As we been packing to move, we were packing books and we have a lot of church books so I noticed one which said "Knowing Christ" author is George W. Pace
I had a thought of reading it, so I may know my Savior better and build my relationship with him and my Heavenly Father.
I have reach to page 5 and I just want to share some of my notes with you, from what I have learned.
First I would recommend the book, it is truly amazing, it will strengthen you're relationship with you're Heavenly Father and his beloved Son.
In the book he says "The Savior said, "Neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he whomsoever the Son will reveal him."
Matthew 11:27- end quote
As we come to know the Son, we come to know the Father, the greatest revelation of our Heavenly Father is Jesus Christ.
Jesus came to the earth for his Father's will.
John 6:38 "For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me."
He told the Israelites on the America continent as a resurrected being the same
3rd Nephi 27: 13-14 " 13 Behold I have given unto you my gospel, and this is the gospel which I have given unto you—that I came into the world to do the will of my Father, because my Father sent me.
14 And my Father sent me that I might be lifted up upon the cross; and after that I had been lifted up upon the cross, that I might draw all men unto me, that as I have been lifted up by men even so should men be lifted up by the Father, to stand before me, to be judged of their works, whether they be good or whether they be evil"
This is something which I liked from the book
quote-As we seek for eternal life, we acknowledge the Savior's teaching that "no man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6
When we accept the Savior as the Son of God, we recognize that in his name and his name alone is salvation possible
2nd Nephi 25:20 " And now, my brethren, I have spoken plainly that ye cannot err. And as the Lord God liveth that brought Israel up out of the land of Egypt, and gave unto Moses power that he should heal the nations after they had been bitten by the poisonous serpents, if they would cast their eyes unto the serpent which he did raise up before them, and also gave him power that he should smite the rock and the water should come forth; yea, behold I say unto you, that as these things are true, and as the Lord God liveth, there is none other name given under heaven save it be this Jesus Christ, of which I have spoken, whereby man can be saved."
End quote
I will keep on reading this book, for I want to know my Savior better along with my Heavenly Father.
As we were packing, a piece of paper fell out of a book, I picked it up and this is what it said "D&C 29:39 Agents unto themselves"
It reads "And it must needs be that the devil should tempt the children of men, or they could not be agents unto themselves; for if they never should have bitter they could not know the sweet"
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Update 5/17/12
Today as I was working out, I did a mile in 14-15mins, which.. is kinda long , but I felt good for finishing the first mile in that much time, all together I did three miles which I do everyday when I work out, also today I ran/jogged/walked for 40mins without stopping
It was pretty hard but I told myself I could do it, I reach 10mins then said why not just a few more minutes, I got to 15, then 20 then 25.. then 30, and by then I was like "Why not just get to 40mins" so that what I did, it was pretty tough but I won the fight
As some of you may have heard, I'm moving.
I'll be moving to Kennewick with the rest of mine family, it will be uhh.... new
New stake, new ward, new house, I been in my ward for 18 years, so to leave everyone who I know will be hard.
This is my plan for my mission papers, I'll put my membership records into the Pasco North stake single ward and switch off from that ward and the ward in Kennewick, switch off each week I mean, but keep my records in Pasco North so when I'm ready for my mission papers I'll be interview by people I know.
Hopefully that will work out, I just don't want to be interview by people who I never meant before, I know that the leaders in the Keenewick stake are good people, but I don't know them as I know President Montierth.
Ha.... my youth leader last night at mutual, he said "Well I heard you guys will be leaving us.... you can't do that" he said he would make a place for me to stay at his house, jokingly of course
I will miss the CBW, and the Priest Quorum.
We'll be moving in June, by the end of the month
It was pretty hard but I told myself I could do it, I reach 10mins then said why not just a few more minutes, I got to 15, then 20 then 25.. then 30, and by then I was like "Why not just get to 40mins" so that what I did, it was pretty tough but I won the fight
As some of you may have heard, I'm moving.
