Brain dump

Joseph said, "I wish there was enough bread for everyone to have two."

Miracles happen when they are needed to accomplish what is the Lord's will because The Lord's word WILL be fufilled.

Regardless of the outcome, we must keep our faith in Christ, and believe accordingly that the outcome serves his purpose.

Read our sctiptures daily, make it an unchanging habit.

Everytime you read the sctiptures you are a different person and it willeffect you differently.

Josephus told how Hebrews took washed up weapons of the Romans to fight a battle. This historian also saw the actual pillar of salt that was once Lot's wife.

What happened to the Book of Mormon people that they fell? Well, you know what they say about hindsight.

Reading scriptures every day opens up a portal to heaven so we can commune with God and recieve his instruction for the day and make our thoughts more congruent.

Seek revelation when setting goals. Conference talks can hold a mirror up so we can see more what we want to become.

God still loves you and he can help you see how you have improved even if the goal has not been met.

When asked what tool is helpful to study the scriptures. A response: a  Hammer

Braindump

This is pretty much impossibe to record due to it being Christmastime and children are hard to contain (for lack of a better word)  I wotk full-time keeping a semblance of order in my pew and class and find less time to record thoughts.

We can and should show kindness to other.

Pray when speaking to be able to help someone who needs a thing.

Story of Lady teemed but did not speak out of fear, and how it is better to be uncomfortable for a bit, than regret for a long time.

When we recognize we need help to do something and ask for it, it is humbling, but we will be blessed.

When we seek to help, we will actually be be heard and answered.

When we deal with offer rejection it is important to keep on trying and not give up.

People sense when you truly care. (That is what I

Brain dump

We do not serve because we think what we can do is too insignificant.

We need to be greatful for what we have, "gratitude switch" flip negatives we see around us.

We are all intended to be alive exactly when and where we are.

Joseph says this is all true.

Where can I turn for peace? When, things go wrong we wonder where God is, it is all about having an attitude of gratitude, if we choose to we can see all of the little blessings that those things that seemed wrong are actually blessings.

"You don't need Jesus, until you're here."

"Christmas was about Jesus, it was about When He died, right?"

Brain dump

Jesus came as it has been said.

Gospel of Jesus is not an insurance plan, but it is a resource.

Thankful for Mother who made me go to church.

Timetable and plan for each of us, although it may be hard to handle and accept.

Openess and goodness in people indicates discipleship of Christ.

People in this area are choice and need the gospel.

Testimony of little girl about priesthood blessings.

Repentance is as easy as just asking for forgiveness from God when we do bad things. It is as simple as that.

A couple did sealings and looked at eachother longingly, but when he tried it, the started giggling.

A child asked why nobody helped the ward clerk.  Think about it. The child continued, " every week he gets up and has to go to the bathroom, and then he comes back and wanders back and forth looking for his family.

My son said, "She is not a Child of God. She is an adult of God."

God gives us what he wants us to hear, and he had no intention of speaking to us today, but he felt strongly that he should speak to us.

Together everyone spoke various ways the same thing was interpretted to me as how everyone in this area is here, by the hand of God, and I need not meet them individually to know things about them and their kindness. This gives me a testimony that God must live because if it was truly  orchestrated then it must have been caused by Him, so He must live.

It is Christ's birthday we celebrate, but we get the gifts.

Act upon the promptings that the spirit of Christmas gives.

Christ is Love in the flesh.

Braindump

When you read do so until you feel the spirit. Share it as a way to highlight.

Explain in a journal and see if it makes sense.

There isn't a real reason to say things unless it communicates something.

Service missionaries, trying to figure out what they are doing? They learned to love the buildings.

They are places of refuge, a place to learn, pray, etc.

Story of woman who improved the lives of others by being so pleasant to everyone she met and greeted them with appropriate greetings like smiley faces for children. This is service.

God does have a work to do, wether we know what it is or not, do it.

"Rest if you must but do not give up...
It is when things get tough we must not give in."

The Lord has work for each of us regardless if we expect it, we must be willing.

You have never really lived until you do something for someone that cannot be repaid.

"The Lord called me because I was ready to serve."

When we help others then we will feel a more sense of fufillment.

Just as our bodies are growing and outgrowing things,  so is our spirit and it needs new "attire".

Serve others is the goal of all missionaries.

Missionary needs armor of God as they battle Satan.

Hide ornament in the tree and first to find it get to open present.

Church website for advent calendar.

Braindump Sunday

The moment we loosen our grip on the rod and fall in other paths the mists of darkness start to pour in and change our relationships and leave is in a type of confusion that the things that were once plain to us are meaningless and jumbled.

There is a way back, it is the atonement.
The trouble is that we think of ourselves as soneone string enough to cling to the rod and never stray or fall prey and so we feel like we do not need to repent...a song lyric fits perfectly here, "you don't need Jesus until you're here."

Bring your children with you when you serve others and listen to them and their ideas.

Our children need us, they need our attention.

Praise your children often and make a list of their strengths

Temples are dotting the earth because there is alot of work to be done

Temple reccommend is evidence of how much God Loves us... used group reccommend, but now have their own.

I feel close to the Lord and my week goes,better when I am in the Temple.

Symbols of temple and all ordinances are more than symbolic. It is a place where God can dwell....look for him.

We do not necessarily learn anything from the talks but the things the spirit teaches according to what we need to know at the time.

There will be times in this life, which is a journey, and not a competition, when we cannot see anything, not even our very own hand right in front of our eyes.l and we will need to know what to do. That is when we look to Christ.

The church will always be safe and that is  the testimony of a man newly called to church leadership. What is most impressive is seeing the bretheren and he can almost see the keys of the priesthood in even the words as one speaks. Therein is safety.

Braindump sat evening session

When the Lord speaks to our minds, but other times he speaks to our hearts and he sends feelings, manifested if ways specific to the individual.

Stake conference is for us to recieve instructions.

This starts with a prayer, that we have been promised we will be heard and answered.

The general authority promises us and informs us of how to request and recieve from God who will not and has not ever left us here alone.

Book of Mormon is straightforward a concise record. 2nd Nephi 32, read. Steadfastness is Christ is needful and essential  to us in this and all stakes.

It is possible to have a testimony and not be converted.

People are only converted truly of Christ, not awesome programs or people in the church.

The type of faith demonstrated by the woman who was healed by touching the garment of the Lord. What seperated her from the masses is that the others came to observe but she came to be healed.

"I love the Savior and I want to be like him."

Parents do a great job teaching about tithing, but do not teach about fast offering.

This needs to be taught to children so that they may benefit from the observance of a fast offering.

The comfort, peace,  joy and strength we receive in response to paying a fast, many examples have been given, but each much do it to see how it blesses their lives.

It is pure religion to care for those in need, this is something that we can do with our fast offering.

Paying a fast and doing visiting/home teaching shows God and ourselves who we are.

If you feel that you cannot afford to give, it has,been testified that we cannot afford to not give it. What we need is not money anyway.

It is important to realize and recall that the Lord knows and loves those we desire to help.

Give youth a chance to do hard things.

As we focus on the source of light and pay attention, it will develop like any other talent.

Struggle goes back and forth, but when you are converted you know and are steadfast flip flopping stops.

It is significant in the story of the rich young ruler that the Lord beheld him, because that is so ...

Topics of general authorities is exactly what the Lord wants to say to the church.

It is all going to work out, it will be fine and all experiences will benefit us.

If we do not know why we do a thing do it until you do.

It strikes me that in the definition of faith has a picture of Jesus Christ and it ralks alot about having faith in Jesus Christ, it seems to me that it is the only thing worth having faith in to the point that Jesus Christ has been absorbed into the definition of the word.

Sometimes we do miracles unbeknownst to us in the first place.

Hope is manifest in confidence, and helps you conquer discouragement.

Romans 8:28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

Hope is a thing that is inherited not earned.

It is not sybolic of coming to christ.

But, even our faith in Jesus Christ is taught through Joseph Smith.

Braindump

Thankfulness should not be only equal to blessings.

Not attitude of gratitude if we are only grateful when things go our way.

If you get a prompting listen to it, you are  getting it for a reason.

There are times being thankful is not enough.

In choir we get to sing next to someone and feel good about how we sound. Unfortunately, when we gove a talk we must fufill that obligation by ouselves.

We, as a bishopric, watch you very carefully... a girl asked, "Do you use cameras and everything?"

It was very good. They were teaching the lesson about being courageous and standing up if things were contrary to how you felt was comfortable. It is expected that each of us be a good example of gospel principles to others. It was commented how we effect in ways we are not aware of in the slightest.

Braindump

Constantly sharing our testimonies withothers because we do not know the possible effect.

Story about a boy who did not want to be baptized, at the last minute, he decided to pray as prompted by the spirit, and the boy ended up getting baptized.

Important to listen to promptings of the Holy Ghost and do whatsoever you need to draw close enough to God to hear his reply.

