Church Services This Week at Oak Ridge Ward Layton North Stake Layton Utah 25 September 2022

Sacrament Service

First Speaker

There is no better partner in life than God.

Isaiah 40:31

31 But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.

Isaiah 41:10

10 ¶ Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Many of the great leaders of the scriptures were either teenagers or were prepared as teenagers.

Isaiah 30:1

1 Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my spirit, that they may add sin to sin:

“What, then, does it mean to wait upon the Lord? In the scriptures, the word wait means to hope, to anticipate, and to trust. To hope and trust in the Lord requires faith, patience, humility, meekness, long-suffering, keeping the commandments, and enduring to the end.

“To wait upon the Lord means planting the seed of faith and nourishing it ‘with great diligence, and … patience.’

“It means praying as the Savior did—to God, our Heavenly Father—saying: ‘Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done.’ It is a prayer we offer with our whole souls in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

“Waiting upon the Lord means pondering in our hearts and “receiv[ing] the Holy Ghost” so that we can know ‘all things what [we] should do.’

“As we follow the promptings of the Spirit, we discover that “tribulation worketh patience” and we learn to ‘continue in patience until [we] are perfected.’” (Elder Robert D. Hales, “Waiting upon the Lord: Thy Will Be Done”, October 2011 General Conference)

You wait for someone when they are capable of coming through for you.  

Isaiah 49

16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

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One made a beautiful box for a pearl.  So much so that people began to admire the box and ignore the pearl.

 

Church Services This Week at Elkhart 2nd Ward South Bend Stake Elkhart, Indiana 18 September 2022

Sacrament Service 

First Speaker 

“The work of a Hebrew prophet was to act as God’s messenger and make known God’s will. The message was usually prefaced with the words “Thus saith Jehovah.” He taught men about God’s character, showing the full meaning of His dealings with Israel in the past. It was therefore part of the prophetic office to preserve and edit the records of the nation’s history; and such historical books as Joshua, Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, 1 and 2 Kings were known by the Jews as the former Prophets. It was also the prophet’s duty to denounce sin and foretell its punishment and to redress, so far as he could, both public and private wrongs. He was to be, above all, a preacher of righteousness. When the people had fallen away from a true faith in Jehovah, the prophets had to try to restore that faith and remove false views about the character of God and the nature of the divine requirement. In certain cases prophets predicted future events, such as the very important prophecies announcing the coming of Messiah’s kingdom; but as a rule a prophet was a forthteller rather than a foreteller. In a general sense a prophet is anyone who has a testimony of Jesus Christ by the Holy Ghost, as in Num. 11:25–29; Rev. 19:10.” (Bible Dictionary, Prophet)

Prophets are to bring God's light to a darkened world. 

Matthew 16:13–16

13 ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Cæsarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?

14 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.

15 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?

16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.

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Don't just write what is said in general conference or Sacrament Service or in Sunday school. Write down what comes to your mind and what you feel. 

Sunday School 

Isaiah points us to Christ. 

Church Services This Week at Oak Ridge Ward Layton North Stake Layton Utah 11 September 2022

Sacrament Service 

First Speaker 

Isaiah 2:1-5

1 The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

3 And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.

4 And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord.

Moroni 7

13 But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God.

Psalms 116 

1 I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice and my supplications.

2 Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

Isaiah 2:2

2 And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord’s house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.

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Moroni 9

11 O my beloved son, how can a people like this, that are without civilization—

12 (And only a few years have passed away, and they were a civil and a delightsome people)

13 But O my son, how can a people like this, whose delight is in so much abomination

Sunday School Teacher Council

 

Church Services This Week at Oak Ridge Ward Layton North Stake Layton Utah 4 September 2022

Sacrament Service 

Sometimes we begin to find fault when we are not “all in” with being fully engaged.  What a great feeling of satisfaction when one fully engages.  It builds such a commitment of comradery.  A feeling of family.

Personal revelation flows more easily when we strive to be all in.

Someone recommended the book, “David O McKay and The Rise of Modern Mormonism”. 

Sunday School 

The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. If we are faithful, then whilst he is taking he is also giving. 

As kids we had no idea all the things that our parents did for us. We also don't see all the things God does that helps us grow and protects us from harm. 

If you know the lord's voice in our simple trials, then we will be prepared in times of more robust trials.