August
10 I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you it is required to forgive ___ ____.
D&C 64:10
all men
The Saints in Kirtland made great sacrifices to complete the Kirtland Temple.
What sacrifices might we, today, be required to make to attend and worship in the temple?
Time
Financial (clothing, travel expenses, Childcare)
Putting off other activities (going to a movie, playing golf, going to a sporting event)
My dear brothers and sisters, construction of these temples may not change your life, but your time in the temple surely will. In that spirit, I bless you to identify those things you can set aside so you can spend more time in the temple.
When we pay tithing, the funds are used for:
Building temples
Building church buildings
Worldwide operations
Church schools, Institutes and seminaries
Missionary work
An important learning strategy is:
Put your ______ away and block your access to distracting _________ sites while you are studying.
Phone
Internet
The Spirit World is divided into two parts which we call Spirit Paradise and Spirit ________.
D&C 138:8
Prison
"The ______ of _______ is the divine energy, power, or influence that proceeds from God through Christ and gives life and light to all things.
Moroni 7:16
The Light of Christ is the divine energy, power, or influence that proceeds from God through Christ and gives life and light to all things. The Light of Christ influences people for good and prepares them to receive the Holy Ghost. One manifestation of the Light of Christ is what we call a conscience.
Jesus Christ often taught by using simple stories known as ________.
In these________, Jesus compared familiar objects or situations to spiritual truths.
Matthew 13:10
10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
Joseph Smith and other church leaders were imprisoned at ____________________ for about ______ months in 1838.
D&C 121 Introduction
Liberty jail
Six
The ____ and ____________ covenant is understood as the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ, encompassing all the ordinances and covenants necessary for salvation and exaltation.
New
Everlasting
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called __________; (because he was of the house and lineage of David).
Luke 2:4
Bethlehem
The spirit and the body shall be reunited again in its perfect form; both limb and joint shall be restored to its proper frame, even as we now are at this time; and we shall be brought to stand before God, knowing even as we know now, and have a _______ _____________ of all our guilt.
Alma 11:43
Bright Recollection
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall _____; knock, and it shall be _______ unto you:
Matthew 13:10
Find
Opened
Self-Sufficiency
Marion G. Romney once said: “Food for the hungry cannot come from ______ ________.
empty shelves
Name one blessing that the Lord has promised us for our worship in the temple:
D&C 95:8
D&C 109:26
Power from on high
No combination of wickedness shall have power over you
What are some steps that we can take to gain and maintain a testimony of Jesus Christ and His gospel?
Name at least one
Prayer
Scripture study
Fasting
Temple worship
Draw near unto ___ and I will draw near unto _____.
D&C 88:63
63 Draw near unto me and I will draw near unto you; seek me diligently and ye shall find me; ask, and ye shall receive; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
In February of 1834, The Camp of Israel suffered many hardships in their efforts to help the suffering saints in Missouri.
What are some hard things we might be asked to do today?
Pay tithing
Observe the Word of Wisdom
Magnify our church callings
Attending church meetings (sometimes it may be hard)
In the established line of authority, the __________ __________ of the Quorum of the 12 becomes the next president after the passing of the current president.
What is Senior Member?
In the temple we covenant to keep five eternal laws or covenants.
Name one of the five laws.
Obedience
Sacrifice
The Gospel of Jesus Christ
Chastity
Consecration
The Family Proclamation tells us that _________ is central to the Creators plan.
Family Proclamation
Family
This group of Elders of the church met in the Newel K Whitney Store and later in the Kirtland Temple to "teach one another the doctrine of the kingdom".
D&C 88:77-80
The School of the Prophets
There are, in the church, two priesthoods, namely, the __________ and the ________ priesthood.
D&C 107:1
Melchizedek
Aaronic
Upon the passing of Pres. Nelson, Dallin Oaks became the current President of the church and he has called ___ ___________ ______________ to be his second counselor.
D Todd Cristofferson
Anytime you do anything that helps anyone—on either side of the veil—take a step toward making ____________ with God and receiving their essential baptismal and _______ ordinances, you are helping to gather Israel.
Covenants
Temple
Sacred ordinances and covenants available in holy ________ make it possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to be united eternally.
Family Proclamation
Temples