Work. Work. Work. Work. It is required in missionary work...in especially when wanting miracles.

Work is key to most things temple work, family history work, there we see it again.

People are always watching us to see how the gospel  effects us.

If prompted, do that thing, no matter how simple, it will lead to another.

How can we help to bless others.

God entrusts ideas and truths with thise who will share them with others.

Best way to teach/share the gospel is by example.

Book by Christiansen former general authority, stories about missionary work.

Regardless if others every recieve blessings we seek for them, we need to continue on faithfully.

Divinity uses imperfect beings to do divine tasks.

We ought to humbly express our desire to be useful to the Lord and accept even small ways.

My thought

This little thought was cryinging, sort of whinning cause he wasn't included anywhere.

I am so impressed with our Bishop, all have impressed in various ways, but this one I feel sort of like, well, a parable comes to mind and sums it up best.

Ok, it is not so much a parable. But an analogy to help one understand a dynamic. It is putting old wine in new bottles.

When Jesus Christ called apostles he compared them, it has also been used to describe why it was important that the Church of Jesus Christ be established by a mostly uneducated man.

When making types of drink, because the vessel contributes to the taste certaing types of barrels are made to hold the drink, and that is how it earns it's name. Likewise, a certain type of man is chosen by the Lord, one who will not add a bitter flavor to a perfect wine. In this case, the wine is the already perfect gospel of Jesus Christ, and I can actually feel the difference and bear witness of how much a blessing it is to have one who serves as instructed not the way society dictates.

What I am saying is that I can tell that my new bishop wants so badly to do what the Lord himself wants and that he often resorts to the handbook instead of just doing as was established custom, like the time I got a call as compassionate service leader in a single adult ward in Provo, UT. I did not kniw what to do, so I looked it up in the handbook, and prayed to know what I was expected to do. Then, when I attended my first meeting with my RS President and Bishop, I told them the vision that I had (not literally, but idea) for my call. I was told that was too ambitious, and was given a duty that was typically performed by one withy title. It seemed rediculous, and not accomplishing what the handbook/Lord had outlined for me. But, I obeyed realizing I tend to try to do more than us required which is a bad thing, too (do not run faster than is needful).

Brain dump

I apologize as I was pressed for time trying to teach 2 lessons in one when time was limited in the first place. But, I got some great thoughts to consider through the week. I also might add a few insights later...

Service to others by listening to others when they give talks or teach.

When you have children you need rules for everything, this is like "children" of Israel had laws for everything, even if it sounded mundane.

Commanded to use formal version of speech (you) although it did not make any sense.  We must obey, like Nephi who said "I will go..."

Lessons should be what the manual says exactly, that is what it was prepared for, it is what God wants us to learn/teach.

Few additional notes

From 6pm meeting of Layton East Stake:

Most of a stake that holds up a tent is not even ever seen.

Not requisite to run faster than needful, this is likened to reorganizing wards/stakes to allow other families to shoulder the burdens of callings so that too much is not expected of others...

Nephi said something like this: I know not the meaning of all things, but I do know that if the Lord asks it, He is aware and will provide a way.

Braindump

Hong Kong mandarin - very competitive. Not much opportunity to rest.

Parable of talents warns about wasting away time.

No growth in the comfort zone (no comfort in the growth zone)

Organizing talent from a touch or hoarding, trying to make everything fit, being able to organize and create a home of Order like the temple.

Our talent should be used to improve as a missionary it helps the mission as a whole improve.

Looking at a great group of missionaries. We tend to not see ouselves as missionaries.

Fear keeps us from doing things not good enough, only it actually keeps us from doing anything good at all, as well.

Might have been happy.

Stairway to Heaven, but a highway to hell. Actually it is a toll road.

Do you hate roses cause they have thorns .or do you love thorns because they have roses?

Blessings surely will come but, some will require patience.

Tonight at 6 pm stake center will mention ward boundry change.

Night think that we are significant or are not anything more than just ourselves, but that IS enough.

Music does not enhance our worship but is a significant part of it.

Braindump

Conference was good, but then he started taking notes and could barely keep up so many inspiring ideas were pouring out.

He believes in Joseph Smith and recognizes that is the key to the gospel this church teaches.

Talks about the opportunity he has had to bear his testimony to children in primary.

Bears his testimony largely about children growing up. "This is the place." He is from Hati.

When the time comes child will do what is right. He would not go to BYU cause it is where people go to get married. He ended up going, then, said that he would not go on a mission. But, he did and met the woman he was sealed to on his mission.

It is better when we doubt to focus on what we do know.

Thing that youth have been taught seem to not be true, God intends for us to question. And find answers that he means. Maybe success of previous generations is maybe because people were told to obey and not question.

No idea of what to say, but must say it. Heaven is real.

Proud to be an American to a whole new level... likely because America was necessary for the Book of Mormon.

We will live a happy life when we follow the gospel of Jesus Christ.

We follow the Lord's purpose.

There will be questions, but like lesson taught by the Salmon if we just go with the current we will not get where we are intending. We feel a pull to get to our heavenly father.

Sometimes we pray and it works, especially with little children.

Powerful strength we have in prayer.

A child came to pulpit, and he likened it how we should follow our leaders. The child merely wanted to be with the bishopric.

Baptism a girl was so excited about gospel and we all need to be.

Time is not right sometimes, but it does not mean that the gospel is rejected.

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Obedience

What is the greatest commandment?
Jesus taught that it was to obey all of the commandments.

Likened to the military where if you lift up your head you may not get shot, but you may makes me think of the story of the man draws over the mountain.

Fear is a decent motive to obey, but it is better to obey because of the law.

Children are often taught out of fear to do something.

Adam was taking a step forward even though we do not know becauee it is a demonstration of faith.
(Perfect allusion to talk by Bednar about walking out into the dark and finding light)

I accepted a call although I could not actually play the piano, and I agreed to play for the program in front of everyone. Even my daughter asked if I was just pretending, but could really play and just pretend I couldn't, cause she couldn't comprehend how I would agree to play in front of everyone when I could not play. But, the organist was suppose to accompany with me on the only difficult song came up, I let her play by herself and let her accompany the children, too on the closing song.

October 10th 7pm - RS Room Family Addiction recovery.

Prophet is just as human as the rest of us.

The Lord refines the men whom he calls.

"40 sounds young". Must be refined and so prophets tend to be elderly. I loved that interview where Gordon B Hinckley said "isn't that wonderful?" Regarding them [leaders of the church] being a church lead by old men.

Hales had an out of body, after death experience, when he returned he said to Elder Nelson, "why did I have to come back?"

Story about Gordon B. Hinkley who did not even have such an experience until much later and when experiencing "old age" as most do, he was astonished at how hard even getting up in the morning is difficult.

What is a special witness? Elder Hales wanted to bear his witness one more time. But, he passed at noonish during conference.

We get caught up in the office, but the Lord is in charge, if it was necessary his servant would be able to perform it.

Joseph F. Smith had more revealed to him, like scriptures, when he was bed ridden.

"With one accord" is how choices are made because a man would not disagree with himself.

Stake president observed lesson and approved it she promised that.

We should pray for them all of the time.

We should do all that we can for them, by doing things for ourselves and leave as little as we can for them, and pray for them.

Between the time that Joseph Smith died and Brigham Young there was about 2 years. When no prophet, but church was still in good hands.

Sunday afternoon session

Built zion in preparation for 2nd coming.

Same testimony now as those easrly saints.

We need to have ties to our forefathers. And have as much faith in our every footstep.

As impotant to consider our own "trek" through life and make our own journal as full of stories of faith.

Consider what your final destination is.

Be careful (mindful) where our footsteps take us.

Watch out for morally or ethically questionable things, though emotional they appeal that might actually harm.

Contrary to popular christian belief the fall of Adam brings man closer to God. As the scripture. Revelation is the secret to the holy book called the Book of Mormon. Consdering it would be something else.

Even conference talks require many drafts, far more than the Book of Mormon.

Claiming the plates was used to write the book when everything else was wrotten in papyrus.

There are more solid reasons to believe the stories that the Book of Mormon was translated and was done so by God than the crazy things one must alternately accept as true if you doubt it.

Our hearts need to be knit together.

Shown a pattern seen properly is a heart, but without the proper perspective, it is unclear.

We should not find fault with decision once they are made...doing so would be against the will of God.

Be not wise in our own eyes.

Even when it is hard then we need to obey out of faith, sometimes we sacrifice, and that is required of any strong people. Enduring is extremely important.

Choose hard right over easy left.

Chick needs to struggle out of it's  shell like butterfly out of caccoon.

Do not desire to deprive children of same hardships that they endured.

We need the faith of paying tithing... need to trust the Lord and earn his blessings.

Hard can be good. Make it so. This requires not giving up,  but continuing with faith in every footstep.

