Convert's First Temple Experience & Overcoming Cares/Riches of the World // David Alexander Part 2 

Me too! I've been thinking about it since. Especially when I got to go through the St. George temple open house. What a wonderful way to understand the temple.

Very interesting the way you put that.. by embassies of the celestial there can be only one meaning and always has been.. there are 7 "embassies " just as there are 7 churches, Samson 7 locks of hair. Jacob's 7 years of labor, Joseph and his 7 years of famine etc etc .. every time you see 7 they are taking about the celestial ambassadors the same 7 that gives us the names of the days of the week the 7 planets of antiquity...I know that's not what you mean but you religious zealots have by idea the Bible in all allegories and it's all retold pagan myths

@@4everseekingwisdom690 "O the vainness, and the frailties, and the foolishness of men! When they are learned they think they are wise, and they hearken not unto the counsel of God, for they set it aside, supposing they know of themselves, wherefore, their wisdom is foolishness and it profiteth them not."

When I first heard him say that it hit me to the core. Yes!

@@Cumeni-Ha I'm not learned at all but I am an initiate and with all due respect, you don't even know what you don't know

That was a very good timing for you while going through a divorce to chose to go to the temple . I’m sure it helped you through your trials . That’s wonderful you felt peace there . I hope you get your desires . You are very beautiful and so is your little daughter. May God bless you as a single mom. You can do hard things . Keep your testimony and stay on the covenant path . Thanks for sharing . I can relate.

Your story and faith has inspired me. Thank you! You will be blessed, I promise!

@@lindamartinez7006 thank you so much! I sure will. I feel it’s a huge blessing to have this gospel

Ditto on this comment! I share the same sentiments.

I have to wait till may 😩 😫

​​@@VICTOR7oh2 learn about the covenants made there and then you will feel confident while there.❤

@ruthtautuaa1303 my wife got baptized may so we will be doing it together. Thanks for the advice

What does super Daves endowment have anything to do with you???

Its ok you can worship him from a far...

@johnrowley310 yeah, cuz wanting to hear someone's perspective on things is absolutely the same as worship.

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@@lindamartinez7006 yes, men can be sealed to more than one woman, but not vice versa. I think it’s called spiritual polygamy.

Just watched both of those videos from Anthony Sweat! Very true, thanks for sharing :)

The Gospel, first from You Tah, now from You Tube, aka You Too Be. God reveals Himself in the very words we use. The most evident being that all power in creation comes from the Sun, and all power, in all existence, comes from the Son. This morning, God revealed to me the similarities between the word Utah and the word RU-vid. Utah became Utah by divine accident, the pioneers had proposed Deseret. From Utah, the fullness of the Gospel is spreading to every tribe, tongue, and nation. And now, Utah is supplemented greatly by RU-vid, RU-vid is reaching more people, faster, with the true and restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. And it's happening with faithful RU-vidrs, people like David Alexander, Greg As Cwic, Jeff McCullough, Kwaku El, and many, many more. None are perfected yet in their theology, but all are willing to commit their lives to spreading the Gospel as they understand it. And it is this willingness that God most enjoys. He knows we make mistakes and travel the wrong path at times, yet He is always there for us as we turn back to Him and the Truth that is Jesus Christ. The word RU-vid can be parsed as You Too Be. For that is the effect of spreading the Gospel. You, too, can Be as Christ. You can be all that you were born to be, you can be a king of Kings, and a lord of Lords, even a god of Gods. Come, follow Jesus, and follow me, and follow all the true saints, prophets, and apostles as we all follow Jesus to His glory, forever and ever, amen. This was my Facebook post this morning at my Treyeshua Tomeny page. I wanted to share it special with you, Parker. @@TrueMillennial

Many individuals preoccupied by the cares of the world are not necessarily in transgression. But they certainly are in diversion and thus waste “the days of [their] probation” (2 Ne. 9:27). Yet some proudly live “without God in the world” (Alma 41:11), with gates and doors locked from the inside! Mark it down, brothers and sisters, people too caught up in themselves will inevitably let other people down! Let us adopt the attitude recommended by President Brigham Young: “Say to the fields, … flocks, … herds, … gold, … silver, … goods, … chattels, … tenements, … possessions, and to all the world, stand aside; get away from my thoughts, for I am going up to worship the Lord” (Deseret News, 5 Jan. 1854, 2). There are so many ways to say to the world, “stand aside.”

“…the things of the world need not be sinister in order to be diverting and consuming.” - Neal A. Maxwell

Thanks brothers!

In my opinion, no, but it sure makes rejection easier. :)

Feeling compassion does make one more inclined to share and love ...for a truth, but also when I don't feel the compassion, that is when pushing myself to serve someone by any means gives loving, sharing and even inviting more momentum. The reward then is the love you felt by acting, and hoping that someone else felt your loving action as an invitation to come or respond.

I would say MOST 19 year old missionaries do not START their mission with a great level of love for the people with whom they share and invite. But AS they study the scriptures, live worthy of the spirit, and attempt to share over many months or several years, their love and compassion increases. Sure, IDEALLY we already have that love from the beginning but if we don't, we can at least begin acting in faith, and as we do, our hearts will increasingly align with our actions. Elder Corbridge gave a great talk on this topic "The 4th Missionary", highly recommend!