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Through out my education, teachers thrived on making themselves an enigma of sorts. What I mean is that they almost delighted in seeming to have information greater than you and thus had some sort of legitimacy by the fact that they were imcomprehensible. Afterall, we were paying large amounts of our lives, in terms of time and money to learn what they know.

It is clear to me, so I imagine anyone who wants to know, because I am often given to know things that are obvious. I do not know why nor have I cared enough to find out what is really going on enough to step out of my own system and ask what is really going on, but what is clear is the same approach is being used as was in school, what seems is purposefully hard to understsnd and the harder one tries to unravel the knotted yarn, the more knots there seem to be.

Probably, the biggest stumbling block id they way we are learning to communicate. We all seek the same medium, words, and reading is taughtand that is great it opens is to a whole new world of understanding, but um don't children already have a much  larger world of understanding but, they want to be like us and know what we do, at what cost, though?

I wish we could add languages to what we already have instead of overwriting what is better to begin with.

Anyhow, what started this all was my anger or frustration at others for using and misusing words to mislead. It is like misinformation is being purposfully used, I just do not know why, I only understand why it was used in college and high school. And I assume it is to be a sort of leverage.

And so the main thing I take issue with is those who do understand pat themselves on the back and use understanding as a sort of leverage, in turn: I get it, and everyone should so you are stupid because you do not understand this language.

AH HAH! I've got it. It is another subcultyre within our culture using the same words but communicating something different, and finding it humorous that the majority are taking things at face value. I wish I had an example to explain!

Ok, here goes:

I say, "I am going to chop off you head if you do not love me." But, clearly I would never do such a thing so it means something else. So, analysts get people outraged about how I condone terrorists because of my flagrant use of beheading. Then, another group opposes saying the far worse sin is my attempt to engender love through fear, when clearly no one could love without a head. So, I sit back and laugh at the chaos when captain obvious steps up to save the day calling the majority stupid cause I never ever intended to literally chop of anyone's head, it is a euphimism or threat, not to be taken at face value, unless it works.

Maybe I ought to stop, I am confusing myself even more...

Brain dump

We come to sacrament meeting to take the sacrament. It is important to allow others around you to be able to, although doing so denies your ability.

The Lord knows where he wants things done, and miracles happen when we learn to follow inspiration, that is called faith.

"I have faith in you, why don't you have faith in yourself?" It hurts to be asked and that you cannot answer, as a serving missionart, it is essential to have the spirit so you cannot reply in anger...

If we love God we serve one another. It is not something we endure in this life, but the manner of Celestial life.

What calling will make you the best you, you can be. Bishopric seriously considers this.

If you are given a calling that you feel that you cannot handle, gear down, power up and move on.

As Home Teacher you are given a person by name to learn of and serve.

Most glorious things to happen in or on this earth involve the savior.

Joseph Smith began translating new testament by command of father in heaven,so Mathew's translation is more correct and more abundant in prophecies of our Savior.

Spiritual Survival important in oreparing for upcomi g signs and trials that indicate a teturn of our Lord.

"I read the book, I know who wins."

A boy always replaced the word fear with respect. As in terms of fearing God. Reverence.

Yeah, fear is aupposedly the opposite of faith so if the word fear is properly used before God, what does that mean.

All this talk of the second coming reminds me of my brother's pat. blessing where he is told that his own children would be alive during the second coming ofChrist.

2 sign categories
1)gospel going forward
2)calamities

Wheat is likely to go up in price due to a drought."hailstorms will destroy the crops" D&C 29 16 And there shall be a great hailstorm sent forth to destroy the crops of the earth.

When things are built up in the Holy Land (Saudi Arabia) it is time to get ready.

Not one single Nephite had not been warned.

The whole world will hear the gospel.

The Book of Mormon is essential to the second coming. The missionaries could not teach without the Book of

5 ¶Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord:
6 And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

Everyone else is waiting for Elijah to come, but our church knows that he has come.

Missionaries were assigned to work on less active families.

Every single sign must be fifilled, helps us rember and not fear but understand. Even the fig trees bear leaves to indicate a coming of spring.

New Jerusalem is a thing thought of sacularl. is it in the scriptures? Song by Carly Simon.

Most important preparaion we can make is to stand in holy places

The word for this year is "JOY"

People have commented on the notice of others when they have perhaps a sparkle in their eyes that comes from doing the right things (The things that Jesus would do).

It is important to stop and try to hear the spirit, the prompts of the still small voice, like in the movie the nativity.

The people thought that the time of Jesus' coming had passed. But, it was required to have faith.

JOY is a choice, the Lord could have done otherwise, but he chose the right. "Men art that they might have Joy."

"What manner of men ought ye be? Even as I am."

Show love to other people not just oursrlves.

Have the courage to act upon the thing that the spitlrit whispers to us, like nephi in beginning of the book of Mormon.

He that is greatest should serve you...

Who sayest thou that I am...

Be sure to make room for our exemplar in our hearts, opposed to when he was born literaly, there was no place for Jesus in Herod's Kingdom.

Remind children though lights are pretty, there is only one real light, thet are just imitations.

Maybe point out that our star is just a symbol, but it is missing something, and see if they can figure it out.

Brain dump

There are too many heroes in the scriptures to pick only one. Several were listed and their attributes, but it is not just the attributes that makes a heroe, but what you do with those attributes. And if you took all the scripture heroes attributes and rolled them into one and multiplied it, what would you have? Jesus Christ. Do not be afraid to publically own him.

Queen the wife of Lamoni stayed by his side and said he was not dead when everyone else declared him dead.

"I know the church is true, and I love everything about the church, except giving talks."

Going through a trial helps us know how "not alone" we are, and earthly angels are constantly there.

Success is measured by accomplishment and affirmation, sometimes it is just surviving. "Doing the best you can in your condition." You are doing better than you think you are. Moms especially, just need to be reminded and assured that they are doing alright.

You may not be perfect as a mother you are perfect for your children.,

Read a scripture and had everyone snap each time the word "remember" is said.

"How could you not know that things were created by God when you view the beauty in the world around you?"

Think of any hero. Ok. Now has that hero ever saved you?

We have all failed alot, but luckily we can have the peace

Not only did he bear his testimony in words, but through his actions

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Start with a joke - pope gets a call from God from Salt Lake City.

Must take a thing apart to put it back together.
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Part of being a covenant people is being able to being the gospel, and priesthood to all nations.

Physically must be together, why is that and makes scattering bad.

Lehi was in Jerusalem, where he needed to be. But he was not of Judah, but was of Joseph.

The Olive tree was not bringing forth good fruit and so it needed to be destroyed to be rebuilt that it could produce fruit.

Early in the church things needed to be done literally, mostly gathering.

MTC in Brazil because it is possible.

We must have the courage to stand where we are.

It is important to know where your "Zion" is.

We all know exactly when we were called and converted, hence our spiritual conversion.

It is our responsibility to become who we need to be to assist in the building up of the kingdom of Hod. It cannot be halted, it will move forward regardless of what you do.

Missionaries could not serve a mission without that book. That book being the Book of Mormon. It is the sole book upon wich the gathering rests, because` missionary work is an important part.

A boy was supposed to say a prayer and  was pinched as a reminder and he said, "oh, I thought that was the spirit."

It would be important to have a flashlight handy if an earth quake struck.

Up early to do a service for others with no fanfare, this is like the Savior.

Think about the ones who make sure there is a thing for the prophets that prompts, they get no notice but the world hangs on everyvwird spoken by the prophets.

Meekness is needed in being smart.

Service to others is ultimately most important to save ourselves from misery that otherwise would beset us.

Mother is most unselfish, does not place herself before others.

Missionaries serve others it is a huge opposition to being self centered.

Whenever the kids ask me to do things after they are supposed to be in bed, and it is not easy for me, in fact it is very hard, I make them promise me that if they are ever asked to help someone else who wants like they do now. That they will help likewise.

It was a gift to allow me the opportunity to see life firsthand through the eyes of one who was disabled, but still has the same spirit in them.

Genuinely compliment someone.

Lots of things that are right and true line up when we try to see through God's eyes, and try to think of another person and ponder.

Brain dump

I would not be here, if I did not believe in Jesus Christ. By that I mean that I would be fishing.

Jesus is much closer than we realize.

No matter what happens in our life, we can have Joy.

Example of someone doing the #Lightofthe World challenge.

P.eople are very very thankful for supportive spouses.

You are never alone Jesus is aware and helping. The example was given of a woman with screaming children in the store and someone said "you are doing a good job as a mother". How would anyone even know that?

Watching a movie and turned it off at midnight, when the movie was not over, but it was a way to show God what is ultimately important.

