I thought about that a lot on Sunday and a lot today. How can we really come to know Him and remember Him? Since the YSA conference, I've also been focused on "how can I make the Sacrament the most important thing I do all week and center my life around it.?
In my readings today I came across a lot of questions that it asked in the Book of Mormon. It hit me, that if I ask myself these very questions everyday I can easily center my life around Christ and the Sacrament and really come to know him....
I found the questions in Alma 5....
- Have ye sufficiently retained in remembrance that he has delivered their souls from hell?
- Have ye spiritually been born of God?
- Have ye received his image in your countenance?
- Have ye experienced a mighty change in heart?
- Do ye exercise faith in the redemption of him who created you?
- Do you look forward with an eye of faith?
- Can you imagine to yourselves that ye hear the voice of the Lord, saying unto you, in the day: Come unto me ye blessed, for behold, your works have been the works of righteousness upon the face of the earth?
- Can ye look up to God at that day with a pure heart and clean hands?
- Can ye look up, have the image of God engraven upon your countenances?
- Have ye walked, keeping yourselves blameless before God?
- Could ye say, if ye were called to die at this time, within yourselves, that ye have been sufficiently humble?
- Are ye stripped of pride?
I think if we ask ourselves these questions or questions similar to these it will allow us to focus our thoughts on Christ and really come to "Know Him" like we should. I would love to hear your thoughts about this and what you do to focus your life around the Sacrament and how you come to "Know Him."
Our lesson in RS yesterday was good, she challenged us to in every situation that we get into to, to ask ourselves "what would Christ do" and I think that by asking ourselves that question it will help us come to know him better. If we really ponder that question in our daily lives, all it can do is help us to become a better person. The Sacrament is symbolic of the body and the blood that our Savior sacrificed for us and if we are thinking of Christ and receiving him in our countenance then we are focusing on the Sacrament each day.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely one of the best enlightening thoughts I have read on how to have HIM be the center of our lives. Daughter this is stirring my soul to feel the power of these same verses. I love Alma 5. This book was compiled for our day because those questions are for our day and for all days. If we can measure up to the level of these worthiness questions we are well on our way to becoming true followers and disciples of our Lord and Savior. Thank you for the insightful message. DAD
ReplyDeleteLittle sis- you are amazing. I love to read how you are learning and growing. It is interesting once you have kids how your time in Sacrament Meeting changes a bit. There was a period when they were little when I really couldn't focus on the Savior during sacrament because one of them was crying or they were fighting or something else was going on. But now that they are older, it has been really neat to help them focus on the Savior which in turn, helps me focus on the Savior. And I didn't realize how much I had missed thinking about my Savior.
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