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After carefully pondering the words to this song, and feeling of the Spirit, I will hope you can feel the Love I have for all of you. This great Stake, the Lubbock TX Stake, is the Stake on which many many people will be getting baptized, and soon. Last confirmed reports (As of Wednesday the 7th of April) we have had 22 baptisms in the Stake in the first quarter so far! What a marvelous work that is! My heart is full of joy for those individuals whom have accepted the Gospel and demonstrate their willingness to follow the Savior in getting Baptized and confirmed a member of his church!
I never could have spent enough time pondering and ever have been able to guess just how great the Lord has blessed our Missionary efforts. For the past 4 months I have been the Branch Mission Leader. For the last 4 months I have born testimony, witnessed the Spirit work in my life, and in the life of many many others, and all this merely because the Lord has seen our efforts and as he has said, is willing to bless those whom keep his commandments.
Also, for the last 4 months I have felt it deep in my heart... a conviction that has continued to grow. When I hear music that invites the Spirit, or experience great talks or even missionary moments, I have my emotions near the surface on a frequent basis.
I am so very glad that the Lord has heard my prayers , and has heard the prayers of the Saints here in our wonderful community, by allowing the Mission President and Stake Presidency to come and speak to our Branch... and continue to help build up our faith, and hope is the eventual graduation to a ward. I thank the Lord for his love, and consideration for the people, the world over. May he continue to bless us all is my prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.
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Elder D. Todd Christofferson @ 180th Annual General Conference, said the following concerning the scriptures...
"God uses scripture to unmask erroneous thinking, false traditions, and sin with its devastating effects. He is a tender parent who would spare us needless suffering and grief and at the same time help us realize our divine potential. The scriptures, for example, discredit an ancient philosophy that has come back into vogue in our day—the philosophy of Korihor that there are no absolute moral standards, that “every man prosper[s] according to his genius, and that every man conquer[s] according to his strength; and whatsoever a man [does is] no crime” and “that when a man [is] dead, that [is] the end thereof” (Alma 30:17–18). Alma, who had dealt with Korihor, did not leave his own son Corianton in doubt about the reality and substance of a divine moral code. Corianton had been guilty of sexual sin, and his father spoke to him in love but plainly: “Know ye not, my son, that these things are an abomination in the sight of the Lord; yea, most abominable above all sins save it be the shedding of innocent blood or denying the Holy Ghost?” (Alma 39:5)."
"In a complete reversal from a century ago, many today would dispute with Alma about the seriousness of immorality. Others would argue that it’s all relative or that God’s love is permissive. If there is a God, they say, He excuses all sins and misdeeds because of His love for us—there is no need for repentance. Or at most, a simple confession will do. They have imagined a Jesus who wants people to work for social justice but who makes no demands upon their personal life and behavior.2 But a God of love does not leave us to learn by sad experience that “wickedness never was happiness” (Alma 41:10; see also Helaman 13:38). His commandments are the voice of reality and our protection against self-inflicted pain. The scriptures are the touchstone for measuring correctness and truth, and they are clear that real happiness lies not in denying the justice of God or trying to circumvent the consequences of sin but in repentance and forgiveness through the atoning grace of the Son of God (see Alma 42)."
"Scripture tutors us in principles and moral values essential to maintaining civil society, including integrity, responsibility, selflessness, fidelity, and charity. In scripture, we find vivid portrayals of the blessings that come from honoring true principles, as well as the tragedies that befall when individuals and civilizations discard them. Where scriptural truths are ignored or abandoned, the essential moral core of society disintegrates and decay is close behind. In time, nothing is left to sustain the institutions that sustain society."
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