When a mother that is a most time consuming calling.

If we were told things that would happen years ago, it would not be believable to us, but the gospel is always there to hold on to.

Even as our testimonies waver, if we hold on to our knowledge of the Savior will help us through.

No one really cares about your hair, that is not what matters. Like bearing a aquariumtestimony, sometimes I even close my eyes to just feel the testimonies.

Thankful for the clarity of the day, today.

Our savior is like the guy who has ourp back.

"There is something very right in your hearts."

The rest of Sunday is not sleep, but change of doing a thing and not have to worry about things.

Are they going to do what they need to do when no one is enforcing them.

It seems that knowing more, makes us realize more we could have.

The spirit world is not far from us.

Alma 34:34 you will be the person you were is the person you will be.

Accepting the gospel is something you need to do not because it is sensible, because how life is will change how we think.

Reminded of a book by C.S.Lewis called "Great Divorce" where people from Hell went to Heaven and could not wait to get back.

We can hear lessons, with our ears but not with our hearts. For example, I saw/loved the movie Footloose but could not tell you a single character or plot... so we cannot say if someone has received or rejected the gospel.

Working for God must not be the opposite of effort and stress because it will continue after death, and it tells of rest that comes at death.

A story from Seminary manual about definitely testifying of work that happens after death.

Of the facts of mortality. It will come to an end is sure.

It was not a matter of that she will live and be with us, but peace came from knowing that regardless what happens all will be well.

A potential fatality promotes our testimony of the afterlife.

There IS an afterlife and all that was taught is undeniably true.

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Baskets on the 14th Christmas part on the 16th

6pm eat 7 a starting program. Please bring extra food if you bring extra people.

Lehi was commanded to go to wikderness and ear what they could find, amod struggles including murmurring children, it is mentioned that men are that they might have joy. Joy comes,because of trials. 

Inspite of hardships, we can and should have Joy.

Count your many blessings.

Missionaries go serve and are nice to others. They find Joy in everything...he could see the good in life.

Savior had difficulties but had Joy despite it, he ought to be the example for us all.

Focus is so important to maintaining joy despite struggles.

SCRIPTURES, FAMILY,  Serving and sharinh. Those things bring joy.

Learn not to ask why because that is focusing on the wrong thing.

Having children brings true Joy.

Making a goal and achieving it brings joy.

So much Joy and peace comes from the temple.

Greatest joy is in seeing our children choose what is right.

Being silly makes you feel joy. And do not smother it.

It is important not to give up amid our struggles.

Brain Dump

Upon pondering, it was realized that he was loved and his Heavenly Father cared about wether or not he would succeed.

The atonement is real, and he personal experiences that has leac to understanding that truth.

Look up what being valiant is.

By being given a calling, she became the one right for it, after reading the sort of person needed.

It was so significant to have p blessing to add that bit of perspective that Heavenly Father gives,us. He knows exactly what we need to become who we ought to.

Go, do, see, feel.

A guy who makes you smile to be around, you find your face from being around him.

Being valiant is what seperates people who are obviously good but they fail to act.

There are things that are for some people, like Sushi, then there are unchanging things that remain constant, those are truths.1

Moses sees God and then right after he is tempted, and Moses gives us an example of how to act...because right after we are given constants we will be tested.

No matter what happened to someone, they still had a testimony. Christ is our constant in mortality.

Heavenly Father wants us all to return to him, and we want to be with our families. Either way, there are thise who have not had ordinances that are required to be performed for them.

Temple work is an opportunity to help serve others.

Everyone serves dead people, they have to be burried...

Los Angelos temple?

Beautifully simple, and simply beautiful, a perfect place for anyone regardless of intellect or apetites

The Lord is aware of us and our needs so it is important to go to the temple to be close to him.

Story of a woman who felt like she needed to go to someone, but the spirit constrained, so it really make one consider how some inclinations are not others or the Lord's but our own inclination. This would be like when Nephi was told to kill Laban, it went against his nature.

We care as much for out posterity as we do our progenitors due to Elijah's spirit

Sealing is a different way to define the turning of hearts, turning is defined by Joseph Smith as a sealing power.

Elijah was ressurrected? His spirit dwells places, where his body isn't?  Or is it just a way to name the feeling of being obsessed with genealogy.

If Elijah is reported as being on the earth, then it will burn.

I wonder what will happen or has,taken place that is desired by those ancestors that want so much to be done...I am thinking of a name in particular.

We cannot be saved unless we do work for others.

Things are going to be ok, even if things get tough.

Bitter or better choice how to react to things you do not like.

"In the end everything will be ok, so if it is not ok, then, it is not the end."

If it is bad, what are you going to do about it.

********A list of hardships and bad things if we see it properly is also a list of Joy.

Joy is different from Happiness in that it starts with J, that is from me.

When I was having a particularly hard time, we sang the song Count your many blessings and thought, how can that me? I think I will try it out and start a gratitude blog.

A photo of a small child smiling from Peru. It reminded me of the Mission scene and the kids playing on the canoe, it remedies the man who killed his brother and was at an ultimate low.

Best thing I heard ever regarding Joy was J putting Jesus first.
O keep others as the middle
Y putting yourself last

We can claim Joy from our prayers to get it.

Keep our covenants and it will bring us more Joy.

Brain dump

She had to decide to go to a different school to go to seminary and did so because of what she had read in for the strength of the youth pamphlet.

Personal progress and the FTOTY pamphlet can keep us on that same spiritual high that going to camp and having constant spiritual thoughts.

We need tools, including scriptures to arm us with the necessary armor of God.

Thinking we are prepared but finding out that we aren't  was explained and understood through story of a triathalon.

Remember story of an Eagle raised to be a Chicken and it would not fly even though it was an Eagle, it finally flew when it "stared down the sun". Um, that came to mind, but not applicable as it has been assigned a different meaning in my mind.

Sending our children to primary and ymyw, etc. is yoking them, the process includes getting them trained to be compatible like Yoked Oxen.

We teach our children in the home so that they might absolutely know how to become a disciple of Jesus Christ.

No one will beforced to be a disciple.

If you read the Book of Mormon to your children, they will not go astray, that is a sure promise.

When I thought about myself, it can be depressing, and miserable, but we need to serve others.

It is not selfish to want the rewarding feeling that comes from others.

When we serve we find ourselves because there is more of us to find.

One of most important things to do is family history work and temple work
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Multi stake special needs primary...do as I'm doing, boy in wheelchair. He chose to jump, a girl said I'll jump for him! And the jumped more enthusiastically than usual.

"Spiritually dead will live again." This can be accomplished because of the atonement.

"I Honestly don't  know how you would raise a family without the Book of Mormon."

Primary child could not even see over the pulpit, and he pulled the mocrophone down and everyone waited to hear what he said and he paused a moment then said, "I need help". This was likened to our prayers.

We need wake up songs for high priests.

Showed two books, one was a science and medicine book and he explain the year it was published and had a book of Mormon from sane year. He explained that if he practiced medicine according to thst book he would be placed in prison, whereas the Book of Mormon was,relatively the same.

When you are truly thirsty, water never tasted so good.

Brain dump

Nov. 19, 2016

If any man hear my voice and open the door, I will come in to him... -Rev 3:20

It is notable that one does not just open the door, but to one who they recognize the voice of.

This session is the greatest meeting of the church.

It is important to remember that we will be instructed by special witnesses of the Lord.

Mission presidents of the past have all relocated permanently to this area. Ogden, UT

Building bridges to other cultures and religion need to unite and realize similarities as children of God.

Great work is being done because of kindred spirit shown and recipients desire to know more.

A reminder that the Lord is mindful of us, the fact that things that we only speak of to the Lord are coincidentally answered  through others.

Likened the church and gospel with a romantic relationship, that we somehow know what we should do.

"Baptism is not like waving a magic conversion wand." -Sis. Driscoll.

Like a relationship we must press forward despite divorce or other potential setbacks.

Like love, we may experience pain, it will not be easy.

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Testimony cannot be taken away.

A big fear of LDS men divorcing is that they become inactive.

"We graduated at the same time, she from kindergarten I from high school."

Atonement leaves no tracks...no trace.

I do not know how it works, but it does.

The savior does not say, "oh no not you again"

Power in inviting others, if they do not accept at least they have a choice to make.

Coincidences are God's way of being anonymous.

"No righteous desire will go unfufilled."

Look up quote by David Bednar regarding how the goal if to provide children a home to be born and love in.

If atonement can help a man who had lived a particularly rough life, then it can erase anything.

"Why would anyone come to church on Sat. Night?" Come and experience it...

Important to send written invitations to people.

