Brain dump

7 pm 18 and older stk. Center

Next Sunday mtg is Ogden tabernacle.

Testimonies of seminary.

Brother Johnson
Never could miss seminary although could miss other classes. Even now, we never miss institute. It is as essential as eating for your body.

Challenge all to keep attending and pay attention in seminary it will form who you become.

If you go to seminary for the reason of appearing good and setting best example, but it will start to mold you.

HEIDENTHALLER
You always have someone right with you to help if you need this. In this way his seminary class was a metaphor for life, he went to "special needs" class, where most needed help, but they were alwsys there to ask.

TAYLOR
the approach where just didn't attend, but realized how important it was.

Bad friends are not bad to be friends with, but they are not happy, and cannot.
"There comes a time when we must be brave and surround myself with those who want the same things."

We make good choices and that brings good consequences. But, it must be continued.

We need to go to the temple to commune with the Lord, and you will feel his peace... but it fades, so we need to return(added the last part).

More than a desire is needed to feel peace. Action is required... that evolution is the hardest. It is hard to convert our wishes into doing. I want a thing sincerely, but I have not taken the leap of faith to do anything, yet. I am sort of praying and hoping for something to just happen and I will recognize it.

Enduring to the end means to go back and start over from the begining. It is not enough to just do the steps and then just stick with them, but we do not need to be rebaptized, literally.

Every person has a fire within them.

Why do you go to church? The sacrament is most important, because the foundation of everything is Jesus Christ, if we ever hope to understand that we need church, scriptures, and prayer. And after we find the initial peace. Or like the peace we need that fills us comes from a budding relationship with our savior.

Leaving the church is blamed on many things, but it is always really one of those fundamental things that is missing and thus we are not actively building a rekationship with our Savior so chyrch isn't  so important any more.

Principle is a teaching whereas an ordinance is that it is a sacred ordinance.

What "fufill all righteousness" means is  obedience.

*****Read: Always retain a remission of sins by Elder Bednar*****

Now, they get baptized and confirmed there is a time period where it must be done...as evidence that Holy Ghost is essential to purifying process.

This is the Lord's Church and so thigs must,be done in the same proper orderly way. With proper authority, too.

Immersion is symbolic of the new life that will occur. It marks a point of burial of the old person.

We are reborn spiritually.

I am trying to think of a situation where immersion would be required to fully clease a thing.

Baptism is likened to an actual birth of our physical bodies.

Like cain and able what made Cain's action so terrible is that it is disobedience and he follows satan.

Good place to look during sacrament meeting!

Need to do a totally unexpected thing on baptism. Thing you have never done before so they remember being baptized.

Then when we enter the temple and do those ordinances, we will leave perfect.

Augustine was the one who started the baptism by sprinkling.

Preisthood power - authority.

We are here to qualify ourselves for the positions that Heavenly Father has for us in the next world, much as we had done previously.

Mother praises the priesthood power by magnifying the work that must be done in the family.

When mother passed they got to discuss together who she would see first.

Was going to breathe until every sibling was there.

She could be at peace because things were done previously  to enable her to have that power and peace.

The story Deanna shared how being the glue of family it magnifies priesthood.

With a help meet. All men and women have access to the power we are endowed with it.

So how can women do those things to exercise an inborn power.

The price we pay with preisthood power in consistantly doing the things necessary to earn trust of others that they can turn to you to request priesthood blessings.

Do I have a testimony?
I don't know, do you? (To a child)
Well, if you do not know, you better find out. (to a missionary)

Pride interferes with preisthood power. Because, you are concentrated on YOUR will.

"Are you willing to pray for more power to pray for what I need."

Seminary is to teach us to feel the voice of the Lord.

"Are you willing to go to the temple regularly?"

Preisthood power is developed through magnifying your marriage.

Why do we know that priesthood is inborn.

Differences between counsel and direction. Is significance, so do not shut down the listening, or ability to do.

Must be used. To grow in strength. Like muscles.

We mourned for her years ago, because she was not who she was. Was unable to magnify the preisthood. And her husband cared for her to the last.

He was able to let go because he didnot want to prolong the suffering.

Earthquakes in home...

Father and brother were willing to do what was needed for the benefit of two daughters.

It is interesting  that a preisthood holder cannot bless himself.

