Showing posts with label Personal Revelation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Personal Revelation. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

NEW TESTAMENT

Romans 5 and 6

5:3 We glory in tribulations knowing that they worketh patience.

6  Faith is the key to salvation.
Baptism has to be by immersion as it is a symbol of re-birth.

BOOK OF MORMON

3 Nephi 2

People forgot and Satan had hold of them again.
100 years had passed since the days of Mosiah.
609 since Lehi.
9 since the signs of Christs birth.  This is how they kept time from now on.  So it's 9 years.
12 years the Nephites and Lamanites had to take up arms against the Gadianton Robbers as they were getting really bad.
End of the 13th year the righteous Lamanites joined the Nephites to stop the wickedness.  Then they turned white. 
By 15th year they weren't in a good spot.  Needed to be more righteous.

ENSIGN


'Relief Society History:  A look at the Lord's vision for His daughters'

The ability to receive and act on personal revelation is the single most important skill we can acquire in this life.
With it we cannot fail, without it we cannot succeed.
We learn from our history that strong families are not an accident.

CONFERENCE TALKS


'Perfect love casteth out Fear'  by Elder L. Tom Perry

We need to be bold about our belief in Jesus Christ.  He is the central figure in all history.
We need to be righteous examples.
Speak up about the church.  It's always better for them to ask than for you to tell.  Listen and engage in a two-way conversation.
Avoid arguing for becoming defensive in any way.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

NEW TESTAMENT

1st Corinthians 12-14

12:8-10 Gifts of the Spirit.
People might have different gifts but it's all the same spirit.
We should all work together as members and help each other when we need it.
13:4-8 Charity.  Lots of ways to be.
Charity is the greatest.
14:33  God is not the author of confusion.

BOOK OF MORMON


Helaman 6

62nd year the Lamanites became more righteous than the Nephites.
Nephites and Lamanites all hung out together.
v10 Mulek  was the son of Zedekiah who came over from Jerusalem to the North.  Lehi landed in the South.
They became rich.
66th year Cezoram was murdered and his son who took his place was as well.
67th year the  people grew wicked.
Gadianton rebels are florishing.  They were the ones who murdered the chief judges.
Lamanites held true though but the Nephites got more wicked.
Lamanites got rid of the robbers in their lands but the Nephites supported them.
68th year the Gadianton robbers were the rulers of the Nephite government.  That's all a bit sad.


ENSIGN


August 2011 'Solidly Anchored'

We need to be spiritually prepared in the the gospel.  Fear is the opposite of faith.  Do not be afraid.
Do not look for the world for help.
Looking for a higher source for knowledge and power can help us far more than relying on the wisdom of the world.
The New Testament has 27 books and a little more than 400 pages.
We need to be spiritually connected to the right source and have the knowledge and ability to use the power we receive.

OCTOBER CONFERENCE 2011


'Personal Revelation and Testimony' by Barbara Thompson

Way to receive personal revelation is clear.
* Desire to receive.
* Don't harden your heart.
* Ask in faith.
* Truly believe we'll receive the answer.
* Diligently keep the commandments.
I need to do my duties in humility and faith.
The Holy Ghost satisfies and fills up every longing of the human heart and fills up every vacuum.
When I am filled with that Spirit ........... my soul is satisfied.
I need to be praying for faith
We must nourish and strengthen our testimonies in order that it will have sufficient power to sustain us. 

DAUGHTERS OF MY KINGDOM

Chapter 10

Women in the church play essential roles in Heavenly Fathers plan of salvation - just as important as the roles played by men who hold the priesthood. 
Joseph Smith taught 'It is natural for females to have feelings of charity'