Joseph Smith was the foundation of many testimonies, it is easy to feel that God speaks to his prophets, and thereby other things are true, including the counsel he gives.

We,need what Jesus offers or else we would perish in body and spirit.

Sometimes even familiy members begin to naw at and destroy our faith which we allow untill it is too late.

Keeping sabbath and temple work and family prayer are strengths against such, and it is only the adversary that would keep us from doing these things,  we might allow such things to be cunningly said.

Unless you are living the gospel entirely you cannot push back the evil forces that seek to thwart us and try our faith.

Nothing gained by seeking answers from those who are "disenchanted" people, but non absolutely NONE surpass what has been made available to us through prayer.

Watch out for cammoflaughed terrors.

Love without service is like faith without works.

Story about the loss of a 4 yr old son, who was motioned to cross the street and so he crossed and it was an accident and the parents ended up becoming great friends with the boy who was driving the car that struck him. This is an example of serving and truly loving others can help us be healed and given the power to overcome almost everything.

In conference we gather to hear the voice of the Lord.

12 or 15 drafts for Gen. Conf. to be sure it is what the Lord has to say.

Sometimes specific words and phrases are given.

"When we choose to have faith we are prepared to stand in the prescence of God." Robert D. Hales.

Russel M.Nelson left quickly to go to Brother Hales during lunch when he ended up passing.

Talks of General Conference hold a treasure chest to be discovered.

(Elder Anderson always kindly informs us what revelation happens to lead up to what we observe like he did when a new stake President was called)

Conference talks are not assigned by beautifully orchestrated topics.

Sunday Morning conference

This was inspired as I said it this morning during the opening hymn. I bet that is exactly how Heavenly Father feels when we ask him stuff, or when he gives a commandment.

(I say that because I know, and you know that I always have a reason and if asked I always tell you, but sometimes you would not understand so I do not even try, but know that I do not tell you to do things without a reason.)

Lasting joy comes from believing (and acting accordingly) in the Savior.

***Family goal of memorizing the Living Christ***
Maybe a paragraph per month, maybe... if we could recite it by next Christmas.

A bird flew in then realized this was not where it wanted to be. Had to be removed with help after exhausting ways it could find, that is how it found freedom (This is something I can relate to).

  Climbers only accomplish things because of lots of preparation!!

A man named Clark tripped and fell regardless of training, several miracles occurred and survived. A nuerologist was agnostic, but could not explain with a word other than miracle.

So many feel like their miracle never comes, what about them?

Has the day of miracles ceased? Maybe we do not understand what defines a miracle.

We must have faith, and this faith works miracles, but must have the faith to even see it as such when it happens.

In Bible faith that God would save Shadrach et al but, if not.. it seems to require more faith to nit be healed.

Being healed is not the miracle all of the time.

We tend to consider a miracle a thing done that could be done if circumstances were different, but given such it cannot be done, thus things that happen but seem otherwise impossible can only be called miracles.

We have an eternal identity. Mortality is temporary. Spiritual DNA.

Temple and Sabbath Day work together to strengthen us. Specific times and places set aside to worship our creator... how to become partakers of the divine nature...Sabbath observance and temple ordances.

Think and act differently on Sunday and in the Temple.

Home is the ultimate space to sustain our focus, it is spiritual and a refuge. That NEEDS to be goal.

Ultimately, our purpose and goal is to learn from and be with our God, not merely do the upkeep required by lives.

God will teach us what is true.

At times we will find ourselves in an entirely different place doing something different than we planned.

Talking about a trip where he turned to tell his wife how beautiful and romantic the view was, but it was his mother-in-law.

Story about walter Shumway who ended up unable to do what he planned butdid something so awesome.

Savior not only has sympathy, but has entire empathy and he has litteraly been through what we have.

Turn to, not from the Lord.

Too often people turn away from Christ when they need his most! like Moses story with firey Serpents.

We can ask for priesthood blessings. (That is what I want for my birthday)

Story about how movie "Lion King" is about how prince is away while evil one ruins the bslance of the Savannah.

Missionary needed help, but he only offered supposed advice, but, then the spirit could offer an unexpected trouble and the help/adivice was finally given.

Placing christ at our center does not mean that we will not have hardship. Story of Beau who died although he was centered on Christ. We should not see only with mortal eyes. But, know that God will keep his promises if we do our part, he is bound.

This is God's church.

Because I already do a good job with what is promised by the prophet. Then, I do not need to listen, his words are obviously not for me, but he obeyed anyway and it had wonderful effects.

Book of Mormon gives us a desire to got to the aide of others,  faith gives us courage.

Desire to do good increases as we place more faith in Christ.

We ignore our needs and go to the aide of others, fewer bad things happen then.

(Reminds me of the hike that yw made, it was so hard, but those that finished ran back to help those still on their way)

Story of couple who were trying to help others,  stopped to go check their own home, it was gone so they went back to ask who they could help.

When overwhelmed we seek to help others.

People wanted to stop being thanked, so they could go help.

It has been asked that those helping wait until they are ready to be recieved.

If we do not continually feed our testimony and desire that comes, to help others, it will diminish and fade.

Opposition strengthens us.

Follow as closesly as we can apostolic counsel, as it is the Lords voice as surely as it is the same.

Sat. Afternoon

Lost dog bobby in Indiana found him at home in Oregon known as Bobby the wonder dog. Leatherback turtle has sense of direction...how do generations know where to go? Do we have an inner guidance leading us to Heaven?

Spiritual migration, when we follow the call to follow Him we will feel a confirmation....part of that journey we will naturally serve others.

Our trials will not be removed but we will have the blessings that we need.

Often when we look at ourselves we do not see the way that we help others, cause we are just ourselves.

God's work has always been done by men who consider themselves lacking.

Migrstory animals, like salmon will never get when they need to be, thus exist by just floating with the current.

The Lord will use us is MARVELOUS ways.

How can we all serve?

We have very little value or reason to our lives if we are stoogy with it.

We miss important duties because we are looking for the huge significant needs and service.

Service need not be on a grand scale, but maybe those we see daily need help in small ways.

We do not go to meetings for ourselves,but to help someone feel less alone.

On day to day we can pray to find those in need in our communities.

If you hold to the rod the world will naturally forsake you.

Reject anything that is... worldly?....um, lost it.

As the bread is torn, each piece is unique just as is each person with their needs.

Service is not a thing to check of as done to get to heaven, but it is the quality that will be familiar to those living in Heaven.

Do not be content, but also, do not be discouraged.

We should not demean or evilify ourselves.

GOD LOVES HIS ENEMIES although I cannot,BECAUSE AT TIMES I AM THAT ENEMY.

Give your hand to anyone trying to walk the way to God.

Because a man stumbles and falls on his path homeward and ends up in a ditch, it is still the path home...

Spoke of eclipse and how large the sun actually is, but the moon appears to block it out.

We need to use equipment to see through "gospel glasses" to avoid a spiritual eclipse. The glasses allow you to see with a larger perspective and light that otherwise would blind us.

Any virture taken to extreme could become a vice.

Avoid the spiritual eclipse of pride by being humble.

Repentance is enobling and happy. It points us to freedom and peace.

Prodigal and must come to ourselves and chose to make the walk home or repent. And feel the joy of repentence.

I love the Brittish summer it is my favorite DAY of the year...story of waking up late and missing it, that is likened to our mortality, it is but a blink, but it us the day for us to repent.

We are not to do things by ouselves, but should be humbled to have weak things made strong enough.

Coincidence does not suffiently describe how God works. This is seen in the workings with Alma and Amulek.

"There is a guiding hand behind all things."
Thomas S. Monson

Lord is in the small details of our lives.

Treasure God's involvement.

It is true isn't it? - any sacrifice can be endured. This is referred to as the heart of the widow...meaning a heart willing to give freely their all to the Lord with faith there would not be want left.

The things taught are true. The Book of Mormon is evidence.

Promised that as you read BoM you will recieve blessings you desire. Like knowledge and strength.

Sat. morning

Lost dog bobby in Indiana found him at home in Oregon known as Bobby the wonder dog. Leatherback turtle has sense of direction...how do generations know where to go? Do we have an inner guidance leading us to Heaven?

Spiritual migration, when we follow the call to follow Him we will feel a confirmation....part of that journey we will naturally serve others.

Our trials will not be removed but we will have the blessings that we need.

Often when we look at ourselves we do not see the way that we help others, cause we are just ourselves.

God's work has always been done by men who consider themselves lacking.

Migrstory animals, like salmon will never get when they need to be, thus exist by just floating with the current.

The Lord will use us is MARVELOUS ways.

How can we all serve?

We have very little value or reason to our lives if we are stoogy with it.

We miss important duties because we are looking for the huge significant needs and service.

Service need not be on a grand scale, but maybe those we see daily need help in small ways.

We do not go to meetings for ourselves,but to help someone feel less alone.

