He spoke about the importance of taking the Sacrament each week and gave us 4 P's to remember (I have no idea how anyone not taking notes retains anything) to help make it more meaningful.
Prepare
--The Lord wants us to be clean, so we need to repent of the week's wrong doings before coming to church.
--Come hungry for righteousness.
--We can feel the wounds of our spirit being healed and the low being lifted when we take the Sacrament.
--If we are clean, we can be blameless before God.
--The Lord forgives us as we repent. We give Him our sins and He gives us mercy.
Ponder
--Ponder Christ and His life, how his blessings have influenced us.
--Ask yourself, "What has the Savior done for me?" Then feel humbled by the answers.
--Reflect daily on our blessings.
--The Savior's love for us cannot end not matter what we do.
--We can have the Spirit pour out upon us.
--Ask yourself, "How can I become more like Him?"
Pursue Impressions
--Do your best to find ways to remember Him throughout the week. As you see a picture of Him in your house or in your scriptures, take a moment to thank Him for His sacrifice for you.
--Follow through with any impressions you receive.
Power
--His power is upon us when we do these things.
I think I can do much better to prepare myself to partake of the Sacrament each week. I'm realizing more and more that becoming more in tune with the Spirit takes effort. It's not a matter of just showing up hoping to have a spiritual experience. It's living worthily to have the Spirit with me so that I am prepared and open to those experiences as they arise.
**Thoughts**
Comment Window Tidbit: I taught for 15 minutes at an early-morning teacher development meeting and then taught Sharing Time twice today as well...I'm totally spent!
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Beautiful thoughts. I agree that being in tune with the Spirit takes effort. And you have to think about it in order to make that effort! For me it requires real concentration.
I have no idea how anyone can retain anything without notes!
Thank you for sharing this. I am taking notes from your notes! Mom
Your notes are always so informative. Really enjoyed them!
I love that last paragraph--said so simply but very profoundly.
Notes? With a 2-yr old? I wish.
I was in Nursery today for 2 hours (my new calling) and I am also totally spent.
I love the four p's!
I'm so grateful each week, even the weeks that kids are making me crazy, that I can take the sacrament. It is a boost for my morale and my commitment.
Yesterday during church I vowed to bring a notebook next week!
Taking notes is a brilliant idea- I kept thinking of all the things I should write down the whole meeting!
thanks for all the inspiration :)
i agree on taking notes. i miss doing that. i try to remember what i can, but wow.
i really like the thought on pursuing impressions. i haven't been the greatest on that. i need to get better. i also like the sentence "it's not a matter o fjust showing up hoping to have a spiritual experience." how true.
and wow! you were BUSY Sunday!
wow....you amaze me at how many notes you take....thank you for sharing them with us, one thing is true, once you read them...they actually stay longer in your mind, than maybe just listening to them. I think we are all so VERY LAST MINUTE getting there...that I hardly ever have time to prepare or think about it......
Totally unrelated, but that is one of my favorite renderings of the Savior. I love how open and honest His face is, and the singular focus in his eyes.
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