I was asked to invite the inviters... when people receive written letters, they will feel the love of the writer.

If I was not already baptized I would have been...um, because of a person's countanance?

A man mentioned a talk about not "The" savior, but her savior.

Invite to cone unto christ.

Other invitations were mentioned like Ishmael and his daughters.

Make your life an invitation. And do not be afraid to give them.

Dc52 a pattern to not be decieved.

Not good for man to be alone, men need helpmeet...it is interesting to study that word.

Joseph Smith TRANSLATED the book not wrote it.

If you regularly study the Book of Mormon, you will not fall astray.

If the Savior were here today, he would likely be in the pentatentaries. In a prison spirit was felt so strongly.

Family history is a lifeline to heaven. In that prison that felt like the temple it housed computers for indexing. It was the closest they could get to the temple.

A helpmeet is an equal and humbling.... his wife said "you may be Dr. Larsen at work and President Larsen at church but, I just need a garbageman".

In defense of Joseph Smith, he asked a boy to write a similar book.

Brain dump

"The E--- are more than willing to love and serve others."

To prepare for a mission you need to be able to teach repentance  which requires humility.

Trusting the Lord is developed in reading and knowing and living the scriptures.

Personal progress is an ideal way put in place to begin to become faithful children of God.

In 2009 virtue was added, as it is significant to realize being a virtuous woman is part of learning to be a daughter of God.

Church is full of people who are not perfect, but are trying.

It is when we feel inadequate that we are introspective enough to realize what truly matters in life, sometimes it is how we are reassured  of our worth in being placed in humble situations.

A test where honestly answered and got a failing score, although had improved a whole lot when took the test again, he said he would just fail again because he still was the person who actually did those things, but he was conseled to compare himself to what he was by nature to what he had become, and he had improved greatly.

Thinking you are not good enough and will remain unable to improve is a thing that we are often deveived in believing.

No one is ever good enough without the atonement, but we do have him to aide us in our desire to improve.

Temple work starts with the atonement.

Temple is an oasis, and we try to make our home like that.

Temples are the only place on earth to perform ordinances necessart for salvation.

Family is cherokee and African is hard because records were passed by word of mouth

A brother mentioned a promise that there was a way to get his work done. There is a way to find the information. It is possible, despite how it seems.

RELIEF SOCIETY -

Just Serve App instruction. - lots of people know that service is essential to become Christlike but do not know how, so this app will help.

Helps bridge the gap of service prijects that are solely LDS (us or them sort of thing).

Can not attend church but still actively serve others.

This app is not for proselytizing!!!!

"Love thy neighbor as thyself." No reporting back, personal.

Also go to justserve.org

Chuch members workings with anyone to help others in our commujity. Again, not a proselytizing, it had previously been avoided by others because LDS end up taking over. This is thr Lord's way and his means.

Feel free to invite others, as everyone (it might even suprise you who) enjoys  serving others.

Brings down walls put up. It allows us to be partners in serving. Great to do as a family for FHE.

Take pictures of the project and not of the people.

Brain dump

Both Book of Mormon and Bible are words of God and we will draw closer to God though them.

"I want to be there when the savior returns to the earth." Liz Muphy

Hope for a better world, do not be part of what does not make the world a better place.

People who said they know things, actually do know. That is probably a reason why people who know things are true do not tell us so at testimony meeting, because we should walk by faith.

Gratitude for when we recieve even if it is not fully what we need, there is power in that. Story where a guy showed his gratitude and was instantly, miraculously given what he needed, and he attributes it to being grateful.

Danger is by design.

A boy felt the spirit withdrawl from him when he used love improperly, namely same sex  attraction.

Regarding faith, help thou my unbelief is almost the only solution.

You cannot know, but you must believe and exercise faith, and plant the seed.

If a seed grows you can know it is good.

When you get an answer whatever it was, you need to figure that out. Use faith to know how that is the best.

We need to trust that our Heavenly Father loves and trusts us.

Brain dump

If a friend doesn't  respect your standards they are not worth having as a friend.

Talk about prayer.

A little girl sang ""Gethsemane".

We ought to forsake the things that this world esteems.

The way we take care of our bodies sets us apart from others.

Women of the church or women of God will never be worldly women. But, there are enough of those.

Columbia rejected their president cause he would not be strong against the rebel faction...so this boils down to being about forgiving.

"Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that..."

Forgivness and repentance are often performed by the same person who sees the correct perspective. Often we need to forgive to see that we need to repent.

When someone we are counting on betrays us...this often happens when a couple divorces.

Satan wants family to be destroyed because he assumes everythong will fall apart.

Liken being angry to eatting a jalapeño, it can overwhelm any previously eatten grapes, per se.

Count your blessings.

Leopards don't change their spots...but, I do not work with leopards. :)

A man rose to the things expected of them.

We must learn to see people not as they are, but what they may become.

Surprised that atheists get married because it is ordained of God.

Paleontologist  could not be together unless they were married, so they had a marriage of convenience.

People who had no religious training of any sort, but they still are monogomous and in families.

James E Faust was sealed for a couple who were never married. And that is the whole concern that people will have the chsnce to be married but they never were on the earth.

Is it safe to say that sealing must be performed on earth? Yes, temple ordinances must be performed on earth which is why earth life is so important.

Everytjing before she was re baptized and so it is all forgiven

As Latter-day Saints, we are living with an eternal perspective, not just for the moment. However, we can receive blessings in this life as a result of being married for eternity. Some of those blessings are as follows...

The descision of eternal companion should be done to be sure that this one must NOT be wrong.

Your eternal family is your spouse.

Most men admit that they would be an entirely different person because they have a wife and family.

Veteran party to honor all are invited.

Stake conference nov 20.

Sis Oscarson's talk from women's conference.

The great peril of life is a great teminder that this is the FULNESS OF TIMES.

Bedrock understanding of the Doctrine of Christ.

We want to raise a SIN resistant generation, it can be done in the home despite what ocurrs outside of it.

Because of temple work and the understanding of such wecwill have the power of God to be with us.

It is good to go do initiatories because we get reminded of incredible blessings.

Do not have any part of vile things and there is a promise that accompanies this charge it is promised thatvthe Lord will be our guide and stay.

We need more and more good to overcome the evil.

Internet and large and spacious building were very similar. Someone commented then are we saying to avoid the internet all together? The reply was no. Emphatically.

THAT OUGHT TO BE CONSIDERED

Brain dump

Why don't people read their scriptures? That is a mustery of the kingdom.
Read the Book of Mormon and prayed about it and had a powerful experience with the Holy Ghost.

Even outstanding members of the church had not read the book prayerfully.

Book of Mormon is the greatest tool for conversion. First read through needs to be mentored.

It has been the best tool for conversion.

Book of Mormon is the best tool for pur own conversion.

Former members who had been excommunicated, now have rejoined through the power of the book of Mormon. It can reconvert any who seriously read it.

Have you ever read thr Book of Mormon  and would you like to read it with me?

Had 6 theories to raise children, this woman had 6 children and now has no theories.

Do you believe it is possible to raise a sin resistant generation. Nephi said, the Lord will not command a thing without preparing a possible way...

Teach children the significance of keeping a promise.
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Bedrach, meschac and abednego kept their promise and trusted their life even upon it, but even if they died they would still keep our covenant. Because they promised.

That is the way to overcome and Lucifer does not want us to make promises.

I kept my promise cause I said I would.

Amulek was a well recieved man of Amoniah, and when he said the things of Alma it was accepted.

We are afraid to ask because we feel un able to do the things requested of them.
But, the work of the Lord is being hastened and it will go forward, why not with you?

Best place to teach the gospel in Utah is a shopping mall.

If we live the gospel, we will have trials.

Have you ever seen a child not smile when they sing that Jesus wants them for a Sunbeam.

The saints were originally slated to enter the utah valley through Ogden canyon, how different things would be. Instead they came through immigration canyon.

A brother was in active and a woman used a small means to help someone strugling and in need of help.

Gary Stevenson is from north Utah...hmm.

Brain dump

Britton Wright

Come follow me

Love
Patience
Obedience

Are among the attributes that come as you use your agency properly. They cone on a mission.

We see the power of the atonement when things go wrong, and at that time we end up spending more time on our knees cause we NEED "Our Only Hope"

Gospel purpose is to turn bad man good  and good men better.

This is a fufillment of Ether 12:6

It is impossible to emulate someone we do not know.

The Savior, in the most desolate times he turned outward..

A man accepted and preached the gospel to literally everyone. He even taught  someone while waiting for an appointment to begin.

Making and keeping sacred covenants is THE most important thing.

