Sacrament Service - Testimony Meeting
New Year is a good time to recommit. We should take time at several times during the year to recommit.
Relationships improve by having meaningful spiritual conversation.
There had been a lot of learning, stretching, and growing last year.
Sunday School
The Doctrine and Covenants is for the whole Earth:
Doctrine and Covenants 1:6
6 Behold, this is mine authority, and the authority of my servants, and my preface unto the book of my commandments, which I have given them to publish unto you, O inhabitants of the earth.
“The societies in which many of us live have for more than a generation failed to foster moral discipline. They have taught that truth is relative and that everyone decides for himself or herself what is right. Concepts such as sin and wrong have been condemned as ‘value judgments.’ As the Lord describes it, ‘Every man walketh in his own way, and after the image of his own god’ (D&C 1:16).
“As a consequence, self-discipline has eroded and societies are left to try to maintain order and civility by compulsion.” (Elder D Todd Christofferson, Moral Discipline, October 2009 General Conference)
Elder Christofferson said this in 2009. These days truth is characterized as hate speech.
“I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves.” (Joseph Smith as quoted in Messages of the First Presidency, comp. James R. Clark, 6 vols., Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1965–75, 3:54.)
How to search the Doctrine and Covenants:
Have an idea, established with prayer, on what to search for.
Pray before you read.
Maybe follow a topic instead of just pounding out the sections.
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