Faith
Lesson Review:
"Love and Concern For All Our Father's Children"
Doctrine:
“I think if all men knew and understood who they are, and were aware of the divine source from whence they came, … they would have feelings of kindness and kinship for each other that would change their whole way of living and bring peace on earth.”
Invitation to Action:
Because God is our Father, we have a natural desire to love and serve him and to be worthy members of his family. We feel an obligation to do what he would have us do, to keep his commandments and live in harmony with the standards of his gospel—all of which are essential parts of true worship.
And because all men are our brothers, we have a desire to love and bless and fellowship them—and this too we accept as an essential part of true worship.
Thus, everything we do in the Church centers around the divine law that we are to love and worship God and serve our fellowmen.
It is no wonder, then, that as a church and as a people we have deep and abiding concern for the welfare of all our Father’s children. We seek their temporal and spiritual well-being along with our own. We pray for them as we do for ourselves, and we try to live so that they, seeing our good works, may be led to glorify our Father who is in heaven. [See Matthew 5:16.]
When we love the Lord with all our hearts and our neighbors as ourselves, we are in harmony with all sacred law. If we were willing to live in harmony with these two great commandments—and we must do so eventually if we are worthy to live in the presence of God—then wickedness, jealousy, ambition, covetousness, bloodshed, and all sin of every nature would be banished from the earth. Then would come a day of eternal peace and happiness. What a glorious day that would be! We have been endowed with sufficient reason to know that such a state is most desirable and would establish among men the Fatherhood of God and the perfect brotherhood of man
Read or Listen to the entire lesson here:
https://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-joseph-fielding-smith/chapter-20-love-and-concern-for-all-our-fathers-children?lang=engFAMILY
Are you having Family Home Evening?
"We cannot afford to neglect this heaven-inspired program. It can bring spiritual growth to each member of the family, helping him or her to withstand the temptations which are everywhere. The lessons learned in the home are those that last the longest.” - President Monson
RELIEF
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Relief Society Announcements:
Our next Relief Society Activity will be on November 6th.
Stake Conference is November 8th and 9th.
The Ward Christmas Party is December 2nd.
Congratulations to Jacob and Jen Walz who use to live in our ward. They have recently welcomed Kinzlee Walz born July 18!
Recipes on the blog
Don't forget to share your recipes for yummy soups and casseroles. If you have a recipe you would like to share send them to: drbennett1@hotmail.com or call or text them to 208-351-7083.
Visit the ward recipe blog: www.burton4threcipes.blogspot.com
October Lesson Schedule:
4th and 5th – General Conference
12th – Joseph Fielding Smith #20 – Love and Concern for All Our Father’s Children
19th – Joseph Fielding Smith #22 – Prayer – a Commandment and a Blessing
26th – Teachings For Our Time