I am a Child of God changed to "teach me all that I must DO" from "KNOW" it is not enough to know, but we must do what we know.

We need to keep eternal perspective, but what is Eternal Perspective, when we do not even know what the afterlife will be.

Almost...

God is not only is aware of us  but knows us each by name, as we learn in Joseph smith's vision.

Family responsibilities -

You  realize that you are less in control of what a child does as you have more.

Father's need to come to game.

Mother is Moral compass, but not entirely.

No matter what a mother teaches a child they will do what their father does.

Parents ought to share duties exactly the same. They have the same responsibility.

Father ought to spend time with each child.

Story of girl who listened to her mother instead  of what is right.

When a child acts evil. Likely it is not Heavenly Father's  influence so alogn the child.

If you as a parent do your best, someone is going to interfere but, do not see a snapshot.

Loving family doesn't happen by accident.

10 to 12 stake conference.
Nov 4 simple bread and toilet paper stove.

[Howard W. Hunter] Gave free legal advice because he hated dealing with the billing.

Calling people by name and just being aware of them is a great service.

We have a touchstone to measure our personal christ like attributes.

Maybe if it is difficult to love, it is you who is difficult.

If you judge someone you do not havevtime to love them. But, there is something to love in everyone.

Story of Thomas S. Monson told story at a regional conference, and he told a story
About praying for a man who was difficult to love.

Can put your own name on the prayer roll to have your own heart softened.

Another way to love a difficult someone, serve them.

Need to be kinder and gentler.

*** FHE ****
If children speak gently with one another.
Maybe count to 5. Try to learn to know what they are going through.
***

(220 Lord, I would Follow Thee)

***Keep your bucket full so that you can share with others *** like a flight attendent says to secure your mask first.

Brain dump

Faith can overcome fears.

Attending the temple was asked what you get from it, and sometimes it feels less obvious, but it blesses our lives.

Our leaders tell us the things that the Lord wants us to know. They are men of God and liatening to them blesses us.

So glad my mom got to go be with her husband after 29 years.

Power of prayer is real..

Sunday school The Family can be Eternal.

Family is the safest place you can be.

When a child is sasses there is a reason deep seeded and that might be the only place to let it out.

It is ok to have frustrating feelings, and sometimes it feels better. After having said something.

"Happiness is most LIKELY achieved...."

We have the Lord's help when raising his children. We learn so many necessary attributes in the home.

Teach other ways to deal with lashing out, like saying "that is really bad." or clenching fists.

There is a time when we will need to fall back on something for  comfort. I decided that I would believe even without everything being what seemed true.

****Poem about getting rid of children and that made everything all well.****

No exclusions anything is appropriate for everyone, not allowed to pick or choose siblings allows them to increase in love.

When a child fell down, and was hurt, they yelled at the child about the ground.

"Bun warmer" paddler. Mom asked, "Do you hear me or do you need to feel me?"

Children either decide to mimic or what NOT to do.

To me, being a parent is the workshop where we get to learn so much more about our heavenly father.

It is essential to show an interest in what a child is interested in.

To have a successful family you need a plan. Cause Satan surely has one to destroy it.

He will do everything he can to destroy our family  cause it is the armor and he is searching for the chink.

At home children need to be able to answer questions and how to find those answers, in the family.

As fullness of the gospel, the proclamation on the family is another part of that.

Need to be comitted to the gospel.

I think of story of pig and chicken and the pig is an example of being really committed, gave bacon, whereas the chicken donated an egg.

Joshua scripture was "choose ye this day whom ye will serve..."

The worst committment trouble for me was when others who you love and want to be your friend, but they do things that you know ought not to be ok with. We should.

Where is your heart?  If what you want is in your heart and it id God you will do what is right. If God is not in your heart then you will not find as much in other holy places like temple...this is so much like my wondering if I got ready to go places to be seen of men or because I loved God.

Who is in the Lord's side, who. Believing is not enough. We need to be comitted and not just contributed.

Comitted is necessary to go to the temple.

You do not realize until you cannot go tp the temple....we might take it for granted.

Contributed to a thing and it is good, but being committed.

Brain dump

Read the Book of Mormon like he was Joseph Smith. Talk  by Craig Chistiansen.

As Joseph translated he was learning things he did not yet know.

Alot of Joy and that makes,me feel happy it is a great contrast to the news.

Left, interesting to consider left is what is left after the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Pearl of Great Price clarifies roles in the premortal life.

We could come to Earth to get tabernacles of ckay, or bodies, and have the opportunity to grow up.

The premortal counsel was not an opportunity to share ideas. We did not have applications for who would be a,savior.

As he talked about Jesus as the first born by right I was thinking hiw that is like Abraham calling Isaac his first born when Ishmael truely was.

Alma 13 anyone eho gets preisthood (including temple ordinances) which leads Joseph to conclude that what we had or were there effects who we are here.

The Devil and his angels are a third part of Heaven, but it is not as much a percentage as is it a translation of a significant part per Brother Gaskill in a book about the use of symbols.

Martin Luther took Revelation out of the Bible, where it talks about the Dragon being Lucifer.

When we hear the gospel and feel a,sense  of recognition it is because we all did hear it before and accept it or we would not have bodies. This all comes from revelation that we have recieved as a result of wirk of Joseph Smith, namely 3Nep 27. The rest of the world has Isaiah 14.

No one as miserable as one without anyone to serve.

"I likely will die before I run out of prophets to study."

Satan makes hard things seem easy, and desirable, but he is a counterfeiter of true and good rewards.

DC 29, v 39.we had to have the devil to help.

"You know what doesn't work with Heavenly Father? Surprise Parties."

Chapter 2 of 2nd Nephi is in running for the best chapters of the book of Mormon.

No one can thwart the Plans of God.

Alot of the spirits have been invited I do not know if they will come, but at least we will not have to feed them.

Sunday afternoon session

WAYS TO KNOW TGE FATHER AND THE SON.

1 FAITH
2 SERVICE
3 BELIEVE

1. Our desires align with God's.
2. We learn to love those we serve therby loving and knowing God. "... see him as he is..."
3. "Help thou my unbelief." Do we believe what we know?

Believing is how we come to know Christ.

Written in our minds and heart.

Being reborn is more a process than an event.

Little by little we become like Christ. Recieving grace by grace until we receive a fullness.

Christ andvthe doctrine of Christ is the ONLY  way to return to God.

We are given a savior and an additional gift.  The gift of the Holy Ghost.

We have a greater power when we COMBINE and serve in unity in the church.

Sometimes we are asked to serve in a way or place that scares us.

Filling callings requires faith.

It is important to record events of significant spiritual events, lest we forget. 

If we felt a way,  we certainly can feel similarly again.

Suffering does not teach us anything unless we apply faith and make our suffering purposeful.

Things must pass through us, not we through them. Paraphrase of Neal A. Maxwell.

If you read the Book of Mormon to your chilren, they will not be lost.

We devote ourselves to the gospel do our children will know where to turn for remission of sins.

Repentance in Swedish is the same word for turn around.

Repentance with faith in Christ allows us to heal and go back to where we started to err. So it is change, but is erases all and leaves no tracks.

Reoentance requires a choice, it will not be forced upon anyone.

Do Not minimize our sin or just believe that we are already saved cause we are unconditionally loved.

"What do we win?..."

Repentance is the goodnews of the gospel.

***are ideas in any language?***

You are never a winner if you loose your temper.

Sunday Morning session

I just realized this. I used to look forward to conference because it meant discussing talks with others. And I ought to look forward to discussing the things that I learned with my husband and so the kids would look forward to being old enough to get to discuss the conference session, too. That is how and why things ought to happen.

A great friend of mine with children to care for mentioned that at least her kids look forward to conference at least and that is the goal. That made me ponder what exactly I was wanting my kids to be getting from conference.

THE PLAN FOR HAPINESS as taught by the church is true.

Men are that they might have joy. How is this? Eliza Snow explained how the suffering saints seemed to be merry pleasure seekers.

No matter what happens we can feel joy. It is felt regardless what happens...even if job is lost or husband betrays you.

When the Savior suffered so much pain, he did so  with Joy.

Joy can help us endure all things

"I have learned to suffer with Joy."

Reminds me of that line from "Show me what I'm looking for." Where it said, I learned to love abuse.

"JOY IS A GIFT FOR THE FAITHFUL."

The sacrament needs to be as important to us as it was to Jesus.

Elder packard look back on his life and looked for evidence of the sins that had been repented of, but could not find them. This is the power of the atonement! It is real and brings joy.

However opportunities you have missed, you have not missed the opportunity to repent and experience joy.

