"For the Salvation of Zion"
When I ask, “Am I a true and living member?” my question is, am I deeply and fully dedicated to keeping the covenants I have made with the Lord? Am I totally committed to live the gospel and be a doer of the word and not a hearer only? Do I live my religion? Will I remain true? ...To answer affirmatively the question, “Am I a living member?” confirms our commitment...It means that we are every day Christians, walking as Christ would have us walk. Living members are those who strive to have a total commitment.
- President Howard W. Hunter, Am I a “Living” Member?
Inspiring Short: Give God Your Best | Ezra Taft Benson
Give Your Best Effort | Come Learn with Me | Doctrine and Covenants 75
It is a fact that God is no respecter of persons. He loves all of his children, and I believe he loves them equally...God tells us he cannot deny his words.Quite obviously, he is much more pleased with us when we keep his commandments, and he delights to bless us when we do. But if we do not keep his commandments, he will chasten us. It does not mean that he doesn’t love us, any more than when parents discipline children. In fact, it is because he does love us that he chastens us that we might learn obedience.
- Hartman Rector, Jr., Endure to the End in Charity
Alma the Younger Is Called to Repentance by an Angel | Mosiah 27
Why is the Lord now bringing hundreds of His temples closer to us? One reason is that amid the turmoil and temptations of the world, He has promised to strengthen and bless His covenant Saints, and His promises are being fulfilled! How do these holy houses strengthen, comfort, and protect us? We find an answer in the pleadings of the Prophet Joseph Smith in the dedication of the Kirtland Temple...the Prophet prayed that in the Lord’s holy house, the Saints would be armed with the power of God...In His house, we are literally endowed with heavenly power.
- Neil L. Andersen, Temples, Houses of the Lord Dotting the Earth
Building the Kirtland Temple: A special house for the Lord
[H]ow firm is your foundation? And what reinforcements to your testimony and understanding of the gospel are needed? The temple lies at the center of strengthening our faith and spiritual fortitude because the Savior and His doctrine are the very heart of the temple...as we keep our covenants, He endows us with His healing, strengthening power. And oh, how we will need His power in the days ahead…“whenever the Lord has had a people on the earth who will obey His word, they have been commanded to build temples.”
- President Russell M. Nelson, The Temple and Your Spiritual Foundation
A Milestone for the Salt Lake Temple Renovation Project
I Will Go and Do: 2020 Youth Theme (feat. David Archuleta) — Official Music Video
I pray we may lay aside any “weapons of war” that we’ve consciously or even unconsciously taken up to defend ourselves from the blessings of God’s love...—anything that would keep us from loving God with all our hearts and keeping all our covenants with Him. As we live our covenants, the Lord can give us the help and power we need to both recognize and overcome our weaknesses…don’t give up. Be patient with yourself, keep your covenants, repent often...Listen for and heed the promptings He sends you. He will not abandon His covenant relationship with you.
- Kristin M. Yee, The Joy of Our Redemption
Inspiring Short: The Fire of Temple Covenants | David A. Bednar
The House of The Lord: The Blessings of the Temple
The Lord called Enoch’s people Zion “because they were of one heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor among them”. Elsewhere He said, “For this is Zion—the pure in heart”...Much of the work to be done in establishing Zion consists in our individual efforts to become “the pure in heart”...The law of the celestial kingdom is, of course, the gospel law and covenants, which include our constant remembrance of the Savior and our pledge of obedience, sacrifice, consecration, and fidelity.
- D. Todd Christofferson, Come to Zion
How Is the Unity of Zion Society Achieved? (Knowhy #581)
BUILDING ZION - by Angie Killian - Christian Song
Come to Zion | Elder David A. Bednar
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