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Relief Society Retreat
Wednesday, October 22nd from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm at the church
Dinner will be served
Babysitting (on your own)..double check though. :)
Food storage ingredient of the month: Baking Supplies
Lesson 18: Living by Every Word That Proceeds from the Mouth of God
From the manual, it says, "“I am seeking after my salvation,” President Joseph Fielding Smith
declared, “and I know that I can find it only in obedience to the laws
of the Lord in keeping the commandments, in performing works of
righteousness, following in the footsteps of our file leader, Jesus, the
exemplar and the head of all."
First, God's law was given to us. It is important to make Him apart of our daily lives. In the manual, it says " It
should be conceded by all people that since the Almighty governs the
entire universe by immutable law, man, who is the greatest of all his
creations, must himself be subject to such law. The Lord has stated this
truth tersely and convincingly in a revelation to the Church:
“All kingdoms have a law given;
“And
there are many kingdoms; for there is no space in the which there is no
kingdom; and there is no kingdom in which there is no space, either a
greater or a lesser kingdom.
“And unto every kingdom is given a law; and unto every law there are certain bounds also and conditions.
“All beings who abide not in those conditions are not justified.” (D&C 88:36–39.)
This
truth is self-evident. Thus, it is only reasonable that we should
expect the kingdom of God to be governed by law and all who desire to
enter there to be subject to the law. “Behold, mine house is a house of order, saith the Lord God, and not a house of confusion.” (D&C 132:8.)
Next it is important keep the commandments. It is how we show love to our Lord. This is the law to members of the Church, in the words of the Savior:
“He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth
me. …” (John 14:21.) Again, the Savior said: “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” (John 14:15.) …
If we turn from the commandments, we cannot expect to receive his blessings. Women are already so hard on themselves. Let’s express this same idea as
a positive. If we turn towards the Lord’s commandments, we can expect
to receive His blessings. Then, it was discussed: "We cannot pray to the Lord and say: “Listen to our cause, bring victory
to us, do what we want you to do, but don’t ask us to do what you want
us to do." "If we want exaltation, if we want the place which the Lord has prepared
for those who are just and true, then we must be willing to walk in the
full light of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and keep all the commandments.
We cannot say that some of them are small and insignificant and
therefore the Lord will not care if we violate them. We are commanded to
live by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God."
When we keep the commandments, we are on the road to perfection.
A sister offered a conference talk that touched her deeply. Here is a link to Edler Klebingat's talk. In the manual, it says. " But
here we lay the foundation. Here is where we are taught these simple
truths of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, in this probationary state, to
prepare us for that perfection. It is my duty, it is yours, to
be better today than I was yesterday, and for you to be better today
than you were yesterday, and better tomorrow than you were today. Why?
Because we are on that road, if we are keeping the commandments of the
Lord, we are on that road to perfection, and that can only come through
obedience and the desire in our hearts to overcome the world. …
… If
we have a failing, if we have a weakness, there is where we should
concentrate, with a desire to overcome, until we master and conquer. If a
man feels that it is hard for him to pay his tithing, then that is the
thing he should do, until he learns to pay his tithing. If it is the
Word of Wisdom, that is what he should do, until he learns to love that
commandment."Time ran out. I encourage you to read the lesson! :)
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