Hey
guys guess what? I gave a talk in sacrament the talk was about families
Today
I wanted to talk about families families can be eternal we are all part of a
family we were a family up in heaven and we have a family now just like we have
heavenly parents who want us to return to live with them and earthly parents
who love us and want what's best for us and want to see us succeed in life as
well as be happy.
Lots
of people believe that family relationships end at death but we know that
family relationships endure beyond the grave. In the family a proclamation to
the world it says "sacred ordinances and covenants in holy temples make it
possible for individuals to return to the presence of God and for families to
be united eternally." Isn't that awesome?
God
gave Adam and Eve the commandment to multiply and replenish the earth. That
commandment remains in force today. God has commanded that the sacred powers of
procreation or the ability to make and have children are to be only done
between man and woman lawfully wedded as husband and wife.
So
let's talk about some responsibilities of members of the family. In the family a
proclamation to the world it says "Husband and wife have a responsibility
to love and care for each other and for their children. Parents have a sacred
duty to raise their in love and righteousness to provide for their physical and
spiritual needs, and to teach them to love and serve one another, observe the
commandments of God, and be law abiding citizens wherever they live. Husbands
and wives will be held accountable for the discharge of these
obligations."
So
it says husbands and wife's are to raise and teach their children
righteousness. Let's talk about spiritual growth. Just as our body's need food
and substance to survive physically our souls need the gospel of Jesus Christ
to survive spiritually our souls are nourished by whatever speaks of Christ,
talks about Christ, and testifies of Christ. Teaching that nourishes he soul
will uplift others, build their faith, and give them strength and confidence to
overcome life's trials and challenges. It motivates them to confess and forsake
sin it leads to repentance or change which is the second point in the gospel of
Jesus Christ. It will lead them to come unto Christ, call upon his name through
fervent prayer, obey his commandments, love him, and love as he would love.
The
husbands and fathers are to preside over the family they have the
responsibility to provide a living for the family to provide the necessities of
of life and protection for their families. Mothers are to care for and love and
nurture their children.
So
mothers you should be home to care for your children and love and help them.
Spend time with them because to a child love is spelled time. Fathers you need
to go provide a living for your families and work hard IT IS YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY!!! The responsibility of moms is to be home for the kids, and be
there and the dad is to go out and work hard so that his wife doesn't have to
go out and work hard and sacrifice. that is what us men should be doing. Now
all you children this part is for you. You have the responsibility to listen to
your parents and to do what they ask without complaining and to help one
another out. Families are extremely important and we should all love each
other. strengthened success in the family will come from building your faith,
praying as a family both morning and evening, repentance, forgiveness, respect,
love, compassion, work and wholesome activities. So let's strengthen our
families.
In
the family a proclamation to the world it says "Those who violate
covenants of chastity, who abuse spouse or offspring, or who fail to fulfill
family responsibilities will one day stand accountable before God."
Men
let us go out into the workforce I cannot wait until I have a family one day I
will do all in my power and also call upon God to help me do all I can to
provide for my family. I will one day have an extremely beautiful wife (named
Taylor) ;D and she will care for our children while I work to provide for her
it is my responsibility and I will also do it because of my unshakable love for
her and my children!
How
blessed we are to be able to have families to have people we can
turn to in our time of need, in our times of trouble. Let us be strong families
and always strengthening our relationship with each other and with God and also
let us strengthen our testimonies.
I'd
like to close by bearing my testimony that God is our Heavenly Father and he
loves us so much that he has given us families. He has given us someone to turn
to for help. I know that aimother loves me and wants me to be the best I can I
love my dad who works extremely hard so that we can pay the bills to our house
and have food on our shelves and in our cupboards and so that we can have
clothes on our body's. I know that the gospel will strengthen families it will
I have seen it in my life! I know that the Book of Mormon is another book of
scripture and that Jesus Christ is the savior of our world he suffered for you
and he died for you so that you can come to live with God and your families
again. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ amen.
I
added the named Taylor part just in this email (I didn’t actually say her name
when I gave my talk)
So
haha well hmmm we have a lot of work to do in Cibecue we have over 300 members
and only 75 are active so there is a lot to do we just put 4 people on date and
we have 3 new investigators well Ashley's email said that she had 8 member
presents or something like that well haha where we are almost all are members
are the ones being taught.
Well
guys we had the tribal fair where we had a booth set up for people to win a
really really nice picture of Jesus Christ.
We
also have bugs and some creepy crawlies here. I took some pics of a little guy that
was soooo fat and a zucchini that was sooooo big but for some reason my
pictures won’t load today so you’ll just have to take my word for it.
We
also made a pizza with refried beans, velveeta mac n cheese, hamburger and él
pato. It was soooooo good!!!!! Eating
this good food is probably why I look the way I do! ;)
Love your fat son…Elder Walker - I'm out.
