Brisbane, Australia
115th operating temple
Dedicated: 15 June 2003
By: Gordon B. Hinckley
Jesus Christ, Prophecies about
Isaiah 59:20
And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord.
Book of Mormon
Alma 20:19-30 How should I react when the outcomes of our faithfulness seem unfruitful.
D&C
68:1-12
"Come Follow Me"
68:1-8 Inspiration from the Holy Ghost reflects the will of the Lord.
AprGenCon
"Our Personal Savior"
Elder Michael John U. Teh
Of the Seventy
We need to recognize that knowing the Savior is the most important pursuit of our lives. It should take priority over anything else.
"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
"I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life."
Articles of Faith
#12
We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
Inklings
Numbers 35:2
Command the children of Israel, that they give unto the Levites of the inheritance of their possession cities to dwell in; and ye shall give also unto the Levites suburbs for the cities round about them.
As I was reading my notes from "The Redheaded Hostess" today for D&C 68 I came across this quote from Elder Bednar regarding parents responsibility to teach their children to understand the basic principles of the gospel:
"Here is the hard doctrine. It does not say to teach our children. Teaching is an activity. It says that we should teach them to understand. Understanding is an outcome; it is a result. It is easy for us to say, "I teach my children in the home." That is not the job we have been assigned. That is not the admonition. It says that we are to teach them to understand.
I believe, brothers and sisters, that Section 68 verses 25-26 are an admonition for parents to create a home that is a house of learning wherein the Spirit of the Holy Ghost can reside. In such a home the Holy Ghost can teach the children to understand. It is not the parents who do the teaching. The parents have a role; they create, invite, and facilitate. But who ultimately is the teacher? The Spirit of the Holy Ghost. And it is teaching by the Spirit that produces understanding.
-Elder David A. Bednar, April 2021 General Conference
I also listened to CWIC and Don't Miss This. I like the question that Dave and Emily pose in Don't Miss This.
What is my errand from the Lord?
While I am inside studying the gospel James is outside working. He's fixing broken waterlines in the planter and then he worked on putting the cover shroud back under my car. He thought he got the connectors he needed yesterday but the back of the shroud has a different size than the front so he had to go back into town to get the new size. When he got into town he realized he had left his wallet at home and called me. I told him I would meet him with it but then realized the shroud under my car was loose and dragging on the ground. He asked me to bring the Razr down to the Vernon road by the red barn. I said I would do that. He told me to leave in 15 minutes. I set my timer for 12 minutes not anticipating that I would have a problem getting the Razr out of the garage. James had my car parked behind and to the side of the Razr but I could not get by. I tried several times and finally had to move the car to get out. I wasted a lot of time. When I finally got on the road James was already zipping down what I call the electrical post road. I did the hand off and turned around and went back up the hill to home.
Before James went to town I fixed him scalloped potatoes and snow peas for lunch. When I was planning menus I asked him what he wanted to eat this week and he said, scalloped potatoes. I used an old recipe I had from a friend named Trudy. I had written a note to myself which said, use this amount of potatoes, six, and double the topping of sour cream, butter, onions, and Cream of Chicken soup.
They were delicious for lunch and again for dinner when James fried them up in a skillet. The snow peas were my attempt at being healthy.
While I was fixing the potatoes, I listened to a fireside that Emily B.F. did for a stake in England. She talked about the army of Gideon defeating their enemies, 300 against 135,000. She talked about the influence of "Chosen" and her friend Dallas had an idea that he wanted to share the life of Jesus so he started the "Chosen" series which now reaches over 8 million people. She talked about Joseph Smith and how he was an obscure farm boy who has affected millions. She encouraged us to think big and not be afraid to do big things. It was so good and I am so glad I listened to it. Honestly, I love YouTube!
James and I had a meeting today with the Elder's Quorum Presidency and Relief Society Presidency to co-ordinate the lesson schedule for our Sunday meetings through the month of September. This only took a few minutes because between Chuck and myself we already had most all of the talks already scheduled. Chuck wants us to always have the same talks but the more I think about it, the more I think it might no be a bad idea to have some of our talks be different. There are two talks not included that I want to include. One is President Nelson's talk on faith and the other is Elder Stevenson's talk on kindness. Hopefully I can convince the rest of my presidency that these are talks that the sisters in our ward need to hear.
We got some actual rain tonight! It was awesome. It rained about 3 hours in the early hours of the morning. It smells so good! Hallelujah!
race. Evidently I was wrong. It was
called, "Bike the Bluff."
where Cal-Ranch is today.
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