This morning in my studies I found something really cool!!! I was reading in Ether 8:16
It says " And they were kept up by the power of the devil to administer these oaths unto the people, to keep them in darkness, to help such as sought power to gain power, and to murder, and to plunder, and to lie, and to commit all manner of wickedness and whoredoms."
I pondered on how when we follow Satan we are in darkness and our agency is taken away from us. I made took the ten commandments, then put them in a T chart on one side.
I then went commandment by commandment, and wrote down how keeping that commandment can promote, encourage, or foster free agency in our lives. It was a wonderful exercise!! One thing I learned from Elder Williams this week is that if you don't study something you enjoy, it will not have as much meaning to you. I have found that to be true!! I have read this chapter multiple times, and one thing that sticks out to me every time I read it is verse 7. It says "And now Jared became exceedingly sorrowful because of the loss of the kingdom, for he had set his heart upon the kingdom and upon the glory of the world."
I drew a little heart and a castle, and the words "Heavenly Father." I drew an arrow to the kingdom and listed what is drawing my heart away from my Heavenly Father. One man in Stockton asked about what the first thing you think about in the morning is. What you think about when you have five minutes just to think. He said that in a way that's your God. Your idol.
Scripture Study Lunch with the crew
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