Wednesday September 18, 2013

Institute

1 Nephi 19 – 2 Nephi 3

19:18

 18 And I, Nephi, have written these things unto my people, that perhaps I might persuade them that they would ^aremember the Lord their Redeemer.

Have the plates so that they could remember the Lord their redeemer

We remember the Lord when we gather together to read the scriptures

We learn better by hearing stories and example rather than having it given to us directly

Scriptures show us how to live the principles

Scripture stories teach us better

Much like the parables – they were taught for people to understand better

19:23

 23 And I did read many things unto them which were written in the ^abooks of Moses; but that I might more fully persuade them to believe in the Lord their Redeemer I did read unto them that which was written by the prophet ^bIsaiah; for I did ^cliken all scriptures unto us, that it might be for our ^dprofit and learning.

What are some ways we can liken the scriptures to ourselves?

Try and put yourself in the position – how would you react, what would you feel?

When we’re put out of our comfort zone that is when we improve and respond as we truly are

If you’re not paddling, you’re going backwards – we have to be constantly moving

    Service can help you get out of your comfort zone

    Going on a mission

    Trying something new

    Going to school

    Marriage

    Moving out

“You’ll never learn if you never leave the nest”

    Helping with missionary work

    Be ready to answer questions

“Read the scripture as if the Lord were speaking to us in a personal manner.”

P. 43 Manuel – questions

    What significance does this particular event or principle have for me today?

Isaish is hard for anyone to understand – we have to try

1 Nephi 20:10

 10 For, behold, I have refined thee, I have chosen thee in the furnace of ^aaffliction.

A lot of people fall when they meet a trial

    EX: addictions, drugs, illnesses, financial, school, death

Refined – place metal through fire, then beat out the impurities

Furnace of affliction – the fire burns off all the impurities and the pure stuff sinks to the bottom

We get many chances if we don’t make it through the trial the first time

We have a God of many chances – he doesn’t give up on us

P. 45 – Elder Hales

    ‘Constant, intense pain is a great consecrating purifier that humbles us and draws us closer to God’s Spirit.’

    “What dost Thou want me to learn from these experiences?”

    ‘[The] purifying process of testing [is] to be endured in the Lord’s time and in the Lord’s own way.’

Most of our trials were chosen for us – which is comforting

       – some we inflict on ourselves

Your eyes change when you’re in pain

1 Nephi 19:23

1 Nephi 21: 6-13 – Symbls that represent the Savior’s love for us

6 And he said: It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the ^atribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give thee for a ^blight to the ^cGentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth.

 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nations abhorreth, to servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.

 8 Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee ^amy servant for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

 9 That thou mayest say to the ^aprisoners: Go forth; to them that sit in ^bdarkness: Show yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their ^cpastures shall be in all high places.

 10 They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

 11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my ^ahighwaysshall be exalted.

 12 And then, O house of Israel, behold, ^athese shall come from far; and lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

 13 ^aSing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; for the feet of those who are in the east shall be established; and ^bbreak forth into singing, O mountains; for they shall be smitten no more; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his^cafflicted.

    - Give thee for a light

    - Mercy upon his afflicted

    -

V. 14-17

14 But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me—but he will show that he hath not.

 15 For can a ^awoman forget her sucking child, that she should not have ^bcompassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may ^cforget, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.

 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the ^apalms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

 17 Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers; and they that made thee ^awaste shall go forth of thee.

    - we are in graven upon the palms of his hands

22: 1-2 How can we understand the words of Isais? By the voice of the spirit

22:3 should these propiechies be considered temporal or spiritual? Both

22: ? Where will Israel be scattered? All over

22: 5 Why will Israel be scattered? They harden their hearts against the Holy one of Israels

22: 6-8, 12 What does he mean when he prophesizes that Israel will someday be nursed by the Gentiles? ‘will bring them out of captivity, and they shall be gathered together’

22:14 what will happen to those who fight against Israel? ‘All that fight against Zion [Israel] shall be destroyed’

22: 13, 16 How will the great and abominable church be destroyed? ‘They shall war among themselves and suffer the wrath of God’

The Great and abominable church is all others

22:17 How will the Lord ensure that the righteous do not parish because of the wicked? ‘He will preserve the righteous by His power,  … even unto the destruction of their enemies’

22:20-21 Who is the prophet like unto Moses who would be raised up by the Lord? ‘The Holy One of Israel’

22:24-26 How will Satan be bound during the millennial reign of Jesus Christ? ‘Because of the righteousness of His people, Satan has no power … and the Holy One of Israel reigneth’

“When Satan is bound in a single home, the millennium has begun in that home” (Teaching of Spencer W. 

