Abound with Blessings (Dale G. Renlund) | Cleansed by Repentance (Dallin H. Oaks) | Preparing for the Lord's Return (D. Todd Christofferson) | Good Shepard, Lamb of God (Gerrit W. Gong) | Christ: The Light That Shines in Darkness (Sharon Eubank) |
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Acts of faith in God
How do we obtain any blessing?
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“Come unto Jesus,” Hymns, no. 117.
The first Sunday session the choir sang what song, that Brother Oaks referred to? (the first song)
Come unto Jesus; He’ll ever heed you, Though in the darkness you’ve gone astray. |
Humanitarian
At the beginning of the talk what undertakings does he reflect on?
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He worries about missing or losing one
What prevents Brother Gong from using the method of counting sheep?
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Jesus Christ
Who is our source of light?
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Ongoing action
What does faith in Christ require?
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opens the door for “all men [to] repent and come unto him”(Doctrine and Covenants 18:11)
What does the atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ do according to his talk?
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For the People to be prepared to receive Him at His Coming
What is the first, crucial step for the Lord's second coming?
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Calleth his own sheep by name
What does Brother Gong specifically mention about what the good Shepared says (not a specific quote)
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Red and white
What two colors dose Sister Eubank compare repentance to?
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Fire & Wood
Fire & Wood What did Dale G. Renlund compare blessings to?
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Alma’s sermon to members of the Church whom he later described as having been in a state of “much unbelief,” “lifted up in … pride,” and with hearts set “upon riches and the vain things of the world” (Alma 7:6).
According to this talk, where is one of the best teaching on repentance in the Book of Mormon
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Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issachar, Zebulun, Joseph(Ephriam & Menasa), Benjamin
Name 4 of the 12 tribes of Israel.
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receive all who hear His voice and keep His commandments.
"Jesus Christ invites the Church to ...
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we attract millions of people to the house of the Lord. "
"our individual light may be like only one light bulb on a tree. But we still shine our small light, and all together, like Temple Square at Christmastime, ....
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Accept his will and timing for the answer
"The activation energy needed for us is to 1)have enough faith in Christ. 2) sincerely ask God in prayer and 3)....
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To be cleansed by repentance, we must forsake our sins and confess them to the Lord and to His mortal judge where required (Bishop, ect)
How can you be cleansed by repentance?
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to assist all members to increase their faith in our Lord Jesus Christ and in His Atonement, to assist them in making and keeping their covenants with God, and to strengthen adn seal their families
According to this talk what is the" long-standing objective of the Church"? (This was also stated by President Russell M. Nelson in the last October general confrence)
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“humble followers of God and the Lamb,”
In Brother Gong's closing statments what does he urge us to be?
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The Brother of Jared (the melted stones into clear glass)
What Book of Mormon story does Sister Eubank mention in her dream?
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Daniel W. Jones to Brigham Young
who quoted "I would have filled up, went on, and prayed again"? (hint:led member on 2nd trip to Arizona)
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When we repent, we have the Lord’s assurance that our sins, including our acts and desires, will be cleansed and our merciful final judge will “remember them no more”
What happens after someone repents? (according to this talk)
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oppression and injustice will not only diminish; they will ceases
"The Holy Spirit affirmed two things to me 1) the work of ministering to temporal needs is vital and must continue. 2) When he (Jesus Christ) comes, ....
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“Dear to the Heart of the Shepherd,” Hymns, no. 221
What hymn does Brother Gong bring up?
(See, the Good Shepherd is seeking, Seeking the lambs that are lost,) |
Some of us are...
so tired, feel we don't fit the traditional mold, splintering with questions, feel we can never be good enough,
In the talk Sister Eubank gives a few reasons why we may not look at our source of light, name 2 (Example: some of us are paralyzed with grief)
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