1. Exodus 14-17 MURMUR-FEST

2. How can music help us to express gratitude to the Lord? What are some other ways we could appropriately express our gratitude to the Lord? What can we learn from the response of the children of Israel to being delivered? DISCUSS WITH A PARTNER: When have you felt really grateful for something? What did you do to express your gratitude? Read Exodus 15:1–2 (glance at Exodus 15:3–21)

3. The Murmur What the Lord did Exodus 14:10-12Exodus 14:13-16 Exodus 15:22-24Exodus 15:25 Exodus 16:2-3Exodus 16:11-15 Exodus 17:1-3Exodus 17:4-6 Exodus 17:7Exodus 17:11-12 Exodus 18:13- 15,17-18 Exodus 18:21-22

4. Manna Rules: Exodus 16:16-26 Cross-reference: Numbers 11:4-8 lust vs desire? Numbers 11:18-20, 31-33 For the Strength of Youth, “Sexual Purity”, 4 th paragraph Cross-reference: D&C 63:16 (three things lusting causes) Opposite of lust? HINT: (It’s not ‘love’) See D&C 121:45-46 What three things can charity create?

5. WATCH YOUR STEP (video) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWQ5dPeixdw

7. 1.Has your life been affected by dating, lust or pornography? 2.What are you doing to avoid dating, lust, or pornography traps? 3.How has (could) your life be blessed by virtue? In your journal…

8. 1. The murmurer often lacks the courage to express openly his concerns. 2. Though picking up no stones themselves, [murmurers] provoke others to do so. 3. While a murmurer insists on venting his own feelings, he regards any response thereto as hostile. They seldom take into account the bearing capacity of their audiences. 4. Murmurers have short memories. …Strange, isn’t it, brothers and sisters, how those with the shortest memories have the longest list of demands! However, with no remembrance of past blessings, there is no perspective about what is really going on. 5. Those of deep faith do not murmur. …They are reluctant to murmur, even while in deep difficulties. 6. Murmuring is contagious. …No one knows how to work a crowd better than the adversary. 7. Murmuring over the weight of our crosses not only takes energy otherwise needed to carry them but might cause another to put down his cross altogether. 8. Murmuring can also be noisy enough that it drowns out the various spiritual signals to us, signals which tell us in some cases to quit soaking ourselves indulgently in the hot tubs of self-pity! Read & Discuss with your neighbor: THE NATURE OF MURMURING (From Neal A. Maxwell, Murmur Not, Oct. 1989 Gen. Conf.)

9. 1.When we murmur against our leaders who are we really murmuring against? 2.What do you find yourself murmuring about? 3.What can you do to be better at NOT murmuring? In your journal…

10. MANNA FROM HEAVEN KEEPING THE SABBATH IS A DELIGHT RUSSELL M. NELSON, APRIL 2015 GENERAL CONFERENCE 1. Your copy is divided into numbered sections 2. You are going to read, mark, and make notes on 1 section at a time 3. When you complete a section, pass it on 4. Repeat!

11. MANNAPPLICATION What are some things we can do to remember the Lord daily? Why would remembering and seeking the Lord only one day a week fail to provide adequately for our spiritual needs throughout the rest of the week? What difference does it make in your life when you remember the Lord and seek Him daily?

12. video “Daily Bread: Pattern”(2:52). “Daily Bread: Pattern”

13. Exodus 14-17 MURMUR-FEST