On day to day we can pray to find those in need in our communities.

If you hold to the rod the world will naturally forsake you.

Reject anything that is... worldly?....um, lost it.

As the bread is torn, each piece is unique just as is each person with their needs.

Service is not a thing to check of as done to get to heaven, but it is the quality that will be familiar to those living in Heaven.

Do not be content, but also, do not be discouraged.

We should not demean or evilify ourselves.

GOD LOVES HIS ENEMIES although I cannot,BECAUSE AT TIMES I AM THAT ENEMY.

Give your hand to anyone trying to walk the way to God.

Because a man stumbles and falls on his path homeward and ends up in a ditch, it is still the path home...

Braindump

Said things in his missions spoken language, that included and my pants are on fire, and said sounds good, huh?

Then told story about a book being thrown at high counselor and missed and only ended up stunning a choir member who said, "do it again, he is not done talking yet and I can still hear him."

Disciple is more than one who just studies and learns of a thing, but actually strive to live what they learn and study.

Reading an actual book is best.

Reading is to the mind as exercise is to the body.

Need balance, not just do one thing.

If someone calls you a looser say, "you're right, cause I eat loosers for breakfast." Cause we are what we consume, so we need to consume the teachings of Christ.

High conselor had to learn Italian with an austrailian accent.

Man said closing prayer instead of bearing testimony, but meeting was not over yet.

Parable of the vinyard, same pay for people who worked, but some only worked the last hour.

They agreed on a wage before they started working, but then they were not as happy because of pride. And they compared how much work each had done...reminds me of prodigal son and how one is not thankful.

We need to remain humble or good will not have it's sweet effect.

Being called means invited to work for him, but chosen is meaning that we have his blessings.

Can teach faith by example, and to recognize that faith has been used in this way.

We share the gospel because it makes us so happy that we want to share that.

Pray for missionary opportunites and then be aware of it when it happens.

****Think of how you can uplift others.***

Not your mouth filled then speak, but speak and then your mind will be filled.

More doors opened when we approach people as people, instead of as one who needs to be taught.

It is missionary work to invite someone to come share their talent at a fireside maybe.

No growth in the comfort zone and no comfort in the growth zone.

Sometimes the step we are making with this person is not evident in this life.

There are lots of other things that keep you from learning, so now we will focus on why we need to learn.

We need to learn about how a person can love even sinners.

A talent of Gordon B. Hinkley to read and understand but further distil it down to what should be remembered.

we need to figure out how to teach peoperly, a mind might be very fine, but if not harnessed properly it may even be mistaken as a trouble maker.

Likewise we might come up with alternate explinations for what keeps us from excelling, but instead we look for the way we can look at things to understand them.

It is like looking at anything and figuring out or solving how it is to be accomplished. We might need to use a different means to accomplish it than what is normal.

When we teach we naturally must learn it.

When we look at the eclipse we need to use special glasses to even percieve it.
That is like needing to be translated to percieve God.

One of the reasons we learn so well is by incorporating music (vibrations).

Children want to be same as parents and they will do what you do....notice it is what you do not what you say.

Braindump

Our Savior did not experience what we did, but he has empathy to feel what others frel. A thing close to that is sympathy where one tries to eliviate pain or suffering as they see them... although, most suffer silently.

Not all angels are from the other side of the veil.

There are angels in our neighborhood. The example was given of A sister who mostly kept to herself, but now cannot bear to see another alone. Many examples in our ward were given as examples to follow in the way the Savior lived.

We sang "Because I have been given much" and it was all the sweeter because or the immediate reminder that invited the Holy Ghost's most favorite power of testifying of the Savior's mission and divinity.

The Lord wants to give to others and bless them. Our job is to find this out.

Ways to act:
1)pray
2)come  follow me.
3)Serve with a smile (it feels good to spend money on someone else.

The only really happy people are those who serve others.

4)Commit to do something
5)Do it in secret

I used to be afraid to praise or thank too profusely out of a fear or giving a reward when I know that I could never reward as well as God,  and he rewards privately.

"The best way to find yourself (if lost) is to loose yourself in service."

Tithing -  a way to help build his kingdom, and that is pretty much the only purpose we have.

Story of the widow's mite, is a neat story to imagine how they came to be watching it.

Celestial kingdom will be for the obedient.

"You were forgiven of your sins pretty quickly when you want to get married in the temple."

Because of it being rebellious to have a religious meeting he regaularly did it, and it ended up making all of the difference... maybe this is an example of how we make a child do a thing if even not for the best reasons at first, we will end up in the right. Which I had wondered about.

Your children learn from what you do.

Tithing is a principle of obedience, not financial.

Brigham Young asked a man for 10,000.00 and he went to the Lord and the Lord said to give 20,000.00. So, the lesson that was joked about was just give money he asks for first off next time...

Tithing was used at temple dedications for all of those cookies and water bottles.

You can donate to specific missionaries in our ward (**maybe pray to know who to assist and then use any funding gained can be used towards that end).

Serve others!!! Tithing can be paid in  more than money.

The Lord gives us a way home... tithing could be a means to learn to serve and love.

October 21 new date alert for fall ward festival

Why was virtue added to YWTheme?

Because it encompasses so many important things (from talk by Elaine Dalton).

Implosion is so much faster than explosion and a bit of dust is all that is left. After lives implode due to loss of virtue.

Never was there a time when virtue was more needed.

When we choose to be virtuous is gives us an added strength. A strong self governing trait.

conformity of one's life and conduct to moral and ethical principles; uprightness.

Stay away from etertainment that will cause unclean thoughts,  keep yourself clean.

Reminds me of my mother refusing to watch a movie that was called something regarding christ, it was good, So one would think, and it interested me, but because of it's rating she would not deviate. I would always think well, the Bible has lots of R rated stories,  or the out cry about the scenes from movies that helped so much to improve and become "good". But, they had scenes that were rated in a way that will not ever be seen by me. Mom taught me that those same things can be taught in a way that does not need to compromise.

The spirit of the home cannot be there if there is a lack of virtue.

Virtue is not just avoiding bad things, like health is not just avoiding bad foods, it encompasses so much more.

I do not want to have that image in my mind for the rest of my life.

Discussions about pornography needs to be

Fight the new drug on facebook.com

Most importantly we need to remember the power of repentance, and that we can be forgiven and starg over, all is not lost.

Brain dump

October 14 fall festival

Jesus Christ is the foundation of everything that we believe.

Gospel is,true, used fasting as example, but time is earthly.  God is listening and he is answering on his own time frame. But, because every prayer is not immediately answered sometimes it is and failure to recognize such is a sign of in gratitude.

Relief Society is the epiphany of Jesus Christ.

If not called as a missionary then paint one on your heart.

Membership of church is valuable.

Testimony of preisthood because of hometeaching.

Countless examples of things that provided a strong testimony like dead sea scrolls.

An increase of love distills upon us when we are called to serve particularly as a president, Relief Society is surely an extension of the Lord.  (That emotion is likely how he feels about others)

I know the church is true.

It is one of the most important things to learn is that the Savior loves us individually.

We should serve others.

We should always obey our parents or any care giver, regardless of circumstance.

Mission is about serving people, regardless if they accept your message.

New Sunday School presidency. Now, brother Hirschi a disciple of Christ.

Honesty -
Bary Bonds was dishonest having set record and actually doping (on steriod).

Interesting it sticks with me about the general authority who was released because he told stories as if they were his, but they were not.. I cannot even remember.

Lawyers sleep, lie on right or lie on left?

Truth is portraying the right thing.

"I have been accused of various activities unbecoming a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"I confess that I have not always been accurate in my public talks and writings. Furthermore, I have indulged in other activities inconsistent with the high and sacred office which I have held.
"For all of these I feel a deep sense of remorse, and ask forgiveness of any whom I may have offended.
"My brethren of the General Authorities, over a long period of time, have conducted in-depth investigations of the charges made against me. They have weighed the evidence. They have censured me and placed a heavy penalty upon me.
"I accept their censure and the imposed penalty, and pledge to conduct my life in such a way as to merit their confidence and full fellowship.
"In making these acknowledgements, I plead for the understanding of my brethren and sisters throughout the Church and give assurance of my determination so to live as to bring added respect to the cause I deeply love, and honor to the Lord who is my Redeemer.
"Sincerely, Paul H. Dunn"

Emotion is not necessarily the spirit.

Truth vs opinion

Be kind even when being honest. Like I heard a woman tell another something that could have been tricky to say if done confrontationally. But, she said upfront ,"no. But, the choice is yours, and you will see that there is a reason for this."

If we are not sure and need to ask, it is not true. Maybe ask God.

Is it a lie to tell our children about Santa Clause, (ask God). We are sort of teaching them to lie unless we teach them the purpose of santa.

Teach children when we tell them not to answer the phone, etc.

Joseph has told me that I could not do a thing because I said something and changed my mind, regarding grounding him, I later said that he would not be grounded.

