Sacrament Service
Bulletin
"it is in the temple that the things of the earth are joined with the things of heaven." - President Howard W Hunter
First Speaker
The scriptures are described as “the wonders and mysteries of God”
Open and close your scripture study with a prayer.
If you study at the same time in the same place your mind will develop a habit. Your mind and body will expect to study at that time.
2 Nephi 32:3
3 Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.
Reading a verse is nibbling on the scriptures.
Reading a chapter or more just to get through it is gorging on the scriptures. Not really getting nutrition out of it and just making yourself worn out.
Praying, focusing, pondering, and reading the scriptures is feasting on the scriptures and words of Christ.
Next Speaker
“The challenge is not so much closing the gap between our actions and our beliefs; rather, the challenge is closing the gap between our beliefs and the truth. That is the challenge.” (Lawrence E. Corbridge, “Stand Forever”, BYU Speech Jan 22, 2019)
When we read our scriptures, we put ourselves in the path of divine revelation.
Helaman 5:12
12 And now, my sons, remember, remember that it is upon the rock of our Redeemer, who is Christ, the Son of God, that ye must build your foundation; that when the devil shall send forth his mighty winds, yea, his shafts in the whirlwind, yea, when all his hail and his mighty storm shall beat upon you, it shall have no power over you to drag you down to the gulf of misery and endless wo, because of the rock upon which ye are built, which is a sure foundation, a foundation whereon if men build they cannot fall.
DnC 4
2 Nephi 31:20
20 Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life.
Sunday School
Luke 15 and Matthew 19-20
The parables in Luke 15 all deal with things that are lost from different perspectives.
The sheep got lost due to choice and by not paying attention.
The coin got lost by neglect.
The prodigal son was lost due to choice and deliberate rebellion.
The brother that stayed at home was also lost in some ways.
The parable of the prodigal son teaches us much about the nature and attributes of our Father in Heaven. Like the father in the parable, God will not control us, keep us from straying, or keep us from making selfish, foolish errors, Yet His love never diminishes, He is so anxious to have us return that He will run to us when we are still "a great way off' (Luke 15:20). He knows us so well that He can recognize our better selves when no one else can. Each of us, male or female, will be able to recognize something of ourselves in each of the sons in the parable, The parable also teaches us about what the Savior does for us when we turn from sin and return to Him, Through the Atonement, He runs to welcome us home and does not require us to make the trek of repentance alone,
"This son is not so much angry that the other has come home as he is angry that his parents are so happy about it." (Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, “The Other Prodigal”, April 2002 General Conference)
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