Sacrament Service
A young man announced that he got his mission call to the Germany Frankfurt Mission.
First Speaker
1 Nephi 7:21
21 And it came to pass that I did frankly forgive them all that they had done, and I did exhort them that they would pray unto the Lord their God for forgiveness. And it came to pass that they did so. And after they had done praying unto the Lord we did again travel on our journey towards the tent of our father.
Forgiving people can set them up for success.
Next Speaker
You don’t have to know everything, but you can love people.
“A few years ago, I got a calling I didn’t feel up to. I awoke early, nervous—but with a phrase in mind I had not heard before: that to serve in this Church is to stand in the river of God’s love for His children. This Church is a work party of people with picks and shovels trying to help clear the channel for the river of God’s love to reach His children at the end of the row.” (Elder Robert M. Daines, “Sir, We Would Like to See Jesus”, October 2023 General Conference)
John 13:34-35
34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
“His true disciples build, lift, encourage, persuade, and inspire—no matter how difficult the situation. True disciples of Jesus Christ are peacemakers.” (President Russell M. Nelson, “Peacemakers Needed”, April 2023 General Conference)
We have the power to lift boundaries
John 3
16 ¶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
Next Speaker
Have traditions that are founded on a real reason for having them.
God allows us to have trials to help us grow.
“God’s laws are motivated entirely by His infinite love for us and His desire for us to become all we can become.” (President Russell M. Nelson, “The Love and Laws of God,” given to students at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, USA, on September 17, 2019. For the full address, visit speeches.byu.edu.)
“I have been impressed to speak about God’s love and God’s commandments. My message is that God’s universal and perfect love is shown in all the blessings of His gospel plan, including the fact that His choicest blessings are reserved for those who obey His laws. These are eternal principles that should guide parents in their love and teaching of their children.” (Elder Dallin H. Oaks, “Love and Law”, October 2009 General Conference)
John 4 - The woman at the well.
She had made some mistakes. Jesus did not condemn her, but lifted her.
Luke 13
11 ¶ And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.
13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.
14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.
15 The Lord then answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering?
16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?
Sunday School
1 Nephi 6:4-5
4 For the fulness of mine intent is that I may persuade men to come unto the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, and be saved.
5 Wherefore, the things which are pleasing unto the world I do not write, but the things which are pleasing unto God and unto those who are not of the world.
When Nephi was bound by his brothers, he prayed for strength to break his bands. Instead the Lord loosed the bands. When we pray, our prayers are often answered in a different way than we ask or that we had planned.
Ignorance is not always as negative as we speak of it. Often it just means we don't know something.
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