No other alternative is easier than simply being honest. (Gospel is easiest)

There is a glitter force episode about a lie that had different intentions than the life the lie seemed to take upon itself.

Rs lesson.  Joseph Smith fruits of First Vision

Saviors divine intervention is seen through all of his life.

None would be obvious like how God keeps his covenants, by our record of such things as we value. Joseph Smith was even chastised to keep the record of going ons.

Yearly summary as it happens.

Also write down dates and names on photis or you will forget.

Sometimes we see children and babies as older than they were.

Sis Hirschi started talking and it just came out that way when she felt like she should bear her testimony.

Woman saw individuals on top of the temple, was not originally known as the angels they were.

It is interesting to me that my family is in Palmyra, too when that is where the book of Mormon was "burried".

4 churches on 4corners facing eachother.
Was significant to the town of Palmyra, NY.

Many things Joseph Smith knew and wanted to share, but the church was not ready for yet, much like the sealed portions of books that we do not yet have because we do not live what we do have.

Braindump

Gratitude - The Lord wants you to be thankful in all things, it is part of how we speak to God, in prayer.

We can express gratitude in the way we live it will make you notice good things in your life.

Friendship your memories will be sweeter.

If you choose good friends they can help your health, and help you accomlish the things you want to do.

To make friends you need to be a good friend.

Story of the parable of the ten lepers. Told the story of the 9 who experience miracles but they do not give thanks.

Count your blessings for your trials, they could be do much worse, you might be blessed greatly and you simply do not recognize them like those 9 other lepers that are recorded in the Bible.

Told story of the Christmas story.

You may not be aware of the blessing that your  expressed gratitude may be for another.

Signs that these are the latter days may seem scary.

Being grateful makes sinking spirits rise, and poem was shared that was optimistic.

Charity - story of a woman who felt like it was a burden and she did not want to be nagative, then the person striked up a conversation and only did the other woman talk about how charitable and kind she had been, it was unbeliable because it was not seen as charitable at all.

When we saw someone instantly it was a reflex to care for another person... story of how Melaine saved a life of a man in McDonald's.

Story of Good Samaritan would have been just as a marvelous story if it had been a fellow jew, but as it is, it shows how we help another regardless.

Charity will never be accompanied by the thought that the other deserves what they got or not.

Think of your life as being like that journey on the road to Jericho/Damascas.

Ask yourself, "where is my neighbor?" never answer that he was left behind.
It is like being your brother's keeper.

President Monson asked for his birthday that we do a nice thing for others.

FHE Charity lesson ideas...

Lesson of someone I saw what they handled it was an opportunity to say no and she did not handle it in an inproper way.

There was a time Pres. Gilland thanked me so much for giving up a seat so another family could sit there. I really did not even think anything of it, but I paid it closer attention because he expressed gratitude.

Adam Sandler stood up for "Mormons" as being kind.

RS Then Jesus beholding him, loved him. By Elder Palmer

Beholding and he knew exactly what the guy needed to learn.. really take it in.

Story of people taking in a painting everyday for a whole term.

When you don't know someone the savior does know them, everyone.

Western people talk to each other just in the grocery story where as out East no one talks and if you speak people think you want something. Which is what I had big trouble with people always saying "how are you?" But clearly there isn't enough time to answer that.

You want to be able to help but not enable.

Unless out of love nothing should be said.

This is exactly the problem that I saw on a comment back and forth and how the facts become irrelevant.

We should not forget that ultimately we deeply love those around us.

Expectations of others ought to,be based on how you know them.

I feel terrible because I thought my house was representative of me, and it would be seen as messy, and it troubled me soooo much, but the whole class of Relief Society sisters agreed that they would not ever notice that, and if they did they would want to help not judge.

Braindump

The way to become " " is specific to how the gospel nourishes our spiritual DNA.

The gospel is EFY, especially for you. You do not need a special summer camp to realize that God loves you and how to apply it to your life.

Sister Markaye Moss
Parable of the pearl of great price, and how it teaches the principle of sacrifice.

Book of Mormon is true, this is not recieved in a miraculous, life changing way, but by a strong feeling influence.

I needed answers and found them on the scriptures, but often need to sacrifice other things to make room for the things of God, and most importantly to have the spirit so that those needed answers csn be brought to our heart.

Covenants made in the temple give us the power we need.

A family never were sealed and some members died. And it can be too late, but this sealing can be likened to the pearl of greatest price, and should be sought after

Gregg Perry - parables mentioned, and how we get the opportunity to come partake of sacrament, the whole meeting is something we partake of. It is like a pearl of great price.

Sacrifice a rich man might offer to give up his riches, but more is needed, like a bishop who sacrifices so much more to "follow" christ.

Both tithing and word of wisdom are temporal laws.

Tithing is spiritual law or else poor would not be required to pay it, but they are allowed the blessings.

Both wow and tithing are prepratory laws, that are to allow us to be ready to recieved a later principle as it is given.

All the Lord's commandments are spiritual. Blessings are given predicated upon principles given, so why cannot we all run without getting weary.

Maybe, it was a blessing recoeved when we did not use.

Answer is that although the answers are not swift or how we expect even thpugh they are sure.

"We purify our bodies so the Spirit of the Lord can dwell with us."

"Glass Castle" a great book and movie about effects on self and others.

Also any addictive substance causes us to loose agency.

Drinking coke is bad but in degree of effects to the body. So, one can get a temple recommend.

Addictive substances effect our bodies in ways that might not be universal, so, the WOW is a lowest common denominator.

Dark chocolate is not caffeine.

We should eat meat sparingly.

Worked to death, do NOT run faster than is needful.

14 year old learn new languages because they have not eatten as many cheeseburgers.

I used to run without getting tired at all, but now I cannot do that... but I was blessed.

Teacher was told by doctors that he had terminal cancer, but stake president said that he would not die.

There are just as many horrible things that can be "ingested" like our phones through means other than our mouths...like phones that deliver evil or addictive substances through our eyes.

Sometimes blessing are recieved through others, the blessing of the word of wisdom.

Creativity and glactic racism

https://youtu.be/pib9fUaHYeo

Braindump

I felt the spirit so strongly at seminary that I did not want to leave, but wanted that feeling to stay for the rest of my LIFE.

What stuff goes on in the high school stays there, but the seminary building is set apart as a sacred building.

Places are amazing because it is a place where our questions are answers.

Questions lead to relevations.

Tithing is a covenant of Faith more than an act of obedience, alone.

I may not be my brother's keeper, but I am my brother's Brother.

To some it is harder and is more of a seeming worldly financial thing, but it is more a matter of faith.

Tithing is more a spiritual thing than a temporal thing.

When you are released you are left  wondering what next?

God loves all of us, even those who  never even went to the temple.

There is a party going in the world...spacious building.

Is this your business or the Lord's. Is something to ask yourself if tempted to judge.

East horizon is beautiful as sun rises, one day the Son of God will break through that beauty.

Persue service and happiness will follow.

Cleaning up messes that we never made is what sacrifice is, like Jesus Christ.

All people feel better by dealing with our sorrows by seeving others.

God's work is done through others. So, when you feel a prompting to do good.

What can we do to be prepared to help others?

We need to learn to recognize hiw the spirit works.

Don't try to lock out "inopportune" notion.

When you help others you end up being helped yourself. So, you forget yourself that is how you find yourself.

The gospel is service, remember the Savior healed on sunday, so we can break law to keep it..  go out and rescued saints that was on the Sabath.

The priesthood is not the men, they are the holders not the power. But so often it has become synonymous with the men.

Keys, offices, power, etc. They are used interchangably.

God is not expiramenting with how this all works and will be used, he knows and will be using it has such. When people try to criticize how things are done, they need to keep that in mind.

"Just answer in your heart."

We are blessed to have "the big picture".

Women are not required to hold the priesthood to have a calling or enter the temple...

Women may do things in a religious organization that are unparalleled. There is almost nothing they can do, about equal leadership and expounding.

Early culture was highly patriarchal. (My p blessing comments on how important it was that the world be prepared so that I could come live in a world where women were given all of these abilities).

Keys, authority, power. Explained.

So, keys were used to organize RS? But, even if one has a priesthood given to them they must be authorized to perform or use that power.

Ultimate power is to be exalted, and so the power needed to be available. And is available to all.

Women have motherhood, and it needs priesthood power, as in the story of a man who was,becoming a green baret, he was asked to keep a lamb that was shot alive...he used whatever means he had to do so, he thought to use the priesthood power, or the very power of God.....makes me (light heartedly) think of Moana, Maui stole the heart of tafeti which was the power of creation for men, and I thought, well, don't men already have that ability. But, I also thought only Maui could restore the heart, but wnded up Moana could.

Brain dump

When getting married it seems like the simple part is going to the temple to get sealed, but actually a whole lofe must be dedicated and the speaker enumerated things required in order to be sealed.

