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February 28th- March 6th
Genesis 28–33
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Genesis 28-33�“Surely the Lord Is in This Place”
Covenants help me return to Heavenly Father
"Surely the Lord Is in This Place"
I should always keep my promises
Image above: Jacob's Dream at Bethel
by J. Ken Spencer
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Covenants help me return to Heavenly Father
Covenants help me return to Heavenly Father
SCRIPTURE
12 And he dreamed, and behold a ladder set up on the earth, and the top of it reached to heaven: and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it.
13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
14 And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
15 And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
- Genesis 28:12-15
Covenants help me return to Heavenly Father
Andrew J. Skinner
Former BYU Dean of Education
Jacob had a templelike experience on the occasion of this vision. Elder Marion G. Romney of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles said: “When Jacob traveled from Beersheba toward Haran, he had a dream in which he saw himself on the earth at the foot of a ladder that reached to heaven where the Lord stood above it. He beheld angels ascending and descending thereon, and Jacob realized that the covenants he made with the Lord there were the rungs on the ladder that he himself would have to climb in order to obtain the promised blessings—blessings that would entitle him to enter heaven and associate with the Lord…”
Thanks to Elder Romney’s insight, Latter-day Saints can more fully understand that their temple experiences are really the experiences of every Saint in every dispensation. Jacob’s faithfulness was rewarded with an opportunity to make eternal temple covenants…Jacob undoubtedly came away from Bethel understanding the order of heaven, the possibilities for exaltation, and the promises of the Abrahamic covenant if he proved faithful. So it is with all of us.
- Brother Andrew J. Skinner, “Jacob: Keeper of Covenants,”�Ensign Magazine, March 1993
Nearer, My God to Thee�(Hymn Book #100)
MUSIC
1. Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
E’en though it be a cross
That raiseth me.
Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
2. Though like the wanderer,
The sun gone down,
Darkness be over me,
My rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I’d be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
3. There let the way appear,
Steps unto heav’n;
All that thou sendest me,
In mercy giv’n;
Angels to beckon me
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
4. Then with my waking thoughts
Bright with thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs
Bethel I’ll raise;
So by my woes to be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Text: Sarah F. Adams, 1805–1848
Music: Lowell Mason, 1792–1872
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5. Or if, on joyful wing
Cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot,
Upward I fly,
Still all my song shall be
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer, my God, to thee,
Nearer to thee!
Covenants help me return to Heavenly Father
“Surely the Lord Is in This Place”
"Surely the Lord Is in This Place"
SCRIPTURE
16 And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the LORD is in this place; and I knew it not.
17 And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! this is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
18 And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
20-21 And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father’s house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
- Genesis 28:16-18, 20-21
"Surely the Lord Is in This Place"
Lance B. Wickman
Former Member of the Seventy
Prominent among…holy places, and key to all the others, is the temple of the Lord… The temple is the key to salvation…because it is a place of thanksgiving, a place of instruction, and a place of understanding “in all things”. Then comes this glorious promise: “Yea, and my presence shall be there, for I will come into it, and all the pure in heart that shall come into it shall see God.”…
When we visit the temple as often as distance and individual circumstance permit, the temple will be in us. Then, despite the buffetings of life, we will always be in a holy place. The house of the Lord beckons to all who would be numbered with Zion: “Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths”.
- Elder Lance B. Wickman, “‘Stand Ye in Holy Places’,”�General Conference, October 1994
I Love to See the Temple�(Children’s Songbook #95)
MUSIC
1. I love to see the temple.
I’m going there someday
To feel the Holy Spirit,
To listen and to pray.
For the temple is a house of God,
A place of love and beauty.
I’ll prepare myself while I am young;
This is my sacred duty.
Words and music: Janice Kapp Perry, b. 1938
© 1980 by Janice Kapp Perry. This song may be copied for incidental, noncommercial church or home use.
2. I love to see the temple.
I’ll go inside someday.
I’ll cov’nant with my Father;
I’ll promise to obey.
For the temple is a holy place
Where we are sealed together.
As a child of God, I’ve learned this truth:
A fam’ly is forever.
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"Surely the Lord Is in This Place"
I should always keep my promises
I should always keep my promises
SCRIPTURE
15 And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
18 And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
21 And Jacob said unto Laban, Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled…
25 And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
26-27 And Laban said, It must not be so done in our country, to give the younger before the firstborn. Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
- Genesis 29:15,18,21,25-27
I should always keep my promises
Linda K. Burton
Former Relief Society General President
Ordinances and covenants are the “spiritual milestones” President Henry B. Eyring referred to when he taught: “The Latter-day Saints are a covenant people. From the day of baptism through the spiritual milestones of our lives, we make promises with God and He makes promises with us. He always keeps His promises offered through His authorized servants, but it is the crucial test of our lives to see if we will make and keep our covenants with Him.”
Of all the reasons we ought to be more diligent in our covenant keeping, this reason is more compelling than all—love. A verse in the Old Testament is one that touches my heart as we consider the principle of love. Who of us is not moved by Jacob and Rachel’s biblical love story…do we keep our covenants with that kind of deep and devoted love?
- Sister Linda K. Burton, “The Power, Joy and Love of Covenant Keeping,”�General Conference, October 2013
I Will Be Valiant�(Children’s Songbook #162)
MUSIC
The Lord needs valiant servants,
To do his work in the latter day,
Who follow the teachings of Jesus
And serve his people in a loving way.
I will be his servant
And keep my cov'nants valiantly.
I'll stand for truth. I'll stand for right.
The Lord can depend on me.
