Sacrament Service
First Speaker
“Although the details will differ, the tragedies, the unanticipated tests and trials, both physical and spiritual, come to each of us because this is mortality.” (Elder Neil L. Andersen, “Wounded”, October 2018 General Conference)
Our trials help us to be more observant and compassionate to others’ challenges.
In the section heading to DnC 98:
“On July 20, 1833, a mob destroyed Church property, tarred and feathered two Church members, and demanded that the Saints leave Jackson County.”
In the section heading to DnC 101:
“There had been many threats of death against members of the Church. The Saints in Jackson County had lost household furniture, clothing, livestock, and other personal property; and many of their crops had been destroyed.”
DnC 121
1 O God, where art thou? And where is the pavilion that covereth thy hiding place?
2 How long shall thy hand be stayed, and thine eye, yea thy pure eye, behold from the eternal heavens the wrongs of thy people and of thy servants, and thine ear be penetrated with their cries?
3 Yea, O Lord, how long shall they suffer these wrongs and unlawful oppressions, before thine heart shall be softened toward them, and thy bowels be moved with compassion toward them?
DnC 122
7 And if thou shouldst be cast into the pit, or into the hands of murderers, and the sentence of death passed upon thee; if thou be cast into the deep; if the billowing surge conspire against thee; if fierce winds become thine enemy; if the heavens gather blackness, and all the elements combine to hedge up the way; and above all, if the very jaws of hell shall gape open the mouth wide after thee, know thou, my son, that all these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.
The waves and the winds are what the Lord used to get the Nephites and Jerodites where they needed to go.
DnC 76:22
22 And now, after the many testimonies which have been given of him, this is the testimony, last of all, which we give of him: That he lives!
John 14:18
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
“I testify that God lives, that He is our Eternal Father, that He loves each of us with a love divine.” (Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “‘An High Priest of Good Things to Come’”, October 1999 General Conference)
Next Speaker
“I never told you I was perfect—but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught” (The Words of Joseph Smith, ed. Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook [1980], 369).
The most important things are not Joseph Smith’s history, but the things that were restored through him.
2 Nephi 3
6 For Joseph truly testified, saying: A seer shall the Lord my God raise up, who shall be a choice seer unto the fruit of my loins.
7 Yea, Joseph truly said: Thus saith the Lord unto me: A choice seer will I raise up out of the fruit of thy loins; and he shall be esteemed highly among the fruit of thy loins. And unto him will I give commandment that he shall do a work for the fruit of thy loins, his brethren, which shall be of great worth unto them, even to the bringing of them to the knowledge of the covenants which I have made with thy fathers.
In old Christian speech “praise” meant to honor someone for their good character. When we sing “Praise to the Man” we are not worshipping Joseph, but are honoring him for what he accomplished. We praise him for the ways that he pointed people to Christ.
2 Nephi 25:26
26 And we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins.
Elders Quorum
Lesson based on “Look to God and Live” by Elder D. Todd Christofferson and “Do Your Part With All Heart” by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Ephesians 5:17
17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.
Things in life can distract us from or obfuscate more important things. We can forget about them or ignore them.
1 Corinthians 12:1, 2, 9
1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I would not have you ignorant.
2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, carried away unto these dumb idols, even as ye were led.
9 To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;
We can also get out of practice at things that we should be doing regularly.
“Simply put, discipleship takes self-discipline.” - Elder Uchtdorf
“It is not a casual endeavor, and it doesn’t happen by accident.” - Elder Uchtdorf
Matthew 25:14-30 - The parable of the talents
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