Kimball, 172

Chapter 7

2 Nephi 1

Book “1776”

Book “The 7 or 8 miracles that saved America”

Book “Bulletproof Washington”

The American Revolution

2 Nephi 2

      The Creation, The Fall, The Atonement

God plans everything ahead of time

Why was the Fall necessary for the Plan?

     We wouldn’t be here

     We had to know good from evil

     To multiply and replenish the earth

There was one plan presented – not two – and an alternate proposal

Lucifer and Michael (separate sides)

Jehova – unchanging

The Fall was good

After the Fall came the Atonement

       The problem solver for everything

The Fall – the 2/3ds vrs the 1/3

Page 51 – underlined Atonement

What do we to do to take full advantage of the atonement?

      It is INFINITE

      “I came not into the world to condemn man, but to save it” – scripture John 3:16 – 17

Things to act and things to be acted upon

2 Nephi 2: 26-27 – act yourself

Don’t let people make decisions for you

If you’re just sitting in the water, the water is acting for you

Christ is there with you every step of the way when things get hard

When we’re in the depths of despair the Lord comes and carries you

   ‘Eat; The journey is too hard for you,’

We are to act, not just be acted upon

We have the power to act and to choose on how to react to specific situations

Be grateful for people when they teach you

People can’t make us feel a certain way – it’s up to us to choose what we feel

No one can make you anything – angry, offended, sad – you choose to be those things

You can choose what to do with the emotion

You can choose how you deal with things

Acted upon usually have negative outcomes – you have to act to have an happy outcome

How can you be someone who acts, instead of being acted upon?

    ‘What would Jesus do?’

    Get out of yourself

    Try and get out and help others

    Make decisions before you get into situation

Find something good about everybody around you

Try and be more like the Savior

QUOTE POST!! (will continue to be updated, so keep checking back!!

"Beware of who you are because your’re the only bible some people will read."

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”- Walt Disney

“Set goals that are well balanced – not to many nor too few, and not too high nor too low. Pray for divine guidance in your goal setting.” – M. Russell Ballard

August 13, 2011 Saturday

Single Adult Conference “Overcoming Adversity”

First Workshop – Sister Weisler

Holy Habits and Righteous Routines and the Doctrine of Becoming

Become good spouses and good parents

Family comes first, career’s come second

The Savior and the Adversary both know what we can do

 - The Poster Principle

Be aware – do not judge – discern what is best for us

Is “your way” really the right way?

    See: Mosiah 14:6 – sheep

             John 14:6 – by the Lord

             Isaiah 55:8-9 – thoughts

             Haggai 1:5 – consider your ways

Consider: hearken: listen, obey

We are not just hearers of the word, but doers

3 Main Points:

  1) Use time wisely

  2) Stay Clean and Pure

  3) Trust Him

The Lord can make a lot more of our lives than we can

“Most people miss the real significance of what they might experience from and contribute to this life not because they are bad people or doing bad things, but because they have become distracted from doing the most important things.”

There are a lot of things that we do during the week

“Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is an even nobler art of leaving things undone.” – Uchtdorf

Things that matter: Temple, Family Night, Prayer, Visiting Teaching (Home Teaching), Scripture Study

Put things that matter most in first, then worry about everything else

Do the essential things first – all other things will follow

“It is the small changed made habitually that make the difference” President Eyring

Make a weekly schedule of what needs to be done and post it where you can see it

Add a Temple trip in as often as you can: weekly, monthly, or daily

1960 – Monday night declared Family Night

Realize that you are in charge of your life

Get a grip on how you spend your time

Know how to organize your thoughts and plan your days

Decide what you want to do, set yourself up, all else will fall into place – everything else will go around that

You can tell people “No”

You do not need to explain, “I have a previous commitment”

Journal writing is important

 - “The weakest ink is better than the greatest memory”

Take an hour on Sunday to go back through the week in detail

Let the internet become your reward (or the “fun” cites)

“We move towards and become that which we consistently think about and believe.”

