Gatherings and Glory
D&C 88:2 Behold, this [gathering of saints] is pleasing unto your Lord, and the angels rejoice over you
Add 100 for coming to Church today and gathering with other saints!
“Let thy bowels … be full of charity towards all men, … and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God.” (Pres. Nelson, 2025; D&C 121:45)
Add 100 points for charity and virtue.
D&C 88:123 See that ye love one another.
Add 100 points
(John 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.)
D&C 88:78 Teach ye diligently and my grace shall attend you
Add 100 points for teaching.
D&C88:126 Pray always, that ye may not faint, until I come.
Add 200!
D&C 88:63 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.
Add 300 points for drawing near to Christ
"You show your trust in Him when you listen with the intent to learn and repent and then you go and do whatever He asks," (Pres. Henry B. Eyring, 2010)
You get 300 as you "will go and do what the Lord commands"
D&C 88:118 [...] yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.
Add 300 points for learning and growing in Wisdom!
D&C 88:76 Also, I give unto you a commandment that ye shall continue in prayer and fasting from this time forth.
Add 300 points for fasting
"Draw near Him by always remembering Him. Seek Him diligently through scripture study. Ask through heartfelt prayer to Heavenly Father to feel closer to His Beloved Son." (Pres. Henry B. Eyring, 2025)
Add 400 for always remembering Jesus Christ!
D&C 88:77 And I give unto you a commandment that you shall teach one another the doctrine of the kingdom.
Add 400 points for teaching the doctrine of the kingdom of God
When Elder Dale G. Renlund was 12 in Sweden, his friend brought a large firecracker and some matches into the Church building. Dale took the firecracker and lit the fuse. The firecracker exploded!
You lose 500 points (An awful smell filled the chapel. [...] The smell was so strong that people couldn’t focus on the meeting. Dale)
Alma 30:12 And this Anti-Christ, whose name was Korihor, (and the law could have no hold upon him) began to preach unto the people that there should be no Christ.
You lose 500 points because of Korihor's message.
D&C 88:22 For he who is not able to abide the law of a celestial kingdom cannot abide a celestial glory.
You lose 500 for not following the laws of the celestial glory.
D&C88:65 And if ye ask anything that is not expedient for you, it shall turn unto your condemnation.
You lose 500 points for asking the wrong things from God.