Next, a woman testified of what a blessing knowing that her parents were sealed and will be together regardless, as they had a funeral yesterday.

A marriage vs. Temple marriage, the biggest difference is the source of peacWe. One comes from the event itself and one

The longer I live the more I know it is true. Priesthood power is the power of God.

Priesthood is such a gift in our lives.

https://youtu.be/gpxm4fDb9Ic listen. Supposedly, much like the song Glorious, where all only need to be themselves to part of something great. Great things do not happen by one person, but by lots of people together.

Encouragement and how it comes and why isn't obvious

Some times we are required to be strong and immovable regardless of timing that we would prefer.

If we believe something we need to consider why right now, not a latter date.

Story by a man who experienced a miracle, and expected a different result as per the teachings of men, but things that resulted, namely him being there, was the result, and he ended up with his leg.

A woman who reread the book of Mormon, and knows that it is true.

The Lord is mindful of all of us, and loves us all dearly.

There is a pleasant and unpleasant mental or physical effort.

"Book of Virtues" work is not what we do for a living, but what we do with our living.

Story of guy walking by a quarry. And three guys doing the same thing. Asked what they were doing: 1 was back breaking. 2 was making money for family. 3 was happily building a temple for their God.

I was thinking about war and how soldiers do not want to be doing what they were, but they were helping others. Reminds me of Title of Liberty people were willing to kill for their freedom and families.

Children need to learn the blessing that comes from doing work...much like the things that had to be done and someone must accomplish to advance in a level on a computer game.

Story of a boy who did what he wanted and he realized what a difference he has made in his life. Then did work and said that he would work for free.

Work is an eternal principle. The riches of this world is the wealth gained from the labor performed.

Among what you learn is that one can accomplish things that they could not do previously.

When you find something that you cannot do then you find someone who does know and have them teach you. The savior does not do anything that he does not see his father do.

Lean not to thy own understanding. All thy ways acknowledge Him.

Leaning is a warning, try not to figure it out with your own understanding.

Changed the cheer of lean to the left, lean to the right.....

War in heaven was fought with our testimonies.

Is the world crazy!

Whenever you Google something put LDS on it, to get LDS perspective and not the worlds.

It is interesting to me that the two things we were told were bases for testimony are the things mention, Hope, and just knowing and not rationalizing it.

When enduring a thing unexplainable peace overcame people.

Maybe it is true that knowing things are true, actually knowing them is a gift from God.

Thinking is bad when you get too good at it you think that you do not need to know things of the gospel.

I think that happens with alot of us, we figure we can figure out things that we knew if they were trye, but some things will never be able to be proven.

Drop by drop demonstrated by telling a thing that could be done to fill our own lamps by filling a glass lamp (could be jar) with lemon drops.

It is such a blessing to give a lesson is  because of all of the mastery and important things you learn only a tiny fraction of which can be shared.

Brain dump

Reorganization of bishopric

Berkley - Bishop
McMillan - 1rst counselor
And Phares - 2nd counselor

Sister Berkley bore testimony that the Lord truly loves us all, although so many seem to resist that knowledge. It is likened to a great feast to which all are invited but many will not come.

The new bishop shares how loving our heavenly father is, and our savior loves us nearly beyond comprehension.

He mentioned no longer hugging and Joseph commented, "everyone else can still hug, right? ...I do not want to be bishop then."

Serving in calling but still felt drained and run down, and it confused him cause he was serving. Eventually figured it all out, and it was like "filling our lamps" in the parable of yhe ten virgins. He admonished us to please read our scriptures or at least the Ensign to refuel our spiritual strength.

It is just as important to establish a legacy so that those who follow us will fondly remember our great fight and want to emulate it.

Last words of Steve Jobs, all success in this realm seems meaningless.

    The "non-stop pursuit of wealth will. 
    Only turn a person into a twisted being,
     just like me."

Bishop had been fiercely obedient to the will of God.

First presidency considers bishopric in the Temple, evidence that the Lord in involved with the monute details of our lives.

Stake president testifies that the new bishopric was chosen by God.

Sacrifice play was used as a definition for sacrafice, you give up your reward for a better one.

Think about this **** Isaac was called the only Son of Abraham but Ishmael was actually his firstborn.

Weding ring is coming to my mind as a perfect similitude of sacrifice. It is a thing given up to get a greater thing.

I used to think that there is no such thing as a sacrifice because of the reward being as great or greater as what is traded off, but the point is that you do not know that you will get the reward.

The example of donating a kidney to a dying child it does not feel like a sacrifice when you do a thing because the love given is unending.

The service a Latter-day Saint must give so much to the Lord as sacrifice.

"We are leaving you for the Lord."

I think, in this light, that it is a blessing to not be able to be with my older children, because they will be taken so much better care of by the Lord than I could ever do or provide.

It is important to gather our family together

We need to do temple work for our kindred dead, not just the dead.

We have been called, literally, to give more efforts towards family history. So get to work doing it.

My father literally wanted us to all work together in the temple.

Take a Name app can search to find temple ready people.

Brain dump

Parable of the wheat and tares is a parable in Matthew.

Weeds grow faster and take the nutrients, but the wheat is a fighter, and if it does die, it relinquishes it's nutrients to the stronger wheat.

In the parable the wheat are likened to Latter-day Saints and there are obvious and increasing amount of tares...or sins that look like good things, will try to choke us out and take away our strength.

Joseph pointed out that if someone didn't  take care of the tares they would take over and the wheat would all be gone and unless one could tell that the wheat was gone they might try to make bread or cookies out of tares, and that would ruin everything.

Whenee find that we find ourselves ostracized and alone because we,were doing what is right not to be upset, because this means that we will not have anyone to fight for resources.

A man, a high councilman had a dream that he was giving a talk, and woke up and he was. :)

Car needs to be in working order. The battery power we often recharge, but as in a car, the alternator needs to be working or else if the car shuts down it will not be able to restart. The heart of a person is likened to an alternator.

God speaks to his prophet, we are sure of that and like fast flying jets that make a choice themselves, but to be marvelous they must unequivocally follow.

"When the prophet speaks time for dilberation is over." former stake president.

As I reexplained a story to Joseph he explained that the comment I made about if they were doing what was right, but the "prophet" (lead jet flyer) was not doing as instructed, but trying to decide a thing for himself, they (pilots) would all die together. He explained that maybe the reason they all went astray and ended upcrashing was because a bird flew into his engine and he was just trying to save himself.
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It is not enough to be good, but to be good for something.

Early saints, or pioneers only had one thing to focus on, that is a blessing, Satan is good at what he does and the saints today have a million and one thing vieing for our attention.

If we decide one thing, that is to follow our leaders/prophet that is really all that we really need to do.

Fast ought to begin and end with a prayer. It is better to be reminded often what out purpose is; which is to say that we really ought to have a purpose for our fast or else it is merely starving outselves.

Fasting is a bit, to me, like drinking water for the sacrament, it is a personal covenant. And does not matter as much what one does as that a thing is given up to show dedication. And it is important to follow all of the other rules that we can, although we could not go without food.

We are reminded that we can fast anytime for any reason.

Parable of the widow's mite is brought to consideration when talking about fast offerings.

Mindful meals. Thinking more clearly about what you are doing might be an alternative to not eatting.

Food seen as an addiction, a person exercised self control during fasting, and important thing to teach children at a young age  it becomes a tool to teach children to overcome.

Fasting is an opportunity for us to exercise dominance over physical needs.

It is critical as a missionary to draw nearer to the spirit through prayer. It was called "prayer on steroids" by a haidenthaler girl who told the class that was what her missionary companion in Alabama had told her often.

Lastly, sin is selfish, but fasting helps us place others first which aides in a remission of sins.

"The boogeyman checks his closet before bedtime for Elder Holland, that is a universal truth,  right?"

**(COMMANDMENT)Be generous in fast offerings.

Fasting brings about miracles.

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Relief Society

Do you believe in Heaven? If so how does that make you different.

I do what I do BECAUSE I know what I know.

Word choices are very painstakingly made.

The culture is not religion.

The comment was made again about a tender MERCY of God to be goven a knowledge of Him.

Culture squelches the light of Christ, but it is still there.

In Sweden people talk they do not say, "good morning Brothers and Sisters" but "good morning siblings"

"Everytime you go to the grocerystore you will think of this now.." she said regarding her analogy of families being like a grape and we are all gathered together our bunch has the same stem, which is the eternal realm.

Families can be together not will be together forever.

"No empty chairs in our Heavenly Home."

Brain dump

Joseph was going to the rest room and he wanted me to look away, but instead of smaying that he said, " why don't you go look in the mirror? You like to do that, right."

Then he drew a road and it looked like a tumble weed but, he asked me what it was, I guessed wrong and told me actually it was a fork...in the road.