There are many things to do besides watch TV

Walk away from things of the world

2) Stay Clean and Pure – look away from unwholesome things

Doctrine and Covenants 121:45 Let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly

Be who the Lord wants us to be

Have you ever prayed for your future spouse?

    Pray that you will be worthy of them and they be worthy of you

    You will meet at the right time and place

The Lord wants us to succeed

Take the good and the bad into the next generation

Ask, “How do we show we love them?” (The Lord and Christ)

John 14:15

Second Workshop – Brother Johnson

My Anchor in Adversity

The Kite

      The kite is . . . us

      How critical is the air to flying kites?

            What does is represent?    Adversity

Adversity can raise us up – not always, but sometimes

So why Adversity?

Now . . . one of the mysteries

 - one of the greatest secrets ever sought after . . .

 - never found by 99.99% of world

                      The Plan of Salvation

2 Nephi 2:11

Where does adversity come from? Friends, enemies, family, self-inflicted, life

At some time your body will be against you

What is the most gut wrenching adversity experience you’ve ever had?

    (Self-question)

Write down some challenges you may have faced

All a matter of perspective

What have been your greatest Adversities?

      Would you trade?

People’s adversities are different from others. We cannot judge one person, or anyone based on our own trials

Looking at other’s adversities puts our own into perspective sometimes

“Purified by Fire”, President James E. Faust

        “Here, then, is a great truth . . . seek to do right and be faithful . . .” (2^nd paragraph)

“The thorns . . . perfection process”

We want our lives to become soft clay in the master’s hands

How can we be prepared to handle adversity?

     - Holy Ghost, comforter

     - Good attitude

     - Faith

Stress is what you feel when you put the things of the world before God. Peace is what you feel when you put the Lord before the world. – Anonymous

“I don’t want to frighten you . . . part of our belief”, Ballard

Upon What Are You Anchored?

     What is our anchor? Our Testimony of the Atonement

Will your anchor leave you?

If you sever the anchor, the anchor remains, but the Testimony leaves

You must make that anchor strong

James 1:5-6

Helaman 5:12

      Build your Testimony upon the Rock of the Savior

3 Nephi 14:25

Alma 26:6-7 – in the hands of the Lord

Elder Joseph B. Worthlin “Our Father in Heaven does . . . challenges . . . . that kind of . . . our own [works] . . . us ingenuity . . . rest to the Lord.”

Doctrine and Covenants 122:7-9

   “. . . know thou . . . God shall be with you forever and ever”

Third Workshop – Brother Weisler

Diamonds, Dragons and Dipsticks

     How desires, determination and doctrine make the difference

“Charlotte’s Web” movie – most influential movie

“12 Angry Men” – part of Top 5

“Groundhog Day” – part of Top 5

Concession at movie theater = most painful experience at movies

We have a choice to take what we’re handed and make it better

Make an effort

Are you excited about the New Year?

    Have a good outlook

    Be ready for a Great Year!

    Psych yourself up

We get in ruts and keep ourselves there

Don’t beat yourself up all the time

Words are power

The Word = Jesus Christ

The words we speak have an influence on the spirit of the room

“Our lives follow our language”

Words change the way we see things

Sarcasm is not attractive – has to do with wild dogs, originally

Eliminate sarcasm

Cynicism is not beautiful

Innuendo is to be avoided

Fill that space with good words and thoughts

“My year will get better as I do”

Do you have an awareness that what you say, or what people say to you, has either a good (positive) or bad (negative) effect on you

We can’t get better until we overcome adversity

 - more confidence = overcoming adversity

How can your job prospects get better if you don’t

Don’t give in and don’t give up

Let today change you

Don’t just go through the motions

There are a thousand distractions and 1 Holy Ghost

We know challenges can be overcome

We must face adversity head on

Reach your potential

Have a clarity on what you want to become

We have all overcome dragons in our lives

  - don’t let them win, not even once!
  - Don’t let adversities (dragons) overcome us

Dipstick – stick to check the oil in your car

10 virgins – oil, always check

How do you know your spiritual oil is low?

