Monday, May 8th, 2017

Melbourne, Australia

90th operating temple

Dedicated: 16 June 2000 by

Gordon B. Hinckley

Mosiah 25:14-26:14

*The organization of the Church ensures that all members can receive the truth.

*Why is it important to continually teach repentance and faith in God?

*As we take upon ourselves the name of Jesus Christ and live righteously, the Lord will pour out His Spirit upon us.

*What did the rising generation refuse to do because of their unbelief?

*To develop and maintain a testimony, we need to feast on the word of God, pray in faith, and obey the Lord's commandments.

*When Alma felt troubled about his duty to judge the transgressors, what did he do?

James: "Alma set the example for all of us.  When we don't have answers regarding our personal lives and or our stewardships, we need to do what the Lord admonishes us often to do in the scriptures;'ask and ye shall receive.' The asking must be in faith, expecting to receive.  Sometimes we don't receive a direct answer, but a feeling of peace and comfort with knowledge that the Lord loves us and that everything will work out for our good if we are patient."

Sheri: "I listened to a conference talk this morning where the speaker talked about praying for a year and not receiving anything.  Finally he went to the temple for the sole purpose of asking if Heavenly Father loved him.  While in the temple the temple president  (whom he knew) got up to greet everyone and looked him straight in the eye and greeted him.  He said at that moment he felt Heavenly Father's overwhelming love for him.  He said his answer to his prayer came later because answers come in Heavenly Father's time, not ours.  It was a powerful reminder to me that even if I don't get immediate answers to not give up and to continue keeping the faith and praying, even for a year, or more.

4 Nephi

The Nephites and the Lamanites are all converted unto the Lord; They have all things in common, work miracles, and prosper in the land; After two centuries, divisions, evils, false churches, and persecutions arise; After three hundred years, both the Nephites and the Lamanites are wicked; Ammaron hides up the sacred records. About A.D. 35-321.

DC 69:1-8

John Whitmer is to accompany Oliver Cowdery to Missouri; He is also to preach and to collect, record, and write historical data.

What benefit are church records to future generations?

*They give knowledge that can strengthen testimonies, detailing doctrine, and bearing record of miracles.  They testify of prophets and apostles.  They can teach about how to overcome adversity just to name a few.

General Conference

Brighter and Brighter until the Perfect Day

Elder Mark A. Bragg

"Supported by a wealth of studies, Professor Kim Cameron focused on three critical components of a successful workplace culture: compassion, forgiveness, and gratitude.  It makes perfect sense that as people turn towards the positive (light), the attributes perfectly exemplified by the Light of the World, Jesus Christ, are present!"

Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into Our Lives

President Russell M. Nelson

"I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.  And my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross." -3 Nephi 27:13-14

I was so tired today because again I woke up at 2:30 and couldn't go back to sleep until 4:30 and then got up at 5:30.  I took little breaks and naps throughout the day.  

I called Dr. Moffat and got an appointment for James for 3:30 this afternoon.  I had planned on going into town with James when he went but when it came time, I was too tired.  I stayed home and worked on my blog. As I was about halfway through posting for last Wednesday everything disappeared and I had to start over.  By the time I got through Wednesday, I was too tired to do anymore.  

Wildflowers and San Francisco Peaks

near Flagstaff

When James returned from town he had two prescriptions, one for an antibiotic and one for prednisone.  I was surprised he didn't have any Symbicort.  He said he forgot to ask about it.  That seems to be his answer a lot lately.  Should I be worried?

James also brought me some dinner from Panda, orange chicken with half fried rice and half noodles.  After dinner we had F.H.E.  

We listened to President Nelson's conference address: "Drawing the Power of Jesus Christ into Our Lives."  As I heard it President Nelson made two requests of us in this talk.  1.) Study everything Jesus said and did as recorded in the standard works.  Let the scriptural citations about Jesus Christ in the Topical Guide become our personal core curriculum.  2.) Study The Living Christ, which I am already doing.  

James said the only request he heard was to study The Living Christ. Technically he is right.  The first request was something he challenged the young adults to do in a speech to them.  Because he mentioned it and because he did it himself and said he was a changed man, and because of the title of his talk, I felt that it was something he wanted us to do to and I have accepted the challenge.  I am already keeping a notebook of all the scriptures having to do with the Atonement so this will just add to it.  I want to get a set of scriptures just for this assignment.

We watched the latest episode of "The Good Witch" before going to bed.  We were a little disappointed with the story line.  

Photos:

This reminds me of someone.

There are days I wish I could do this.

2012 Brotherly Love