I'll be moving to Kennewick with the rest of mine family, it will be uhh.... new
New stake, new ward, new house, I been in my ward for 18 years, so to leave everyone who I know will be hard.
This is my plan for my mission papers, I'll put my membership records into the Pasco North stake single ward and switch off from that ward and the ward in Kennewick, switch off each week I mean, but keep my records in Pasco North so when I'm ready for my mission papers I'll be interview by people I know.
Hopefully that will work out, I just don't want to be interview by people who I never meant before, I know that the leaders in the Keenewick stake are good people, but I don't know them as I know President Montierth.
Ha.... my youth leader last night at mutual, he said "Well I heard you guys will be leaving us.... you can't do that" he said he would make a place for me to stay at his house, jokingly of course
I will miss the CBW, and the Priest Quorum.
We'll be moving in June, by the end of the month
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Priesthood meeting 5/15/12
Hey there, well I went to a priesthood meeting tonight, for young men 12-18 and our parents.
It was an amazing evening, the talks were amazing I felt the spirit so much.
then all the seniors in High school were asked to get up
So we all sat down and then we were asked some questions from our stake presidency
But before they gave us the questions, my stake president shared something about each senior, for me he said that "We have a senior here who have trouble verbaly but I know he writes better then the rest sitting up here"
He went on with saying some great things for the other seniors, in sports or instruments and so on
The questions we were given, I had to think for a bit what to answer back, but I couldn't really find anything which haven't already been coverd
One of the question was "What has help you as you prepare to go on a mission?" (Something along those lines)
I told them about last fall, when I challenge myself to read the Book of Mormon before the new year, I was doing good, reading each day.. and then I stopped reading for couple of days, which turned into couple of weeks
I still wanted to finish before the new year, so I told myself I would read 50 pages per day, I believe it took me three days and then I saved the book of Moroni for the forth day and last day
I then end saying the Book of Mormon is true
Once the whole meeting was over, a lot of people came up and thanked me for giving my comment, and for saying the opening prayer.
It was nice to see other seniors in this stake, being homeschool I don't really know who they are, I only knew one of them who used to live in my ward
I love being a young man in this church, in God's church I know that it is true, and these are the latter days when Satan strives to pull us down into darkness and sin. But we can fight him off by putting on the whole armor of God and seeking help from our friends
Friendship was mentioned a couple of times at the meeting, from us seniors.
I'm glad to have the friends I do now
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
It was an amazing evening, the talks were amazing I felt the spirit so much.
then all the seniors in High school were asked to get up
So we all sat down and then we were asked some questions from our stake presidency
But before they gave us the questions, my stake president shared something about each senior, for me he said that "We have a senior here who have trouble verbaly but I know he writes better then the rest sitting up here"
He went on with saying some great things for the other seniors, in sports or instruments and so on
The questions we were given, I had to think for a bit what to answer back, but I couldn't really find anything which haven't already been coverd
One of the question was "What has help you as you prepare to go on a mission?" (Something along those lines)
I told them about last fall, when I challenge myself to read the Book of Mormon before the new year, I was doing good, reading each day.. and then I stopped reading for couple of days, which turned into couple of weeks
I still wanted to finish before the new year, so I told myself I would read 50 pages per day, I believe it took me three days and then I saved the book of Moroni for the forth day and last day
I then end saying the Book of Mormon is true
Once the whole meeting was over, a lot of people came up and thanked me for giving my comment, and for saying the opening prayer.
It was nice to see other seniors in this stake, being homeschool I don't really know who they are, I only knew one of them who used to live in my ward
I love being a young man in this church, in God's church I know that it is true, and these are the latter days when Satan strives to pull us down into darkness and sin. But we can fight him off by putting on the whole armor of God and seeking help from our friends
Friendship was mentioned a couple of times at the meeting, from us seniors.
