Lessons in the Key of Life: March 2011

The Law of the Harvest

Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. - Galatians 6:7-9

God has established some natural principles in His universe that are unchanging. That is, there are certain things that happen with consistency. When Sir Isaac Newton observed an apple falling from a tree, for example, he came to realize that an apple never fell upwards, but was always being pulled downward. Thus the law of gravity was recognized.

Mar

If the Foundations Be Destroyed

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. - Proverbs 22:6

The central core of the foundation of any society is the home. President Thomas S. Monson has taught us, “Actually, a home is much more than a house. A house is built of lumber, brick, and stone. A home is made of love, sacrifice, and respect. A house can be a home, and a home can be a heaven when it shelters a family.

Mar

If I Only Had The Time!

LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is: that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. - Psalm 39:4-5

In accordance with our time keeping system, each new day that the Lord allows us to remain here on earth brings with it a deposit into our life account of 24 hours of time.

Mar

Give us this day our daily bread

Some food for thought

In order to survive our bodies require a certain amount of nourishment each day. One of the substances that provide us the nourishment that we need is bread. Bread comes to us in many interesting shapes and flavors and has often been referred to as the staff of life because it is perhaps the most important item in our diet.

In Biblical times and throughout the Dark Ages, bread was even more important.

Mar

Lord, teach us to pray

Some Thoughts On "The Lord's Prayer"

And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples. - Luke 11:1

Throughout the Christian world many people commonly refer to the passages of Scripture found in Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4 as the Lord's Prayer.

Mar

One Eternal Song Of Praise

How can I not go on in so great a cause?

“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night.

Mar

Our Moral Compass

Reference scripture: Alma 37:38-40

And now, my son, I have somewhat to say concerning the thing which our fathers call a ball, or director—or our fathers called it Liahona, which is, being interpreted, a compass; and the Lord prepared it. And behold, there cannot any man work after the manner of so curious a workmanship. And behold, it was prepared to show unto our fathers the course which they should travel in the wilderness.