Sacrament Service
First Speaker
She discussed the different meanings of the word “serve” and how they relate to what Christ does for us.
Mosiah 2:17
17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.
“expect opposition, because the adversary does not want you to discover the power of Jesus Christ.” (President Russell M. Nelson, “Overcome the World and Find Rest”, October 2022 General Conference)
Next Speaker
We have lots of gifts from God (the earth, a physical body, the gifts of the spirit…).
Our gifts are to be used to benefit others.
We grow stronger as people as we use our gifts to help others. We become more like God.
“Resisting the temptation whose logic was ‘In this extenuating circumstance, just this once, it’s OK’ has proven to be one of the most important decisions of my life. Why? My life has been one unending stream of extenuating circumstances. Had I crossed the line that one time, I would have done it over and over in the years that followed.
“The lesson I learned from this is that it’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time. If you give in to ‘just this once,’ based on a marginal cost analysis, as some of my former classmates have done, you’ll regret where you end up. You’ve got to define for yourself what you stand for and draw the line in a safe place.” ― Clayton M. Christensen
If you don’t know where you want to go, then it doesn’t matter which path you take.
Next Speaker
We have been given the gift of freedom.
There were people who gave up everything to start this country or to be part of this country and they were better off for it, so there must be something special about it. There were people who gave up everything to start this church or to be a part of it and they were better off for it, so there must be something special about it.
Subbed in Primary
The Lord took the temple away from the people and allowed the people to be taken captive by the Romans. Just as Jesus had said, no stone was left on another. Many of the stones were massively long and thick stones. Some were used as pillars and were one contiguous stone. Many of them were not only beaten upon for days until they fell down, but were also carried away to serve other purposes by the Romans.
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