Sacrament Service
First Speaker
Heavenly Father is the perfect example of a father.
Psalm 139:1-4
1 O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2 Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
4 For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
“When life feels infuriatingly unfair and finding the strength to glory in the Lord seems difficult, reflect on the meaning of His divine names and let Him restore peace to your soul.” (Elder Aaron T. Hall, “I Glory in My Jesus”, April 2026 General Conference)
A good father doesn’t do everything for his kids.
“In a grand premortal council, our Father told us about His plan. When we understood it, we were so happy that we shouted for joy, and ‘the morning stars sang together.’
“That plan is built upon three grand pillars: the pillars of eternity.
“The first pillar is the Creation of the earth, the setting for our mortal journey.
“The second pillar is the Fall of our first earthly parents, Adam and Eve.
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“Knowing that we would not always choose well—or in other words, sin—Father gave us the third pillar: the Savior Jesus Christ and His Atonement.” (Elder Weatherford T. Clayton, “Our Father’s Glorious Plan”, April 2017 General Conference)
Heavenly Father loves His children unconditionally.
“God does not look on the outward appearance. I believe that He doesn’t care one bit if we live in a castle or a cottage, if we are handsome or homely, if we are famous or forgotten. Though we are incomplete, God loves us completely. Though we are imperfect, He loves us perfectly. Though we may feel lost and without compass, God’s love encompasses us completely.” (President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “The Love of God, October 2009 General Conference)
Next Speaker
Men are supposed to protect and defend people.
There is a feeling of safety around a good dad.
Good dads see things that need doing and get things done.
Good dads find good things in the world and try to share them with others.
Good dads care about their kids’ happiness.
Next Speaker
“We must understand that God the Father directed His Son, Jesus Christ, to create the earth for our growth, that Heavenly Father gave His Son to pay the demands of justice for our salvation, and that the Father’s priesthood power and the Son’s true Church with the necessary ordinances were restored for our blessings. Can you feel the depth of love running through Their preparations for our joy and growth? We need to know that Heavenly Father’s plan of salvation is that we obey the laws and ordinances of the gospel and gain eternal life and thus become as God is. This is the true and lasting happiness Heavenly Father offers us. There is no other true and lasting happiness.
“Our challenges can pull us off this course of happiness. We can lose our trusting connection to God if trials drive us to distraction instead of sending us to our knees.”
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“Independently forcing ourselves to have humility and trying to make ourselves love others is insincere and hollow, and it simply doesn’t work. Our sins and pride create a breach—or a gap—between us and the font of all love, our Heavenly Father.
“Only the Savior’s Atonement can cleanse us of our sins and close that gap or breach.” (Sister Neill F. Marriott, “Abiding in God and Repairing the Breach”, October 2017 General Conference)
Sunday School
The lesson was on 1 Samuel 17.
“David went to the brook and carefully selected five smooth stones with which he might meet his enemy. He was deliberate in his selection, for there could be no turning back, no second chance—this battle was to be decisive.
“Just as David went to the brook, well might we go to our source of supply—the Lord. What polished stones will you select to defeat the Goliath that is robbing you of your happiness by smothering your opportunities?” (President Thomas S. Monson, “Meeting Your Goliath”, June 2008 New Era)
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