OUR FAMILY: What should I pray for?

Houston, Texas

97th operating temple

Dedicated: 26-27 Aug 2000

By: Gordon B. Hinckley

(The Houston temple was damaged during the recent hurricane in Texas. It is scheduled for rededication on Sunday, April 22, 2018).

Jesus Christ Baptism of

2 Nephi 31:5

And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy. should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfill all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!

Book of Mormon

Mosiah 4:16-30

* How are we all "beggars?"

- "Ye have been calling on His name, and begging for a remission of your sins. And has He suffered that ye have begged in vain? Nay; He has poured out His Spirit upon you, and has caused that your hearts should be filled with joy, and has caused that your mouths should be stopped that ye could not find utterance, so exceedingly great was your joy." I truly have been filled with this kind of joy! Everything that we have comes from God! God does answer our prayers. He delights in blessing us. Elder Holland said: "For one thing, we can, as King Benjamin taught, cease withholding our means because we see the poor as having brought their misery upon themselves. Perhaps some have created their own difficulties, but don't the rest of us do exactly the same thing?"

Old Testament

Joshua 17-18

17 Manasseh and Ephraim both receive an additional inheritance - Ephraim is to drive out the Canaanites from the hill country.

18 The tabernacle of the congregation is set up at Shiloh - Benjamin receives an inheritance by lot.

General Conference

Family History and Temple Work: Sealing and Healing

Elder Dale G. Renlund

"When we gather our family histories and go to the temple on behalf of our ancestors, God fulfills promised blessings simultaneously on both sides of the veil."

What should I pray for?

Alma 37:36-37

36 Yea, and cry unto God for all thy support; yea, let all thy doings be unto the Lord, and whithersoever thou goest let it be in the Lord; yea, let all thy thoughts be directed unto the Lord; yea, let the affections of thy heart be placed upon the Lord forever.

37 Counsel with the Lord in all thy doings, and He will direct thee for good; yea, when thou liest down at night lie down unto the Lord, that he may watch over you in your sleep; and when thou risest in the morning let thy heart be full of thanks unto God; and if ye do these things, ye shall be lifted up at the last day.

This from "Rescuing Wayward Children:" Patience and faith go hand in hand. The law of the harvest is this: whatsoever ye sow, that shall ye also reap. Between sowing and reaping lies enduring with patience. Eventual triumph depends on what we do once the seed is sown.

I got excited when I looked at my weather app this morning and it said 10% chance of rain for both Friday and Saturday next week. I will cling to any small chance.

President Nelson and his wife Wendy, and Elder Holland and his wife Pat left today for their Global Ministry Tour. A meeting will be held in London Thursday evening, April 12, which will be broadcast to Church meetinghouses in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The Church has about 186,000 members in the UK and nearly 4,000 members in Ireland.

Do my actions align with my prayers and goals? I hope so. Has the Atonement changed my heart? Absolutely! Preach My Gospel:

" If Christ had not made His Atonement, the penalties for mistakes would be added one on the other. Life would be hopeless. But He willingly sacrificed that we may be redeemed." - President Boyd K. Packer.

Relief from torment and guilt is available through repentance.

Elder Maxwell gave the following quote by Anne Morrow Lindbergh:

"My life cannot implement in action the demands of all the people to whom my heart responds."

From President Russell M. Nelson's talk in the April 1990 GC:

#12. "Thus Shall My Church Be Called"

* A Saint is a believer in Christ and knows of His perfect love.

Latter-day: The divine promise is being fulfilled that this restored gospel shall be preached unto every nation, kindred, tongue and people.

Jesus Christ: "Ye shall call the Church in my name...and how be it my Church save it be called in my name?" (3 Nephi 27:7-8)

I performed somewhat of a triathalon today. I was stripping the polish off the wood floor when I realized it was time to fix lunch. I put the remover on the floor and set my timer for 5 minutes and skipped to the kitchen to start lunch. Once lunch was started I went into the laundry room to fold clothes when the timer for the polish remover went off. I repeated this several times until all the polish remover was gone. That's a good way to get some exercise.

After lunch, reading and naps, James and I headed for Show Low. Today is the day I do my grocery shopping and he had some errands he wanted to run. It was a beautiful day today and there was very little wind.

There must be some bad weather somewhere because Walmart had a sign up in their produce section apologizing for the meager amount of produce. Not only was there not much to pick from but the prices were very high. I was going to buy some blueberries when I notice a container cost $5.98. I spent enough money as it is.

After I finished putting groceries away I planned tomorrow and noticed that it was 6:45 and I only have 10,580 steps.

James and I spent the evening working on family records. He is trying to get all the kids and grandkids entered on his familysearch page. I paid tithing, helped him and checked on some family names.

Christina posted on Facebook that mango trees cross-pollinate with flies instead of bees. She hung a poopy diaper in her mango tree and this is the result: