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.