Cardston, Alberta
6th operating temple
Dedicated: 26-29 Aug 1923
By: Heber J. Grant
Jesus Christ, taking His name
D&C 132:64
And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, if any man have a wife, who holds the keys of this power, and he teaches unto her the law of my priesthood, as pertaining to these things, then shall she believe and administer unto him, or she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord you God; for I will destroy her; for I will magnify my name upon all those who receive and abide in my law.
(I do not understand this scripture)
Book of Mormon
1 Nephi 16:1-16
Come Follow Me
Review John 1 "We Have Found the Messiah"
Jesus's Name
The Word
OctGenCon
Put On Thy Strength, O Zion
Elder David A. Bednar
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
The king's judgment of the man is not based primarily upon the lack of a wedding garment - but that "he was, in fact, determined not to wear one. The man . . . desired the honor of attending the wedding feast, but . . . did not want to follow the custom of the king. He wanted to do things his own way. His lack of proper dress revealed his inner rebellion against the king and his instructions.
After going to bed at 9:30 I got up at 5:30. Eight hours of interrupted sleep.
James and I decided to start leaving for church at 8:40 instead of 8:45. It was nice to be in our seats early to listen to the prelude music. Today is our ward conference so we have lots of stake visitors. Our little choir sang the prelude songs and sounded quite good. I talked to the choir director, Jennifer Golly today and asked her when she was going to sing a solo again. She just smiled and Sister Resen has a song she wants her to look out so it might be soon.
Bishop Hunsaker was the first speaker in sacrament meeting. Here are some notes I took: Wouldn't it be sad if we passed through the veil and realized we had sol our birthright for a mess of pottage. We are faced with a mirage of distractions and we must prepare daily for the battlefield. The gospel is a guide for maneuvering through life with purpose and direction. President Hinckley has said: "The gospel makes bad men good and good men better." Create time for living the gospel, prayers, scriptures, the sacrament and the temple. Try to be a little bit better, one more time. Stay close to Christ and stay committed to Him.
The choir sang: "Our Savior's Love"
President Joshua Beeler (one of my favorite people)
I feel like I belong here in Vernon. I remember sacred experiences with many of you. The hymn the choir sang brought the Spirit into this meeting. I love the line, "bound to Him by loving ties." We need to become more "covenant conscious." What does it mean to be chosen? Yesterday I had the privilege of being in Paradise Valley and being taught by President Uchtdorf for four hours. He extends his love. He is one of the Lord's "chosen" apostles.
The sacrament is a time of renewal of all of our covenants. Repentance should be a joyful experience. We should repent and ask forgiveness before making covenants. I love the sacrament opportunity to repent and to be better. Ask ourselves: "What brings me joy in the Gospel of Jesus Christ? The Lord's covenant with us is that he will not let us down or leave us alone. What is our covenant with Him? We need to ask ourselves, What can I do better? Sister Craig says: What am I doing I need to stop doing and what am I not doing that I need to be doing? These are questions for us to ask ourselves during the sacrament.
At the end of our meeting yesterday Elder Uchtdorf said: "Jesus Christ lives, He is real. I KNOW HIM." That touched me more than anything else that he said. I know that Jesus Christ lives. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
For the second hour the adults stayed in the chapel. We sat by the DeWitt's and we taught by President Smithson and Sister Wilcock.
President Smithson said the vision for the stake this year is:
Live the Culture of Christ by being more Covenant Conscious.
He then asked us these questions:
What will I do to:
Be more covenant conscious?
Make my covenant relationship with the Savior more central in my life?
Invite others to make a covenant relationship with Jesus Christ?
We then discussed President Nelson's talk, "The Everlasting Covenant."
Before the second hour meeting started I asked Sister Golly when she was going to sing a solo again. She smiled and said that Sister Resen was bringing some music to look at and so it might be soon. I told her I was putting in my request. She has a beautiful voice!
On the way home from church I told James he needed to call and tell Collin DeWitt the news about his condition. He said he would but I wasn't sure he would so I texted Collin and asked him to call James.
After we ate lunch and I had finished the dishes I went into the bedroom and James was talking to Collin on the phone. James said that he called Collin. I am so glad that he did. Collin was grateful and said now he could pray more specifically. He also said he knew a lot of doctors at St. Joe's and he was going to call them and make sure James got the best care possible. Collin was the Fire Chief in Phoenix for many years.
This evening after blogging and indexing James and I watched an episode of "The Chosen." Jesus preached in the synagogue in Nazareth and was thrown out because he proclaimed he was the Law of Moses. He disappeared in the crowd before they could toss him off the ledge. I thought it was very well done. James seemed to enjoy it too even though he has been skeptical of The Chosen before.
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some like them.
she didn't go to church. She stayed
home with Lovie.
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