Imagine you would get 10 laws only ten, would you include keeping the Sabbath day Holy?

"The small island kingdom of Tonga lies immediately next to the international dateline, so it is the first country in the world to greet the Sabbath day. It is a small country and, in the counting of the world, a poor country. But years ago a wise Tongan king decreed that the Sabbath would be kept holy in Tonga forever.

Modern civilization has come in many ways to Tonga. If one goes to the capital of Nuku’alofa on a weekday, he finds the usual heavy traffic of trucks and cars and the bustle of thousands of shoppers making their regular purchases from well-stocked stores and markets. One sees people line up to view the latest movies and to rent videos. One can watch modern buses whisk tourists off to catch their jet planes, or observe the speed and clarity of a satellite call to the United States. The streets are crowded and business is good. You might wonder, “What is so different about this town from hundreds of others like it throughout the world?”

But when Sunday dawns on the kingdom of Tonga, a transformation takes place. If one goes downtown, he sees deserted streets—no taxis or buses or crowds of people. All the stores, all the markets, all the movie theaters, all the offices are closed. No planes fly, no ships come in or out, no commerce takes place. No games are played. The people go to church. Tonga is remembering to keep the Sabbath day holy.

It is significant that the first country in the world to greet the holy Sabbath keeps the Sabbath holy.

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Does the Lord love and bless those who keep the Sabbath day holy? I testify that he does in eternally meaningful ways."

People who go to worship in nature. "We worship the creator not the creations."

If we do not do things on Sunday we will spend time with our families.

There is a story where a person's faith was on trial, and they reached their quota of steps, but needed to go home.

Car dealerships must be closed on Sunday because they need a rest. It reminds me of how I do better work if I take a break.

You pay a price for working on Sunday though it is not observable  by the world.

What about things that are not accountable by anyone else.

Sacrament is a great thing with blessing to aour lives that can be a day to look forward to.

Go out and look for those who have less and need help and help them. This is the best way to get up from and make an exit from the pitty party.

Need to be grateful for what you have, and thankful that you have your trials, and not someone else's.

"As you ... serve, a new dimension will be added to your life."

Of the good things that a man achieved they were not "the obserable" things, but the ways that he was able to serve his people.

Missionaries are extremely happy because of the service they are giving.

When we serve it is not to get an observable thank you or reaction. So it is hard to be do it because we want to serve, likened to how women want their husbands to do something for us, but because they want to do it.

Brain dump

Patriotism

In a country visited it was dictated how to dress, it is a sign of their patriotism, which is showing devotion to our country.

We need to follow and honor the rules of the nation which we are.

Joseph Smith taught how each government, though they may be a bit odd, are set up to punish the wicked and enable the good to do as is seen good.

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A soft knock is likely a child, but if it is a loud knock then you do not want to answer because it might be the bishopric asking you to speak in church.

What is achieved too lightly, is revered too lightly.

Talked about how revently people take their chapel, thus sacrament.

I think telling children to be reverent during sacrament is a good reminder of what we should be doing during sacrament meeting.

If a man actually takes the sacrament properly, he will not do other things that matter like paying tithing, attending all of our meetings, etc.

No treats before sacrament.

Another church she was left to wonder what they go to church for. Because they do not have a sacrament meeting.

Savior took the sacrament and showed them how to do it.

Story about a boy giving the prayer who messed up or maybe there might be a morality problem, but the covenant is still valid. The Lord understands, but he wants us to remain stalwart and true to the exactness...

Around 1904 word wine was changed to water

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Sound of airplanes is the found of freedom.

Sacrament is in the Book of Mormon.

Not both prayers have taking Christ's name.

When we remember always, we keep in mind that we can be forgiven, but most importantly that we will remember the opportunity and sacrifice made so that we do not want to cause additional suffering so we adjust our behavior, that is rememberung, and then to answer when it should be done, ALWAYS!

Great idea to recite the prayer and say a prayer before sacrament. Arrive early.

Take children to church regardless of how they act. They will not remember how they acted but what they do.

How to thrive despite causal effect. Obstacles can do good for us. Marcus Arealius first taught us this. Turn obstacles upside down, basically this is self reliance, not reacting but choosing how to act regardless.

If you do not help yourself you willnot be able to help others.

Out of balance, when one tire is damaged.  If mind is messed up it effects your mental ability.

So being able to meet all of our own needs helps us be balanced, the key is being balance regardless of what happens.

Your identity is attached to what you "do" occupation.

1) Be active in the things you love.

I think again, I ought to get a recumbant bike figure a way and do the work required to make that happen.

We need to be spiritual self reliant, and know and do things without others.

Read "The Secret" by Les Brown

Pray for spiritual experiences.

******"Pain is a teacher." Ben Franklin

Maybe go to Fairfield Vilages, and offer to do a talent for them.

Social self reliance This is like an "inner sanctum". Our relief scoiety is a real blessing for us, and a caring social group.

Do you give help easily? Well, do you?

Offer to help someone who might have a need, and allieviate it.

Work on helping yourself so that you will be able to help others.

You can find a way if you look.

Intellectual self reliance.

Chess is show to counter the effects of alzheimers and dimentia.

Learn to do something you do not know how to do. To increase your intellectual self reliance.

Emotional self reliance is most important,

*******"The Obstacle is the Way." Ryan Holliday

*******"Gavin Becker "The Gift of Fear"

Get enough sleep, and ask for help.

Do not be afraid to ask when you need help.

How successful you are as a person is how you deal with the trial.

Stop seeing a problem as a problem, but see them as opportunities.

*****"5 second Rule" change within 5 seconds.

Thing just is if it is Good or bad it is because of you, otherwise it is just an event. So learn to decide!

Brain dump

Fourth of July is a time to be thankful for our country.

Forefathers were inspired. Even on our coins it says in God we trust.

"If only I sat on the stand I would bear my testimony."

"I think 'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' was the star that shined when Jesus was born."

Every good thing that has happened in my life IS a result of my decision to be baptized.

The country was prepared as a place where the gospel could be restored.

Greatful to be a member of this church, even though I am not as much of a scholar as other people who know that they are right.

Youth are the future of the church, but not only the church but of the nation. And they felt the spirit and things clicked when they were taught about realizing what an anchor a belief in Christ can be in their lives. This is such a good thing.

Use the sacrament as a weekly time designated to review the week and how to make it better.

God might wonder why the opportunities and blessings He gives us as trials when they are meant to be blessings.

Think, as we review things, how infinitly aware of us Our God is. ***It actually scares,me at times when I start to doubt that Heavenly Father is behind things.

GIFTS OF THE SPIRIT -how and why and the imitation of such.

D&C 46

Gift of Tongues - not something that just instantly allowed you to speak and somehow know the language, but lasy was blessed with gift of tongues, she could not ever speak, but could communicate with the spirit.

It is important to remember it is for the Lord's purposes not personal ambition. See D&C 6:7

To become like Heavenly Father includes knowing everything.

It is possible to know things but cannot explain them.

Always learning but never learn things.

Gift given to know that Jesus Christ was the savior and Son on God:
16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you

67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve, Will ye also go away?
68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of God.

At times we must have more faith, and to be calmed and assured. a priesthood blessing can solve that.

I am thinking about the fact that the same people who were in that same story my father read about as a child and it so greatly affected him...those same people are causinging miracles in his own family, now.

*** We need to pray to recognize our gifts and try to use them to magnify God.

We have gifts do that all mankind may be benefitted.

We can pray for a gift to recieve and develop that gift. "Seek earnestly to get the best gifts." Charity ought to be sought for.

Satan can imitate these gifts... makes me think of the time my neighbor asked me about the people that were performing miracles.

We can be given callings to develop our talents.

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Think of your talents and how you can use them to serve and help others.

Don't  try to be like someone else, comparing is the worst thing to depress you and make you feel untalented because there will always be someone greater and lesser.

Our gifts are supposed to be used for his purposes, like David Archuleta when he lost the big worldly competition, but the Lord had uses of his talent and he likely improved more lives than the winner dude. Through his mission...

Each has different talents and together they work well.

Wierd that Lord uses lessons at church to focus on the thing we are learning. The lady who had been praying to know her talents and then we are having a lesson in RS and in SS on talents. Also,  I heard a guy from a story in the Ensign who heard a song exactly the things he needed to hear at that time.

Our Pat. Blessing tells us about our talents. Regarding that, it  tells me directly that my greatest talent is achieving the desire of my heart... so, I suppose that Heavenly Father must have alot of faith in me to trust that I will desire the right things. My greatest desire has remained a desire, does that mean the desire is not right, or it reminds me how I am also to keep eternal perspective and will not be answered in a way I understand or like, but will be in a way I think best...so, maybe I will wait... I certainly will not stop believing it is a true communication from God.

It is important to express gratitude for our gifts.

Brain Dump

When life gives you lemmons don't just make lemmonade, but save some lemmondrops for later.

