Matthew 22, 25; Luke 14-15; John 8 December 11, 2012 - Diane Adair

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Matt22,25;Luke14-15 - Diane Adair - December 11, 2012(Audio)

Matthew 13, 18; Mark 4, Luke 10 Nancy Baird - December 4, 2012

             QUOTES FOR MATTHEW 13, 18; MARK 4; LUKE 10

   
  What if Earth
        Be but the shadow of Heav'n, and things therein
        Each to other like, more than on earth is thought?
                        John Milton, Paradise Lost, Bk V, I. 574


The Rabbis said:  "We are not to contrive the death of the Gentiles, but if they are in any danger of death we are not bound to deliver them, e.g. if any of them fall into the sea you need not take him out, for such a one is not thy neighbor."  
                        J. R. Dummelow, A Commentary, 751.


"Ever keep in exercise...mercy...Forgive...even our enemy before he repent or ask forgiveness...the Father will then be equally merciful to us."
                        Joseph Smith, History of the Church, 3, 383.

"We are sailing in this life as through a sea, and the wind rises...[but] Jesus is sleeping in thee...thy faith in Jesus is slumbering in thy heart...Rouse Him and say Master, we perish.  He will awaken, that is, thy faith will return to thee..."  
                        St. Augustine


 Turning and turning in the widening gyre
    The falcon cannot hear the falconer;
    Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;
    Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
    The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
    The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                from "The Second Coming" by William Butler Yeats

Matt.13,18;Mark4;Luke10 - Nancy Baird - December 4, 2012(Audio)

Matthew 11-15; Luke 4-5, 7-8 Diane Adair - November 27, 2012

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Diane, did refer to this article     The Laborers in the Vineyard - Elder Jeffrey R. Holland, General Conference, April 2012

Matthew 7 Nancy Baird - November 20, 2012

                                                        QUOTES FOR MATTHEW 7


"Many sophisticated people love to say that they are cynical, that ours is a cynical age.  They flatter themselves: they do not believe nothing, they believe anything.  Ours is not an age of unbelief.  It is an age of arrogant gullibility."          
        Michael Novak, "All Things Are Not Relative,"  speech given at Westminster Abbey,         London, 1994.

"It is impossible.  It cannot be done.  If the Great Spirit that made man would give him a new heart, he could do as you say, but not else."
        Indian Chief Tedynscung, Chief of the Delaware Indians in North America, in 1780,          speaking of the Golden Rule.


"There is something about [the] awareness of right and wrong that enhances our humanity, our morality, our dignity as human beings...At some level we want to know that what we do matters...we all want to be judged.  We want to be taken seriously as moral creatures...
I am convinced that every human being has an existential need for significance...That's why it is such a thrill when we get our name in the paper...We do incredible things.  We go into medical research, we write books...to know we matter.  We also do terrible things...assassinate the president and commit other heinous crimes..."
    Rabbi Harold Kushner, Devotional BYU, BYU Today, February 1995, 19-29.

   
"I have found that if I tell everything I know and explain every experience that I have had, the Lord will not trust me."  
        Marion G. Romney, Church Employees Lecture Series, 18 Jan. 1980.   

Why would we not, as Neal Maxwell said, "break free of our old selves - the provincial, constraining, complaining...selves," and yield ourselves to God.
        Neal Maxwell, "Willing to Submit, Ensign, May 1985, 71.

Matthew 6; Luke 11 Diane Adair - November 13, 2012

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  Matt. 6; Luke 11

"Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee, take away this cup from me…Jesus' request was not theater…Even so, Jesus maintained this sublime submissiveness, Nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt."…while bearing our sins, our infirmities, our sicknesses and bringing to pass the Atonement Jesus became the perfect Shepherd…Indeed we are in His hands, and what hallowed hands.  The wondrous and glorious Atonement is the central act in all of human history.  It was the hinge on which all else that finally matters turned.  But it turned upon Jesus' spiritual submissiveness.  May we now, in our time and turn, be willing to submit…"
                                                                                                Neal A. Maxwell