The greatest miracles are not things like the parting of the red sea, but when a person is forgiven of their sins.

The appstles stayed with Jesus because they decided with what they knew by means other than the standard means, whereas those who left struggled because the could not know things that they could not see, or touch, etc.

Never abandon truths revealed by Joseph Smith...just because you find other unexplainable things.

You should not give up what you can and do have in hopes of finding something more elsewhere.

"Infirmity of loss of faith."

Where else will you go?

It will be challenging, but it will be endurable and worth it.

"Will ye also go away?"

But, elder Ballard promises that if you seek with real intent, you will find...

Worship if done properly is where God will be, and we will seek him elsewhere but if not for in us answers will not be found elsewhere.

Joseph Smith was given a 4 year probation before he got the plates.

"The way you see a child is how you see them, and how you see them is how they will become." -Geothe

The great.changes can be seen as we look back, like meeting in peoples houses because we did not have a building, and now they temples there.  Although we do not see the spirit working, we may have felt it.

Give thanks for these things, acording as we feel gratitude to be part of this and for the things that gave been granted.

Saturday conference notes

Sometimes we sleepwalk on the path of discipleship. We ought to be excited to even consider the way truths have been opened up to us and we have things that man never had before.

When we teach true Gospel principles some part of it will feel familiar to others regardless of what they had been instructed.

"What shall we give in return for so much?" Apply this to the glorious light and all things our Father, who is God, has given us.

Look up..."Those who reject this glad message...

When he looked into his grandpas eyes, he saw his suffering.

Turn from natural man and love one another which was,not the natural way of man to live, he looks out for number 1.

We will suffer less if we love more, and love must start in the home. I had heard it said that the home is a workshop for love, do not let the moments slip by, even if it is hard, love and trust.

God's power comes from his love.

Family prayer. Scripture study, and council iis most important. FHE  is not lecture from mom time.

We do not have the spirit when we raise our vpices in love.

Family life sounds so incredible if lived right. Children loving their parents and vice versa, and best of all loving each other.

Choice to follow the Lord must be your own.

Service is such a blessing!

Teach children to love one another, sounds like they ought to serve one another.

Love The Lord more and suffer less.

Prayer is the necessary precursor of faith.

1)pray
2)listen
3)obey

It is equally important to be able to discern an answer, as knowing how to ask a question properly.

It is sooo extremely important to put our will inline with our Heavenly Father's.

"Be still and know that I am God."

Joseph Smith was a prophet. He stands as a testimony to us that if we lack knowledge we can know the truth of all things.

There is alot of erroneous and false information about Joseph Smith, instead consider the fruit of this man as a prophet.

Marriage and family is so much more significant because Joseph was a prophet.

Craig ------- bears an unwavering testimony of Joseph Smith.

3 times he was warned of a thing, but he did not listen, he prayed when he could have died, and was heard and saved by someone who actually did listen and heeded the responses.

When God could have said, I tried to save you, he still helped. And it causes gratitude.

God knows things we never say, but he sees them through eyes of love.

When people express happiness in our abilities, it makes such a great difference. When we are compared and judged negatively it causes so much damage.

If you want true,  real, critique ask God, he wants us to "make it". The Lord wants to help us.

Sin harms, but it can be forgiven, no matter how terrible. With sincere repentance, NOT rationalize or rebellion.

Rebellion is rejecting God, and why Satan was sent to prison.

Guilt is like the battery of a car it can get things going, but cannot sustain movement.

God can send your words to the heart of another.

Conversion of another has it's own time table, which is not likely yours.

You come to the table, nit empty handed, but with technology and social media. :)

It is not a coincidence that you are born where you are because the gospel meeds to be preached to every tongue and people.

What one views as a stumbling block to one, meaning a halt to progress, is not to another.

"Christianity did not defeat paganism it adopted it." - Durant

Christianity is seen as too simple or plain, and not as complex as other doctrine, and so many will be decieved by not seeing stumbling blocks.

Looking beyond the mark is a stumbling block.

You are never too young to seek and teceive a testimony of the book of Mormon, the keystone of our religion. If you accept it as truth, then all of the gospel is.

Stumbling blocks may be turned into stepping stones.

A power will flow into your life when you read this book, and it may seem unrelated.

Godly Love is not unconditional.

Blessings are not entitled, but graciously given.

Helen Keller is a parable.

Looking beyond the mark in trying to find those things which are not meant to be understood thereby ignoring the things that ought to be studied for our profit and learning.

We are not supposed to understand everytjing yet, in order to learn hope.

Be ambitious for Christ...

Elder Cohen, was nearing his physical limit, this reminds me of the danish girl on 17 miracles who did all that was "humanly possible".

He knew that he would need to ride a bike and coukd have refused it, but he was "ambitious".

There are so many ways to share the gospel that were not abailable before.

1)pray for the desire
2)be a faithful liver of gospel
3)pray to know what we will do. This requires a real intent, or commitment to act.

Do not take the mantle of judging others fit to receive the word upon ourselves, it is tge good shepherd's call.

A time others are ready to learn might not coincide with what we are ready to teach.

We want people to accept Jesus not the church, many are ansolutely not interested in an organized religon whereas they are surely interested in the gospel.

Institute notes

Regarding the pearl of great price.

I haven't decided if I love preparing or presenting more.

The Sabbath day instituted as a holy day. The best way to determine ask if it brings you closer to God.

Sunday, not a day of deprivation!!

(Moses 4) word Generation in Hebrew is Story.

Things were created in spirit first before being created physically.

It is important to realize the things we do not know as well as what we do know.

What do I say about questions about things I do not know? Bad Question.

"Even in my perfected, resurrected body, I cannot change light bulbs."

Rivers flow into the Mississippi acording to one book.

We were present in the creation.

We should talk respectfully about Adam and Eve.

River named Euphrates today was a name sake for the one mentioned in the history of creation, according to a book.

All the animals had pairs, but man was alone. Most challenging existance is when we must be alone.

Figurative that woman is near and dear to man, but not surgically created from parts of a man.

Heb 14:4

Man is not without woman.

Regularly check with the proclamation on family.

Spouse shall come before even our parents and children.

"You didn't pray before you did it, what do you expect?" You get out what you put in.

What manner of man ought ye be? Maybe make a to be list. Our gial has been set  by Jesus. The closer we come to being like him The better for us.

Look up Jeff Marshall "even as I am".

Example of being submissive, whenasked to home teach a family who tells you that they do not accept home teachers, so he asked if they accepted friends.

Hunger and thirst, maybe read after 2 meals skipped on fast Sunday

Do you sincerely think of another's benefit.

Blessed are the peacemakers.

Try not to be confrontational.

Try not to do good to be acknowledged.

Beattitudes in book of Mormon.

Start by saying listen to apostles/prophets.

Low in spirit means you realize that  you need more spirituality and you need help.

I KNEW THEE NOT is not correct cause the Lord knows and accepts you, but it should acyually be "ye knew me not".

To have a good day, look for someone else to help. I think of the kid who said, "thank you" when I cleared the sidewalk for them.

We feel better and improve our life when out attitude changes, our life is properly spent looking for ways to make life better for others.

Brain dump

Small items for cub scouts to help the women's clinic.

Brother Johnson

Yawning as a sign of being nervous, so if we yawn it will be taken as a sign as we are all nervous.

How can we be saved when we already do everything required for salvation?

We are all humans.

The choices we make determine who we become.

Why don't people flock to the font to be baptized?

Missionary work is most satisfying.

Service brings Joy, through it we can have happiness.

To gain your life, you need to loose it!

1)take up the cross. Which means to loose worldliness

2)Confess Christ

Story of missionary who would not be let in, but they said that they would love to serve, the woman let them in cause she needed help.

"Service opens doors." -Tim Murphy

Sunday School

We ask our children to obey so that we can trust things will be done, so a good way to say this is to teach responsibility.

I have a similar issue with not having a reason why in genealogy and I do not really have a reason why.

Section 2 in our lesson is that we do not need to understand why.

Story of how keeping the commandments is like the saftey offered by a vehicle when driving in unsafe areas. The people would have lived if they had worn their seatbelts. Again, it is an example of how choosing a thing other than the thing we were asked causes a mess up that didn't  have to be.

We are actually expected to be perfect.

Like Nephi who had to kill someone when it is a thing that has been commanded to not be done. I think that is in the very first stories of the Book of Mormon, because we must understand that first before we accept the church as true, because we will find soooo many contradictory things throughout the gospel.

"Thank you for loving me enough to cut me down."

Relief Society ----------------------------

Items to cub scouts on wednesday.

To gain your life you need to loose it.

Most miserable people are the ones where there are self centered.

