Sacrament Service
First Speaker
A missionary that returned seven months ago from the Texas Dallas East and South Mission spoke to us. The mission covered parts of Texas and Louisiana.
1 Peter 5
5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
“Humility is willingness to submit to the will of the Lord. It is willingness to give Him the honor for what is accomplished. It is being teachable (see Doctrine and Covenants 136:32). Humility includes gratitude for God’s blessings and acknowledgment of your constant need for His help. He helps those who are humble” (Preach My Gospel: A Guide to Sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ [2023], 131).
Being teachable means being ready and willing to be taught.
DnC 136
32 Let him that is ignorant learn wisdom by humbling himself and calling upon the Lord his God, that his eyes may be opened that he may see, and his ears opened that he may hear;
3 Nephi 11
11 And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning.
The Savior died for us, but he also lived for us and does live for us.
DnC 19
16 For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent;
Next Speaker
“Brothers and sisters, we live to die and we die to live—in another realm. If we are well prepared, death brings no terror. From an eternal perspective, death is premature only for those who are not prepared to meet God.” (Elder Russell M. Nelson, “Now Is the Time to Prepare”, April 2005)
Examples of humility:
Putting the needs of another person before one’s own.
Not drawing attention to oneself.
Acknowledging that one is not always right.
“The greatest, most capable, most accomplished man who ever walked this earth was also the most humble.” (President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “On Being Genuine”, April 2015 General Conference)
Elders Quorum
DnC 46:3-5
3 And inasmuch as ye have not lands, let them buy for the present time in those regions round about, as seemeth them good, for it must needs be necessary that they have places to live for the present time.
4 It must needs be necessary that ye save all the money that ye can, and that ye obtain all that ye can in righteousness, that in time ye may be enabled to purchase land for an inheritance, even the city.
5 The place is not yet to be revealed; but after your brethren come from the east there are to be certain men appointed, and to them it shall be given to know the place, or to them it shall be revealed.
3 Nephi 18
22 And behold, ye shall meet together oft; and ye shall not forbid any man from coming unto you when ye shall meet together, but suffer them that they may come unto you and forbid them not;
The law of consecration was one of the first things to be shifted to home centered and church supported.
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