Words and music: Vanja Y. Watkins, b. 1938. © 1981 IRI
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I should always keep my promises
The Lord remembers me in my trials
The Lord remembers me in my trials
SCRIPTURE
1 And when Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no children, Rachel envied her sister; and said unto Jacob, Give me children, or else I die.
2 And Jacob’s anger was kindled against Rachel: and he said, Am I in God’s stead, who hath withheld from thee the fruit of the womb?
19 And Leah conceived again, and bare Jacob the sixth son.
22-24 And God remembered Rachel, and God hearkened to her, and opened her womb. And she conceived, and bare a son; and said, God hath taken away my reproach: And she called his name Joseph; and said, The LORD shall add to me another son.
- Genesis 30:1-2,19,22-24
The Lord remembers me in my trials
Ronald A. Rasband
Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Our personal journey through life provides us with many special experiences that become building blocks of faith and testimony. These experiences come to us in vastly different ways and at unpredictable times. They can be powerful spiritual events or small enlightening moments. Some experiences will come as serious challenges and heavy trials that test our ability to cope with them. No matter what the experience may be, each gives us a chance for personal growth, greater wisdom, and, in many cases, service to others with more empathy and love…
…Remember when you received an answer to fervent prayer and realized that your Heavenly Father knows and loves you personally?…In these days of worldly intrusions into our lives, when trials and difficulties may seem to engulf us, let us remember our own special spiritual experiences…
- Elder Ronald A. Rasband, “Special Experiences,”�General Conference, April 2008
Peace in Christ�(2018 Mutual Theme Song)
MUSIC
1. There is peace in Christ
When we learn of Him.
Feel the love He felt for us
When He bore our sins.
Listen to His words.
Let them come alive.
If we know Him as He is,
There is peace in Christ.
2. There is peace in Christ
When we walk with Him
Through the streets of Galilee
To Jerusalem.
Mend the broken hearts.
Dry the tear-filled eyes.
When we live the way He lived,
There is peace in Christ.
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He gives us hope
When hope is gone.
He gives us strength
When we can’t go on.
He gives us shelter
In the storms of life.
When there’s no peace on earth,
There is peace in Christ.
Words and music by Nik Day
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The Lord remembers me in my trials
I believe in being honest
I believe in being honest
SCRIPTURE
36 And Jacob was wroth, and chode with Laban: and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my trespass? what is my sin, that thou hast so hotly pursued after me?
41 Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
42 Except the God of my father, the God of Abraham, and the fear of Isaac, had been with me, surely thou hadst sent me away now empty. God hath seen mine affliction and the labour of my hands, and rebuked thee yesternight.
- Genesis 31:36, 41-42
I believe in being honest
Sheldon F. Child
Of the Seventy
[A] person whose word is as good as his bond is a person of honesty and integrity, a person to be trusted. In today’s world, there are some who think nothing of breaking their word, their promises, their covenants with man and with God. What a blessing it is to deal with those whom we can trust…We are all familiar with the statement “Honesty is the best policy.” For members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, honesty is the only policy. We must be honest with our fellowmen. We must be honest with our God. We are honest with God when we honor the covenants we make with Him.
…Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin tells us: “The rewards of integrity are immeasurable. One is the indescribable inner peace that comes from knowing we are doing what is right; another is an absence of the guilt and anxiety that accompany sin…Let us live true to the trust the Lord has placed in us.”
- Elder Sheldon F. Child, “As Good As Our Bond,”�General Conference, April 1997
I Believe in Being Honest�(Children’s Songbook #149)
MUSIC
I believe in being honest;
I believe in being true,
That honesty should start with me
In all I say, in all I do.
I’ll form good habits in my youth,
To keep my word, to tell the truth,
To speak up in defending right
And keep my name and honor bright.
I believe in being honest;
I believe in being true,
That honesty should start with me
In all I say, in all I do.
Words: Ruth Muir Gardner, 1927–1999. © 1986 IRI
Music: Lyall J. Gardner, b. 1926. © 1986.
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I believe in being honest
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ can help me love my family
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ can help me� love my family
SCRIPTURE
9 And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
10-11 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant; […] Deliver me, I pray thee, from the hand of my brother, from the hand of Esau: for I fear him, lest he will come and smite me, and the mother with the children.
33:1 And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
4 And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him: and they wept.
- Genesis 32:9-11; 33:1,4
Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ can help me� love my family
Franklin D. Richards
Former Member of the Seventy
If ever there was a time when we needed peacemakers, it is today…Certainly in our homes, as well as elsewhere, we can all be peacemakers by exhibiting love and goodwill, thus offsetting the evil of contention, envy, and jealousy…We can pray together for the spirit of peace. Homes can be seriously disrupted because of family strife.
…Brothers and sisters, how would you like to try [an] experiment in your home by being a peacemaker for one month? In the words of [a] bishop, “Where there is quarreling or bickering among the family members, do whatever you can to overcome these faults by creating an atmosphere of love, harmony, and helpfulness. When you are irritated, control yourself and help the others to control themselves.” I can promise you as you try this experiment and become a peacemaker in your home that the rewards will be most gratifying.
- Elder Franklin D. Richards, “Be a Peacemaker,”�General Conference, October 1983
As a Child of God�(Children’s Friend)
MUSIC
I came to earth with power to choose.
Good choices bless me and my family too.
As a child of God, I receive special light:
The Holy Ghost helps me to know what is right.
I feel so safe and happy because
Such feelings of peace come from family love.
As a child of God, I receive special light:
The Holy Ghost helps me to know what is right.
In my own home I’ll happily serve.
I’ll strengthen my family by my good works.
As a child of God, I receive special light:
The Holy Ghost helps me to know what is right.
Words and Music: Janice Kapp Perry
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The End