Jesus is baptized, and the Father acclaims Him as His Beloved Son.
Matthew 3:13–17
13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
17 And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square present "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" in Lyra Davidica 1708, lyrics by Charles Wesley, arranged by John Rutter.
Lyrics:
Christ the Lord is ris’n today, Alleluia!
Sons of men and angels say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heav’ns, and earth reply, Alleluia!
Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the vict’ry won, Alleluia!
Jesus’ agony is o’er, Alleluia!
Darkness veils the earth no more, Alleluia!
Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where thy victory, O grave? Alleluia!
Friday, July 7, 2023
Prayer is a way to communicate with yourFather in Heaven. Pray daily and sincerely.
The Power of Prayer
HOW TO PRAY
The four steps of prayer include:
1. "Our Father in Heaven"
2. "I thank thee...." [Thank Him for specific blessings and things you are thankful for]
3. "I ask thee..."[Ask for His help. Plead with Him. Confide in Him. Talk with Him.
Pour out your heart to Him. Tell Him how you really feel. Council with Him in allyour doings on any topic. Ask Him to guide and direct you. Ask Him to bless and
help other people and mention their specific names. Be completely honest and sincere
with Him]
4. "In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
"All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
(Matthew 21:22)
"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." (Mark 11:24)
"With God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26)
“Thou shalt have no other gods before me” (Exodus 20:3, The Ten Commandments).
"Behold, this is a choice land, and whatsoever nation shall possess it shall be free from bondage, and from captivity, and from all other nations under heaven, if they will but serve the God of the land, who is Jesus Christ, who hath been manifested by the things which we have written" (Ether 2:12, The Book of Mormon, Pg 490).
Prayer is a way to communicate with yourFather in Heaven. Pray daily and sincerely.
The Power of Prayer
HOW TO PRAY
The four steps of prayer include:
1. "Our Father in Heaven"
2. "I thank thee...." [Thank Him for specific blessings and things you are thankful for]
3. "I ask thee..."[Ask for His help. Plead with Him. Confide in Him. Talk with Him.
Pour out your heart to Him. Tell Him how you really feel. Council with Him in allyour doings on any topic. Ask Him to guide and direct you. Ask Him to bless and
help other people and mention their specific names. Be completely honest and sincere
with Him]
4. "In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
"All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
(Matthew 21:22)
"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." (Mark 11:24)
"With God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26)
Be doers of the word.
James 1:19–27
19 Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
20 For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
22 But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.
23 For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass:
24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
25 But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.
Prayer is a way to communicate with yourFather in Heaven. Pray daily and sincerely.
The Power of Prayer
HOW TO PRAY
The four steps of prayer include:
1. "Our Father in Heaven"
2. "I thank thee...." [Thank Him for specific blessings and things you are thankful for]
3. "I ask thee..."[Ask for His help. Plead with Him. Confide in Him. Talk with Him.
Pour out your heart to Him. Tell Him how you really feel. Council with Him in allyour doings on any topic. Ask Him to guide and direct you. Ask Him to bless and
help other people and mention their specific names. Be completely honest and sincere
with Him]
4. "In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."
"All things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
(Matthew 21:22)
"Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye receive them, and ye shall have them." (Mark 11:24)
"With God all things are possible." (Matthew 19:26)
