OUR FAMILY: Chaffins

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Friday, June 2nd, 2017

Payson, Utah

146th operating temple

Dedicated: 7 June 2015 by

Henry B. Eyring

Alma 10:1-16

*What do you think Amulek meant when he said "I would not hear" and "I would not know?"

*In what ways does the Lord call to us? (Promptings from the Holy Ghost, instructions from parents and Church leaders, and Church callings.)

*How do you think Amulek's decision to obey made a difference in his life?

*Gospel Truth:

When we hear and obey the Lord's call, blessings come to us and to others.

DC 84:29-39

33-44, Men gain eternal life through the oath and covenant of the priesthood;

Why are the oaths and covenants of the priesthood so important?

*If we keep the covenant, we shall receive all the Father hath. All those who are ordained unto this priesthood are made like unto the Son of God, abiding a priest continually to sware with an oath is binding and sacred.

General Conference

The Beauty of Holiness

Carol F. McConke

"Holiness is in the striving and the struggle to keep the commandments and to honor the covenants we have made with God. Holiness is making the choices that will keep the Holy Ghost as our guide. Holiness is setting aside our natural tendencies and becoming "a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord." Every moment of our lives must be holiness to the Lord."

I read this today in the Doctrine and Covenants Student Manual under Epnrichment H (H-8), The Church Must Stand Independent.

This quote is by Elder Bruce R. McConkie:

"We must maintain our own health, sow our own gardens store our own food, educate and train ourselves to handle the daily affairs of life. No one else can work out our salvation for us, either temporally or spiritually."

I listened to "Christ and the New Covenant", chapter 9, The Father and the Son where we learn from Christ we can use discipline to overcome temptation. The will of the Son being swallowed up in the will of the Father.

I also read from The History of Joseph Smith by His Mother and Primary lesson #20 about Joseph Smith translating the Bible and other Scriptures. I think the kids will like to hear about the papyrus with the history of Abraham that were found with some ancient Egyptian mummies. Also studied from "Teaching in the Savior's Way" on teaching the doctrine.

North rim of the Grand Canyon

James went to town this morning to get some supplies for the fence he is building. He stopped at Firehouse Subs and brought me back a sub. Around 2:45 we left for the Snowflake temple. Thank goodness the 4 o'clock session was not nearly as busy as it was last week.