Sometimes we do not even feel like we are serving others.

Would we love others more if we love them.

*****This I need to say in the storm, I was so focused on getting home and getting the children safe that I did not even worry a bit about how I looked, which  represents being self-centered.

PULSE

Pray -

Not criticizing is service.

Thank you notes is a good thing to do on Sundays.

Sometimes someone needs a little recognition and it will make the grearest impression.

This has been perpetually on my mind

https://youtu.be/kV2WRdxhoLQ

I think there is a lesson in preseverence that I am supposed to be learning. But, It is fuzzy and coming to me in a dream or I am just too sleepy to focus. So, I will just leave  very close thought, one that is almost akin regarding Florence Foster Jenkins. To be a sort of place holder for now.

https://youtu.be/HszfdNS0JSc

Brain dump

Primary program.

Mary just understood that people who are dead needed to live or we wouldn't. She excitedly saod "And we all love eachother cause we are family"

We should feast (read alot) on the scriptures. That is what lead Joseph Smith to pray and ultimately restore this chuch on the earth.

"I want to love everyone and be happy."

***It was such a wonderful effect to have the children's angelic voices sing accompianment or a sort of obligato, for a song.***

Children have so much faith, like David who fought Goliath,  men need to be like  children to deserve to live with God again. Jesus even said accordingly, that children were the greatest of all. I truly was happiest as a child when I acted less out of fear and reason and more out of faith.

Talents

Need to develop skills like primary children who have so much to say, but lack the skill to teach.

If we are all diety in embryo, then all things could be possible to us, but they are not, so maybe think about why that is.

Over coming a fear to develop a talent, reminds me of Florence Foster Jenkins, I really wondered why it was so significant that she perform when she lacked ability.

"No such thing as late."

Part of discovering our talents is being willing to do things we might not do.

Talents may change through our lives. How do you know that you like a food as a child? You have to try it. And have to try it several times to recognize it.

It takes preserverence, to push through it.
You must practice. To develop a skill. Sometimes the Holy Ghost enters in and assists. The Lord does magnify and fill in when needed.

Reminds me of a story of sis. Haidenthaller talking about a music calling that she could not do, but still she needed to practice and learn as much as possible.

Taking a class or reading a book is a great way to develop our skills...consider youtube... mentor or be mentored. Someone who already knows, or who is better...like olympians still have coaches.

By not giving up. Scripture in Ether,  having humility, and ask for help...especially divine help.
Look in uncoventional places for answers (lately, I decided to listen to songs to hear the Lord's voice much like ones hears in the words of the scriptures).

Joseph who did his part, like a member of the body has different abilities. We are being prepared maybe like Joseph who got sold into Egypt,  he got to develop.

God gives callings to qualify someone.

We are created as a man and woman who are to be joined, seperate persons with a different set of abilities that ought to be used together.

With great talent comes great responsibilities.

Is your talent dependent on your having a mortal body and sphere to live in?

Relief Society -

Honesty.

Religion means nothing if...

"Too lazy to lie..."

If you are unconcious and they go to your driver's license for weight for medication dosage.

Like the kids will not J walk because it is against the law...they force me to be honest.

We get to be at that level of honesty men like prophets hold themselves to a greater standard.

And there was a time when my daughter told on me for not taking medicine.

It is an example to me that someone is destined for Greatness, because of his honesty.

The world would be different if people were honest. It would be simple.

We need to trust others like the say are truth.

When someone is honest, their behavior is shocking.

lies, Gavin's story about a cord being wrapped.

We use the excuse of kindness to justify little white lie, like story of bathroom toilet that broke cause people were too heavy, but would not just say so.

Institute notes

Book of interest, I already forgot.

Brother poll has a blog for insights that come after notes are emailed, it also includes fresh information posted on thursdays after the weeks classes.

garypoll.blogspot.com

McKonkie wrote important info about the earth, an instrument of his work and glory.

Earth fell from terrestial to telestial so Adam and Eve could raise Cain.

Earth must be transfigured as we will need a home.

Most important events are creation, fall, atonement. Atonement is most significant.

Jesus Christ is the Creator, God never spoke on this earth but to introduce his son.

Jesus is likened to us he did the work, but it was,made possible by his father, who provided the direction and means.

Plan, spiritual creation first for all things.

Creation is divided into periods but it is not necessary to find the direct conversion.

Wine is an interesting study of time. Cause a popular saying is, "there is no wine before it's time". Still, Jesus did not need any time for the equation.

God seems to us to have a waiver on time.

Man must exert something to cause anything to happen. This is the same thing that has,been said when faith was commented as an action.

Power of word... hence pen is mightier than the sword?

Waters in heaven are like clouds and firmament in the middle is earth...message is that God controls the rain.

"No one has ever asked for my advice, but they have gotten it.."like cure for poverty (observe a fast).

130 dc moses 26 & 27 moses 6:9 and psalms 8:4-6

Ressur9/14/16 12:49 PM ected bodies will all be beautiful, whatever that is, it will be realized as such.

D & C 132:7

What is your belief about having children?
It was a commandment to multiply and replenish the earth. Choices are to be made prayerfully betwixt the two of them and not be judged by any other standards.

People need do what they need to provide bodies for God's spirits which is his work and glory.

It is our job to teach our spirit how to rule a body.

Mastering yourself is a most important feat.

Theories of man are that we evolved into what we are, but we believe Adam was created in the image of God.

When comparing accounts of creation, it is important to not similarities as well as differences.

When teaching classes although lesson is the same it is taught differently every time, this is like accounts of creation.b

The importance is not the sequence or duration of things but why things are taught.

I do not know alot about global warming, and unlike most people I admit it.

It was commented how the earth groans from pollution, but  Brother Poll says that sin is the greatest pollution of this world. And God will not get worried thinking, "oh no. I did not think of that what will I do?:

A pattern of how to prepare for the second coming is found in the Book of Mormon.

Fate

"Sometimes, I believe in fate, but the chances we create always seem to run more true..."

From " if you were a sailboat" by Katie Melua

Just thinking about how in my younger years everything seemed more fateful, but now that I am more accustomed to life I see that those favorable coincidence were merely noticed, and taken. The difference is nothing more than I stopped taking risks. When you take risks when a few work out you are blinded to those that didn't or you simply say they helped you find what success you have.

I have more to say but not the time...

Brain dump

Skylar James -

Lord commands us to do so many things.

Abraham and isaac is a story about obedience.

Abraham was not ready for the blessing until he was ready to obey, likewise we have lots of commandments that have assigned blessings waiting to be earned.

Story of attending seminary early mornings, he saw no minisitring angels, but he was certain that he was blessed.

The Lord is more concerned about our faith, etc. Than he is about the quantifiable statistics.

It is more important to do things with real intent instead of to be seen. Those who are on the receiving end will feel our sincerity.

What is a disciple? To clarify, we all are.
-Kelby Maughn

What is Joy?
Jesus, J must be put first.
Others, O serve others next
Yourself, Y you come last to live the gospel Joyfully.

Two purposes to our talents. Is to bless ourselves or bless others.

How do our spiritual talents bless others?
If you do not have natural talent, you can develop it as well as those who do.

You have to figure out your talents and develop them.

14 To others it is given to believe on their words, that they also might have eternal life if they continue faithful.

Magnify our spiritual talents.
Dc 46 :13 - 24 parable from Mat 25

Muscles must be used to be strong if not used we loose it.

We do not have the same talents. Discus why.

In a life we play a different role and develop and use different talents. Example of the Soldier who returns to a different role.

Change is repentance, not necessarily doing a thing that was wrong, but we change from good to better, too.

The church is liken to a body where each part is different, so we each are needed to be combined socially so more would be possible to us.

We are given the talents that was an appropriate ammount.

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

We sometimes think that it is better to stick with a sure thing, than to risk loosing anything. But, this displeased the Lord in this parable.

We like to cling to "One good thing" if the Lord gave us a good thing we do not want to loose it, it is fear, or low self esteem, inability to recognize our worth. We compare ourselves to others who seem to have so much more.

Comparing yourself to others causes pride( put yourself above others), but the other is putting yourself below others.

Atonement is essential in being able to share and work upon our talents.

Being greatful is part of being humble enough and not taking credit for.

Or pray to God to be humbled.

Having the spirit with is important to being humble in our success.

Howard "Hunter's ...." had a band, dance band, it is not what I want to focus on so he chose his family.

Married Claire and had three children, one died.... they started Family Night...make a train, to get children to talk to you while they do it.

You need to reinvent the family unit.

If you don't obey you will get hurt.

Make them share a room if they do not get along.

Pray and the Lord will let you know what to do.