I'm glad to have the friends I do now
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Burdens and faith in Jesus Christ
As I been thinking of what to post for sometime now, I'll like to share somethings about burdens
We're all humans, we all have faced burdens in our life's, in priesthood today we talked about the Atonement,
And about burdens, why do we need to face burdens and it's easier to face them when we have faith in Jesus Christ.
Why is it "easier" (it's never easy to go threw a burden//trials) but you know you'll be able to handle it better with Heavenly Father
I would like to recall the time from trek, my feet were all blister up, I couldn't finish trekking for the 2nd day, so when it was time for bed I prayed, I pleaded for the strength to finish the trek in the morning... it was a very powerful experience for me.
In the morning I had the strength and then... I finish it.
I remember that being a trial for me, and I will remember it for the rest of my life.
I also gain a testimony of prayer, I came out of my trial with something greater.
I would like to share with you all this video, which I found on Mormon Messages
I leave to you my testimony, that Heavenly Father has planned everything, with giving us hard times in our life's, if we keep in mind, that with God on our side, we will have the strength to finish this trek of life.
there ups and downs, we must always remember, God is always with us
Deuteronomy 31:8 "And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed"
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
We're all humans, we all have faced burdens in our life's, in priesthood today we talked about the Atonement,
And about burdens, why do we need to face burdens and it's easier to face them when we have faith in Jesus Christ.
Why is it "easier" (it's never easy to go threw a burden//trials) but you know you'll be able to handle it better with Heavenly Father
I would like to recall the time from trek, my feet were all blister up, I couldn't finish trekking for the 2nd day, so when it was time for bed I prayed, I pleaded for the strength to finish the trek in the morning... it was a very powerful experience for me.
In the morning I had the strength and then... I finish it.
I remember that being a trial for me, and I will remember it for the rest of my life.
I also gain a testimony of prayer, I came out of my trial with something greater.
I would like to share with you all this video, which I found on Mormon Messages
I leave to you my testimony, that Heavenly Father has planned everything, with giving us hard times in our life's, if we keep in mind, that with God on our side, we will have the strength to finish this trek of life.
there ups and downs, we must always remember, God is always with us
Deuteronomy 31:8 "And the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed"
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Monday, April 23, 2012
A good day 4/22/12
This past Sunday was really amazing, I got a phone call from my Bishop on Saturday asking if I could be the youth speaker this week, the subject was on "Why is the temple important to me"
Well comes Sunday here I am, I got their early and President Larson from my stake presidency was there, before sacrament meeting started he came over and we talked a little, he said he was checking my blog this morning
Which I thought was amazing, I love it when people read my blog, I'm happy from the comments I get from people, saying how my blog inspire them.
As I gave my talk, I was stuttering a bit... I could of changed that if I done the tricks I learn from speech therapy, but I don't really do the tricks, cause I'm able to talk to people just fine, but in front of people like giving a talk, I get nervous and start stuttering and once I stutter, I just do it more, well in the middle of my talk I grab a hold of myself and stop stuttering.
Later in the meeting President Naef (who's now a temple worker) gave a talk also, in the beginning he shared a
scripture Ether 12:27 "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."
He said that scriptures reminds him of me,
the whole time I was shocked, I looked around and saw people, I turned to look over at my Sunday school teacher
(Who I talked about in two posts ago, he told me when his struggling and feeling down, he thinks of me) You can find that from here The Power of Deliverance- L. Tom Perry
He was crying, I felt really moved from it all.
When he was done he started his talk, which was very amazing, all of the talks were
After the meeting I stood up along with the other speakers, me and the Bishop shake hands along with some others. the Bishop looked at me (around my stomach area) and said "You been losing the weight" which I really liked too, people can finally notice
As I was walking down the aisle my Sunday school teacher came up to me and said "You are an inspiration to me" Along with saying my talk was really good
After Sunday school the Bishop told me and Justin (Another priest preparing for his mission) that their having classes on preparing to go in the temple at 7 o'clock at a member's house, I went there and I loved the class, I'm going to go back next week, this past Sunday has been amazing.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Contact me at agentm.a.s@gmail.com
Well comes Sunday here I am, I got their early and President Larson from my stake presidency was there, before sacrament meeting started he came over and we talked a little, he said he was checking my blog this morning
Which I thought was amazing, I love it when people read my blog, I'm happy from the comments I get from people, saying how my blog inspire them.
