

  • Invite the young women to think of a friend who has a personal challenge and consider how understanding his or her divine identity and purpose would help with that challenge. How could they discuss these truths with their friend? Invite each young woman to search a different section of Elder Brian K. Taylor’s message “Am I a Child of God?” Then have them role-play how they could share this message with the person they thought of.

3. Plan to Act

Led by a member of the class presidency; approximately 5–10 minutes

  • Ask the young women to discuss any feelings or impressions they had during the meeting. What was meaningful to them? Is there something they can do personally or as a class to apply what they have learned?

  • Give the young women a few minutes to record what they will do in the coming weeks to act on their impressions. Invite them to share their ideas.

  • Remind the young women that they will have the opportunity to share their experiences at the beginning of the next meeting.

Related Youth Activities

Plan a Mutual activity that will help the young women apply what they learned in this lesson.