    - Read Alma 5

When your oil is full you are more open, overcomes natural man

You’re low if: you’re worried, you’re low on friends

Matthew 25 – 10 virgins, oil

2 Kings 4:1-9 Elijah and the woman, 2 sons, in debt, oil to sell

1 Kings 17:1-? Elijah and the woman and son, cake, oil

Faith and obedience in the Prophet fills our oil

If you are not reading doctrine, you are cutting yourself short

Book, “Wake up Calls”

1 hour of study in field of your choice makes you an expert in chosen field

Figure a way to spend more than 3 minutes in the scriptures

Truth sets us free

Fourth Workshop – Brother and Sister Haslum

My Anchor in Adversity

The spirit will tell you what you need to know through the speaker

3 Principles of Anchorage

   1) Principle of Mobility – without an anchor the object is at risk of drifting, falling or being harmed

   2) Principle of Connectivity – must be properly connected to anchor

   3) Principle of Solidity – must be secured to a solid foundation

Charts are vital to good anchoring – a skilled mariner would not choose to anchor without them

A skilled child of heaven would not anchor without them

Adversity – there to accomplish the Lord’s own purpose in our life

External – challenged that happen to us

Internal – challenges that happen within us

Scriptional and Personal Examination

“We live in a world of adversity” – Gordon B. Hinckley

2 Nephi 4:34

  “O Lord, I have trusted thee, and I will trust in thee forever. . . .”

2 Nephi 4:17-22-32

Adversity is hard, but it helps us

“Nevertheless, I know whom I have trusted”

“My God hath been my support”

We do something and something is given back to us

Your strength will slacken because of your iniquities

“Why should I yield to sin because of my flesh?”

“Awake my soul! No longer droop in sin.”

“Oh Lord, wilt thou redeem my soul?”

If you don’t like what you’re doing, pray to not do it

2 Nephi 4:cont-35

Becoming Firmly Anchored

 - A good anchorage offers protection from the current weather conditions, and will also offer protection from the expected weather

The Savior is our anchor

Most times, if not always, we are moved by adversity

We may all end up a little bit weathered

Appreciate the small accomplishments you make each day

“Through sorrow and suffering we come through tribulations”

Neal A. Maxwell, “how can you expect to glide through life? as if to ask the Lord for no trials and tribulations?”

Becoming Firmly Anchored

  1. Squarely place our faith in our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ

Ether 12:6

  “Faith is things . . .  Thus, everytime . . . with even you . . .  Be thankful . . . grow”

Do something, read scriptures, you will get insight

Exercise your faith in prayer, tithing, reading scriptures – he will answer

The Lord knows you

Be thankful for the trials you have

  2. Follow our living Prophets and Apostles

Listen to the words that are spoken

Mosiah 15:10-25, blessings we get for following the prophet

   v.23, they have eternal life through Jesus Christ

  3. Strengthen your testimony

  Share it!

“We gain or strengthen a testimony by bearing it.” – Elder Ballard

   4. Pray Always

Doctrine and Covenants 75:11

It is vital to pray

How does it feel to be Anchored?

   - peace

Doctrine and Covenants 19:23 Learn, Listen, Walk

Mosiah 4:2-3

    - conviction

 - confidence

 - powerful

 - peace

 - assurance

 - trust

 - optimism

 - enthusiasm

 - patient perseverance

 - absolute certainty that the Lord lives and is guiding us

Speakers:

Elder Gay

Learn how to forgive

History of Joseph Smith

   - move forward

The Gospel of Deliverance

All losses shall be made up in the resurrection, if you remain faithful

2 lessons to learn

What do we exchange for our soul?

“Whom do ye say that I am?”

Great teachers don’t lie

What will a man give in exchange for his soul?

Is there anything that comes between us and the atonement?

Take the longer, harder road

Follow the prophets: say prayers, read scriptures

Do things the Lord’s way

The Lord always delivers

Challenges are part of life – it is how we learn and grow

This is the Gospel of Deliverance

Any challenge you have is answered by the gospel of Jesus Christ

Elder M. Russell Ballard

Don’t need all the technology to be successful

Old standards

Perfection is a process – line upon line

Don’t worry about having everything in the perfect order

   - pray together

   - read scriptures together

   - struggle together

What really matters?

   - all things on the Family side

Build a relationship

The Spiritual side of you is more important than the physical

Bring your family along while going to school

Pay Tithing!

Decide what you will allow to appear on your computer

Draw a line on what you will NOT do anymore

We all make mistakes

The Lord will not take away our Agency or Freedom to choose

Doctrine and Covenants 76: “And among other things . . . Now this caused us to marvel . . . glory of the Lord . . . the holy angels . . . he lives . . . unto God.”

