Baptism and the Gift of the Holy Ghost
Chapter 2 from Teachings of Presidents of the Church Lorenzo Snow
President Snow tells his baptism story on page 47 of the book. He was a convert, but at first had anxiety about being baptized. He knew that by being baptized he would have to put away the world. "Through the help of the Lord... I laid down pride, worldly ambition... humble as a child, went to the waters of baptism, and received the ordinances of the gospel."
At baptism we promise to...
Be a witness of Christ
Take upon us the name of Christ
Remember Him
and keep His commandments
In return the Lord promises that we can...
Receive the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost
Have a remission of our sins
Be born again
Each week when we partake of the Sacrament we renew these covenants. The Sacrament is like being re-baptized.
Baptism is an outward ordinance connected to our inward works of faith and repentance.
The steps to return to our Heavenly Father are...
Faith
Repentance
Baptism
Receive the gift of the Holy Ghost
Endure to the end.
Remember that Baptism is the gate that opens the way. It is essential for each of us to be baptized and live our covenants to return to Him.
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Monday, January 14, 2013
Sunday, January 13th Lesson
The Power of Thought
At the beginning of our lesson each of us received a "Clicker". During the first minutes we counted up on our clickers all the negative things that happened to us throughout our week. This list includes: snow, cold, school, the news, boys. As you can guess the feelings that came with all these things were negative as well.
Then we counted up all the positive things during our week including: sunshine, the temple, missions, boys. As we thought about all the good things we were lifted up with positive feelings.
The idea of the Clickers came from Hilary Weeks after she heard that the average person has 300 negative thoughts a day. She decided to test this, so she got a clicker and counted up all the negative thoughts she had a day. At the end of a week she was feeling so depressed from concentrating on these negative feelings. She then decided to count up all her positive thoughts, and her attitude drastically changed.
Along with the clicker we got a hand out that says:
*****
What is Clicking?!!?
*We become what we think about.
*We think about what we focus on.
*Clicking is about learning and developing what we focus on.
D&C 121:45
"and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God"
Drops of Awesome! I thought. Every time you do something good, something kind, something productive, it's a drop in your Bucket of Awesome. You don't lose drops for every misstep. You can only build. You can only fill.
*****
Drops of Awesome was another idea focused on in the lesson similar to the clicker. Every time we do, think, or say, something good or kind it is a Drop of Awesome into our bucket. Just like it says above, the drops can't be taken away or diminished by a bad or neglectful deed. This helps us to focus on the good we do which rewards us with joy and in return helps us to do more good.
It is also important to remember the Atonement fills our buckets as well. Even when our accumulated drops of awesome seem meager, the Savior fills our buckets and our souls to overflowing.
(Wendy has plenty of extra "clickers" if anyone missed Sunday and would like one to remind them about thinking positively.)
At the beginning of our lesson each of us received a "Clicker". During the first minutes we counted up on our clickers all the negative things that happened to us throughout our week. This list includes: snow, cold, school, the news, boys. As you can guess the feelings that came with all these things were negative as well.
Then we counted up all the positive things during our week including: sunshine, the temple, missions, boys. As we thought about all the good things we were lifted up with positive feelings.
The idea of the Clickers came from Hilary Weeks after she heard that the average person has 300 negative thoughts a day. She decided to test this, so she got a clicker and counted up all the negative thoughts she had a day. At the end of a week she was feeling so depressed from concentrating on these negative feelings. She then decided to count up all her positive thoughts, and her attitude drastically changed.
Along with the clicker we got a hand out that says:
*****
What is Clicking?!!?
*We become what we think about.
*We think about what we focus on.
*Clicking is about learning and developing what we focus on.
D&C 121:45
"and let virtue garnish thy thoughts unceasingly; then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God"
Drops of Awesome! I thought. Every time you do something good, something kind, something productive, it's a drop in your Bucket of Awesome. You don't lose drops for every misstep. You can only build. You can only fill.
*****
Drops of Awesome was another idea focused on in the lesson similar to the clicker. Every time we do, think, or say, something good or kind it is a Drop of Awesome into our bucket. Just like it says above, the drops can't be taken away or diminished by a bad or neglectful deed. This helps us to focus on the good we do which rewards us with joy and in return helps us to do more good.
It is also important to remember the Atonement fills our buckets as well. Even when our accumulated drops of awesome seem meager, the Savior fills our buckets and our souls to overflowing.
(Wendy has plenty of extra "clickers" if anyone missed Sunday and would like one to remind them about thinking positively.)
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