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The Things I saw…in the
Spirit
More Church Program
Bloopers
Bertha Belch, returning from a mission to Africa, will be
speaking tonight at a fireside. Come hear Bertha
Belch all the
way from Africa.
The cost of the Fasting & Prayer Conference includes lunch."
Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid
of those things not worth keeping around the house.
Don't
forget your husbands.
The peacemaking meeting scheduled for today has been
canceled due to a conflict.
Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow
Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
Sister Charlene Mason sang "I will not pass this way again”. The ward was very
pleased
For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery in the
primary room.
Attend and you will hear an excellent speaker and heave a healthy lunch.
Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions
She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Bro. Hinckley’s
lessons...
Jedediah M. Grant
"The prophet stood in his own house when
he told several of us the night the visions of
heaven were opened to him, in which he
saw the American continent drenched in
blood, and he saw nation rising against
nation....
The Prophet gazed upon the scene his vision
presented, until his heart sickened and he
besought the Lord to close it up again."
(Journal of Discourses, 2:146-147)
Nephi
For it came to pass after I had desired to know the
things that my father had seen, and believing
that the Lord was able to make them known unto
me, as I sat pondering in mine heart I was
caught away in the Spirit of the Lord, yea, into
an exceedingly high mountain....
"And the Spirit
said unto me:
Behold, what
desirest thou?
"And I said: I
desire to behold
the things which
my father saw."
(1 Nephi 11:1-3)
1 Nephi 12: 16,17
And the angel spake
unto me, saying:
Behold the fountain of
filthy water which thy
father saw; yea, even
the river of which he
spake; and the
depths thereof are
the depths of hell.
And the mists of darkness are the temptations of
the devil, which:
blindeth the eyes,
hardeneth the hearts of the children of men,
leadeth them away into broad roads, that they
perish and are lost.
1 Nephi 13
And it came to pass that I saw among the nations of the
Gentiles the formation of a great church.
And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a
church which is most abominable above all other
churches, which:
And when the day cometh that the wrath of God is
slayeth the saints of God,
poured out upon the mother of harlots, which is the
and tortureth them
great and abominable church of all the earth,
bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of
iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.
And also for the praise of the world do they destroy the
saints of God, and bring them down into captivity.
1 Nephi 13
And I looked and beheld a man
among the Gentiles, … and I
beheld the Spirit of God, that it
came down and wrought upon
the man; and he went forth upon
the many waters…
And it came to pass that I beheld
the Spirit of God, that it wrought
upon other Gentiles; and they
went forth out of captivity,
upon the many waters.
And it came to pass that I, Nephi,
beheld that the Gentiles who
had gone forth out of captivity
did humble themselves before
the Lord; and the power of the
Lord was with them.
In the name of God, Amen. We,
whose names are underwritten,
… do by these presents,
solemnly and mutually in the
Presence
of God and one of
What is the difference
between
another, covenant and combine
covenant and captivity?
ourselves together into a civil
Body Politick…
And by Virtue hereof to enact,
constitute, and frame, such just
And thus ye shall become
instructed
the law
and equal
Laws,inOrdinances,
of my church, and be sanctified
by that which
Acts, Constitutions
and Offices,
ye have received, and ye
shall
yourselves
from
timebind
to time,
as shall be
to act in all holiness before
me"
(D&C
thought
most
meet43)
and
convenient for the General good
of the Colony
unto which we promise all due
submission and obedience.
Elder Carlos Asay
When I taught at this institution
Question:
(BYU, I worked with
As member
we Fitting,
students
who of the Church, arefitted,
floated, or
Failing?
failed. ThoseFloating
who fittedorcame
with purpose, high
resolve, and
good
work
Those who floated
(and
how
do habits.
you know?)
appeared on the scene for a semester or two and
faded away to something less challenging when
their grades finally caught up with them.
Those who failed lacked the commitment and
discipline required of a person in an institution of
higher learning.
BYU Devotional, Feb. 7, 1982
President Packer
On one occasion I was in the office of a counselor in the First Presidency
when a phone call he had placed earlier in the day came through. After
greeting the caller, he said, "I wonder if your business affairs would bring
you into Salt Lake City sometime in the near future? I would like to meet
with you and your wife, for I have a matter of some importance that I would
like to discuss with you."
Though they were many miles away, that man all of a sudden discovered
that his business would bring him to Salt Lake City the very next day. I was
in the same office the following day when the counselor announced to this
man that he had been called to preside over one of the missions of the
Church. "Now," he said, "we don't want to rush you into this decision.
Would you call me in a day or two, as soon as you are able to make a
determination as to your feelings concerning this call?"
The man looked at his wife and she looked at him, and without saying a word there was that silent conversation
between husband and wife, and that gentle, almost imperceptible nod. He turned back to the member of the
Presidency and said, "Well, President, what is there to say? What could we tell you in a few days that we
couldn't tell you now? We have been called. What answer is there? Of course we will respond to the call.“
Then the Presidency member said, rather gently, "Well, if you feel that way about it, actually there is some
urgency about this matter. I wonder if you could be prepared to leave by ship from the West Coast on the
thirteenth of March."
The man gulped, for that was just eleven days away. He glanced at his wife. There was another silent
conversation, and he said, "Yes, President, we can meet that appointment."
What about your business?" he was asked. "What about your grain elevator? What about your livestock? What
about your other holdings?"
I don't know," said the man, "but we will make arrangements somehow. All of those things will be all right."
Such is the great miracle that we see repeated over and over, day after day, among the faithful who have made
covenants with the Lord. (Holy Temple, 157)
Elder Ross Workman
Spiritual captivity rarely results from a single choice or event.
More often, freedom is surrendered one small step at a time
until the way to regain that freedom is obscured.
A young man once pleaded with me for help. He had become addicted to
pornography, which he accessed via his home computer. It burdened him
with such guilt that he could not feel good about attending church or
participating in priesthood assignments. It adversely affected his social life.
He was powerfully drawn to spend hour upon hour alone in front of the
computer viewing that which he acknowledged brought only frustration and
despair. It was as if he were chained by a master whose only purpose was
to make him miserable.
He did not decide at once to become a slave to the computer screen. Rather,
he decided at some earlier time that viewing destructive images “just this
once” would not hurt and would satisfy a “curiosity.” Once became twice,
and twice became several times, until a powerful addiction had lessened his
power of choice. Only after he was enchained by his addiction did he
recognize that he had willingly submitted to captivity.
(Breaking the Chains of Sin,” Ensign, Jul 2006, 52–55)