"Men and women who turn their lives over to God will discover that He can make a lot more out of their lives than they can.  He will deepen their joys, expand their vision, quicken their minds, strengthen their muscles, lift their spirits, multiply their blessings, increase their opportunities, comfort their souls, raise up friends and pour out peace."
                                                                                               President Ezra Taft Benson


In considering such beauty of the atonement…we are reminded that this relationship between Christ and His Father is one of the sweetest and most moving themes running through the Saviors' ministry.  Jesus' entire being, His complete purpose was centered in pleasing His Father and obeying His will; Of Him He seemed always to be thinking; to Him He seemed always to be praying.  He needed no crisis, no discouraging shift in events to direct His hopes heavenward.  He was already instinctively longingly looking that way.               
                                                   Jeffrey R. Holland 

Matthew 5 Nancy Baird - November 6, 2012

                                                      QUOTES FOR MATTHEW 5

"I have now reigned about fifty years in victory or peace, beloved by my subjects, dreaded by my6 enemies and respected by my allies.  Riches and honor, power and pleasure have waited on my call, nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanted to my felicity.  In this situation I have diligently numbered the days of pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot:  they amount to 14."
                                                                                  Abd-er-Rahman III of Spain, A.D. 960.

"Beyond comfort lie grace, mystery, and adventure... pain may point the way toward a greater wholeness and become a potent force in the healing of ...suffering."
                         
                                                                      Rachel Naomi Remen, Kitchen Table Wisdom, 75.

"A man's reach should exceed his grasp.  Or what's a heaven for?"
                   
                                                                      Robert Browning, "Andrea del Sarto."

Matthew 4, 8-9; Mark 1-5; Luke 4-5, 7-8; John 4-5 October 30, 2012 - Diane Adair

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DVD used - Finding Faith in Christ

Matt.4,8-9;Mark1-5 - Diane Adair - October 30, 2012(Audio)

Daily Thought

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Matthew 9-10, 16-17; Mark 2-3, 6; Luke 5-6, 10; John 1, 15 Nancy Baird - October 23, 2012

           
                                         QUOTES FOR MATTHEW 9-10;  MARK 2-3, 6
                                                            LUKE 5-6, 10;  JOHN 1, 15


Speaking of Jesus healing the man 'sick with the palsy':
    "In this instance there was a physical healing.  Sometimes there is also a healing of the nervous system or of the mind.  But always the remittance of sins which attends divine forgiveness heals the spirit.  This accounts for the fact that in the scriptures conversion and healing are repeatedly associated."
                                                      Marion G. Romney, Conference Report, Oct. 1963, 24-25.

"Christ's call to the righteous musts be in vain until they know their unrighteousness...Pride and lovelessness are...a greater affront than the extortion of the tollgatherers."
                                        
                                                                              Interpreter's Bible,  vol. vii, 354.


"As we got closer to marriage, I felt completely confident that Gordon loved me.  But I also knew somehow that I would never come first with him.  I knew I was going to be second in his life and that the Lord was going to be first.  And that was okay."
                                       
                                                                             Sheri Dew, Go Forward With Faith, 114.




Alma 52-63 - Nancy Baird - September 27, 2011(Audio)

Matthew 9,11,13; Mark 3; Luke 4 Morrissa Rich - October 16, 2012

                                                        QUOTES - Morrissa Rich
                                                    Matt. 9, 11, 13; Mark 3; Luke 4



"This day is the scripture fulfilled in your ears."

"That is to say: ' I have read from Isaiah; I have set forth the meaning of His words; I have taught the doctrine.  Now I testify that these words--and therefore all Messianic prophecies--are fulfilled in me: they apply to me; I am the one of whom the prophets spoke; I am He; I am the Messiah.'"
                         Elder Bruce R. McConkie  - "The Mortal Messiah, Vol. 1


"The kingdom of God is like…"
(Consider the message about missionary work in these parables.)

                                                       •   Good seeds and tares
                                                       •   A seed growing secretly
                                                       •   A mustard seed
                                                       •   Leaven
                                                       •   A hidden treasure
                                                       •   A pearl of great price
                                                       •   The gospel net



Matt.9;11,13;Mark3;Luke4 - Morrissa Rich - October 16, 2012(Audio)