In this episode covering Doctrine and Covenants 94–97, I talk about how the Lord gives us patterns—whether in building temples or in building our lives—and how following His plan brings blessings we can’t find in the world’s way of doing things. I share a listener’s touching review about the power of the Book of Mormon, insights on the Lord being in the details, and lessons from Joseph Smith’s insistence on building the Lord’s house His way. We discuss chastening as a sign of God’s love, Hyrum Smith’s eagerness to begin the Lord’s work, and how temples and Zion invite us to become pure in heart. Most of all, this episode reminds us that the Lord wants to refine, bless, and multiply us when we humbly follow Him.

See Saints, 1:169–70; “A House for Our God,” Revelations in Context, 165–73.

Below is the talk I referenced, The Lord’s Strange Act by Rex C Reeve.

https://speeches.byu.edu/talks/rex-c-reeve-sr/lords-strange-act/

This week I’m diving into Doctrine and Covenants 93—“Receive of His Fulness.” I talk about Elder Renlund’s message on “Infuriating Unfairness” and the importance of being stone-catchers instead of stone-throwers, share some powerful listener stories about following the prophet, and explore how we grow grace by grace, just like the Savior did. We’ll look at what it means to climb the ladder of exaltation one step at a time, how light and truth fill our lives as we keep the commandments, and why setting our own homes in order really matters. I hope this episode reminds you that you are a child of God with divine potential and that little by little, you can receive of His fulness.

From the manual:

“When you climb up a ladder,” Joseph Smith taught, “you must begin at the bottom, and ascend step by step, until you arrive at the top; and so it is with the principles of the gospel—you must begin with the first, and go on until you learn all the principles of exaltation” (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith [2007], 268).

Sometimes that ladder of exaltation seems impossibly high , but we were born to climb to the top. Whatever limitations we may see in ourselves, Heavenly Father and His Son see something glorious in us, something godlike. Just as Jesus Christ “was in the beginning with the Father,” so “ye were also” (Doctrine and Covenants 93:21, 23). Just as He “continued from grace to grace, until he received a fulness,” so also “you shall receive grace for grace” (verses 13, 20). The restored gospel teaches us about the true nature of God, and so it also teaches us about ourselves and what we can become. Despite the efforts of the “wicked one” (verse 39)—and despite what you feel you may lack—you are a literal child of God with the potential to “in due time receive of his fulness” (verse 19).

https://youtu.be/3mzj-gBeAZg?si=2JS0EzsTV4gm4bkB

https://youtu.be/JBX-InLxObI?si=F-5cI1YIb6x3UeAD

https://youtu.be/tMRm1NfpQYQ?si=FECvAJzW-_fBCuAy

https://youtu.be/VZljNTyemcU?si=LL_Bz98ayO9-pNN1

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In this episode, I continue with Doctrine & Covenants 88 and move into sections 89–92, “A Principle with a Promise.” I share the wrestle I had over releasing this episode that talks about the vaccine, why I ultimately felt impressed to publish it, and how it ties into following the prophet and learning by faith. We’ll look at what it means to submit our will to God, seek answers in the scriptures, and embrace the Word of Wisdom as both temporal counsel and spiritual promise.

“… the submission of one’s will is really the only uniquely personal thing we have to place on God’s altar. The many other things we “give,” brothers and sisters, are actually the things He has already given or loaned to us. However, when you and I finally submit ourselves, by letting our individual wills be swallowed up in God’s will, then we are really giving something to Him! It is the only possession which is truly ours to give!”

“Swallowed Up in the Will of the Father”

Swallowed up in the Will of the Father

Alan Jackson - Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus

"Seek Learning By Faith," Elder David A. Bednar

The Power of Sustaining Faith - Elder Eyring

Synonyms for Sustain

• assist
• defend
• help
• aid
• approve
• back
• comfort
• confirm
• endorse
• support
• uphold
• validate
• verify
• lend a hand
• stand by
• stick up for

• Antonyms of sustain
• hinder
• obstruct
• condemn
• contradict
• deny
• disagree
• disapprove
• discourage
• disprove
• ignore
• invalidate
• oppose
• refuse
• reject

Melanie's Video about the Vaccine

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