Lynne's Scripture Journal D&C

January 23, 2019 Section 133:52-74 Lord’s Love and Closeness to Us, Draw Near Unto Me, Priorities Our Highest, Sanctification, Return to the Lord, Repentance, What wonderful verses to start out with this morning: v 52-53 “ And now the year of my redeemed is come; and they shall mention the loving kindness of their Lord, and all that he has bestowed upon them according to his goodness and according to his loving kindness, forever and ever.     In all their afflictions he was afflicted. And the angel of his presence saved them; and in his love and in his pity, he redeemed them, and bore them, and carried them all the days of old”   This verse is addressed to those who are redeemed by Christ. It’s my goal to recognize his loving kindness and the times he carries me NOW. I want to be able to express my gratitude NOW. I want to be aware and feel his loving touch, and be humble enough to not think it was by my power, but to know and feel and be t...

April 25, 2017 Section 19:13-41 Atonement Christ’s Statement Of, Repentance, Missionary Instructions, Live Happy, Prayer, Draw Near Unto Me, In v’s 15-20, Christ is speaking directly to Martin Harris, who has come to Joseph “ seeking further assurance in relation to his standing before the Lord, being sorely troubled in spirit because of his transgression.” ( Pres. Joseph Fielding Smith) In the Oct 1947 Gen Conf, President Joseph Fielding Smith said: “ We get into the habit of thinking, I suppose, that his great suffering was when he was nailed to the cross by his hands and his feet [ and his wrists] and was left there to suffer until he died. As excruciating as that pain was, that was not the greatest suffering that he had to undergo, for in some way which I cannot understand, but which I accept on faith, and which you must accept on faith, he carried on his back the burden of the sins of the whole world. It is hard enough for me to carry my own sins. How is it with you? ...

April 19, 2017 Section 18:1-21 Personal Revelation, Desire, Faith, Action, Spirit Manifestations Of, Gates of Hell, Keep the Commandments, Repentance, Missionary Instructions, Contention None, This section reinforces the Lord’s instructions of ‘Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you”. The student manual points out that since receiving Section 13 (May 15,1829—and in that visit John the Baptist had said there would also be a restoration of a higher priesthood-- that Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery “ now became anxious to have that promise realized, which the angel that conferred upon us, viz., that provided we continued faithful, we should also have the Melchizedek Priesthood, which hold the authority of the laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost. We had for some time made this matter a subject of humble prayer, and at length we got together   in the chamber of Mr. Whitmer’s house, in order more particularly...

March 30, 2017 Section 10:1-5 Obedience Value Of, Gift of Translation, Repentance, Lord’s Tutoring, Do Not Run Faster, Best Our Best, Progress is Determined by Our Direction, Pray Always, Missionary Advice, Failure Then Get Going, This section was given just 3 days after Joseph had returned the Urim & Thummin to Moroni. For those 3 days the Lord had taken Joseph’s gift of translation away. Joseph truly felt the agony of his failure in this grand job the Lord had given him. He felt profoundly the reality that “ your mind became darkened ” (v 2) Lucy Mack Smith described this time: “ I besought him not to mourn to, for perhaps the Lord would forgive him, after a short season of humiliation and repentance. But what could I do to comfort him, when he saw all the family in the same situation of mind as himself; for sobs and groans, and the most bitter lamentations filled the house. However, Joseph was more distressed than the rest, as he better understood the consequences of di...