Is it worth it?

      the Celestial kingdom

          - those who have married, no singles

          - everlasting faith

          - members of the church of the first born

          - repent of your sins

          - have a family

Some may never marry

        ALL blessings of Righteous children will be given to those children who are true and faithful

Don’t get discouraged

Don’t get despondent

We are potential kings and queens

Is it worth it?

On the Judgment Day our bodies will rise up

Is it worth it

Is it worth drawing the line

President Hinckley’s favorite scripture:

       Doctrine and Covenants 50: “Wherefore I the Lord ask ye this question . . . he that is ordained of me . . . why is it . . . as it is . . . [That which is of God is light . . .”] – perfect day

You can’t teach the spirit if you don’t have it

Keep the light of the Gospel in your eyes

Don’t go this year without showing the gospel to 1 person

Bring one (1) person intot he light by January 1, 20-

Why? Because its worth it

“For behold the Lord, your redeemer . . . bring all men unto him . . . how great is his joy when one soul repents . . .”

Hold Fast

“Who’s on the Lord’s Side, Who?”

Keep a smile on your face

Do the best you can

Assignment

For my Religious class this week I had to find my favorite talk from the most recent General Conference. At first I was loathe to do it - how could I pick my favorite talk? It seemed impossible. Then, earlier this evening, while at Institute, my teacher (Sister Stacey) let me look through her Ensign, where all the talks are published. I picked one from President Dieter F. Uchtdorf. The talk that I chose was random. However, as I sat here, typing up my paper tonight, I realized how close to home it was. While writing it I realized what an impact it's message has had on me and my own life. I would strongly recommend reading the talk before continuing to read my own paper on it. The paper had to be at least 500 words - I manged 1,184 in less than 45 minutes.


(Quick Notes: sorry for the last paragraph. I know it's long, but it's a story.)

https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2013/04/the-hope-of-gods-light

The title of the talk is, "The Hope of God's Light".

The talk that I chose from last General Conference was President Uchtdorf’s talk, “The Hope Of God”. It was the first talk in the fourth session on Sunday morning. In it he outlines that while life may be dark and have many trials it is our goal to overcome those times. We are here to overcome the doubt and fear that might arise in our lives during moments of trial or weakness. He also talks about how we need to feel that we are not alone in this world to faces its many challenges alone. There are always people there to help us on our way; likewise, we are here to help others to make it through their own dark, frightening tunnels and back into the light. Most importantly, we are here to feel loved. We need to know that there are people who love us in this life, those who will be there for us when things go astray or wrong. Feeling loved is one of the biggest points that he outlines in his talk.

In his talk, President Uchtdorf divides it into sections; the first one is labeled “A Room Filled with Darkness”. I think that this applies to everyone’s life. We all have rooms hidden away in our lives that are full of all the hurt and suffering that we’ve been through. It also holds all the disappointments that we’ve faced; the doubts we may have had about ourselves and the fears that once held us in dark rapture. We need to know that those dark rooms can be filled with light and love again. Those are only brief, passing moments in our lives. How we choose to cope and learn from them is how we brighten the room and banish the darkness from our lives. The gospel of the church gives us that hope, love, joy and understanding. It’s the brightest light we can fill our rooms with. When we begin to fill our room with light we need to keep that light burning bright. This often means forgiving those who were once unforgivable. In order for us to move on, we need to let go of the grip the past may have on our lives and move forward. When we do this we add another bright light to our room’s arsenal. We need to know that the darkness is still out there – that it does exist, but we do not have to dwell there. We know that the light exists and that is where we should choose to dwell. He talks of how the healing process begins when we move away from the darkness and towards the light, the hope of something brighter in our lives.

The next section in his talk is entitled “Light Cleaveth Unto Light”. In it he describes how only good things can come from good things, or as he put it, “Light unto light”. No darkness can seep in when we have our lights burning brightly before us. He tells us that, if we are in the dark, we must actively search out the light and come to know it. Sitting around, “waiting for someone to flip a switch”, rarely happens. If we want our lives to change, we have to actively seek out that change and embrace it. He then outlines a plan to help us open our eyes to the hope of God’s light.

