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ZOOM FROM LAST NIGHT PDF FROM LAST NIGHT POWERPOINT SO YOU CAN TEACH THIS TO YOUR WARD View this email in your browser How to put Christ at the Center of your Temple worship… Suggestions for Successful Worship Begin your day with prayer: to help you put aside the attempts the adversary will try to defeat your goal of going to the temple.   Before you leave home, let Father know how important this is to you:   Just know, that as you enter the HOV lane, someone is going to cut you off, but you do not respond in anger and you are not deterred.  Just know that as you leave the toddler with the babysitter, who just poured a whole box of fish food into the bowl, she has the ability to clean it so you can leave.  On this day, nothing can sway you from your Covenants with the Lord.  You are doing great! When you arrive, say a prayer : before you leave your car make sure you are in tune with the feelings which are appropriate for Temple Worship.  This will clear your mind of any negative or confusing thoughts.   When you get dressed: study the name of the person on your card, and reflect on the ordinance that is provided to you for the redeeming of the dead. We study their lives before we leave using history and their timeline to appreciate all that they endured for us to be here today.   When you perform the ordinance: picture Christ embracing them in your mind. These thoughts are from the Leadership Meeting from Rootstech 2023 We never pick and choose favorites on a whim.  No one is exempt from receiving the blessings of the temple.  We should baptize all of our ancestors and with forgiveness in our hearts, should they have wronged us prior to death, we need to baptize them regardless.  They can choose to accept it or not, and they may have had a change of heart as well.  The Lord said, “10 I, the Lord, will forgive whom I will forgive, but of you, it is required to forgive all men.” - Doctrine and Covenants 64:10.  Give that some thought if you have ever said the words, “I refuse to do her work.” All through our lives, we make covenants with the Lord.  Sometimes we have to rededicate our hearts to those promises knowing that when we do our part, He has no recourse but to do His. If we are doing work for them and forgetting to document our families' lives while they are still here, won’t that make it harder once they are gone? If they are here, they can help us find the answers to questions we have.  Do we have their life story written and recorded voices and videos NOW for their posterity?  Have we preserved their stories?  Think of this as you re-read the Prophet’s words above, that “…Any time we do anything  that helps anyone on either side of the veil  to make and keep their Covenants with God, we are helping to gather Israel.” When we go to the temple to do the work we have covenanted with the Lord to do, there is always a thought, “That ancestor is pleased with me because I was obedient and did work that he cannot do while I am on this earth.”  Perhaps our first thought should be, “Christ is pleased with me because I obeyed the Covenants we made to help others on both sides of the veil.” Join us on June 10 at 5 pm for our Zoom.  We would love to hear your thoughts of what we have discussed here.  Perhaps you can enlighten others who are listening and empower them to dedicate themselves to the covenants they have made! Putting Christ at the Center of your Temple Worship Saturday, June 10⋅5:00 – 6:00pm Location: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83034803502?pwd=bEtQdUJKZ1BYQWx5OVQyaXhid2NXQT09 notes Description:Ted and Karen Meyer, naswfamilyhistory.blogspot.com ARE inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83034803502?pwd=bEtQdUJKZ1BYQWx5OVQyaXhid2NXQT09Meeting ID: 830 3480 3502Passcode: 2ZNTFY Copyright (C) 2023 NASWFamilyHistory. All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe