Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Lesson Summary: June 9, 2013

I Seek Not Mine Own Will, but the Will of the Father  

           Instructor- Aimee Roylance

'There is a course that men and women may pursue wherein there will be no failure. Whatever disappointments may arise or seeming failures may result, there will be in reality no failure, as a general thing."
A young child may feel that "Divorce and failure is your fault" 
Need to set your mind on improvement, not failures.
Sometimes we don't see the impact of our efforts to help others. 
                - Spent a week at girls camp trying to help a trouble youth, thought I had failed.  Later she thanked me for the impact I had in her life.
-I felt like a failure as a daughter, when I saw the disappointment in their face when I joined the church.  But in the eternities they will be grateful.

Our weaknesses are often greatest in our own eyes:
                Inability, incompetency, inadequacy, insufficient
We may be confused at the callings of the Lord, but the Lord knows what he is doing
"We cannot always do what we would like to do, but we shall have the power to do that which we should do."

The Lord knows our potential.  The days are long, but if we trust him we can accomplish what he wants us to do.
He helps us in those moments when we try to do what we don't know is possible.

The Lord has a purpose for us.

Lesson Summary: June 16, 2013

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Lorenzo Snow, 2011
Instructor: Barbara Neuenswander

When President Lorenzo Snow was 85 he took a trip to St George:
"I know not why..."
He didn't know why he was going until he got there, but was prompted to go, despite his age.
In his 50 yrs previous of sermons to the saints he seldom mentioned Tithes
-He went town to town teaching on tithing
Soon the drought ended
-5 yrs after he died the church was free of all indebtedness

Why do you pay tithing?
 - Afraid of missing out on needed blessings
- Not my money anyway, the Lord gives us all
- It's a cut and dry commandment, either you pay it or not.  You know whether or not you are keeping that commandment.

How did you gain a testimony of tithing?
-We used to stand in line to pay tithing
-Mom's stories of financial tithing blessings during the great depression
-Taught from the missionaries- if you accept the gospel you accept the law of tithing.
-Easier to pay than taxes.

What blessings have you received from paying your tithing?
-Lost my wallet, but was returned.   Info on an old tithing slip helped get it back.

- Greatest blessing is being able to enter the temple.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013