OUR FAMILY: "Come Follow Me" "I am a Disciple of Jesus Christ"

Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Sunday, May 19th, 2019

Seattle, Washington

19th operating temple

Dedicated: 17-21 Nov 1980

By: Spencer W. Kimball

Jesus Christ, Divine Sonship

1 John 5:12

He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.

Book of Mormon

Alma 2:19-38

New Testament "Come Follow Me"

Review Matt 19-20; Mark 10; Luke 18

General Conference

Abound with Blessings

Elder Dale G. Renlund
"Faith in the Savior is a principle of action and of power. First we act in faith; then the power comes - according to God's will and timing. The sequence is crucial. The required action, though, is always tiny when compared to the blessings we ultimately receive."

I saw some new people in sacrament meeting and Sunday School today. I wish we still introduced new people in Sunday School.

I felt the power of the Spirit so strongly today during Dave Platt's talk. He certainly has a powerful testimony and conveyed the Spirit during his talk.

Brother Reynolds was the first speaker in sacrament meeting today. His total talk was geared to the treatment of animals. I guess the topic was righteous stewardship. One thing I will say about Brother Reynolds is, he did a lot of research. You could tell this is a topic he feels strongly about. I know his wife Amy is a big animal rights advocate. One year while we were at girls camp there was a mouse found in the kitchen area. Someone killed it with a broom and Amy was very upset!

I like the story of Joseph Smith while traveling in Zion's Camp and three snakes were found, which were about to be killed by one of the brethren. Joseph made this statement: "How will the serpents ever lose their venom if the servants of God hold the same disposition."

Here are some of the notes I took from Brother Platt's talk:

I love doing the work of the Lord. Grateful for Jesus Christ. How can we increase our love for the Savior? Do I truly know my Savior? In college Brother Platt prayed to know if the Savior loved him...this continued for quite sometime, until he felt an overwhelming feeling of love. On his mission he learned to preach the gospel and to be on the Lord's errand Those on the Lord's errand are entitled to His help. Some missionaries were true servants of the Lord Jesus Christ, others just went through the motions. (Ben is a true servant!).

Have ye spiritually been born of God? Have you received His image in your countenance? We must humble ourselves daily to have experiences with God daily. Ask Him how He feels about you? You will experience an overwhelming feeling of love. Also we need to ask, where is my family?

Brother Platt bore his testimony and made this statement: "I know Him."

Brother Judd taught Sunday School. He gave next week's lesson so no one was really prepared but it turned out to be really good.

He left us with this thought: This week remember the two great commandments, Love the Lord and love your neighbor. As you keep those two commandments all of the other commandments will fall into place.

This afternoon James grilled the last two steaks he bought at Costco. I made asparagus and baked potatoes to go with the steaks. For dessert we had Pillsbury croissants filled with cherries and cream cheese. Delicious but not as good as the apple in my opinion.

Jared thanked everyone for fasting. Tomorrow is the day he is talking to the new attorney.

James worked on family history, I worked on my blog.

This evening we watched "When Calls the Heart." We decided that from now on we will wait until Monday to watch and spend out Sunday evenings reading or studying the gospel.

We did read from "Life Everlasting" and I read from President Nelson's biography "Insights."

Happy 1st Anniversary!

Brother Reynolds mentioned coyotes in his talk. If they are a danger to your livestock it was his opinion it would be all right to kill them, but never kill for sport.