Sacrament Service
First Speaker
The speaker said that the book, “Jesus the Christ”, is in the Gospel Library app. You can also have the app read it to you.
Some families that are empty nesters do Come Follow Me with their grown children over Zoom.
Next Speaker
Psalm 46:10-11
10 Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
11 The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge.
Learn to pause and see God’s hand in things.
“My dear brothers and sisters, these are the latter days. If you and I are to withstand the forthcoming perils and pressures, it is imperative that we each have a firm spiritual foundation built upon the rock of our Redeemer, Jesus Christ.
“So I ask each of you, how firm is your foundation? And what reinforcements to your testimony and understanding of the gospel are needed?” (President Russell M Nelson, “The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation”, October 2021 General Conference)
Sunday School
Taking responsibility for our own learning
Dnc 88:122
122 Appoint among yourselves a teacher, and let not all be spokesmen at once; but let one speak at a time and let all listen unto his sayings, that when all have spoken that all may be edified of all, and that every man may have an equal privilege.
Dnc 88:118
118 And as all have not faith, seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.
Moroni 10:4
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
“Begin by answering the primary questions. There are primary questions and there are secondary questions. Answer the primary questions first. Not all questions are equal and not all truths are equal. The primary questions are the most important. Everything else is subordinate.”
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“Answers to the primary questions do not come by answering the secondary questions. There are answers to the secondary questions, but you cannot prove a positive by disproving every negative. You cannot prove the Church is true by disproving every claim made against it. That will never work. It is a flawed strategy. Ultimately there has to be affirmative proof, and with the things of God, affirmative proof finally and surely comes by revelation through the spirit and power of the Holy Ghost. (Elder Lawrence E. Corbridge , “Stand Forever”, BYU devotional on January 22, 2019)
God loves effort.
“At the far end of the spectrum we come to an entire universe of distractions. Never has there been more information, misinformation, and disinformation; more goods, gadgets, and games; and more options, places to go, and things to see and do to occupy time and attention away from what is most important. And all of that and much more is disseminated instantaneously throughout the world by electronic media. This is a day of deception.” (Elder Lawrence E Corbidge, “Stand Forever”, BYU Devotional January 22, 2019)
The natural man is easier in the beginning, but makes life harder in the long run. The gospel is hard in the beginning, but makes life easier in the long run.
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