What gets the most attention in Priesthood Class?

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Primary topic of discussion in Lewisberry Ward Sunday June 26, 2005:

Home Teaching is taught 50-75 percent of the time.
Today's lesson was on home teaching.
Our ward's home teaching success / visiting rate 0-10 percent.
The number of times I have seen a home teacher in the past 10 years. 0.

The most mentioned keywords from the lesson.
Home Teaching : Spoken 21 times.
Satan : Spoken 13 times.
Love : Spoken 3 times
Jesus : Spoken 2 times (other than the closing prayer)

So why is it when so much emphasis is placed on Home Teaching, that their program fails miserably? Perhaps its because the focus should be on Love and Jesus Christ, then everything else would come together. And talk about sin and Satan a lot less, for what is spoken of more is what is most on people's minds.

For example one view a brother had is that he planned all week to go to the temple with his family, but by the time Saturday came, Satan had placed so many obstacles in the way during the week that they could not make it to the temple.

I choose to look at this another way, Be the TEMPLE you are. Be the Love that you are, and you will realize the only thing keeping you from going to the Temple is YOU. If you are being the Temple that you are, you do not need to go anywhere. You are there right now!


Love and Light,
Todd

Comments

  1. exMIJuly 23, 2005 at 8:01 PM

    Being the temple you are is all well and good. But it does not substitute for going to a Temple in the Mormon doctrine. But I do agree that the only that will stop you from going is you.

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