“Light Overcomes Darkness,” is the next section outlined. He speaks about how we all makes mistakes, forget things, falter in our paths and stumble. When these things begin to happen we need to turn towards the light and rely on its guidance to bring us out of the dark. No matter what happens, the light will always overcome the darkness. No matter how deep things might be, or how hurt and angry we are, if we place our faith and trust in the Lord we will overcome that darkness and live in the light.

The final section in his talk, “Come to the Light” is just what it is. While we might feel, and even be enveloped in darkness we need to know that the light is always there. He invites us to seek openly for the Lord and His light. When we find him, through study and prayer, we will have a warm and brilliant light that will continually surround us.

What I learned from this is that we need to continually overcome the darkness and the burdens that might leave us breathless in our trials. Those trials are fleeting moments in our lives. When we overcome them and enter into the light we will be able to live in the light and love of our Heavenly Father.

In my own life I’ve faced many struggles and trials. Each day I pray to Heavenly Father to help me endure and make it through. Last month I was visiting Salt Lake City for the first time. I arrived Saturday evening at midnight. I was feeling sick already, but I prayed to Heavenly Father that, if I had to be extremely sick, let me be sick on Monday. I had an interview on Wednesday and needed at least Tuesday to try and find the location of the interview. But most importantly, I prayed to be sick on Monday because I needed to be at church on Sunday. I had to make it through the three-hour block and back to my hotel without getting sick. If he would let me make it through my plane ride and through church on Sunday, I would gladly be sick on Monday. I made it safely to Salt Lake on Saturday. Sunday morning I was feeling ill, but I got into the city. I was able to walk around Temple Square on a perfect Easter Sunday and take pictures of the Temple. I was able to find my sister and we were able to go to church together. That night, I thanked Heavenly Father for letting me attend my meetings, and especially to see and visit the Temple. I went to sleep, content that the day had gone well. I woke up Monday morning at eight a.m., feeling sick to my stomach! My prayers had been answered. I was able to make it to Utah, make it to church, and get sick, then have time to recover before my interview. Through the trial of Monday I prayed that Heavenly Father would keep me close as I endured the pain I was in. Later on, while visiting the Temple Bookstore I found a card with the poem, “The Footprints” written on one side and a picture of the Savior on the other. It stunned me, because each time I face a trial, I think of how the Lord is holding me in his arms while walking down the road. I know that each time I feel like the darkness is winning, all I have to do is remember that this isn’t a time of darkness. This is a time when the Lord is holding me in his arms, safe from the raging storm around me.

October 3, 2013 Wednesday

Institute – Sister Stacey Teacher

Healings:

Matthew 8:1-4 the leper

Matthew 8:5-17 Centurion’s servant

Matthew 8:23-27 the tempest, asking for help not usually a miracle

Matthew 9: 1-8 man on bed with palsy

Mark 5:1-13 swine

Luke 7:11-17 the widow’s son

Mark 5:22-43 Jairus’ daughter and the woman with the issue of blood

Parables:

Luke 8:4-18

Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43

Doctrine and Covenants 86:1-7

Matthew 13:33

Matthew 13: 44-50

Not Without Honor

  Matthew 13:53-58

“There is nothing to fear, but fear itself” – FDR

Make your home a temple – only holy things can enter in

Amanda Robert’s Question: “Can you be temporarily Posessed?”

Movie “Labyrinth” – “You have no Power over me”

 – Evil cannot come into your life unless you invite it

Have a strong, unshakable faith

Amanda Robert’s Question: “Is it possible to be possessed and not be evil all the time?”

For every evil spirit there are 2 good spirits looking out for you

2 Kings 6:15-17

 - Keeping covenants is the biggest protection we have

‘The servants from the Temple will go forth with power’ – Doctrine and Covenants

The healings are for all those around and can see the miracles happen

Virtue = power, strength

Doctrine and Covenants 76:22-24

Feeling the spirit is draining

“Come boldly to the throne of grace” (Peter, John?)

Talitha cumi – little curly hair Aramaic

Talitha cumi – Damsel, arise Hebrew

Parable – Matthew 13:15-58

 Brothers and sisters of Jesus: James, Joses, Simon, Judas, sisters

What mighty works are you not allowing in your life because of unbelief?

