Rescue the lost: taught by Victor Cave
He began by saying sharing the gospel takes 4 things: LOVE, Testimony, Holy Ghost, Heart in hand.
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To those who are afraid D&C 84:88
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His resource was Elder Holland's talk in Oct. Gen. Conf.
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We have more (truth/knowledge), know more (studied/experience), help more (opportunities all around).
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He told us simply...Testify of the Savior, Joseph Smith, and the True Church. Those 3 things are essential along with living to have the Spirit with you..
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Declare eagerly and unequivocally that there is again a living prophet on the earth speaking in the name of the Lord. Our times are turbulent and difficult. We see wars inter-nationally and distress domestically. Neighbors all around us face personal heartaches and family sorrows. Legions know fear and troubles of a hundred kinds. This reminds us that when those mists of darkness enveloped the travelers in Lehi’s vision of the tree of life, it enveloped all of the participants—the righteous as well as the unrighteous, the young along with the elderly, the new convert and seasoned member alike. In that allegory all face opposition and travail, and only the rod of iron—the declared word of God—can bring them safely through. We all need that rod. We all need that word.
A call to action not only in our own lives but also on behalf of others around us, those who are of our own family and faith and those who are not. This morning President Hinckley movingly reminded us that this is the 150th anniversary of those handcart companies that, as general conference was convening in October of 1856 here in the Salt Lake Valley, were staggering through the last freezing miles of Nebraska and were soon to be stranded in the impassable snows of the high country of Wyoming. He quoted to us President Brigham Young’s inspiring general conference message to the Saints, simply “go and bring in those people now on the plains.”5
As surely as the rescue of those in need was the general conference theme of October 1856, so too is it the theme of this conference and last conference and the one to come next spring. It may not be blizzards and frozen-earth burials that we face this conference, but the needy are still out there—the poor and the weary, the discouraged and downhearted, those “[falling] away into [the] forbidden paths” we mentioned earlier, and multitudes who are “kept from the truth because they know not where to find it.”6 They are all out there with feeble knees, hands that hang down,7 and bad weather setting in. They can be rescued only by those who have more and know more and can help more. And don’t worry about asking, “Where are they?” They are everywhere, on our right hand and on our left, in our neighborhoods and in the workplace, in every community and county and nation of this world. Take your team and wagon; load it with your love, your testimony, and a spiritual sack of flour; then drive in any direction. The Lord will lead you to those in need if you will but embrace the gospel of Jesus Christ. Open your heart and your hand to those trapped in the twenty-first century’s equivalent of Martin’s Cove and Devil’s Gate. In doing so we honor the Master’s repeated plea on behalf of lost sheep and lost coins and lost souls.8
Declare that Jesus is the Christ, that He and His Father, the God and Father of us all, appeared to the boy prophet Joseph Smith in fulfillment of that ancient promise that the resurrected Jesus of Nazareth would again restore His Church on earth and again “come in like manner as [those Judean Saints had] seen him [ascend] into heaven.”9
He also referred to President Monson's talk in Priesthood session April 2001: TO THE RESCUE
Regarding the less active- the Gospel has never left their hearts. Help wind them up or light their flame for they are usually afraid or embarrassed to return to activity.
Thanks to Vicki for her notes on this class.
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Rescue the Family: taught by Matt Durrant
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"If we can't rescue the institution of marriage we can't rescue the individual".
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When you can't help those in your family...reach out with love..Remembering only the Lord can save them. Do what we can, giving hope. Rescuing is building hope.
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Reaching out is building hope so they can act. Building hope--helps us to action.``````````
Faith-hope-charity=rescue
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Give your children little opportunities to build faith and to build hope.
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Our role is to lead everyone back to the savior..Christ is the only one who can rescue us.
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Key to rescuing is to have willing heart and mind.
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Be not weary in leading others to Christ.
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Each morning in your prayers say: "you have my heart"------"who can I help"----listen for the names.
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President Monson said Spiritual work is not a program--It's to bring others to Christ and rescue them.
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redeem-save=rescue
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Threats to families: drugs, alcohol, relaxation of sex, devaluation of the importance of the family which often results in a broken family.
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How do we rescue the family? the answer is simple: The gospel of Jesus Christ
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Let's build families where Christ is at the Center.
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Our code by which we should live: The word of God
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doing the simple things will save our families: prayer, scripture reading, respect, love and compassion, work, and activities.
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Look for smaller victories.
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perfect--is the enemy of good..Get together as a family to do do these simple things even tho trying to get the family together is not easy and perfect. Do it even though we may feel like not trying anymore.
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Rescue the Dead: taught by Janae Ricks
Turning your heart to your children:
- keep a journal
- create a blog and print it in book
- make a scrapbook (such as book of Testimonies)
- make a movie
Turn your heart to your Fathers:
- go to Temple
- get copies of family history books, stories and bios that are already written
- frame and display ancestor pictures
- do volunteer indexing from home-familysearch.org, click "index Records"
- learn more about church history at lds.org/churchhistory-to put your ancestors stories in context with the beginnings of the church.
- compile ancestors patriarchal blessings-lds.org/churchhistory/archives/pbinfo
- make a collection of your ancestors conversion stories
- assemble names, dates, locations, and stories of ancestors who served missions
- write basic biographies about ancestors who have no written histories
1. new.familysearch.org- find birth, death, and baptism date
2. find out about pioneer company your ancestors traveled in lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneercompanysearch
3. search BYUFamilyHistoryArchive for books about your ancestors-lib.byu.edu/fhc/index.php
4. google.com- Use quotation marks to refine searches, ie. "Mary Adelphia Bellows"
5. search census
- familysearch.org
- pilot.familysearch.org
- xmission.com/`nelson/census_search.htm-Utah Censuses
- censusfinder.com-Use Ctrl F to search a web page for a word or name
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To the Rescue service opportunites:
There were so many handouts that we couldn't put them all on the blog. If you are interested in doing a project, ask a member of the Presidency and we will give you the information..
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