As I gave my talk, I was stuttering a bit... I could of changed that if I done the tricks I learn from speech therapy, but I don't really do the tricks, cause I'm able to talk to people just fine, but in front of people like giving a talk, I get nervous and start stuttering and once I stutter, I just do it more, well in the middle of my talk I grab a hold of myself and stop stuttering.
Later in the meeting President Naef (who's now a temple worker) gave a talk also, in the beginning he shared a
scripture Ether 12:27 "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."
He said that scriptures reminds him of me,
the whole time I was shocked, I looked around and saw people, I turned to look over at my Sunday school teacher
(Who I talked about in two posts ago, he told me when his struggling and feeling down, he thinks of me) You can find that from here The Power of Deliverance- L. Tom Perry
He was crying, I felt really moved from it all.
When he was done he started his talk, which was very amazing, all of the talks were
After the meeting I stood up along with the other speakers, me and the Bishop shake hands along with some others. the Bishop looked at me (around my stomach area) and said "You been losing the weight" which I really liked too, people can finally notice
As I was walking down the aisle my Sunday school teacher came up to me and said "You are an inspiration to me" Along with saying my talk was really good
After Sunday school the Bishop told me and Justin (Another priest preparing for his mission) that their having classes on preparing to go in the temple at 7 o'clock at a member's house, I went there and I loved the class, I'm going to go back next week, this past Sunday has been amazing.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
Contact me at agentm.a.s@gmail.com
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Update 4/17/12
Hey there, it been awhile.
I went to Pasco North's stake high school seniors and parents dinner on the 13th I believe, it was last Friday.
The dinner was really great, the short talk/guidance given from our steak president, then we watch a talk given at a BYU devotional Brad Wilcox- His Grace is Sufficient. I would ask you all to listen to the talk, it's really amazing.
After the program then my steak president was handing out the talk to each family (He printed them off), he handed one to me and shook hands, he told me I'm a great man and said he been on my blog and I write really good, he then turn to my mom and said "He really write good."
I was happy when he said that, first cause he have read my blog, second because I don't think I write good, but as he have said, and so many others, I'm good with writing.
By next week I'll be in the 280's which is amazing.. 40lbs lost, can you believe that??, it's a lot of hard work and some days I go nowhere with weight, but I'm 3pounds away from the 280's now.
It take time, and a lot of sweat but in the long run, it's all worth it.
I was thinking what I could share with you in this post, and this video came to mind, I watched it in Sunday school class a few weeks ago, whenever I watch it, I feel the spirit so deep in my heart, I hope it does the same for you.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
I went to Pasco North's stake high school seniors and parents dinner on the 13th I believe, it was last Friday.
The dinner was really great, the short talk/guidance given from our steak president, then we watch a talk given at a BYU devotional Brad Wilcox- His Grace is Sufficient. I would ask you all to listen to the talk, it's really amazing.
After the program then my steak president was handing out the talk to each family (He printed them off), he handed one to me and shook hands, he told me I'm a great man and said he been on my blog and I write really good, he then turn to my mom and said "He really write good."
I was happy when he said that, first cause he have read my blog, second because I don't think I write good, but as he have said, and so many others, I'm good with writing.
By next week I'll be in the 280's which is amazing.. 40lbs lost, can you believe that??, it's a lot of hard work and some days I go nowhere with weight, but I'm 3pounds away from the 280's now.
It take time, and a lot of sweat but in the long run, it's all worth it.
I was thinking what I could share with you in this post, and this video came to mind, I watched it in Sunday school class a few weeks ago, whenever I watch it, I feel the spirit so deep in my heart, I hope it does the same for you.
Endure to the end, stay strong in the Gospel and you won't regret it
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