Matthew 13:33 levened bread

General Conference April 6, 2013 – Second Session

Conducting: Henry B. Eyring

Conductor Music: Ronald Stasly

Music By: BYU Choir

Song: “Jesus the Very Thought of Thee”

Prayer: Russell. T. Oslethorpe

Have a desire to serve

Join the missionaries

Song: “Did You Think to Pray”

1^st Speaker: Deiter F Uchtdorf - Sustaining

2^nd Speaker: Robert W. Cantwell – Annual Report

D&C 120 – church funds

3^rd Speaker: Brook P. Hales – secretary to 1^st presidency – stastics report

Stakes: 3,003

347 Missions

14million 182 thousand

4 Temples dedicated

Kansas

Brazil

Brigahm

Calgery

2 Redicated Temples

140 Operational Temples

As of 12-31-12

4^th speaker: Richard G. Scott

We each need a place of refuge to reenergize for furture pressures

    Ideal place is within our homes

    Make Jesus Christ the center piece

Center your home and life on the Lord Jesus Christ

Make certain every decision you make is conditioned on what the Savior would have you do

Parents should teach children how their actions effect each member of the home

Grow to become trustworthy citizens in the Kingdom of God

Daily personal and Family Prayer

Daily personal and Family Scriptures

Weekly Family Home Evening

Don’t rationalize future happiness by taking shortcuts

Small things lead to big things

Simple, consistant good habits lead to bountiful blessings

Satan is no match for the Savior

    he has already lost

Don’t let him exploit your weaknesses

Stay on the Lord’s side and you will win every time

Technology

    Can be used as a blessing

    Can also be a deterrent

   Use it with discipline

   Don’t let it become a habit to continually use

  Be wise in how you use technology

  Study as often as you text

Do all you can to invite the Holy Ghost into our homes

Act obediently on those promptings

Couple your efforts to be obedient to those serving around you

Use your talents to bless the lives of those around you

Selfishnesses is the root of evil

Focus your life outward in service to others

Service brings power of God – Unselfishness service brings this

Be an example to your friends

We can provide a Christ centered home as an example to those in our community

Do all you can to have a Christ-centered Home

Be that kind of a friend

Home should not be used as something to gain a personal advantage

Welcome others who need to be strengthened by this experience

Trust in the Lord and in His timing

Remember that some things must be left to the Lord

He wants us to lay our burdans at his feet

We are in the watch care of the Savior

Recognize the good things in others NOT the stains

Build on his/her virtues

That thin thread of home is a massive link that can lift you, comfort you when you fear

Place your [comfort] in the Lord

A time and season in all things

We can learn and grow and become like him

Live an obedient life, firmly rooted in the gospel of Christ

In the midst of turmoil we can enjoy eternal peace

5^th Speaker: Quentin L. Cook

Events often occur that rob of us peace

The Stakes of Zion are a place of refuge of wrath

World Peace and Inner Peace

“Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth Peace, Good Will towards Man”

Matthew 10 – The Lord’s mission would not attain world peace in his time

V. 34

He who Endures to the end shall be saved

D&C Preface

“There never came to the world . . . that peace . . . ” President Wilford Smith (?)

D&C “But learn that he . . . shall receive  . . . . peace in this world . . .”

“His peace will ease our suffering . . . a love of fellow men . . .” (?)

“The Savoir’s peace can block out our hate” (?)

Peace comes from knowing our Savior knows who we are

“My son, peace be unto thy soul . . . but a moment . . . ” Savior to Joseph Smith in jail

The Lord is a lord of peace, not confusion

Savior’s atonement would overcome

“To believe in God is to know the rules will all be fair and there will be wonderful surprises”

Peace is not found by wealth . . . pleasure . . . this cannot obtain everlasting peace

“Where can I turn for Peace?” (song)

      The Savior

How do we stay close to the Savior?

Repentance and living righteously

“I’ll drop by burden at his feet, and bear a song away” (song)

The church is a refuge where we can obtain peace

Temples where many of these ordinances occur

Temple grounds are where we can feel peace

The Savior is the source of True peace

Righteous living will be rewarded with peace

Blessed with the comforteror (Holy Ghost)

“Peace be unto you, peace I leave you . . . that in me ye might have peace . . . be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

“Life up your hearts in praise to God” (?)