Be an example. I see other parents with so much more success than us who do not yell or force their children to be reverent but they just are reverent themselves, and they take the sacrament peacefully.

Teach respect for reverent things.

Give children your time.

Hold Family council, like what we call it when each person gets to openly tell the whole family something.

The Home needs to be a safe place. Discuss safety.

*have a FHE on Saftey practices.

Home is a Holy Place. We are commanded to stand in Holy Places.
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Some of my notes

Moses was not a problem, but was translated in Duet 4.

Held a higher priesthood and restored it invthe latter days.

Topsy turvy of soil is likened to what Moses endured. Prepared it so that it can be better fit to grow things.

JST of Bible to make it more clear. Came as a result of his studies of the scriptures.

Moses 1 not in Genesis at all but becones preface to Bible. After the burning bush saw God face to face. 

Listed prophets who saw the face of God.

I wonder what was,most significant to them about it.

Needed to be transfigured in order to be in God's prescence. Tranfiguration is only temporary, whereas translated means a more permanent change.

Names of God given in Moses 3.

Moses is called a child of God by A Heavenly being himself.

Moses had spoken to the pharoah many times and esteemed him as much, but still was greatly effected by speaking to God. And noted how he could not simply in the Pharoah's presence and yet, pharoah considered himself a God.

To call oneself an offspring of Heavenly parents or aspire to become like God is blasphemous.

When Moses performed feats like crossing the red sea or striking a rock and getting water, they were evidences of his preisthood power.

I just wanted to include this excerpt from the notes:

" many people have been led to regard the foreknowledge of God  as a predeztination where by souls are designated... "

God has created World's without number... but knows everything and it is all known to him.

If it is God's most importa+nt or sole work and glory is to help them become eternal beings. So, Mary might be more correct than I currently believe when she said, it is your job to make me happy.

Chinese man would not write "I am a child of God".

All things are seen as present by God. He see rather than foresees.

He know all things from begining to end at once, it allows us to love others who we might not have.

Even though God knows things he still allows us to have our agency.

Brain dump

Testimony meetingl

We are on a sort of rollercoaster ride, sometimes we are on spiritual lull, but those highs are just as sure to come!

Small things or large things happen that require that we thank God because we know that it is because of him that we succeed.

Immediately turning to the Lord brings miracles that turning to mankind doesn't although thanking others is important.

"Unexamined life is not worth living."
And as we examine our lives the hand of God becomes obvious.

We will experience bumps in the road, but they ought to make us stronger.

In a terrible situations the primary things have been done like saying prayers and reading scriptures, and it has been obvious how the Lord is there and hears and answers us. Things have been easy to deal with.

Prayer is undoubtedly true, be careful what you pray for, he always hears, sometimes his answer is just plainly no.

Undoubtedly,  many testify that this is the true church of Jesus Christ.

1 nephi 6 as it was reread verse 4 which is usually ignored hit him in a manner that made him stop to ponder:

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.

Ponder this:What is the pupose of your intent?

Law of tithing was given to the saints when they had very little. It would be easy to want to become a pack rat.

Not giving ten oercent of everything you get, but only 10 percent of money. And although it is given to the Bishop it is actually given to the Lord.

It was commented once how it was like a love letter to God and an opportunity to pay tithing.

Unusual power is given to the prophet when he speaks in place of the Lord.

Paying tothing is not an option.

2 Corinthians 9:7 -
"Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver."

What if the Lord was standing right in front of you and asks you to pay tithing.

Testimony that if you pay tithing,  the Electricity bill will be paid.

We are urged to donate to humanitarian aid because you can help others who actually have less than us.

At judgement bar we will be asked if we helped our fellow man.

Had to decide that tithing will Need to be done, an example of being obedience.

If you pay for tothing you will be blessed. 

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Pass:Elijah

Relationships.

None can flourish in isolation. Gen 2:18

Lonliness is such a disabling situation to be in.

Go visit a care center even if you do not know anyone yet.

Quality of our relationships with others is significant in that it will be have in the next life (What was that scripture?)

Social order that will exist in heaven.

The Lord has a plan for everything! From the gardens at temple square to how we gain the social abilities that we will need in the Celestial Kingdom.

Reminds me of my wish for the kids in going to school. My concern isn't as much for the intelligence but that they learn social skills.

"You have never talked to a mere mortal." -C. S. Lewis

Take joy in the success of others! Maybe look around for things to be excited about, since we mourn for them, but empathetically we can be happy for those we learn of that get good things! It is like others who want to call others to share things with them - this was exactly what I was thinking about my mother never seems to even have the need to tell anyone about things that she needs.

You have to be able to trust others, to be a friend, interesting this is more like Faith, which dispells fear.

People that you start talking to people they will almost transform them into a person you love.

We all need to work very hard on our relationship with our God. This is a perfect use of the Sabbath.

Agency notes to remember

we have a responsibility to make wise choices.

Often it feels easier to say, “I won’t decide—whatever happens will happen,” or “I’m too afraid of missing out,” or even “Why won’t the Lord just tell me what to do?”
But the Lord rarely just tells us what to do. Instead He allows us to prayerfully work out our decisions. Sometimes He confirms them (see D&C 9:7–9), and sometimes He lets us make our choices and learn from them (see D&C 122:7). He would never take away our agency, instead counseling us and teaching us how to best use our agency, because He wants us “to act for [our]selves and not to be acted upon”.

Brain dump

Cycles of nations recorded in the scriptures. You can see so much of what is happening today through  reading them.

Life is perfect for none of us, so charity is important.

"We wanted for everyone to have the same" this reminds me of the temple where we appear as equals.

It is important to be willing to do things although we do not even know the why. There was a story about being ill and not wanting to listen to a prompt which seemed meaningless, but she got to ease a woman's sorrow and worry,  which thing she would have done if asked, but instead she was just asked to empty the trash outside which actually she was not inclined to do.

When moving a piano, merely needed to lift where they stood, and it was easy to do the grear feat, because each did their part, which individually seemed small, but collectively was great!

When home from mission NJ MBA in Africa he said that he was blinded by our white shining faces.

Told story of how we should stay where we are and build up the kingdom there.

We are missionaries to help others do what they could not do for themselves.

"What you make for dinner is a reservation" Jay Pratt

Going to the sun high way.

Hotel that you must hike 11 miles to.

Being honest is more than telling what is true it is what you portray.

It is important to be true to God, cause it hurts us and others.

Do not need to remember well, to be honest.

Being honest might cause problems, but the problems are less than what problems might happen if we were dishonest.

How much would things cost if everyone was honest.

We always make excuses for things to cover up our dishonesty.

If you cannot afford to give a big tip, you cannot afford to eat out.

It is easier to choose less choices for doing what is right.

Telling a lie to cover a lie is never going to lead to a good end. Story about a boy caught cheating, given an F then lied to mom and said that he was wrongfully accused.

Being honorable brings peace of mind.

Call sisters on wednesday for Visiting teaching.

When we heal the outward  the reward turns inward. But when we are concerning ourselves with spiritual healing. We must turn outward, and think more of others.

Easier to find ourselves because there is so much more of us to find.

When a woman was diagnosed she said, "did you hear that? (Pause) He just said I am one in a million." The duagnosis was not positive at all.

When we serve it is directly related to love.

When we serve, it is the holy ghost that gets us there. D&C 11:12 do not delay when prompted. It will never be convenient if it is service.

When we seeve ithers we draw cliser to the Lord, you do not go alone.

If you serve even the least ye are serving God.

If kids must work, as leaders must do it, too.

When we get to go serve others in a mission, you get to meet with and serve the Lord, himself.

As a mother it makes God so happy to see that soneone is doing that he is not able to help the asker. She shared the story of her child paying alone and when someone plays with him, she is so happy.

Brain dump

Return missionary from Ohio, Cincinnati.

Twisting metal metaphor for the Lord molding us into a work of art.

There are periods of growth followed by periods of stagnation, and this appears very disheatening to missionaries.

We are greatly blessed with so many eases of life. The many temples are one such blessings.

Those who do not have the ideal. Might not even get it in this life.

If life were fair, none of us could achieve a happy eternal life. It is possible through the atonement.

Our prayers are surely heard and shall be fufilled according to d&c 90.

Love is two part. We feel love and then we have to demonstrate it. If a man says that he loves God but hates his neighbor, then he is a liar.

When we have charity we are filled with good feelings for all people.

Faith unfeigned? It is more important than we see at face value. How do you know that someone will turn to God when they need it? It is important to make that decision early in life...you will have a better chance at enduring.

