Notes:
The Lord showed Moses what to do in exact details.
Priest and a holy nation -temple blessings
Doctrine and Covenants 124:37-44
If I labor with all my heart, Heavenly Father will consecrate even the location make it holy.
We live in the promised day with keys of the Kingdom on earth.
What a daunting task, yet the Lord showed the very details. He can help me in the details of doin His work.
"Thy will oh Lord be done." He gave His all, with all his might.
Someone else's all may not necessarily be your all.
How do we determine where your treasure is? Evaluate the amount of time, money and thought you devote to something. Is that where your treasure is? What treasure has the Savior promised us? President Monson said, "The Promised reward is not a measure of ivory, gold or silver. Neither did it consist of acres of land or portfolio of stocks and bonds. The master spoke of riches within the grasp of all-even joy unspeakable here and eternal happiness hereafter. (New Testament Study Guide)
President Dieter F. Uchtdorf: "To be effective church leaders, we must learn this critical lesson: Leadership in the church is not so much about directing others as it is about our willingness to be directed by God."
"Christlike attributes are gifts from God. They cannot be developed without His help. The one help we all need is given to us freely through the atonement of Jesus Christ. Having faith in Jesus Christ and His atonement means relying completely on Him-trusting in His infinite power, intelligence, and love. Christlike attributes come into our lives as we exercise our agency righteously. Faith in Jesus Christ leads to action. When we have faith in Christ, we trust the Lord enough to follow His commandments even when we do not completely understand the reasons for them. In seeking to become more like the Savior, we need to reevaluate our lives regularly and rely, through the part of true repentance, upon the merits of Jesus Christ and the blessings of His atonement."
President Eyring: “In just two chapters, even my youngest students knew that the husband was a metaphor for Jehovah, Jesus Christ. And they knew that the wife represented his covenant people, Israel, who had gone after strange gods. They understood that the Lord was teaching them, through this metaphor, an important principle. Even though those with whom he has covenanted may be horribly unfaithful to him, he would not divorce them if they would only turn back to him with full purpose of heart.
“I knew that too, but even more than that, I felt something. I had a new feeling about what it means to make a covenant with the Lord. All my life I had heard explanations of covenants as being like a contract, an agreement where one person agrees to do something and the other agrees to do something else in return.
“For more reasons than I can explain, during those days teaching Hosea, I felt something new, something more powerful. This was not a story about a business deal between partners. … This was a love story. This was a story of a marriage covenant bound by love, by steadfast love. What I felt then, and it has increased over the years, was that the Lord, with whom I am blessed to have made covenants, loves me, and you … with a steadfastness about which I continually marvel and which I want with all my heart to emulate” (“Covenants and Sacrifice” [address given at a Church Educational System symposium on the Old Testament, Aug. 15, 1995], 2; si.lds.org).
Elder Maxwell: Be of Good Cheer
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1982/10/be-of-good-cheer?lang=eng
Isaiah 25:12 describes Jesus Christ as a warrior, mighty to save.
Old Testament Study Guide 1018 -Those gathered will be sanctified
As a disciple, I want to emulate His power and boldness in doing what's right.
Reminder-Feelings from those in the Spirit World asking me to work with them in God's great work of redemption. Saving souls
Isaiah 25:8 Death -Victory over though this loving Savior
Doctrine and Covenants 6:36 Look unto me in every thought
Isaiah 26:2 Righteous nation opens gates to saving gospel ordinances for those on both sides of the veil.
27:3 Care, protector, nourishment
John 3:30 He must increase. I must decrease. It's all about Him.
Yoke- unity brings power
Holy Ghost shares the mind of Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father
Matthew 3:17 JST Hear ye Him
A member of the godhead can be with us. Wait but keep covenants while waiting.
This is how we can know the nature of God. Elder Holland:
https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2003/10/the-grandeur-of-god?lang=eng
Tithing: Rachel's comment, "It's about your heart. He just wants to know you'd be willing to give it all."
Doctrine is core eternal law.
"with assured certainty will God grand what is persistently asked in faith with righteous intent." Talmadge, Jesus the Christ
Why is numbers important? "Because they are all numbered unto me."
"Obedience bring blessings. Exact obedience brings miracles"
Agency- Relearn how to consecrate and follow the Lord.
"Others saw the giants. Caleb saw the Lord."
The promised land was ready for Israel but Israel wasn't ready for the promised lands.
Inexhaustible hope
"I am your advocate with the Father"
Own it.
Ezekial 18:22
Ezekiel 2:6 Be not afraid. Take courage
How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
