Friday, November 4, 2016

CalledTo Serve 1 Nephi 20:16

1 Nephi 20:16
Called To Serve
Tag! You’re It. “Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work.” (See D&C 4:3.) July 2013
What
 16 Come ye near unto me; I have not spoken in asecret; from the beginning, from the time that it was declared have I spoken; and the Lord God, and his bSpirit, hath sent me.

I have been very open about the gospel from the beginning of time.
God sent Christ and also Isaiah.

Why
so there would be no misunderstanding about the teaching of the gospel.

Pattern
Isa. 45:19
19  I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

TG God, Spirit of
God, Spirit of
Isa. 61:1
1  The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;
RRom. 8:14
14  For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

 Article of Faith-5 We believe that a man must be acalled of God, by bprophecy, and by the laying on of chands by those who are in dauthority, to epreach the Gospel and administer in the fordinances thereof.



Christ
Jesus was called of God the Father to be the Savior of Mankind

Conference
 Oct. 2002Called of God L. Tom Perry
Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

We live in a world that is crying for righteous leadership based on trustworthy principles.
In our Church, we have been taught, in our own unique way, correct principles of leadership, directed by priesthood authority. I believe few of us realize the potential of the priesthood and the blessing it is. The more we learn about holding the priesthood and understand its operation, the more we appreciate the blessings the Lord has given to us.
John Taylor once declared:
I shall … briefly answer that [the priesthood] is the government of God, whether on the earth or in the heavens, for it is by that power, agency, or principle that all things are [upheld and] governed on the earth and in the heavens, and [it is] by that power that all things are upheld and sustained. It governs all things—it directs all things—it sustains all things—and has to do with all things that God and truth are associated with.
It is the power of God delegated to intelligences in the heavens and to men on the earth. … When we arrive in the celestial kingdom of God, we shall find the most perfect order and harmony existing, because there is the perfect pattern, the most perfect order of government carried out, and when or wherever those principles have been developed in the earth, in proportion as they have spread and been acted upon, just in that proportion have they produced blessings and salvation to the human family; and when the government of God shall be more extensively adopted, and when Jesus’ prayer, that He taught His disciples is answered, and God’s kingdom comes on the earth, and His will is done here as in heaven, then, and not till then, will universal love, peace, harmony, and union prevail.”3
We have been given the great power of the priesthood. It blesses us individually and provides blessings for our family; it blesses the quorums to which we belong; it blesses the congregations in which we are called to serve; and it even blesses the world in which we live. We need to learn how to righteously follow the doctrines and teachings the Lord has given to us as bearers of His holy priesthood. We are counseled:
Wherefore, now let every man learn his duty, and to act in the office in which he is appointed, in all diligence.
He that is slothful shall not be counted worthy to stand, and he that learns not his duty and shows himself not approved shall not be counted worthy to stand.”13

Apply,
We are called by the spirit of God to callings in the church and family. We can only teach with the Spirit to touch the hearts of those whom we teach. To be called by the Spirit is a sacred blessing. It is a strength and qualifies us to do the work.

Seek the spirit with humility and you will be blessed to be an instrument in His hands.

Hymns
Called to Serve

Children
The Holy Ghost
I hope They Call Me On A Mission



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