Well the Summer has gone, school has started and we finally
get to start class next week. If I had it to do over again, I probably would
have started this week, but someone said it was not good to start the week of a
holiday and I thought I needed a break, so we'll start next Wednesday noon at
the Layton East Stake Center and next Thursday evening at 7 pm in the Granite
Tabernacle. I think this has been the longest break I have had from teaching in
36 years and I am anxious to get back in the classroom.
I finished reading the Book of Mormon on the 239th day of
the year. (Aug 26) I really enjoy reading the Book of Mormon a chapter a day.
On April 26th I started again. This time I am reading it in Spanish out loud. I
really need to improve my Spanish so I can communicate better with the members
of our branch in Magna. Jill and I spoke in Church last Sunday (Aug. 26th) and
I set the Spanish language back generations. I really thought I could speak
better. I started my reading in Alma 30 because that is where we will start in
our Institute classes next week.
Please remind any past or potential class members of our
starting date. Send me an E-mail if you have any questions. I look forward to
seeing each of you.
Gary
Thought : “In this day when the Bible is being downgraded by many who have
mingled philosophies of the world with Bible scriptures to nullify their true
meaning, how fortunate that our eternal Heavenly Father, who is always
concerned about the spiritual well-being of His children, has given to us a
companion book of scriptures, known as the Book of Mormon, as a defense for the
truths of the Bible that were written and spoken by the prophets as the Lord
directed. …
“By this second
witness we may know more certainly the meaning of the teachings of the ancient
prophets and, indeed, of the Master and His disciples as they lived and taught
among men. This should inspire all who would be honest seekers after truth to
put these two sacred scriptures together and study them as one book,
understanding, as we do, their true relationship.” (Harold B. Lee, Ye Are
the Light of the World, Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1974, pp. 89–91.)
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Date
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Chapter
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Verse
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Comments
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Aug
16
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Ether
15
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30-31
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Never
give up
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Aug
17
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Moroni
1
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3
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Moroni
had made up his mind that he would NEVER deny his testimony.
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Aug
18
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Moroni
2
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2
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A
pattern for giving the Gift of the Holy Ghost.
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Aug
19
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Moroni
3
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3
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A
pattern for Priesthood ordinations
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Aug
20
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Moroni
4
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3
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God's
favorite scripture? Every week, word perfect, reading kneeling.
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Aug
21
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Moroni
5
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2
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God's
other favorite scripture. Read by a worthy Priesthood holder.
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Aug
22
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Moroni
6
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4
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Why
we keep track of the members of the Church.
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Aug
23
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Moroni
7
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48
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Pray
with all of our hearts that we may be filled with this love.
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Aug
24
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Moroni
8
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8
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Little
children are whole and are not capable of committing sin.
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Aug
25
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Moroni
9
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6
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Our
obligation to our wayward family members & all those less active.
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Aug
26
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Moroni
10
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32
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We
need to deny ourselves of ALL ungodliness.
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This is a GREAT book!