Song Choir/Congregation: “Rejoice, the Lord is King”

6^th Speaker: Stanley G. Ellis

Be direct

Be on time

Stick to the basics

The first Article of Faith

The Holy Ghost is our: revelator, teacher, comforteror

We are not alone

We can learn from our parents

The Lord has shown us The way

   To help’ 

  To love, to lead, to raise children, share the gospel

True to the Faith

For the Strength of the Youth

Proverbs, “Be not wise in your own eyes . . . lean not to your own understanding”

Doing things the Lord’s way we receive blessings and his promise, when we don’t we lose them

Samuel – finding a new King

“The Lord seeth not as man seeth, man looketh on the outward appearance, the Lord looketh on the heart”

Promote self-relieance

    Things should be done for a person’s self – we need to be able to do things

Missionary Work

    Preach My Gospel

Love

    Authorized way and time to express that love

Bloom where we are planted

What happens in the home is far more important than what happens outside

The Lord will guide us if we seek his confirmation

Ask which ward needs a good family, not which is the best ward?

Do all we do in His way

In the gift of His son, he has prepared a good way

Alma, “Oh that I were an Angel!  . . . might not be more sorrow upon the face of the whole earth.”

Heavenly Father knows us and wants to help

7^th Speaker: John B. Dickson

Acts 1 – ministered 40 days after His resurrection

Matthew – take the gospel to all the nations

Acts 10-11

    Process and pattern of the expansion of the church

Cornelius – centurian

Paul – formerly Saul

Take the Gospel to the world

1830, the church has moved steadily since then

1978, Spencer W. Kimball, Priesthood – all worthy males could receive it

Have little of what matters least and have a lot of what matters most

8^th Speaker: David A Bednar

Why is the law of Chastity so important?

All human beings are created in the image of God

All lived as spirit children with the Lord before coming to Earth

Bodies present a: Breadth, depth and intensity of experience

We can experience things through the bodies we have: sorrow, pleasure, pain, ache, etc.

Adam and Eve

    “Neither the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man”

Marriage between a man and a woman

Fidelity between husband and wife after marriage

Agents blessed with moral agency

“The natural man is the earthy man – rude animal passions that overshadow the spiritual”

The natural man (in the church) is spiritual

We have inherited diving principles from the Lord

Our spiritual body is subject to the fall

The test: “Will I respond to the enticings of the natural man, or will I put them off and be [like unto the Lord]?”

Natural man may be overcome by the Atonement of Chirst

The Lord wants: To Be together in the light and full of hope

The Father of Lies wants us to be alone, in the dark and without hope

Damned: stopped of progression – stopped of becoming like unto the Lord

The very tool the Adversay doesn’t have (a body) is the one thing that he continuall attacks: he wants us to defile it and cause it harm

Look beyond mortality and into Eternity

Alma’s counsel to his son Shiblom

Curb the natural man in each of us

Love increases though righteous restraint, decreases through indulgences

“. . . the pure in heart shall see God . . . let virture garnish thy thoughts unceasingly . . . God”

Pursue the path of chastity

Walk in the light with hope

The Lord: the Great Physician

Consider sin as a physical pain

The Atonement has the healing salve

    Only applied through faith, obedience, [?]

Bishop or Branch President is the physician to you

Serious spiritual wounds require time to heal fully

Obedience to the law of chastity will make us happy

Chasisity and virture are now

     Most dear and precious of all things

9^th Speaker: Russell M. Nelson

Missionary Work – enthuesiam

Now is your time to prepare to teach others

YM/YW circulutiom is important

Apply to colleges before going on a mission – you can be accepted, then take the time to go on a mission

Live exemplary lives

Be prepared to answer questions from friends

     Respond by saying, “Let’s ask the missionaries!”

     Be by their side as they teach

Catch the wave

“Pinching pennies from piggybanks becomes your practice”

Contribute to the General Missionary Fund

Catch the wave with faith and enthuesiam

Other people not of our faith can catch the wave too

Through God’s eternal plan, families can be together forever

193 years ago, “This is my beloved son, hear him.”

Our living God is a loving God

He wants his children to gain glory and eternal life

Book of Mormon in fully harmony with the Bible

The Restoration of the Gospel

BOM is the centerpiece of the Restoration

Doctrine and Covenants contains more revelation

Catch the wave and spread the gospel to the entire world

Song: “More Holiness Give Me”

Closing Prayer: Elder J. Debin Cornish – of 70