Way to keep anchor amid storm by keeping comandments
Serve others

The world is not a happy place, and it will only get worse.

Being tempted is like giving a compliment, but doing what is right despite that makes Satan scared.

Being filled with the spirit is tiring.

Can one visit the church library for FHE.

"Many missionaries are unprepared for the blessings they recieve." Susan Droscher

Story about a baby who would not be quiet but criedthe whole meeting. This happened a couple of weeks, then the mother explained to the bishop that she would not be the meeting and the bishop asked her to please stay and offered to take care of it. The woman gave the baby to the bishop and he left for a while and returned with a silent, nearly sleeping baby, who slept through the whole meeting. Astonished the mother asked how or rather what was done. The bishop said, "I set him apart as a high priest."

The Holy Ghost's warning is not a shout, although sometimes a wsrning seems very urgent by a thought that is said over and over and over and will not go away.

The Holy Ghost whispers still small voice and is not recognized as such even because
It is so familiar.

Holy Ghost speaks with a voice more that you can feel than you can hear.

At times when you feel negative emotions and express them, the spirit leaves. Maybe it has been explained before as saying that anger and contention are of the devil, so if you act out anger than the Holy Ghost is not being obeyed.

***question.. is it dismising the spirit to just think in contradiction or does the spirit leave only when it becomes acted upon, or spoken in words.

Remission of sins does not happen merely when sins are expelled and then the Holy Ghost needs to enter into the temple/body.

It brings peace to our hearts and understanding of the things of God.

Holy Ghost can be felt instance by instance, but the gift gives you opportunity to hold it at all times.

Adversary would stir up the hearts of men one against another, so we need a coping mechanism, we do not need to deal with this all alone, so, how can we draw the power of Jesus Christ into our lives?

Word draw is an action.
1)Learn about him.
2)be a desciple
3)make and keep covenants
4)reach up in faith

Challenge to find all references of the savior in the scriptures. It changed the man who did it...so how would it change us. Just imagine

When alone and no other entertainment we are forced to choose our input. If the book of Mormon is chosen or as it represents choosing our Savior. And it will change you, you will become a different person.

When we need someone to talk to and end up choosing to pray because it feels like we need to be compelled or something, but it changes us.

Be willing to be different if you are a disciple. Learn to be undaunted.

"I had no idea that I knew and could teach these things." said by a young "undaunted" man preparing for a mission.

Being a disciple of Christ allows us to do things that we otherwise could not do.

Have you been seeing the miracles around you everyday? If you cannot, then something is wrong.

Reaching up in faith, we see where someone reached up to Christ, well, would he be there if he did not reach? Well, yeah.

We reach up when we have no other hope, but how much better it would be if we chose when we had other options.

Our Savior knows us and wants us to reach out for him.

Everytime we reach up others are reaching back they are the hands of Christ...and we do not notice.

Brain dump

The worst part about a talk is right before it, the best part is right after it is over.

I realized while a boy was confirmed his blessing was in French and I thought distinctly that was evidence that it was not for me beyond what I got out of it. God understands whatever language we use. I do not think that words are needed to communicate.

The first french fry was not made in France but out of Greese (so were dads sort of)

Our husband is much like our dad because of our expectations, I suspect much expectation is modeled after our relationship with our heavenly Father.

Stripling warriors had fathers, too altjough we usually only talk about their mothers, like in mother's day talks.

I was just thinking that same thought, that there are things that parent only wants to do for their child, but if we pray and have faith it will be done, and story shared of blessing of a father it is clear that God gives much better blessings than the things that would be done or given otherwise.

Who knew that our trip will have been so spiritual, that we would need to reprove so often with sharpness.

Story about father seeing a man who needed a coat and gave it although it was brand new.

Father
Gave confidence and apologized.

QUESTION: when Alma,baptized how did he get authority?

by their works that they have received of the Spirit of Christ unto the remission of their sins,

Some hold on to their sins because of guilt that tears at their faith, and they doubt it is that easy to be baptized. I wonder if baptism truly is that simple for those who truly need it.

An old cathedral in France that had a font so it showed that the new means of baptism was adopted but not originally done.

Baptism by the proper authority. Mosiah 18 he baptized himself, but how was this decided, likewise what was the authority of John.

Went from obstinance to recognition of th

Without us there would be no fathers.

We can save the world by saving our home ***this always upset me because it does not work unless eveetyone does it. Do our part and trust that others will do it, too but if we do not save the world, at least we did our part.

We never kniw what Jesus will return, but we want to be doing our best.

We made the covenants at baptism and if we keep them it would save the world from self-destruction.

"The Lord expects us to live the gospel in every aspect."

We all have and need heroes, the scriptures

We need the WHOLE armor of God. Perhaps remind children to put it on when they go away...

We are harder on ourselves that what we actually deserve most of the time.

"Are we there yet?" We joke about kids asking that on a trip, but life is a trip and we are supposed to endure to the end...

Living the gospel is like the story of Moses asking people to look upon the staff and be saved, but many would not because it is too simple.

True freedom lies in obedience.

Commandments are not a suggestion.

The way God judges us may well be very much like how I appear indifferent. I am not indifferent at all I just do not deem some things on a scale that requires interaction or rebuttal on my part.

Story of the tree that could have been corrected at an earlier point, but could not be corrected now without a huge ordeal being done....the principle was that little things, maybe even simple things done now, will help us from needing greater methods to be put into use then.

A small gesture can lead to tremendous consequences.

"By Small and Simple means are GREAT things brought to pass."

We, by living the gospel as our faith dictates, might become heroes to save others.

If we covenant to help build zion, a great way to do such is to live the gospel.

Brain dump

Feel Heavenly Father's love when a person is set apart. Testimony that despite what we do, we are loved.

When we go to the temple it is irrelevant if we feel the spiritual out pour as to if it is there. It is No doubt there, if you have been properly prepared you will feel it is God's work.

Even when you are 20 years old you will hate it maybe when reminded by your mom, but you should CTR,  like the primary rings.

Each book literally a testament of Jesus Christ and basically at the core tell that Jesus is our Savior, He was needed and fufilled his mission.

Callings come from God, above all callings held which have been many it has been most meaningful to be in the nursery, that it is the one place where instead of uplifting you are helped, taught, and uplifted.

It is awesome how children are so accepting of you. (The Lord says this is humility that must exist in the Kingdom of Heaven)
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Woman's husband is jealous of his wife's work with the children and he expressed longing to be one of those children.

Wants to remind us that the Lord hears our every prayer.

Thing like indexing is a thing we know of but do not do... another sin of omission

Repentance isn't really about steps, that go in order, but these are principles of repentance:
1 we must recognize our sin
2 we must feel sorry
3 we must forsake our sin
4 we must confess
5 we must make restitution
6 we must make restitution
7 we must forgive others
8 we must keep the commandments of God

There are reaching effects of our sins, and we all must truly repent.

King Lamoni used the word give as in giving his sins away to mean forsake.

Stop and think more deeply on the existence of sin in the preexistence.

You can feel what needs to be confessed to the bishop.

Restitution story about putting a feather on the doorstep on every person that he lied to then he was asked to go collect those feathers. He said it was impossible to do, this is like restituting for the sin.

Song "Keep the Commandments" it says "in this there is saftey and peace."

Met a guy who believed in death bed repentance.

They are principles to apply to who you are in becoming a repentant person, opposed to steps, that all need to be checked off, ir done in order.

People are much harder on themselves.
Even if they go through the steps they do not feel like they have been forgiven.

Relief Society

Baptism at 5 for Gerard. Fireside at 7pm

Nostalgic about leaving a house that was a home and we recall so many memories.

We are in many families, a group of people of a common goal or belief.

We learn in family situations. We are aware of the needs of another.

These we are closest with can teach and provide.

Fathers and mothers are needed to raise children.

Imperative that you do not neglect your family, these roles define our eternal being.

If satan is to destroy the world he will destroy the family.

When it seems to drag on forever, they will grow up and your chance will go away. So, make impressions early or someone else will and then habits will be set.

No place in your heart for an answer. Holes need to be carved out by experience so that the blessings can come.

Life will create a holding place for your answer, it is constantly readfirmed that prayers are actually heard, for real no doubt there, it is only in the answer because it is not recognized or seen yet.

We are not anyone's savior.

If you raise up a child he will not depart, this must be true. So when a child does depart it feels like something was done wrong, but there are tons of examples of righteous parents who had children go astray. But maybe God doesn't see things as immediate and finite as we do. If Prayers are heard and that scripture is true, then we need FAITH and believe it is working as it should.

I have heard of it referred to as timing. Because, God does not work on a McDonald's time frame there does not seem to have any effect. Timing to be visible is a strange thing.

I have noticed that serving others is taught as such a normal thing. It was not just part of life and so it is much more of a sacrifice to me, but I wish sometimes that was just how I had been raised to believe life simply was.