Here’s just one idea: remember what the Lord told Joseph Smith in the Sacred Grove about why Joseph shouldn’t join any of the churches available at that time? May 19, 2019 - The Lord is saying to each of us, "I trust you to do what I've asked. If you live alone, let us study with you.In Helaman chapters 1-6, the Lamanites become the righteous and the Nephites the wicked. By In short, remember the song:Just as it was hard for the disciples to understand and follow the words of the Living Christ during His mortal ministry, so, too, may it be difficult at times for us to understand and faithfully follow His words as given to us today by His living oracles. And in the midst of the noise that spilled from their irreverent lips, they pointed at first with delight, and then derision at the pair before them. By If we give a gift, fast, pray, whatever, so that others will see us, we’ll feel good about ourselves, or any other of a host of not-super-good reasons, we won’t have the heavenly rewards the Lord intended, but we will have the ones we did intend for ourselves, which, sad to say, are usually not nearly as great. Always. But how? Take them seriously. But, He cautions, “when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast.” And then, the clincher: “Verily I say unto you, they have their reward.”16 In other words, even though they did a good thing (fasting), because they did it for the wrong reasons (so that other people would see them and think they were awesome), the purposes of a righteous fast were not fulfilled. By Bonus and ad-free content available with Stitcher Premium. If not—if we treat the living prophets and their words as though they were just the best efforts of a bunch of old white men in Salt Lake and not as the living scripture that the Lord says they are—then we have no promise of protection against the whirlwind of craziness Satan has prepared for us. If you live alone, let us study with you.Each week Meridian Magazineâs founders, Scot and Maurine Proctor, will be giving a 30-minute podcast on the âCome, Follow Meâ curriculum for the week.
He always keeps His promises. If you want some thoughts about teaching your family or in Church lessons, this can be a place to turn. But add shafts to that, and I can’t even imagine how I’d survive.
Latter-day Saints were anticipating that the three-hour block would be shrunk to two, but it was the reason that really dazzled us. This is so you can listen with your scriptures in hand, or while you are about life’s many other duties. This article is part of a series on Discovering the Word of Wisdom. Even with very basic doctrines that He taught them both personally and repeatedly, the disciples often simply could not understand His words.5 One of my personal favorites happened when Jesus’ disciples had forgotten to buy enough bread before sailing across the Galilee after their Master had finished a particularly nasty conversation with a couple of Pharisees. © Stitcher 2019, all content is copyright of its owners. My dad often got a little too into the hand motions for the foolish man verse, but that just made it all the more memorable. So, how is it that they never knew Him, and why is that a bad thing, anyway? If He does, it’s safe to suppose that it’s really important to Him that we aren’t. But if we do, we have His promise: not only will we survive the storms of life—they will have no power over us at all. I mean, “shafts in the whirlwind”? For free. They were doing “many might works” in the name of the Lord, right?