Sunday, June 2, 2019

Stake conference Saturday night session

Not rules or commandments but best practice for certain promises.

Doctors are like prophets. Would you heed a given perscription - sometimes we refuse even thpugh it is easy, like Moses and firey serpents.

In order to distance oneself from temptations. We need to follow through on all challenges, etc.

Long term benefits of gospel study/learning likened to brushing teeth.

No only brush the teeth you want to keep. Same can be said for gospel learning.

We need to often just get out of the way and let our children take over.

Make sure children are going to or study the gospel at home!

Allegory of Jake.
A dog that awoke the people was suffering possibly needing help this is the case with many people. A couple awoke and saved him instantly.

Book Silent Souls Weeping.

There has been an evolution of gospel learning.

The Wallin's are going to br mission presidents for vancouver bc mission

"No man woulddo this to us...I've never even been there." God is surely! Behind the call.

Not a meeting shall happen that dies not include reading the Book of Mormon.

God loves us individually.
And will be a p

Need someone who doesn't even know them, but love them and they see it.

We get to set the best example by paying attention in our classes thus provide oportunities.

Comes back to the home being mtc talk. Well, isn't the home also a seminary prep.

Invite others to go study family history. Promised blessing that include many powers.

Missionaries get sent to serve with and benefit from mission president.

Notice things repeated those are significant.

Scripture needs to be looked up and study...Christ did not come to be ministered to but to minister.

Difference between ministering and friendship is invitations

Invitations give others a choice.
When invited to help others feel needed and they want to do that and the choice to come help is simple and it allows them a place to feel the spirit and desire more.

An invitation is a opportunity to ??. When we invite others a blessing that accompanies it was something like repentance or forgiveness...which need not be earned anyway, but it is a definate thing to demonstrate faith and love to the Savior and it is like how my kids do very nice things for me to try to earn rewards, even though I know what they are up to I usually do reward them for kindness and I will continye to do so. I must add this: "Peter, do you love me? Lord, youknow that I do! Growing more emphatic at being repeated. The Lord replies "Then, feed my sheep." Or invite them to gather with eachother!