Cebu City, Phillipines
133rd operating temple
Dedicated: 13 June 2010
By: Thomas S. Monson
Book of Mormon
Alma 24:7-18
What are you willing to "bury" to keep you testimony bright?
Come Follow Me
D&C 70:1-4 I am accountable for the revelations the Lord has given.
April General Conference
'The Love of God'
Elder Benjamin M. Z. Tai
Lesson
'Your Repentance Doesn't Burden Jesus Christ: It Brightens His Joy'
Sister Tamara W. Runia - paragraphs 7-11
A.S.K. (Addy, Sheri, Karen)
'Value Beyond Measure' Sister Joy D. Jones, OGC 2017
The Atonement of Jesus Christ
Matthew 28:19-20
'The Infinite Atonement' p. 67
Forgive
'Forgiving What You Can't Forget' 219-220
CFM
'Follow Him' with Rosalind Welch: D&C 71-75
Up at 4:45, prayer first, after warming up with the heating pad, my sciatic nerve. James and I had prayer, Book of Mormon, and "Come Follow Me" before church this morning. We took a selfie before leaving for church:
some fun.
Sister Jones's talk that Sheri suggested we study this week has one of my favorite quotes:
"If the love we feel for the Savior and what He did for us is greater than the energy we give to weakness, self-doubts, or bad habits, then He will help us overcome the things which cause suffering in our lives. He saves us from ourselves."
When I was talking to Kim about her she reminded me that she saw her at the Gilbert temple.
Today's sacrament meeting went something like this:
Youth Speaker - Devin Jameson, Jr. (Buddy)
Buddy talked about baptism as found in "For the Strength of Youth".
At baptism we take upon us the name of Christ. Please don't take His name in vein. 2 Nephi 31:20 - "Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward, feasting upon the word of Christ, and endure to the end, behold, thus saith the Father: Ye shall have eternal life."
"Anytime you help anyone to come unto Christ, either on this side or the other side of the veil, you are helping to gather Israel." This is a quote by President Nelson but I'm not sure I quoted it exactly right.
D&C 58:26 -28: "For behold, it is not meet that I should command in all things; for he that is compelled in all things, the same is a slothful and not a wise servant; wherefore he receiveth no reward."
"Verily I say, men should be anxiously engaged in a good cause, and do many things of their own free will, and bring to pass much righteousness;" "For the power is in them, wherein they are agents unto themselves. And inasmuch as men do good they shall in nowise lose their reward." * I what I am doing helping me feel joy?
President Hinckley - "Everything will work out."
"Wherefore be not weary in well-doing for out of small things proceedeth that which is great." * The Lord can make the willing able but no the able willing."
Judy Hunter - Vernon is growing. The basis for my message is from Elder Andersen's talk, "The Triumph of Hope" in the OGC 2024.
*Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. *Hope - a priceless endowment from God. A gift given to us by God. *Charity - the pure love of Christ. Do we reflect the Savior in our life? These are powerful gifts to strive for. Satan's tools are fear and hatred. * Hope is a living gift, a gift that grows as we increase our faith in Jesus Christ. Our hope for Eternal Life. * Hope of eternal life is assured through the grace of Christ and our own choices. Hope brightens the darkened world, and we see our glorious future. * Hope comes from God. * Comforter - the Holy Ghost brings faith, hope, and peace not as the world giveth. * Moroni 7:41 - "And what is it that ye shall hope for? Behold I say unto you that ye shall have hope through the atonement of Christ and the power of his resurrection, to be raised unto life eternal, and this because of your faith in him according to the promise." * The temple is a house of hope where we can feel the Spirit of God.
Jase Penrod - Three kids since 2021. Why Vernon? 1.) I loved here before. I love nature and the weather. 2.) Get out of the city. Our kids were our main concern. 3.) God wanted us to move here. * RAR - "Right Before Our Eyes" * Right before our eyes, let's consider the one and how the Lord is in the details of our lives. We prayed about moving. We had an overwhelming that we would know what to do. We looked at a house and my wife said: "This really feels like home."
Loretta and Randy Willis visited our ward today. We went to school with both of them and they both lived in Show Low during high school. I realized that Randy is Bishop Hunsaker's first cousin, their mom's were sisters.
Cheryl Sedig was off of her crutches today. She does still wear a boot, but not crutches!
Since this is the 5th Sunday, the bishopric is in charge of the 2nd hour. We stayed in the chapel. First Cope Reynolds had us get out our phones to make sure that our addresses were correct on Tools. * Next Bishop Hunsaker spoke to us about carrying forth the "Hear Him" initiative to include Vernon Days on August 2nd. He spoke from the heart and his concern for the people of Vernon. He said several times that he needs our help and support. He wants Vernon Days to be a celebration that the entire family can enjoy. Later I texted his wife Alicia and told her I felt the Spirit when the Bishop spoke and that we would support him anyway we could.
The last speaker was Brother Lauritzen. He put in a plug for the marriage & parenting class he will be teaching beginning on August 3rd.
For lunch I had a shake, celery, peanut butter, and a cheese stick. James had a light snack too. I put some chicken in to marinate for grilling later.
I rested on the recliner in the family room while Tom and James rested on the bed in the bedroom. James got up to water trees and Tom came in and joined me on the recliner.
Here are some things I did this afternoon: 1) Studied from 'The Infinite Atonement', 2) James and I both wrote in a sympathy card for the Willis family, Reed & Janis's kids. 3) Listened to 'Grace Works' on Deseret Book Plus 4) Read from "Looking Unto Christ in Every Thought" 5) Listened to part of "Follow Him." 6) Blogged June 18th & 19th.
James made this best grilled chicken I have ever eaten. I gave him the meat thermometer and told him when it hit 145 degrees to take the chicken off the grill. We let it sit for about 10 minutes before we ate it with our salad and corn. It was delicious! The marinade I used has garlic, honey, lime juice, and soy sauce as the main ingredients.
I responded to A.S.K. ( study of conference talks with Addy & Sheri). We had two talks this week: Elder Rasband's recent talk, "Right Before Our Eyes" and Sister Yee's talk, "Beauty for Ashes: The Healing Path of Forgiveness" from the October 2022 General Conference. * I discussed what I think it means to give the Lord equal time, and I talked about the story of Abigail from 1 Samuel 25 regarding forgiveness.
I talked to R.E.J. about what it means to "bury our weapons of rebellion." I talked to Patsy Tedder about something we could do together. She suggested a movie but I was thinking more of going to the temple. If we do a movie, I want it to be one I have recorded here at home.
James and I went outside and enjoyed the sunset. Tom came to join us. James asked me if I wanted to go out and look for baby elk. I had to turn him down because I am so far behind on my blog and Sunday is really the very best day to do some catching up.
Stacy texted and said they wouldn't be coming up. The reason is that Joshua didn't get off work and she does not want to leave him there with Alana in town.
James ordered a solar generator online this evening.
"As Jesus Christ becomes the focus of our lives, what we desire, and how we desire it, is forever altered. Conversion changes everything!"
- Sister Amy A. Wright, AGC 2025
D&C 70:14
Nevertheless, in your temporal things you shall be equal, and this not grudgingly, otherwise the abundance of the Spirit shall be withheld.
"Power is proportional to one's divine attributes.'
- Brother Tad R. Callister, 'The Infinite Atonement', p. 67
the photo is hazy.
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