“The nearer we get to our heavenly Father, the more we are disposed to look with compassion on perishing souls; we feel that we want to take them upon our shoulders, and cast their sins behind our backs” words of Joseph Smith

Love others like ourselves, anything that persuades us to do that comes from God.

Service is never convenient, so do not wait for an opportune time.

Placing others first at all times and having compassion. This is charity.

We have been commanded to love others. How does this apply to visiting and home teaching?

When Enos prayed, he was  blessed to genuinely love others.

We cannot love everyone. So what of those who beg, and are dishonest? We can pay a fast offering, because the church  is run by God, and he knows best how to succor his people.

Blessing bags to give others to show love, but not enable them of their vices.

Prayer and Repentance, service is a key to loving others.

Everyone does stupid things we need to love others and ourselves and forgive, not get mad, like a guy driving the wrong direction in a parking lot it could've been us.

Anniversary has a 5 and a 4 in no particular order. Eternity is looking sort of long about now. But I was 10 when I got married, so there's that.

We are to be one with our spouse and none else. But, women take care of children and place them first cause husband can take care of them.

When you go to in laws not say, "she says..." but say, "we say..."

When married, you are a unit, and must function as one.

It is not good to be alone.

Put God first, all times. I recall a thing from the video of Gordon B. Hinkley where wife said, "I knew God would always come first, before me, and I was ok with that."

We all want things done in our time frame.

But, tell our children that if they do what the Lord commands he will prepare a way.

So, examples of people waiting.

If a thing is important and needs to be done, it reminds me of 17 miracles when Sarah Franks says to George P. ...not to even think of possibly getting married until they can do it properly.

Temple marriage is done in the presence of God. Just like there is a right and wrong way to be baptized, the same is true with marriage.

It is important to be in the right place.

But it is important to be in good places doing good things. In order to know what we think is right.

Do not be blind to what you do have.

It is better to live well by yourself.

No one else has taught me this, but I have always believed that marriage is about learning to be entirely selfless, and put another first.

Worthiness

I need to record my thoughts because they are important, but later. It was spurned by contemplation of what we studied on Sunday morning about being open to possibilities, and my conclusion as to how things are.

I hadn't read any of the previous paragraph which was written in haste to remind me of a thought I wanted to record. Instead, I want to unbiasedly, record my evolved sentiment.

In Sunday School we were being instructed by a recent convert on the word of wisdom, which was amazing, but he asked a very important question about a thing he had not considered previously about the Holy Ghost or Spirit of God. There it was clearly delineated by scripture and other such quotes that our bodies were vehicles or temples for the spirit to dwell INSIDE us. Literally.

To this point he ofcourse had not been oblivious to the existance of a noncorporeal personage of the Godhead. But, he supposed it sort of hovered and occasionally "touched" people.

Another member of this class commented about how it has been said the spitit will not be able to tarry with us at all times, yet when unable to abide in us he is always looking for a crack and wants to be with us at all times, hence  the scripture about knocking or seeking.

The lesson was about how important it is to care properly for our bodies, this was just a tangent about how sognificant keeping our vessels pure wnough for God to visit, as it were, as the song, "God is in his Holy temples" which temples were literally are.

I was thinking back on my life and how "out of it" I was. Good friends and family have both mentioned how I am not actually accountable or responsible for the choices I made then. Bad ones are easy to forgive and get over, but what about the good ones? It reminds me of my son who fears being baptized because he does not want to give up and forget things he has done, and is not able to discern which are good or bad yet. Likewise, I wonder if I am not able to tell which choices are good or bad really.

It has been put out there that you can judge, or determine the nature of a thing as good or bad by what it produces. The
example, often given is a seed. It is hard to judge much about a seed without planting it.

And I have seen a number of good things result from choices I have made, and accordingly, they were good choices, no?

But, today, as I was watching a tv show, a vilian was commented as "always making good choices." and it reminded me of "The Quest for Camelot" where Rubert sings " no, no, no. That's no good". It upset me cause I thought that was the point, so he really means that is not right in that it is not bad enough.

Um, but to make a point, We do not need to understand all things, just that if we believe and trust in God then, it us our duty not to judge things right or wrong, but to always be worthy to house the spirit of God.

Unrelated, when I was sick, doctors always asked if I was religous or something. I assumed it was from all of the people saying they prayed for me or getting blessings. I did overhear student doctors looking over my "chart". Asking if this was even really possible, it claimed I had never smoked or drank alcohol. They decided the body must,be able to do incredible things if not polutted.

Brain dump

Without revelation you cannot succeed.

How we get revelation varies, a particular teacher was boven a blessing to be able to know exactly how he recieves personal relevation.

In your body the spirit and the physical parts of ourselves are closest.

The way we receive tevelation s different for each of us and is surely not of ourself.

Sometimes, we are asking the wrong question when we try over and over for years, so possibly we can pray to know what to ask.

The man who spoke told of after many years he was told the right thing to ask and the answer was pregaced with I so wish you had asked this before.

Because of hard work done by the wright brothers towards something the news said was impossible, man was able to fly ( 12 seconds - now,that would be 29 miles on a SR1 )

Needs to be WORKing! That will help everything.

God is an example to us in how work is an eternal principle.

It is not likely, things were created magically, *poof* Harry Potter style, but much work was needed to be done - to me I think about work done from a cubicle.

God condemns idleness...Work is a spiritual necessity.

People were instructed how to work?
2 Nephi 5: 17 17 And it came to pass that I, Nephi, did cause my people to be industrious, and to labor with their hands.

We can be told the correct question to ask.

Faith is an action word. If there is no action nothing will happen.

Responding to what we receive we can given more.

The organization of the lesson manual is a reflection of the organization of the church.

Lord is mindful of all of our situations and helps when we ask, and he longs to help us and does in ways that are not likely even known to us, but it is visible.

Story of men working in a stone quarry.
They were asked what they were doing. Each was working for different things from making money, to building the Lord's house.

Achievers actually LOVE to work.

We can love to work by doing it for the goal of the right things.

Staying in motion is the thing that will keep us from being depressed.

31 Now, I, the Lord, am not well pleased with the inhabitants of Zion, for there are idlers among them; and their children are also growing up in wickedness; they also seek not earnestly the riches of eternity, but their eyes are full of greediness.

A sloth does not do well by our standards.
It does not sense things well.

Lord calls us Slothful in a negative way. Because work is a part of Heaven
...deseret means industrious, like a Honey bee...my name plaque said, "Industrious worker".

Like all things work has an opposite.

11 For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things. If not so, my firstborn in the wilderness, righteousness could not be brought to pass, neither wickedness, neither holiness nor misery, neither good nor bad. Wherefore, all things must needs be a compound in one; wherefore, if it should be one body it must needs remain as dead, having no life neither death, nor corruption nor incorruption, happiness nor misery, neither sense nor insensibility.

Combined activity

Right or wrong choices have consequences that must be allowed.
Think of the story of Alma and Amulek.

Alma 14

10 And when Amulek saw the pains of the women and children who were consuming in the fire, he also was pained; and he said unto Alma: How can we witness this awful scene? Therefore let us stretch forth our hands, and exercise the power of God which is in us, and save them from the flames.
11 But Alma said unto him: The Spirit constraineth me that I must not stretch forth mine hand; for behold the Lord receiveth them up unto himself, in glory; and he doth suffer that they may do this thing, or that the people may do this thing unto them, according to the hardness of their hearts, that the judgments which he shall exercise upon them in his wrath may be just; and the blood of the innocent shall stand as a witness against them, yea, and cry mightily against them at the last day.
12 Now Amulek said unto Alma: Behold, perhaps they will burn us also.
13 And Alma said: Be it according to the will of the Lord. But, behold, our work is not finished; therefore they burn us not.

As security we first think of self defense.

Instead think of top 10 ways to avoid.

1) Do not call or unlisted or in a different names to be listed. Giving a fake name is effective.
Have a phone by the bed.

2)keep ground level doors and windows locked and do not let them in ask to see ID. Call dispatch to verify.

3)have mail delivered to PO box. Best place to pay bills is actually the post office.

4) Do not leave a ladder around the house. Because it gives access.

5)Keep shrubs cut.

6)make sure motion lights work.

** Situational awareness is the utmost important thing.

Do not hope the Holy Ghost will protect you, expect it.

Concious mind vs. unconcious, it is still aware of everything, but if a thing instantly come to mind it might be holyghost or it could be your personal thoughts.

We do not know what the consequences of not listening to the spirit, but if we think it is speaking to us.

Do not be in church building alone.

Know where the fire pull places are.

Do not take a gun to church.

Let an armed man take what he wants, then call.

Leave oitside lights on.

We will be protected like the stripling warriors.