Brain dump

Not all of the keys are on the earth, but all of the keys necessary for our salvation are. Jesus holds additional keys which are creation and ressurection. Not recieved on earth, and it is reasonable by extrapolation of what we know that there are countless more keys and it is naive to be confident that we have it all because this is called the fullness of times.

There will come a time where we will not be able to rely on our "villiage" will not be sufficient to properly care for our family/children.

Calm, in the final calm you just might recognize the savior.

Joseph smith went to a river to contemplate things... Interesting, that water is associated with peace.

Story of how he knew the shed should be built a certain way.

Spirit purifies and prepares us to dwell with the father or even fufill even our own mission.

Professional help sought, pintrest.

How to have the gift stay with is.

1) Sincere desire
2) appropriately invite
3) faithfully obey

Write this down, I don't do this for you but for those that will learn from it.

Story of raft where only 6 were allowed, but a raft was not properly manned, it sounded like a preisthood, story where if you are sort of prompted that priesthood is needed for your "raft" or family to make this trip we cannot know of ourselves but we try to be a nice guy, and try to not "rock the boat".

In hour of need, we will feel the comfort. The spirit, testifies of the father and the son. Story of being on mission and be so discouraged, sometimes that pain and discouragement is needed to cause the sufficient desire.

RS - Perfect knowledge and Respectful Reverence, is what we need to have about Joseph Smith and priesthood because everything hangs upon owning a testimony of this.

Apostles are all very learned men with their own ideas but when they meet they come away with consensus.

Priesthood is the thing that distinguishes us from other good ways of life.

We must allign ourselves with God.

Palmyra was considered the "burn out" area. Part of the background.

Interesting to consider the state of the world without Joseph Smith and Priesthood.

No gift of the Holy Ghost.
No temples
No Priesthood blessings
And do No Hope.

Christianity is a minority now.

Things had to be restored in a preparatory order.

Sereval angels returned to earth to restore keys. Not just the main ones that we hear a lot about.

Nothing selfcentered, but priesthood is used to serve and bless other people.

No matter what we do with authority or keys without the will of God it is not of any power. This is the answer regarding if the priesthood is in our home we do not need to go to church for the sacrament.

Men and women need one another, it provides balance, necessary.

Just because we do not have the priesthood ourselves, does not make us feel less, it helps us appreciate the opportunities we do have.

We still have the keys over the things we do have.