Strongly, now, I feel like Heavenly Father does know me and my weaknesses and he knows how to prompt me, and I feel prompted through the things that I heard that I do not want to claim my place if the one with me fails. I am what is commonly referred to as "in love" at the same time, it is so much more, it is almost selfish, because I would cease to exist except to love him.

Bearing our testimony or commenting in class strengthens our knowledge although we might rather hear from another to strengthen us, it is often true that as we pass on the pathway up we notice others who had such better things to say, but because they did not share, they do not grow. I often am the stupid one on class,making mamy foolish to itelevant comments, but tge Lord blesses me for my effort and sees my desire to know more, and so it has been a blessing to see how much more those around me know.

“In this life, we have to make many choices. Some are very important choices. Some are not.

Brain dump

Talk I am a Child of God.

Child of God as explained by children.

"We have a Heavenly Father who loves is."

Who is a child of God: Everyone who has a Heavenly Father. "It means we are special." -JT Rigby

Do we really know it?

We read it in the scriptures, so it says that we are created by him, or pray and speak to him and ask him if we are.

Going to church we are reminded, ie the YW Theme that says,we are daughters of God.

Through serving others. "Can I do that again?" Just helping a random other we feel good, and as if we are siblings.

I need thee every hour. Appropriate, pointed out by speaker, as it was a great thing to be thinking about as sitting and getting ready to speak.

How do you identify yourself? Most importantly, we are children of God.

If you seek the kingdom of God and lay up treasures there you will be happier when you see how you get to live forever.

The closer we get to Heavenly Father the more we seek him and his teachings are foremost in our mind.

Moses asked Satan who are you that I should worship thee? When I am a child of God.

Heavenly Father WANTS us in his house. It is his work and glory to bring to pass the eternal life of man, but further he wants us to visit his house and do what we need to to be with him, it is important to him.

What is sin? Anything that offends God, He has determined what is wrong or right.

James 4:17 to know to do good and do wrong is sin.

What if a priest blesses the sacrament,  1the sacrament is still untouched.

If a thing destroys your relationship with God it is sinful.

No being can live in God's presence  unless they repent, and we can repent.

We are given commandments not to have ways to sin, but to learn to obey or bend our will.

If you are not content living the Celestial way, you will notwant to be there.

Repentance is for every soul who needs it.

If Brother Anderson, who has such a strong spirit with him continually needs to repent, then wow!

Sin happens despite our best interest.

1)recognize the sin. - do not excuse yourself in the least.
2) remorse - Godly Sorrow
3)forsake - cease from doing it.
4) confess - not necessarily a public confession
5)restitution - we make any wrong a right

Must also forgive others in order to be forgiven, and is we are changed and Love God we will have a renewed desire to obey His commandments.

RS.
6:30 tues 14th of June activity

Mwf after Memorial day 11am to 2pm in Kaysville cabin.

It is important to do good for good reasond ans not just for recognition, the example of Helaman was used as an example of service,  but we do not know much about him whereas the whole world could tell us services that were performed by Moroni.

Pres. Hunter taught using scriptures.

He taught other stories from the scriptures. How did cleansing the temple teach about the sacrament?

If you lack a testimony go read scripture stories.

Consistancy is a form of obedience.

People say they need to read their scriptures out loud. (It helps remember)

It helps to study with others.

Write down a board of what is important to remember each day.

Personal study is good to include other things that teach and then they teach us things that we find or verified through our scriptures.

We get a warm feeling when we share things with our children.

Scrpitures were meant to be read out loud, can be done in the morning, out loud as they ate breakfast.

There are great blessings from just doing things. Even if none are apparent.

More forgiving, it is easier when we read our scriptures.

We have greater understanding, too.

How Jesus overcame obstacles and followed Jarius for the sake of his daughter.

We can drop anything else, no matter how important to show what is of utmost importance.

So important, please remember this

3 Angels speak by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore, they speak the words of Christ. Wherefore, I said unto you, feast upon the words of Christ; for behold, the words of Christ will tell you all things what ye should do.

Brain dump

May 21 activity

There are lots of missionaries the full-time missionaries and undercover missionaries.

It is a genuine concern of people to wonder if we can think on our own why should we pray, and then how do we know the "answer" is not simply our thoughts or is a revelation of Christ.

To get an revelation we need to have put in alot of work it does not usually come instantly with no work towards that end.

If you liken yourself to a phone or computer trying to download from a wifi connection, some places do not have as good reception.

You must do more than just expect an answer, like the older sons who could not understand Lehi.

We must go through prophets to get to God?

