Bulletin
“By divine design, fathers are to preside over their families in love and righteousness and are responsible to provide the necessities of life and protection for their families.” (“The Family: A Proclamation to the World”)
Sacrament Service
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Isaiah 55
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
8 ¶ For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.
9 For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
“The three pillars of eternity, the three events, preeminent and transcendent above all others, are the creation, the fall, and the atonement.” (Elder Bruce R McConkie, “The Three Pillars of Eternity”, 17 Feb 1981 BYU)
Our agency is so important to Father that he allows us to use it for good or bad.
“Now, if you have the Holy Ghost with you—and every one ought to have—I can say unto you that there is no greater gift, there is no greater blessing, there is no greater testimony given to any man on earth. You may have the administration of angels; you may see many miracles; you may see many wonders in the earth; but I claim that the gift of the Holy Ghost is the greatest gift that can be bestowed upon man. It is by this power that we have performed that which we have. It is this that sustains us through all the persecutions, trials and tribulations that come upon us.” (Wilford Woodruff, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, Chapter 5;See also Deseret Weekly, April 6, 1889, 451.)
John 14
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
“Furthermore, by applying the Atonement we can continue to access the other nurturing gifts of the Holy Ghost, each with its own rich resilience. The Holy Ghost will often preach sermons to us from the pulpit of memory. He will comfort us and reassure us. The burdens not lifted from us, He will help us to bear, thus enabling, even after we err, to continue with joy the soul-stretching journey of discipleship. After all, while the adversary clearly desires our lasting misery, the Father and the Son truly and constantly desire our everlasting happiness (see 2 Ne. 2:27)” (Elder Neal A. Maxwell, “Apply the Atoning Blood of Christ”, October 1997 General Conference)
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“I have a thought…”Packer April 2013
“As the Father loved me” - scripture
President Uchtdorf in April 2013 gave four titles of priesthood holders..
“Today I would like to suggest four titles that I believe apply to all priesthood holders around the world—titles that may help us recognize our individual roles in God’s eternal plan and our potential as priesthood holders in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”
Son of Heavenly Father
Disciple of Jesus Christ
Healer of Souls
Heir of Eternal Life
Mosiah 4
27 And see that all these things are done in wisdom and order; for it is not requisite that a man should run faster than he has strength. And again, it is expedient that he should be diligent, that thereby he might win the prize; therefore, all things must be done in order.
Sunday School
Teaching in the Savior's Way
We teach under the umbrella of Jesus Christ.
Small children you are teaching the vocabulary of the gospel and not necessarily the details.
“True doctrine, understood, changes attitudes and behavior. The study of the doctrines of the gospel will improve behavior quicker than a study of behavior will improve behavior. Preoccupation with unworthy behavior can lead to unworthy behavior. That is why we stress so forcefully the study of the doctrines of the gospel” (Little Children by Boyd K. Packer, Ensign, November 1986, p.17).
Teach kids the difference between fiction stories and stories that are real. Stories like from their life or from the scriptures or from their parents lives.
With adults we teach that the scriptures are real because there is something they can use as a tool in their life.
Elders Quorum
Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Gordon B Hinckley, Chapter 12
My Lesson
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