February 10th Lesson

Ward Conference

For our Relief Society Meeting during ward conference we had speakers from the stake relief society presidency and stake presidency.

Our theme for ward conference was Moroni 10:32
"Come unto Christ, and be perfected in him..."

The first part of the lesson focused on the theme. I encourage us to go back and review this scripture and think about what it means to Come unto Christ. Along with coming unto Christ for ourselves, it is important for us to invite others to church and Christ.

Sister Allen spoke on her experience running a marathon and related it to the gospel. Her journey through training for her marathon turned into a spiritual journey. Things the marathon taught her were...
*We can't make it through this life alone we need others and we need Christ.
*Pray to the Father-what is important to us is important to Him.
*Endure to the end-there are people who love us along the way cheering us on!

We had a beautiful violin solo with a medley of the songs I feel my Saviors Love, I'm Trying to be like Jesus, and Our Saviors Love.

Brother Allen spoke more on the importance of coming unto Christ. He talked of a man he and his companion converted on their mission. He fell away later and through other missionaries was able to renew his testimony again. Even if we have accepted the gospel and turned away it is possible to return to the Savior. His arms are always stretched out waiting for us to return to Him. The gospel will change our lives if we let it.

Sunday, February 3rd Lesson

Count your Blessings

What blessings do we receive from the Gospel?
*Christ's Atonement- Sacrament
*Priesthood
*Eternal Families
*Baptism-gift of the Holy Ghost
*Knowledge that we are children of God
*Temples
*Scriptures
*Prophet
*Prayer- the Heavens are open
*Purpose
*Opportunities
*Hope

This list can go on and on. I invite you to ponder on the blessings you receive from the gospel.

We are so blessed to have the gospel in our lives, and it is our responsibility to share these blessing with those who are searching for the truth.

A missionaries journal shares the story of one convert named Gertrude Specht. She invited the missionaries in  to talk religion and revealed to them that she had 3 PhD's dealing with religion, and was the religion teacher at the near by university. She accepted a Book of Mormon from them and read it. She ended up reading the Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, and many other church writing. At her baptism she expressed her feelings saying to the members "I don't think you understand what you have". Without the gospel she had been in a famine starving for the truth, and not even her PhD's could fill her. There are many others like Gertrude out in the world that are starving for the truth we have because they don't know where to find it. They need us to bear our testimonies unashamed of the truth.