People in the church and their gospel, left alone with all of the truth is like a group of children with a lot of toys, and without guidance not likely that they will find the happiest way to use what they have.

Joseph Smith is our dispensational head.

This day May 15th is the anniversary of the aaronic preisthood. Has keys of the kingdom, to lay foundation for what will be coming.

How did Joseph and Oliver get baptized and baptize eachother, it is a good thing for Young men to figure out when they gain the priesthood.

It will be incredible to attend general conference after death.

Story of children playing video game likened to children of Adam and Eve. Funniest thing was when he likened his four year old to Enoch, a crazy, wild man.

We have Sunday School to develop faith in Jesus Christ.

Faith in Jesus must be accepted for salvation.

My dad explained how we judge our own honesty. Others make us want to be better, light of Christ, why there is good in the earth.

Faith in Jesus Christ needs works, but true faith causes actions.

A man raltionalized his actions saying members are brainwashed, and would do anything if asked, but not really cause the thing we are taught is faith in Christ and trying to be like Christ, he wouldn't kill.

We need to have confidence to always remember him.

Confidence is required and achieved by keeping convanents. It is something built up and although a "speed bump" might be hit, we can know it will be met.

We have a peace that everything will be fine even if we do not know why it happened.

It is very important to be grateful.

Life is understood backwards, but lived forward.

When someone dies we have a crisis and must think about if we truly believe it. She believed and was grateful that she had prepared enough.

"Who else would have accepted him for his hairstyles?"

Important to turn to God!

Forgive others and ourselves. Atonement erases that.

Do not get angry and offended at something.

Our savior Always remembers us.

I had 2 ideas that I want to remember. How many hymns were composed by people named McSomething or other and how every mother should be required to take gospel essentials.

Peak time

It is plain with a tinsy bit of speculation, but for the most part, it is just obvious that the world was entirely being set up, alley oop style, for the restoration of the gospel.

It is probably not true, but I still firmly believe in a sort of delusion that everything was set up perfectly for me.  Like those windows 7 commercials, where people say it was designed for them, well it sort of was. Especially if you have alot in common with others you might fit the target group. I almost neber fit the target group especially since almost every tv show I like gets canceled and then my one popular hero is a one hot wonder. Ueah, I do not believe that either. Can you believe that I knew nothing about New Kids on the Block? Seriously, I wouldn't  recognize them if they told me their name, etc. One time I met a guy in cognito on a walking trail south of Seattle, and he said hello, and was stunned that I didn't even know who he was. I still don't. Oh well.
I was thinking about how we all fit ideally in a moment, but moments are not easy to define in a length of time. Two examples are there was this girl who was drop dead gorgeous, but she had terrible acne, not many guy saw past that. I thoughy what a waste. She likely peaked after high school was over and all the other girls got married and fat, and she became a super model or something. Then I was often warned that all my obsessive running was doing me alot of harm in some long run. But, it made me far slimmer and fitter than the other girls, but that was then, but now I cannot run at all and wish I was a runner now, while other women my age say all the exercise and stress on my body makes me unhealthier, so perhaps I missed a peak now because I peaked unaware in high school.

I think about so many inventions and equalities and I feel so honored and lucky to be able to send txt messages, vacuum my floor, take a hot bath when I get cold, etc. It is perfect for me. I could not have planned my environment any better if I tried.

Brain dump

Not contentious, but different religions help us reach a truth in the lives of others. And it helps if we remember when we are talking with those of "other"faiths it behooves us to remember that we have never ever convinced anyone of a true thing, it is a spirit and that part of God is only felt through love.

It was commented on how loving the overall spirit of our ward is.

The power of the atonment is real and what is gained through the priesthood power is truly the power of God.

If it is not true, then why are you here?

After sickness return to church was met with a grand welcome and was evidence of love of this congregation.

It was powerful to see the effects of having a child who does not believe things that they know are true.

Do not even expect to be able to do everything. That is why we need faith.

We often thank Heavenly Father did not give up on us, likewise that is what we ought to be and do for our children.

This lesson is much like the first discussion.

Doctrine of church is same, but in different religions it is completely different core beliefs.

Why are we questioning a thing? Are you rationalizing a thing?

People who are attacked would be the absolute best otherwise. This was said about children, never give up. No matter where you are or where you are going, they will start to doubt.

Being here gives you the opportunity to experience the restored gospel.

My phone is dying I will add more later...